[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9341-9342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3620]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP11-68-000; PF10-19-000]
Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Application
Take notice that on January 27, 2011, Equitrans, L.P.
(``Equitrans''), having its principal place of business at 625 Liberty
Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, filed an
application in Docket No. CP11-68-000 pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations, for
a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and
operate its Sunrise Project. Equitrans' Sunrise Project is designed to
provide additional firm capacity of up to 313,560 Dekatherms per day on
its system at an incremental rate and will address infrastructure
constraints associated with the rapid development of natural gas from
the Marcellus Shale formation in the central Appalachian Basin.
Specifically, Equitrans proposes to: (1) Construct and operate
approximately 41.5 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline, 0.21-mile of 20-
inch pipeline and 2.7 miles of 16-inch pipeline parallel to existing
Equitrans transmission and gathering pipelines; (2) replace a 2.6-mile
section of inactive 16-inch pipeline with new 20-inch pipeline; (3)
retest and uprate 4.8 miles of 20-inch pipeline with appropriate
overpressure protection facilities; (4) install one new compressor
station consisting of three reciprocating units providing approximately
14,205 horsepower (hp); and (5) perform additional activities for
aboveground sites for interconnections,
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mainline block valves, launchers and receivers, control systems, and
other facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application, which
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This
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, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Paul
W. Diehl, Senior Counsel-Midstream, EQT Corporation, 625 Liberty
Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 by calling (412) 395-5540; by
faxing (412) 553-7781; or by e-mailing [email protected].
On May 28, 2010, the Commission staff granted Equitrans' request to
use the pre-filing process and assigned Docket No. PF10-19-000 to staff
activities involving the Sunrise Project. Now, as of the filing of this
application on January 27, 2011, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this
project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be
conducted in Docket No. CP11-68-000, as noted in the caption of this
Notice.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's regulations, 18 CFR
157.9, within 90 days of this Notice, the Commission's 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's staff 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 reach a final decision on a request
for federal authorization within 90 days of the date of issuance of the
Commission staff's EA.
There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must
submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a
copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders
in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
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 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' link.
Comment Date: March 3, 2011.
Dated: February 10, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-3620 Filed 2-16-11; 8:45 am]
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