83 FR 27979 - Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization: Saltville Gas Storage Company, LLC

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 116 (June 15, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27979-27980]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12879]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-493-000]


Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization: Saltville Gas 
Storage Company, LLC

    Take notice that on May 31, 2018, Saltville Gas Storage Company, 
L.L.C. (Saltville), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310, 
filed in Docket No. CP18-493-000 a prior notice request pursuant to 
sections 157.205, 157.208, 157.213 and 157.216 of the Commission's 
regulations under the Natural Gas Act notifying the Commission of 
Saltville's intent to drill two new injection and withdrawal (I/W) 
wells, to replace two previously abandon I/W wells and one existing I/W 
well, to maintain the deliverability of the Early Grove depleted 
reservoir facility, as well as to abandon one existing monitoring well 
at its Early Grove natural gas storage facility in Scott and Washington 
Counties, Virginia, 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 Lisa 
A. Connolly, Director, Rates & Certificates, Saltville Gas Storage 
Company. L.L.C., P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642 at (713) 627-
4102 or at [email protected].
    Specifically, Saltville proposes to: (i) Drill new horizontal/high 
angle I/W wells; (ii) install connecting piping and other appurtenances 
facilities; (iii) plug and abandon one existing I/W well, EH-96, and 
one existing monitoring well, EH-95; and (iv) abandon by removal 
related connecting piping and appurtenance facilities. Saltville states 
that, the project will have no impact on the certificate parameters of 
the facility, including total inventory, reservoir pressure, reservoir 
and buffer boundaries, or certificated capacity, and there will be no 
abandonment or reduction in service to any customer of Saltville as a 
result of the project. The project cost will be approximately $20 
million.
    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

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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 required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenter 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 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, 
DC 20426.

    Dated: June 8, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-12879 Filed 6-14-18; 8:45 am]
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