[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 158 (Thursday, August 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39118-39119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17352]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP17-477-000]
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
Take notice that on July 31, 2017, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
(Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77002-2700,
filed in Docket No. CP17-477-000 a prior notice request pursuant to
sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, requesting authorization to abandon
two injection/withdrawal (I/W) wells, along with the associated
pipelines and appurtenances at its Lucas Storage Field, located in
Ashland and Richland Counties, Ohio. Columbia states that the Lucas
10697 and 10722 I/W wells have historically performed poorly in
relation to other wells in the Lucas Storage Field and, based the age
of the wells, the wells would require an extensive case replacement
job. Columbia asserts that the proposed abandonment of the Lucas 10697
well includes the abandonment of 977 feet of 3.5-inch-diameter pipeline
and appurtenances and the proposed abandonment of the Lucas 10722 well
includes the abandonment of 4.5-inch-diameter pipeline and
appurtenances. Columbia avers that there will be no change to the
existing boundary, total inventory, reservoir pressure, reservoir and
buffer boundaries, or the certificated capacity of the Lucas Storage
Field as a result of the proposed abandonment, 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, please contact FERC Online Support
at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Linda
Farquhar, Manager, Project Determinations & Regulatory Administration,
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 700,
Houston, Texas, 77002-2700, by telephone at (832) 320-5685, by fax at
(832) 320-6685, or by email at [email protected].
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Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 60 days after
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 and pursuant to section 157.205 of
the regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.205), 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 filing a protest. If a protest is filed and
not withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time 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 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 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 will 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 in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should
submit an original and 7 copies of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426.
Dated: August 10, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-17352 Filed 8-16-17; 8:45 am]
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