83_FR_27435 83 FR 27322 - Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization: National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

83 FR 27322 - Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization: National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 113 (June 12, 2018)

Page Range27322-27323
FR Document2018-12600

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27322-27323]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12600]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-491-000]


Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization: National Fuel Gas 
Supply Corporation

    Take notice that on May 24, 2018, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 
14221, filed in the above referenced docket, a prior notice request 
pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208, and 157.210 of the Commission's 
regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and National Fuel's blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-4-000, for authorization to (1) 
increase certificated maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of a 
10.6-mile-long portion of existing 16-inch-diameter Line KNYS, (2) 
install a new Over Pressure Protection Station, and (3) install 
appurtenances, all located in Cattaraugus County, New York and McKean 
County, Pennsylvania (Line KNYS Update Project). Increasing MAOP from 
335 pounds per square inch

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gauge (psig) to 454 psig will allow National Fuel to transport an 
additional 15,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation capacity 
under EFT Rate Schedule, 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 regarding this application may be directed to 
Margaret Sroka, Attorney, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 6363 
Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221, by telephone at (716) 857-
7066 or by email at srokam@natfuel.com; or Janet R. Bayer, Senior 
Regulatory Analyst, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 6363 Main 
Street, Williamsville, New York 14221, by telephone at (716) 857-7429 
or by email at jrbferc@natfuel.com.
    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 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 EA.
    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.
    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 
website (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

