81_FR_67535 81 FR 67345 - Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

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)

Page Range67345-67346
FR Document2016-23675

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)
[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]


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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

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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 
[email protected] 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]
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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
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                                                  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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FR Citation81 FR 67345 

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