83 FR 4913 - Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization; Texas Eastern Transmission, LP

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 23 (February 2, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4913-4914]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02142]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-50-000]


Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization; Texas Eastern 
Transmission, LP

    Take notice that on January 19, 2018, Texas Eastern Transmission, 
LP (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251, filed a prior 
notice request pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.208 of the 
Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, 
and the blanket certificate issued by the Commission in Docket No. 
CP82-535-000 requesting authorization to relocate certain segments of 
two adjacent pipelines in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania as part of 
its Skippack Pike Relocation Project. The Skippack Pike Relocation 
Project will accommodate a planned expansion of Pennsylvania State 
Route 202 in Montgomery County by the Pennsylvania Department of 
Transportation. Specifically, Texas Eastern proposes to relocate 
certain segments of its Line 1-B and Line 1-F pipelines, and to cut, 
cap and fill with grout certain portions of these pipelines. The total 
cost of the Skippack Pike Relocation Project is estimated to be 
approximately $12,600,000, 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 Leanne 
Sidorkewicz, Manager, Rates and Certificates, Texas Eastern 
Transmission, LP, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, by 
telephone at (713) 627-4515, by fax at (713) 627-5947, 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 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,

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and will be notified of meetings associated with the 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 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 7 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, 
DC 20426.

    Dated: January 26, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-02142 Filed 2-1-18; 8:45 am]
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