[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44944-44945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17815]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP13-520-000]
EQT Gathering LLC; Notice of Application for Limited Jurisdiction
Certificate
Take notice that on July 15, 2013, EQT Gathering LLC (EQT), 625
Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3111, filed
an application under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 the
Commission's Rules and Regulations for authorization to enable EQT to
provide limited, ancillary jurisdictional service on its planned Derry
Compressor Station (Derry Facilities) in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
EQT plans to construct, own, and operate Derry for the primary purpose
of providing non-jurisdictional compression services to increase the
capacity and operational reliability of EQT's gathering facilities in
southwestern Pennsylvania, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
The Derry Facilities, will consist of a compressor station with
three compressor engines totaling 14,205 horsepower, with design
suction and discharge pressures of 250 psig and 1,050 psig.
respectively. The Derry Facilities will receive locally produced
pipeline-quality unprocessed gas from EQT's Three Rivers gathering
system; dehydrate the gas; then discharge the gas via an approximately
200-foot discharge line into the Texas Eastern Transmission, LP system.
The Derry Facilities will initially receive gas from the Three Rivers
gathering system, and EQT anticipates that the Derry Facilities will
also receive locally produced gas from other EQT Gathering facilities
in the future. The Derry Facilities will gather gas to be compressed
and redelivered into the interstate pipeline grid.
EQT seeks a certificate of limited jurisdiction to enable it to
also provide limited, ancillary jurisdictional services on the Derry
Facilities and waiver of filing and reporting requirements and annual
charges that might otherwise apply. The Derry Facilities' primary
function is gathering as part of EQT's gathering system, but EQT
proposes to also receive a limited quantity of up to 50 megadecatherms
per day of natural gas at the Derry Facilities from a new interconnect
with the Peoples Natural Gas Company's (Peoples) TP-371 pipeline (TP-
371) in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. TP-371 is primarily a 12-
inch diameter pipeline for which Peoples has limited authority from the
Commission to provide interstate service. The operator of the TP-371
Line will deliver gas into the Texas Eastern system through EQT's 200
foot discharge line after the gas is compressed by the planned Derry
Facilities.
The filing may also be viewed on the 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, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either:
complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of
the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this
proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for
this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of
the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the
subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
Any questions regarding this Application should be directed to Paul
W. Diehl, EQT Corporation, 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15222-3111, telephone no. (412) 395-5540, facsimile no.
(412) 553-7781 and email [email protected].
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
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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 5 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.
Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court
review of the Commission's final order.
Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and
the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing''
link.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 8, 2013.
Dated: July 18, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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