83 FR 30729 - ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 126 (June 29, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30729-30730]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13959]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-503-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on June 14, 2018, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 700 
Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77002-2700, filed in Docket 
No. CP18-503-000 a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205, 
157.208, and 157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA), and ANR's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-
480-000, to abandon 20 injection/withdrawal wells, one observation 
well, and related appurtenances in its Winfield Storage Field, located 
in Mecosta and Montcalm Counties Michigan (Winfield Storage Field Wells 
Abandonment Project).
    ANR states that the well integrity risk assessments for these wells 
revealed integrity weaknesses, and to maintain these wells would 
require some form of remediation, the cost of which would likely exceed 
the cost of plugging, as well as exceed the value provided by the wells 
to storage operations. ANR claims many of the wells proposed for 
abandonment are poor performers in comparison with other wells in the 
Winfield Storage Field, contributing approximately 2.8 percent of the 
total field deliverability. Therefore, ANR concludes that plugging and 
abandoning the wells is the best course of action to maintain field 
integrity and efficiency. ANR affirms that there will be no change to 
the field's total inventory, reservoir pressure, reservoir and buffer 
boundaries, or the certificated capacity as a result of the proposed 
Winfield Storage Field Wells Abandonment Project. ANR estimates the 
cost of the Project to be approximately $2.8 million, 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.

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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 Linda 
Farquhar, Manager, Project Determinations & Regulatory Administration, 
ANR Pipeline Company, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 
77002-2700, by telephone at (832) 320-5685, by facsimile at (832) 320-
6685, 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 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.
    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 seven copies of the protest or intervention to 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: June 22, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-13959 Filed 6-28-18; 8:45 am]
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