82 FR 23243 - Equitrans, LP; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 97 (May 22, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 97 (Monday, May 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23243-23244]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10380]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-440-000]


Equitrans, LP; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

    Take notice that on May 10, 2017, Equitrans, LP (Equitrans), 625 
Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3111, filed 
in Docket No. CP17-440-000 a prior notice request pursuant to sections 
157.205, 157.213 and 157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Equitrans' blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP96-532-000, to (i) modify and abandon in part an injection 
and withdrawal well in Equitrans' Rhodes Storage Field Complex (Rhodes 
Complex) and Skin Creek Storage Field located in Lewis County, West 
Virginia, and (ii) abandon in-place approximately 2,553 feet of the 
associated natural gas storage pipeline.
    Equitrans states that the 2\7/8\-inch tubing currently in place in 
the Rhodes Complex/Skin Creek Storage Field Well 8215 prevents the use 
of casing evaluation tools necessary to perform corrosion monitoring 
required to comply with new regulations adopted by the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). In order to 
facilitate compliance with PHMSA's new regulations, Equitrans is 
proposing to perform certain modifications to Storage Well 8215 and as 
a result, access to the Rhodes Complex via this well will be abandoned, 
but access to the Skin Creek Storage Field will not be affected. The 
proposed modification will result in Storage Well 8215 serving as a 
single completion well, which will allow the use of-high resolution 
casing logging tools and will have no impact on the well's overall 
deliverability. Equitrans affirms that there will be no impact on the 
certificated parameters of either the Rhodes Complex or the Skin Creek 
Storage Field, and that there will be no elimination or decrease in 
service to customers as a result of the proposed abandonment of 
facilities. Equitrans estimates the cost of the project to be $166,000, 
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 Paul 
W. Diehl, Counsel--Midstream, Equitrans, LP, 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 
1700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, by telephone at (412) 395-5540, by 
facsimile at (412) 553-7781, or by email at [email protected].
    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

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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.
    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 seven copies of the protest or intervention to 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: May 16, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-10380 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
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