81 FR 67345 - Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 190 (September 30, 2016)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 190 (September 30, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-23675 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 67345-67346] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-23675] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP16-502-000] Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Take notice that on September 16, 2016, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), 4700 State Highway 56, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, filed in Docket No. CP16-502-000 a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of the Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, requesting authorization to abandon in place Units 1, 2, 3, and 4, each compressor unit rated at 170 horsepower, and associated appurtenances at its Atchison [[Page 67346]] Compressor Station in Atchison County, Kansas. Southern Star notes that is Atchison Compressor will continue to operate using Unit 5. Southern Star asserts that these units are not needed operationally or to provide firm service, 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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Ronnie C. Hensley II, Regulatory Compliance, Manager, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., 4700 State Highway 56, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, by telephone at (270) 852-4658. 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 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 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: September 23, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-23675 Filed 9-29-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Nos. 1 and 1–F for the electric industry, Comments: In response to the 60-day oversight of reporting entities. EEI states that
or the (b) Form No. 2 (Major Natural Gas Notice, the Commission received it is unclear exactly how and to what extent
Pipeline Annual Report; OMB Control comments from two parties on Form 3– the Commission uses the quarterly data and
Q. A summary of the comments and the that no EEI member has ever been contacted
No. 1902–0028) and Form No. 2–A
about a Form 3–Q filing. EEI poses that Form
(Nonmajor Natural Gas Pipeline Annual Commission’s responses follow. 3–Q does not lend itself to identification of
Report; OMB Control No. 1902–0030) • BEA submitted comments on 7/28/2016 emerging trends or the economic effects of
(for the natural gas industry). The Form on Form 3–Q.10 significant transactions and events and that
No. 3–Q is submitted for all Major and BEA Comments: BEA relies heavily on data Form 3–Q has no bearing on formula rate
Nonmajor electric utilities and from Forms 3–Q to calculate components of determination. As such EEI recommends that
licensees; and natural gas companies.9 both the industry and national economic the Commission eliminate Form 3–Q or
accounts to estimate gross output, alternately adopt a mid-year frequency.
Form No. 3–Q includes a basic set of intermediate input, and value added to the Regarding the accuracy of the
financial statements: Comparative U.S. economy from the utilities industry. Commission’s burden and cost estimates, EEI
Balance Sheet, Statement of Income and Similar to BEA’s comments on Forms 1 and comments that the Commission’s estimates
Statement of Retained Earnings, 1–F, BEA is interested in the inclusion of are reasonable, but that EEI does not believe
Statement of Cash Flows, Statement of additional information in Form 3–Q the burden and costs are warranted.
Comprehensive Income and Hedging regarding details related to capital FERC Response: The Commission currently
Activities and supporting schedules expenditures. BEA suggests expansions to the uses the Form 3–Q report to perform
Form 3–Q such as adding ‘‘new versus oversight analysis and make timely
containing supplementary information. replacement capital expenditures for certain
Electric respondents report revenues evaluations of current financial information
line items’’; including ‘‘annual payments for submitted to the Commission. Additionally,
and the related quantities of electric equipment, software, and structures leased Form 3–Q is used to validate the debt and
sales and electricity transmitted; under operating leases from others’’; and equity information of filings under Part 34 of
account balances for all electric improving ‘‘questions to help identify plants the Commission’s regulations when the most
operation and maintenance expenses; producing services in the current period (in recent 12-month filing occurred more than 4
selected plant cost data; and other service) versus plant not in service or off- months prior to the application under Part
statistical information. Natural gas line’’.
34. The Commission is not presently
FERC Response: The Commission is not
respondents include monthly and considering modifications to the collection or
presently considering modifications to
quarterly quantities of gas transported frequency of collection of the Form 3–Q, but
collect additional information on the Form
and associated revenues; storage, may consider doing so in the future, at which
3–Q but as noted above is looking at
terminaling and processing services; time EEI will be able to submit comments on
modernizing data collection, which is a
this issue.
natural gas customer accounts and separate activity not addressed here.
details of service; and operational • EEI submitted comments on 8/12/2016 Estimate of Annual Burden: The
expenses, depreciation, depletion and on the Form 3–Q.11
EEI Comments: In its comments, EEI
estimated annual burden and cost (as
amortization of gas plant. rounded) follow. (The estimated hourly
proposes eliminating the Form 3–Q or
Type of Respondent: Major and reducing its frequency. EEI claims that the cost used for the Form No. 3–Q is
nonmajor electric utilities and natural Form 3–Q has little to no value to the $78.66 (wages plus benefits) and is
gas pipelines. Commission’s objective to achieve vigilant described above, under the Form No. 1.)
