83_FR_7745 83 FR 7709 - Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

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)

Page Range7709-7710
FR Document2018-03646

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 36 (Thursday, 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 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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 mike.loeffler@nngco.com.
    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.
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 36 / Thursday, February 22, 2018 / Notices 7709 Filed Date: 2/14/18. Commission’s regulations governing DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Accession Number: 20180214–5176. transportation service provided under Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/18. section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Federal Energy Regulatory Docket Numbers: ER18–860–000. Act of 1978, 18 CFR part 284, the City Commission Applicants: East River Electric Power of Alexandria, Louisiana (Complainant) [Docket No. CP18–81–000] Cooperative, Inc. filed a formal complaint against EnLink Description: Request for Limited LIG, LLC (EnLink or Respondent) Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice Waiver of Tariff Provisions of East River requesting relief from EnLink’s alleged of Request Under Blanket Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. violations of its FERC filed Statement of Authorization Filed Date: 2/14/18. Operating Conditions, all as more fully Accession Number: 20180214–5181. explained in the complaint. Take notice that on February 5, 2018, Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/18. Complainant certifies that copies of Northern Natural Gas Company complaint were served on the contact of (Northern), 111 South 103rd Street, Take notice that the Commission Omaha, Nebraska 68124–1000, filed in received the following qualifying EnLink as listed on the Commission’s list of Corporate Officials, the Office of Docket No. CP18–81–000 a prior notice facility filings: request pursuant to sections 157.205, Docket Numbers: QF17–935–000: the General Counsel for the Louisiana Public Service Commission, and the 157.208 and 157.216 of the QF18–936–000. Commission’s regulations under the Applicants: Zeeland Farm Services, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Northern’s Inc. blanket certificate issued in Docket No. Description: Refund report of Zeeland Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in CP82–401–000, to construct its Farm Services, Inc. Marquette Branch Line Expansion Filed Date: 2/14/18. accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Project (Project). The Project consists of: Accession Number: 20180214–5170. Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and (i) Construction of the new East Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/18. 385.214). Protests will be considered by Wakefield compressor station consisting The filings are accessible in the of two 1,590-horsepower natural gas- Commission’s eLibrary system by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will fired turbine compressor units in clicking on the links or querying the Gogebic County, Michigan; (ii) docket number. not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to construction of a new regulator station Any person desiring to intervene or near West Ishpeming in Marquette protest in any of the above proceedings become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as County, Michigan; (iii) uprating the must file in accordance with Rules 211 maximum allowable operating pressure and 214 of the Commission’s appropriate. The Respondent’s answer and all interventions, or protests must (MAOP) of a 12.2-mile segment of Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and Northern’s existing 12- and 16-inch- 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern be filed on or before the comment date. diameter Marquette branch line in time on the specified comment date. The Respondent’s answer, motions to Marquette County, Michigan; and (iv) Protests may be considered, but intervene, and protests must be served abandonment of short segments of intervention is necessary to become a on the Complainant. The Commission encourages pipeline to accommodate station tie-ins party to the proceeding. in Gogebic and Marquette Counties, eFiling is encouraged. More detailed electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the Michigan. The Project will allow information relating to filing Northern to deliver 24,610 dekatherms requirements, interventions, protests, ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically per day of incremental service to Upper service, and qualifying facilities filings Michigan Energy Resources can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ should submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Corporation. Northern estimates the cost docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For of the Project to be approximately other information, call (866) 208–3676 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC $22,124,718, all as more fully set forth (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. in the application which is on file with 20426. Dated: February 15, 2018. This filing is accessible on-line at the Commission and open to public Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., http://www.ferc.gov, using the inspection. The filing may also be Deputy Secretary. ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for viewed on the web at http:// [FR Doc. 2018–03645 Filed 2–21–18; 8:45 am] review in the Commission’s Public www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Reference Room in Washington, DC. Enter the docket number excluding the There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the last three digits in the docket number website that enables subscribers to field to access the document. For DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY receive email notification when a assistance, please contact FERC Online document is added to a subscribed Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ Federal Energy Regulatory docket(s). For assistance with any FERC ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or Commission Online service, please email TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call Any questions concerning this [Docket No. PR18–30–000] (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call application may be directed to Michael The City of Alexandria, Louisiana v. (202) 502–8659. T. Loeffler, Senior Director, Certificates EnLink LIG, LLC; Notice of Complaint Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern and External Affairs, Northern Natural daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Time on February 20, 2018. Gas Company, PO Box 3330, Omaha, Take notice that on February 13, 2018, Nebraska 68103–0330, by telephone at pursuant to Rules 206 and 212 of the Dated: February 14, 2018. (402) 398–7103, by facsimile at (402) Federal Energy Regulatory Kimberly D. Bose, 398–7190, or by email at mike.loeffler@ Commission’s (FERC or Commission) Secretary. nngco.com. Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR [FR Doc. 2018–03557 Filed 2–21–18; 8:45 am] Any person or the Commission’s staff 385.206, and .212 (2017), and the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P may, within 60 days after issuance of VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:10 Feb 21, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22FEN1.SGM 22FEN1

