83 FR 1251 - Notice of Application

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 7 (January 10, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1251-1252]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00275]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application

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                                                            Docket Nos.
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Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company................     CP18-39-000
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority.........................     CP18-40-000
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    Take notice that on December 22, 2017, Questar Southern Trails 
Pipeline Company (QST), 333 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84111, filed an application, in Docket No. CP18-39-000, pursuant to 
section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) seeking authority to abandon: 
(i) Its certificate of public convenience and necessity, (ii) its Part 
284 blanket certificate, and (iii) its blanket certificate issued under 
Part 157, Subpart F of the Commission's regulations. QST also requests 
authority to abandon, part by sale and part in-place, all of its 
certificated facilities dedicated to providing jurisdictional 
transportation service including approximately 488 miles of natural gas 
pipeline and related facilities located in California, Arizona, Utah, 
and New Mexico.
    Also, take notice that on December 22, 2017, the Navajo Tribal 
Utility Authority (NTUA), P.O. Box 170, Fort Defiance, Arizona 86504, 
filed an application, in docket No. CP18-40-000, pursuant to Section 
7(f) of the NGA and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations, 
requesting: (i) A service area determination within which NTUA may, 
without further Commission authorization, enlarge or expand its natural 
gas distribution facilities and (ii) a waiver of all reporting, 
accounting, and other rules and regulations normally applicable to 
natural gas companies.
    QST states that it cannot economically justify continued operation 
of its system. Therefore, QST entered into an agreement with NTUA to 
sell those portions of the QST Facilities that are useful for natural 
gas distribution service to NTUA. NTUA will utilize those acquired 
facilities to provide its own service replacing the service 
historically provided to it by QST. The remaining facilities not sold 
to the NTUA will be abandoned in-place.
    Specifically, QST proposes to abandon by sale to NTUA approximately 
268 miles of its interstate pipeline, three compressor stations, and 
related facilities in San Juan County, New Mexico and Apache and 
Coconino Counties, Arizona.
    QST proposes to abandon in-place all the QST Facilities not being 
transferred to the NTUA, consisting of approximately 220 miles of 16-
inch-diameter pipeline, and related facilities, extending from Coconino 
County, Arizona to the terminus of the certificated pipeline in San 
Bernardino County, California. QST will maintain all the facilities 
abandoned in-place in anticipation of a future sale or repurpose, all 
as more fully set forth in the applications which are on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection. The filing is available for 
review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed 
on the Commission's website 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, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding the CP18-39-000 application should be 
directed to L. Bradley Burton, Director-Regulatory, Certificates & 
Tariffs, Dominion Energy Questar Corp., 333 South State Street, P.O. 
Box 45360, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0360, by telephone at (801) 324-
2459, or by email to [email protected].
    Any questions regarding the CP18-40-000 application should be 
directed to Jeffrey K. Janicke, McCarter & English, LLP, 1015 15th 
Street NW, 12th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, by telephone at (202) 735-
3403; or by email to [email protected].
    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 these proceedings; 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 EA for this proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's 
public record for these proceedings 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 EA.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
these projects. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person 
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by 
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of

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all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party 
must submit five copies of filings made with the Commission and must 
mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the 
proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of 
Commission orders in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to these 
projects. The Commission will consider these comments in determining 
the appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone 
will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The 
Commission's rules require that persons filing comments in opposition 
to the project provide copies of their protests only to the party or 
parties directly involved in the protest.
    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 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 five copies of the protest or intervention to 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 24, 2018.

    Dated: January 3, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-00275 Filed 1-9-18; 8:45 am]
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