83 FR 7709 - Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 36 (February 22, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7709-7710]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03646]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-81-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on February 5, 2018, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
in Docket No. CP18-81-000 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 Northern's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-401-000, to construct its Marquette Branch Line 
Expansion Project (Project). The Project consists of: (i) Construction 
of the new East Wakefield compressor station consisting of two 1,590-
horsepower natural gas-fired turbine compressor units in Gogebic 
County, Michigan; (ii) construction of a new regulator station near 
West Ishpeming in Marquette County, Michigan; (iii) uprating the 
maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of a 12.2-mile segment of 
Northern's existing 12- and 16-inch-diameter Marquette branch line in 
Marquette County, Michigan; and (iv) abandonment of short segments of 
pipeline to accommodate station tie-ins in Gogebic and Marquette 
Counties, Michigan. The Project will allow Northern to deliver 24,610 
dekatherms per day of incremental service to Upper Michigan Energy 
Resources Corporation. Northern estimates the cost of the Project to be 
approximately $22,124,718, 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 
Michael T. Loeffler, Senior Director, Certificates and External 
Affairs, Northern Natural Gas Company, PO Box 3330, Omaha, Nebraska 
68103-0330, by telephone at (402) 398-7103, by facsimile at (402) 398-
7190, or by email at [email protected].
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 60 days after 
issuance of

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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: February 15, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-03646 Filed 2-21-18; 8:45 am]
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