[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58371-58372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23226]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP12-516-000]
Discovery Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Application
Take notice that on September 7, 2012, Discovery Gas Transmission
LLC (Discovery), 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77056, filed
in Docket No. CP12-516-000 an application pursuant to section 7 of the
Natural Gas Act and Part 157 the Commission's Rules and Regulations for
all the necessary authorizations required to construct, own and operate
its Junction Platform Project (Project) in the Gulf of Mexico offshore
Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Discovery proposes construction and operation of a new junction
platform located in South Timbalier Area (ST) Block 283; construction
and operation of approximately 10 miles of 30-inch pipeline connecting
the new platform to a subsea interconnect with Discovery's existing 30-
inch mainline in Ewing Banks Area Block 873; construction and operation
of approximately 10 miles of 12-inch pipeline connecting the new
platform to Sea Robin Pipeline Company, LLC's offshore pipeline system
in ST Block 280; and appurtenant facilities on the new platform to
provide pigging and other necessary functions to enhance efficient
operations. The estimated cost of the Project is approximately $126
million.
Copies of this filing are available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room, or may be viewed on the Commission's Web
site web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC at
[email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY,
(202) 502-8659.
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Questions regarding this application should be directed to Larry
Jensen, 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77056, telephone (713)
215-3034.
Discovery has requested that the Commission issue a final order in
this proceeding by January 31, 2013, to enable Discovery to commence
construction of the proposed facilities to meet a July 1, 2014 in-
service date. As Discovery's proposed facilities entirely in the
federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Project facilities will
qualify for categorical exclusions in accordance with 18 CFR
380.(4)(a)(33) and 18 CFR 380.4(a)(34) which state ``* * * neither an
environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement shall be
prepared for the following projects or actions: * * * (33) construction
or abandonment of facilities constructed entirely in Federal offshore
waters that has been approved by the Mineral Management Service and the
Corps of Engineers, as necessary; (34) Abandonment or construction
facilities on an existing offshore platform.'' Thus the application
must be approved by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
of the U.S. Department of the Interior, successor to the Mineral
Management Service for this approval function, prior to the project
being considered by the Commission as eligible for a categorical
exclusion classification under the Commission's environmental review
process.
There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, before the
comment date of this notice, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to
intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules
of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the
Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary
of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the
applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of
filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant
and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the
proceeding.
However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests, and interventions via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link. Persons unable to file
electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest
or intervention to the Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 5, 2012.
Dated: September 14, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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