[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 75 (Thursday, April 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 18639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07971]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP17-132-000]
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Request Under
Blanket Authorization
Take notice that on April 5, 2017 National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation (National Fuel), located at 6363 Main Street,
Williamsville, New York 14221, filed in Docket No. CP17-132-000, a
prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208, and 157.213
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), seeking authorization to convert two existing
observation wells to injection/withdrawal wells in an area recently
added to the Beech Hill reservoir, located in the Beech Hill Storage
Field in Allegany County, New York. Additionally, National Fuel
proposes to construct and operate two new 4-inch coated steel well
lines, totaling approximately 6,000 feet, to connect the wells to the
field pipeline system, all as more fully set forth in the application,
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. 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, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (866) 208-3676 or TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Any questions regarding this application should be directed to
David W. Reitz, Deputy General Counsel for National Fuel, 6363 Main
Street, Williamsville, New York 14221, at (716) 857-7949; or email at
[email protected]. In the alternative, Alice A. Curtiss, Deputy
General Counsel for National Fuel may be contacted at (716) 857-7075;
or email at [email protected].
Any person may, within 60 days after the issuance of the instant
notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's
Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene or notice of
intervention. Any person filing to intervene or the Commission's staff
may, pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under
the NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to the request. If no protest
is filed within the time allowed therefore, the proposed activity shall
be deemed to be authorized effective the day after the time allowed for
protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after
the time allowed for filing a protest, the instant request shall be
treated as an application for authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
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.
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 commenter's 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 commenter's will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentary, 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 ill not have the right to seek court
review of the Commission's final order.
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 5 copies of the protest or
intervention to the Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Dated: April 13, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-07971 Filed 4-19-17; 8:45 am]
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