[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 121 (Thursday, June 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 30289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14937]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP09-427-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

June 18, 2009.
    Take notice that on June 4, 2009, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC 
(Columbia), 5151 San Felipe, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77056, filed 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 
Columbia's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-76-000, for 
NGA certification to construct, uprate, replace, relocate, and abandon 
certain natural gas facilities, 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, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    Columbia states that Range Resources Appalachia LLC (Range 
Resources) has requested Columbia to transport 150,000 dekatherms per 
day (Dth/d) of natural gas from Range Resources' production fields in 
the Marcellus Shale in southwestern Pennsylvania to Leach, Kentucky. 
Columbia asserts that, as a result of that request and to meet the 
market demands in the Marcellus Shale region, it has determined that it 
will need to make certain modifications to its pipeline system in 
Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania. Columbia states that it 
will: (i) Isolate a portion of its transmission Line 1570 from Sharp 
Farm MS to Waynesburg Compressor Station; (ii) provide alternate 
sources of supply to continue service to the markets currently being 
served from Line 1570; and (iii) make minor modifications to other 
Columbia facilities in order to accommodate those alternate sources of 
supply.
    More specifically, Columbia seeks approval to: (i) Increase the 
maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) on approximately 1.3 miles 
of 4-inch pipeline on Line 10331 from 206 pounds per square inch gauge 
(psig) to 330 psig; (ii) increase the MAOP on approximately 13.4 miles 
of 10-inch pipeline on Line 40 from 150 psig to 330 psig; (iii) 
increase the MAOP on approximately 0.82 miles of 8-inch pipeline of 
Line 708 from 280 psig to 330 psig; (iv) replace approximately 0.4 
miles of 4-inch pipeline and appurtenances with a like amount of 10-
inch pipeline and appurtenances on Line 36; (v) replace approximately 
2.8 miles of 3-inch pipeline and appurtenances with a like amount of 
10-inch pipeline and appurtenances on Line 628; (vi) replace 
approximately 0.07 miles of 10-inch pipeline and appurtenances with a 
like amount of 10-inch pipeline and appurtenances on Line 40; (vii) 
construct approximately 1.8 miles of 12-inch pipeline and appurtenances 
to extend Line 7215; (viii) construct approximately 1.14 miles of 6-
inch pipeline and appurtenances on Line 10366; (ix) abandon the 
pipeline segments being replaced; and (x) abandon 23 mainline taps. 
Columbia estimates the cost associated with the construction of the 
subject facilities as approximately $16,500,000.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Frederic J. George, Senior Counsel, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, PO 
Box 1273, Charleston, West Virginia 22030-0146, at (304) 357-2359.
    Any person may, within 60 days after the 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. Any person filing to intervene or the Commission's staff 
may, pursuant to Sec.  157.205 of the Commission's regulations under 
the NGA (18 CFR 157.205), file 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 
protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after 
the time allowed for filing a protest, the instant request shall be 
treated as an application for authorization pursuant to section 7 of 
the NGA.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-14937 Filed 6-24-09; 8:45 am]
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