82 FR 39121 - Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 158 (August 17, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 158 (Thursday, August 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39121-39122]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17353]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-478-000]


Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on August 1, 2017, Texas Gas Transmission, LLC 
(Texas Gas), 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800, Houston, Texas 77046 filed a 
prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of the 
Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act for authorization to 
abandon certain natural gas pipeline assets, ancillary facilities and 
appurtenances, located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana and Louisiana 
State waters. Specifically, Texas Gas proposes to (1) abandon in place 
approximately 3.61 miles of 8.625-inch-diameter pipeline, known as the 
Bay Junop to Bay Round 8-inch pipeline; (2) abandon in place 
approximately 10.05 miles and abandon by removal approximately 0.24 
miles of 8.625-inch-diameter pipeline, known as the Bay Round to Block 
8 8-inch pipeline; and (3) abandon by removal the Bay Round Platform 
and the Brammer Old Camp Pass Platform. These Facilities have been 
idled since 2012 and abandonment avoids the ongoing maintenance costs 
of unused existing natural gas pipeline assets. There will be no impact 
to any customer's service as a result of the 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, 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 
Kathy D. Fort, Manager, Certificates and Tariffs, Texas Gas 
Transmission, LLC, 610 West 2nd Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, by 
phone (270) 688-6825, or by 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 he 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

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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 original and 5 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. 2017-17353 Filed 8-16-17; 8:45 am]
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