7710 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 36 / Thursday, February 22, 2018 / Notices the instant notice by the Commission, Persons unable to file electronically notice published on February 14, 2018 file pursuant to Rule 214 of the should submit an original and seven (83 FR 6490). Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR copies of the protest or intervention to ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 385.214) a motion to intervene or notice the Federal Energy Regulatory of intervention and pursuant to section identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– Commission, 888 First Street NE, 157.205 of the regulations under the OAR–2016–0347, at http:// Washington, DC 20426. NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the www.regulations.gov. Follow the online Dated: February 15, 2018. instructions for submitting comments. request. If no protest is filed within the Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Once submitted, comments cannot be time allowed therefore, the proposed activity shall be deemed to be Deputy Secretary. edited or removed from Regulations.gov. authorized effective the day after the [FR Doc. 2018–03646 Filed 2–21–18; 8:45 am] The EPA may publish any comment time allowed for filing a protest. If a BILLING CODE 6717–01–P received to its public docket. Do not protest is filed and not withdrawn submit electronically any information within 30 days after the allowed time you consider to be Confidential for filing a protest, the instant request ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Business Information (CBI) or other shall be treated as an application for AGENCY information whose disclosure is authorization pursuant to section 7 of restricted by statute. Multimedia [EPA–HQ–OAR–2016–0347; FRL–9974–80– submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be the NGA. OAR] Pursuant to section 157.9 of the accompanied by a written comment. Commission’s rules (18 CFR 157.9), RIN 2060–AT35 The written comment is considered the within 90 days of this Notice, the official comment and should include Commission staff will either: complete Response to June 1, 2016 Clean Air discussion of all points you wish to its environmental assessment (EA) and Act Section 126(b) Petition From make. The EPA will generally not place it into the Commission’s public Connecticut consider comments or comment record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or contents located outside of the primary AGENCY: Environmental Protection submission (i.e., on the Web, Cloud, or issue a Notice of Schedule for Agency (EPA). Environmental Review. If a Notice of other file sharing system). For ACTION: Notice of proposed action on additional submission methods, the full Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other petition. EPA public comment policy, milestones, the anticipated date for the information about CBI or multimedia SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Commission staff’s issuance of the EA submissions, and general guidance on Agency (EPA) is proposing to deny a for this proposal. The filing of the EA making effective comments, please visit section 126(b) petition submitted by the in the Commission’s public record for http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ state of Connecticut pursuant to the this proceeding or the issuance of a commenting-epa-dockets. Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) on June 1, Notice of Schedule for Environmental 2016. The petition requested that EPA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Review will serve to notify federal and make a finding that emissions from Questions concerning this proposed state agencies of the timing for the Brunner Island Steam Electric Station notice should be directed to Mr. Lev completion of all necessary reviews, and (Brunner Island), located in York Gabrilovich, U.S. Environmental the subsequent need to complete all County, Pennsylvania, are significantly Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality federal authorizations within 90 days of contributing to nonattainment and Planning and Standards, Air Quality the date of issuance of the Commission interfering with maintenance of the Policy Division, Mail Code C539–01, staff’s EA. Persons who wish to comment only 2008 ozone national ambient air quality Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, on the environmental review of this standards (NAAQS) in Connecticut in telephone (919) 541–1496; email at project should submit an original and violation of the good neighbor provision gabrilovich.lev@epa.gov. two copies of their comments to the under the CAA. The EPA proposes to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Secretary of the Commission. deny the petition because Connecticut has not met its burden to demonstrate The information in this document is Environmental commenters will be that the source emits or would emit in organized as follows: placed on the Commission’s environmental mailing list, will receive violation of the good neighbor provision I. General Information copies of the environmental documents, such that it will significantly contribute II. Background and Legal Authority and will be notified of meetings to nonattainment or interfere with A. Ozone and Public Health associated with the Commission’s maintenance of the 2008 ozone NAAQS B. Clean Air Act Sections 110 and 126 environmental review process. in Connecticut. The EPA is further C. The EPA’s Historical Approach to Environmental commenters will not be proposing to deny the petition based on Addressing Interstate Transport of Ozone required to serve copies of filed the conclusion that the Brunner Island under the Good Neighbor Provision facility does not currently emit nor is it D. The June 2016 CAA Section 126(b) documents on all other parties. expected to emit pollution in violation Petition from Connecticut However, the non-party commenters, of the good neighbor provision for the E. The Brunner Island Facility will not receive copies of all documents III. The EPA’s Proposed Decision on filed by other parties or issued by the 2008 ozone NAAQS. Connecticut’s CAA Section 126(b) Commission (except for the mailing of DATES: Comments. Comments must be Petition environmental documents issued by the received on or before March 26, 2018. A. The EPA’s Approach for Granting or daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Commission) and will not have the right Public Hearing. The EPA is holding a Denying CAA Section 126(b) Petitions to seek court review of the public hearing on the EPA’s response to Regarding the 2008 8-hour Ozone Commission’s final order. the June 1, 2016, CAA section 126(b) NAAQS The Commission strongly encourages petition from Connecticut on Friday, B. The EPA’s Proposal to Deny electronic filings of comments, protests February 23, 2018. Additional Connecticut’s CAA Section 126(b) and interventions in lieu of paper using information for this public hearing is Petition the eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. available in a separate Federal Register IV. Statutory Authority VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:10 Feb 21, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22FEN1.SGM 22FEN1


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