FORM NO. 3–Q
Annual Annual cost
Number of number of Total number Average burden hours Total annual burden hours & per respondent
respondents responses per of responses & cost per response total annual cost ($)
respondent
(1) (2)(1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1)
FERC 3–Q (electric) .......... 12 213 3 639 168 hrs.; $13,214.88 .......... 107,352 hrs.; $8,444,308 ....... $39,644.64
FERC 3–Q (gas) ............... 167 3 501 167 hrs.; $13,136.22 .......... 83,667 hrs.; $6,581,246 ......... 39,408.66
Total for FERC 3–Q ... 1,140 191,019 hrs.; $15,025,554.
The instructions to the Form 3–Q will DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), 4700
be updated to reflect the current burden State Highway 56, Owensboro,
estimate and email addresses for FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Kentucky 42301, filed in Docket No.
and OMB. Commission CP16–502–000 a prior notice request
[Docket No. CP16–502–000]
pursuant to sections 157.205 and
Dated: September 26, 2016.
157.216(b) of the Commission’s
Kimberly D. Bose, regulations under the Natural Gas Act
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,
Secretary. Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket (NGA), as amended, requesting
[FR Doc. 2016–23681 Filed 9–29–16; 8:45 am] Authorization authorization to abandon in place Units
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 1, 2, 3, and 4, each compressor unit
Take notice that on September 16, rated at 170 horsepower, and associated
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2016, Southern Star Central Gas appurtenances at its Atchison
9 18 CFR 260.1(b) states that for natural gas pertains to a company not meeting the filing 11 The submittal is posted at http://elibrary.ferc.
companies, Major, as defined by the Natural Gas threshold for Major, but having total gas sales or gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14328920.
Act, pertains to a company whose combined gas volume transactions exceeding 200,000 Dth in each 12 The estimated number of electric filers of the
transported or stored for a fee exceed 50 million Dth of the three previous calendar years. Form No. 3–Q is 213 (rather than the 215 total for
in each of the three previous calendar years. 18 CFR 10 The submittal is posted at http://elibrary.ferc. the number of filers of the Form Nos. 1 and 1–F)
260.2(b) states that for natural gas companies, due to waivers granted by the Commission in
gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14318234.
Nonmajor as defined by the Natural Gas Act, Docket No. AC04–105.
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Compressor Station in Atchison County, the date of issuance of the Commission On May 19, 2016, the Federal Energy
Kansas. Southern Star notes that is staff’s FEIS or EA. Regulatory Commission (Commission or
Atchison Compressor will continue to Persons who wish to comment only FERC) issued its Notice of Application
operate using Unit 5. Southern Star on the environmental review of this for the Project. Among other things, that
asserts that these units are not needed project should submit an original and notice alerted agencies issuing federal
operationally or to provide firm service, two copies of their comments to the authorizations of the requirement to
all as more fully set forth in the Secretary of the Commission. complete all necessary reviews and to
application which is on file with the Environmental commenter’s will be reach a final decision on a request for
Commission and open to public placed on the Commission’s a federal authorization within 90 days of
inspection. The filing may also be environmental mailing list, will receive the date of issuance of the Commission
viewed on the web at http:// copies of the environmental documents, staff’s Environmental Assessment (EA)
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. and will be notified of meetings for the Project. This instant notice
Enter the docket number excluding the associated with the Commission’s identifies the FERC staff’s planned
last three digits in the docket number environmental review process. schedule for the completion of the EA
field to access the document. For Environmental commenter’s will not be for the Project.
assistance, please contact FERC Online required to serve copies of filed Schedule for Environmental Review
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ documents on all other parties.
ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or However, the non-party commentary, Issuance of EA—October 28, 2016
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 90-day Federal Authorization Decision
will not receive copies of all documents
Any questions concerning this Deadline—January 26, 2017
filed by other parties or issued by the
application may be directed to Ronnie Commission (except for the mailing of If a schedule change becomes
C. Hensley II, Regulatory Compliance, environmental documents issued by the necessary, an additional notice will be
Manager, Southern Star Central Gas Commission) and will not have the right provided so that the relevant agencies
Pipeline, Inc., 4700 State Highway 56, to seek court review of the are kept informed of the Project’s
Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, by Commission’s final order. progress.
telephone at (270) 852–4658. Project Description
Any person or the Commission’s staff The Commission strongly encourages
may, within 60 days after issuance of electronic filings of comments, protests Southern Star proposes to abandon
the instant notice by the Commission, and interventions in lieu of paper using about 31.2 miles of 16-inch-diameter
file pursuant to Rule 214 of the the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http:// pipeline and appurtenant facilities of
Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file the Shidler Line (also referred to as
385.214) a motion to intervene or notice electronically should submit an original ‘‘Line ME’’ or the ‘‘Blackwell—Cotton
of intervention and pursuant to section and 7 copies of the protest or Valley Line’’), in Osage County,
157.205 of the regulations under the intervention to the Federal Energy Oklahoma. The abandonment will
NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the regulatory Commission, 888 First Street require cutting and capping of the
request. If no protest is filed within the NE., Washington, DC 20426. pipeline just east of the Shidler Town
time allowed therefore, the proposed Dated: September 23, 2016. Border and slightly west of the Bowring
activity shall be deemed to be Kimberly D. Bose, Meter Station. The pipeline would be
authorized effective the day after the Secretary. cut, capped, and abandoned in place by
time allowed for filing a protest. If a [FR Doc. 2016–23675 Filed 9–29–16; 8:45 am]
filling the pipe with grout at two
protest is filed and not withdrawn improved road crossings. All associated
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
within 30 days after the allowed time aboveground facilities would be
for filing a protest, the instant request removed, including two mainline valve
shall be treated as an application for DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY settings, three domestic taps, four
authorization pursuant to section 7 of rectifiers, 14 cathodic protection test
the NGA. Federal Energy Regulatory stations, and the pipeline markers. The
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission remainder of pipeline facilities would
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, be abandoned in place.
within 90 days of this Notice the [Docket No. CP16–456–000]
Commission staff will either: Complete Background
its environmental assessment (EA) and Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, On June 9, 2016, the Commission
place it into the Commission’s public Inc.; Notice of Schedule for issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or Environmental Review of the Shidler Environmental Assessment for the
issue a Notice of Schedule for Line Abandonment Project Proposed Shidler Line Abandonment
Environmental Review. If a Notice of Project and Request for Comments on
Schedule for Environmental Review is On May 6, 2016, Southern Star Environmental Issues (NOI). The NOI
issued, it will indicate, among other Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. (Southern was sent to affected landowners; federal,
milestones, the anticipated date for the Star) filed an application in Docket No. state, and local government agencies;
Commission staff’s issuance of the final CP16–456–000 requesting authorization elected officials; environmental and
environmental impact statement (FEIS) pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural public interest groups; Native American
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the Gas Act to abandon certain natural gas tribes; other interested parties; and local
EA in the Commission’s public record pipeline facilities. The proposed project libraries and newspapers. In response to
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES
for this proceeding or the issuance of a is known as the Shidler Line the NOI, the Commission received
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Abandonment Project (Project), and comment letters from the Oklahoma
Review will serve to notify federal and would abandon about 31.2 miles of 16- Archeological Survey, the Oklahoma
state agencies of the timing for the inch-diameter natural gas pipeline and Natural Heritage Inventory, the
completion of all necessary reviews, and remove certain pipeline and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
the subsequent need to complete all aboveground facilities in Osage County, Conservation, and the Osage Nation.
federal authorizations within 90 days of Oklahoma. The letters provided occurrence records
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