    Dated: June 1, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-12600 Filed 6-11-18; 8:45 am]
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27322 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 113 / Tuesday, June 12, 2018 / Notices • Land use; subject to ground disturbance (examples link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and • Water resources, fisheries, and include construction right-of-way, enter the docket number, excluding the wetlands; contractor/pipe storage yards, last three digits in the Docket Number • Cultural resources; compressor stations, and access roads). field (i.e., CP18–186). Be sure you have • Vegetation and wildlife; Our EA for this project will document selected an appropriate date range. For • Air quality and noise; our findings on the impacts on historic assistance, please contact FERC Online • Endangered and threatened species; properties and summarize the status of Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov • Public safety; and consultations under section 106. or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for • Cumulative impacts We will also evaluate reasonable Environmental Mailing List TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The alternatives to the proposed project or eLibrary link also provides access to the The environmental mailing list texts of formal documents issued by the portions of the project, and make includes federal, state, and local recommendations on how to lessen or Commission, such as orders, notices, government representatives and and rulemakings. avoid impacts on the various resource agencies; elected officials; areas. In addition, the Commission offers a environmental and public interest free service called eSubscription which The EA will present our independent groups; Native American Tribes; other analysis of the issues. The EA will be allows you to keep track of all formal interested parties; and local libraries issuances and submittals in specific available in the public record through and newspapers. This list also includes eLibrary. We will publish and distribute dockets. This can reduce the amount of all affected landowners (as defined in time you spend researching proceedings the EA to the public for an allotted the Commission’s regulations) who are comment period. We will consider all by automatically providing you with potential right-of-way grantors, whose notification of these filings, document comments on the EA before making our property may be used temporarily for recommendations to the Commission. summaries, and direct links to the project purposes, or who own homes documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- To ensure we have the opportunity to within certain distances of aboveground consider and address your comments, filing/esubscription.asp. facilities, and anyone who submits Finally, public sessions or site visits please carefully follow the instructions comments on the project. We will in the Public Participation section, will be posted on the Commission’s update the environmental mailing list as calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ beginning on page 2. the analysis proceeds to ensure that we With this notice, we are asking EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along send the information related to this with other related information. agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ environmental review to all individuals, or special expertise with respect to the organizations, and government entities Dated: June 1, 2018. environmental issues of this project to interested in and/or potentially affected Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., formally cooperate with us in the by the proposed project. Deputy Secretary. preparation of the EA.5 Agencies that Copies of the EA will be sent to the [FR Doc. 2018–12598 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] would like to request cooperating environmental mailing list for public BILLING CODE 6717–01–P agency status should follow the review and comment. If you would instructions for filing comments prefer to receive a paper copy of the provided under the Public Participation document instead of the CD version or DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY section of this notice. would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please return the Federal Energy Regulatory Consultations Under Section 106 of the attached Information Request (appendix Commission National Historic Preservation Act 2). [Docket No. CP18–491–000] In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s Notice of Onsite Review Notice of Request Under Blanket implementing regulations for section On June 18–20, 2018, the Office of Authorization: National Fuel Gas 106 of the National Historic Energy Projects staff will be in Fauquier, Supply Corporation Preservation Act, we are using this Prince William, Fluvanna, and notice to initiate consultation with the Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia to gather Take notice that on May 24, 2018, applicable State Historic Preservation data related to the environmental National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their analysis of the Southeastern Trail (National Fuel), 6363 Main Street, views and those of other government Project. Staff will review environmental Williamsville, New York 14221, filed in agencies, interested Indian tribes, and resources on the proposed Manassas the above referenced docket, a prior the public on the project’s potential Loop and visit Stations 175 and 165 to notice request pursuant to sections effects on historic properties.6 We will review the extent of proposed ground- 157.205, 157.208, and 157.210 of the define the project-specific Area of disturbing activities. This will assist Commission’s regulations under the Potential Effects (APE) in consultation staff in completing its comparative Natural Gas Act (NGA) and National with the SHPOs as the project develops. evaluation of environmental impacts of Fuel’s blanket certificate issued in On natural gas facility projects, the APE the proposed project. Viewing of these Docket No. CP83–4–000, for at a minimum encompasses all areas facilities is anticipated to be from authorization to (1) increase certificated existing Transco right-of-way and at maximum allowable operating pressure 5 The Council on Environmental Quality existing Transco stations. (MAOP) of a 10.6-mile-long portion of regulations addressing cooperating agency existing 16-inch-diameter Line KNYS, sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Additional Information Regulations, Part 1501.6. (2) install a new Over Pressure 6 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s Additional information about the Protection Station, and (3) install regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal project is available from the appurtenances, all located in Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define Commission’s Office of External Affairs, Cattaraugus County, New York and historic properties as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC McKean County, Pennsylvania (Line in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register website at www.ferc.gov using the KNYS Update Project). Increasing of Historic Places. ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary MAOP from 335 pounds per square inch VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:21 Jun 11, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM 12JNN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 113 / Tuesday, June 12, 2018 / Notices 27323 gauge (psig) to 454 psig will allow filed and not withdrawn within 30 days submit brief comments up to 6,000 National Fuel to transport an additional after the time allowed for filing a characters, without prior registration, 15,000 dekatherms per day of firm protest, the instant request shall be using the eComment system at http:// transportation capacity under EFT Rate treated as an application for www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Schedule, all as more fully set forth in authorization pursuant to section 7 of ecomment.asp. You must include your the application which is on file with the the NGA. name and contact information at the end Commission and open to public The Commission strongly encourages of your comments. For assistance, inspection. electronic filings of comments, protests, please contact FERC Online Support at The filing may also be viewed on the and interventions via the internet in lieu FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) web at http://www.ferc.gov using the of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket and the instructions on the (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please number excluding the last three digits in Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal the docket number field to access the under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 document. For assistance, please contact First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Dated: June 1, 2018. FERC Online Support at The first page of any filing should FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., include docket number P–3407–086. free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–12600 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] Dated: June 6, 2018. (202) 502–8659. Any questions regarding this BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., application may be directed to Margaret Deputy Secretary. Sroka, Attorney, National Fuel Gas [FR Doc. 2018–12584 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] Supply Corporation, 6363 Main Street, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Williamsville, New York 14221, by telephone at (716) 857–7066 or by email Federal Energy Regulatory at srokam@natfuel.com; or Janet R. Commission DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Bayer, Senior Regulatory Analyst, [Project No. 3407–086] National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, Federal Energy Regulatory 6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New Magic Reservoir Hydroelectric, Inc., Commission York 14221, by telephone at (716) 857– Big Wood Canal Company; Notice of [Docket No. EL18–168–000] 7429 or by email at jrbferc@natfuel.com. Application for Transfer of License and Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Soliciting Comments, Motions To Notice of Complaint: North Carolina Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, Intervene, and Protests Electric Membership Corporation v. within 90 days of this Notice the Duke Energy Progress, LLC Commission staff will either: Complete On May 10, 2018, Magic Reservoir its environmental assessment (EA) and Hydroelectric, Inc. (transferor) and Big Take notice that on May 31, 2018, place it into the Commission’s public Wood Canal Company (transferee) filed pursuant to sections 206, 306, and 309 record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or an application for the transfer of license of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. issue a Notice of Schedule for of the Magic Dam Project No. 3407. The 824e, 825e, and 825h and Rule 206 of Environmental Review. If a Notice of project is located on the Big Wood River the Federal Energy Regulatory Schedule for Environmental Review is in Blaine and Camas counties, Idaho Commission’s (Commission) Rules of issued, it will indicate, among other and occupies Federal lands managed by Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, milestones, the anticipated date for the the Bureau of Land Management. North Carolina Electric Membership Commission staff’s issuance of the EA The applicants seek Commission Corporation (Complainant) filed a for this proposal. The filing of the EA approval to transfer the license for the formal challenge and complaint against in the Commission’s public record for Magic Dam Project from the transferor to Duke Energy Progress, LLC this proceeding or the issuance of a the transferee. (Respondent) alleging that Respondent Notice of Schedule for Environmental Applicants Contact: For transferor: is violating its formula rate, its Joint Review will serve to notify federal and Mr. James B. Alderman, Secretary, Open Access Transmission Tariff and state agencies of the timing for the Magic Reservoir Hydroelectric Inc., c/o Commission orders, regulations and completion of all necessary reviews, and J.R. Simplot Company, 1099 W Front generally applicable ratemaking policies the subsequent need to complete all Street, Boise, ID 83702, Phone: 208– by failing to reflect in its Annual federal authorizations within 90 days of 780–7316. Updates of wholesale transmission the date of issuance of the Commission For transferee: Mr. Carl Pendleton, charges, the reduction in the federal staff’s EA. Chairman of the Board, Big Wood Canal corporate income tax rate that went into Any person may, within 60 days after Company, 409 North Apple Street, effect January 1, 2018 and the the issuance of the instant notice by the Shoshone, ID 83352, Phone: 208–420– adjustments to the Accumulated Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 6401 and Mr. Ted S. Sorenson, 1032 Deferred Income Tax balances, as more of the Commission’s Procedural Rules Grandview Drive, Ivins, UT 84738. fully explained in the complaint. (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis, (202) Complainant certifies that copies of or notice of intervention. Any person 502–8735, patricia.gillis@ferc.gov. the complaint were served on contacts filing to intervene or the Commission’s Deadline for filing comments, motions for the Respondent listed on the staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of to intervene, and protests: 30 days from Commission’s list of Corporate Officials sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES the Commission’s Regulations under the the date that the Commission issues this and the North Carolina Utilities NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to notice. The Commission strongly Commission and the South Carolina the request. If no protest is filed within encourages electronic filing. Please file Public Service Commission. the time allowed therefore, the proposed comments, motions to intervene, and Any person desiring to intervene or to activity shall be deemed to be protests using the Commission’s eFiling protest this filing must file in authorized effective the day after the system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs- accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of time allowed for protest. If a protest is filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can the Commission’s Rules of Practice and VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:21 Jun 11, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM 12JNN1


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