[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 34724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13681]



[[Page 34724]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-417-000]


Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

June 11, 2008.
    Take notice that on June 2, 2008, Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans), 225 
North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212, filed in Docket No. 
CP08-417-000, an application pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.213 
of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as 
amended, to drill two horizontal storage injection/withdrawal wells in 
its Logansport Storage Reservoir in Marion County, West Virginia, under 
Equitrans' blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP96-532-000, all 
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to the public for inspection.
    Equitrans proposes to drill two horizontal storage injection/
withdrawal wells in order to replace four wells proposed to be 
abandoned in its Logansport Storage Reservoir \1\ as part of an April 
10, 2008, settlement agreement with the Consolidation Coal Company 
(Consol), who owns and operates a longwall coal mining operation (the 
Robinson Run Mine) in Marion County, West Virginia, which is in close 
proximity to Equitrans' Logansport Storage Field. Equitrans states that 
the parties have agreed to the respective rights, duties, obligations 
and liabilities of each party relating to the continued operation of 
Equitrans' Logansport Storage Field in tandem with Consol's coal mining 
operations. Equitrans also states that it would cost approximately 
$4,000,000 to drill the two replacement injection/withdrawal wells.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ Equitrans has also proposed in a concurrent filing in Docket 
No. CP08-416-000 to abandon four injection/withdrawal wells.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Andrew 
L. Murphy, Vice President, Equitrans, L.P., 225 North Shore Drive, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212, or telephone 412-395-3358 or facsimile 
412-395-3166.
    This filing is available for review at the Commission or may be 
viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number filed to access the document. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERC 
[email protected] or call toll-free at (866) 206-3676, or, for 
TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Comments, protests and interventions may 
be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission strongly encourages 
intervenors to file electronically.
    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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-13681 Filed 6-17-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P