[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 208 (Thursday, October 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 55837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25980]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP10-7-000]


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

October 22, 2009.
    Take notice that on October 14, 2009, Columbia Gas Transmission, 
LLC (Columbia) 5151 San Felipe, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77056, filed 
in Docket No. CP10-7-000, an application pursuant to sections 157.205, 
157.208(b) and 157.216(b) of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, to construct, uprate, replace, and 
abandon certain natural gas facilities near Columbia's Majorsville 
compressor station system in Marshall County, West Virginia, under 
Columbia's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-76-000,\1\ all 
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to the public for inspection.
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    \1\ 22 FERC ] 62,029 (1983).
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    Columbia proposes to uprate the Maximum Allowable Operating 
Pressure on approximately 17 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline (Line 
1758) from 760 psig to 936 psig; construct and extend Line 1758 with 
approximately 0.7 miles of 20-inch pipeline and appurtenances; 
construct approximately 2.9 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline and 
appurtenances (Line 10365); and abandon approximately 0.04 mile of 20-
inch diameter pipeline and appurtenances. Columbia also states that the 
proposed facilities would enable it to transport up to 225 MMcf/day of 
natural gas from Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC's (Chesapeake) and joint 
venture partner, Statoil Natural Gas LLC, from Chesapeake's production 
fields in the Marcellus shale formation to a new MarkWest Liberty 
Midstream & Resources, L.L.C. processing plant to be built on the 
grounds of Columbia's Majorsville compressor station. Columbia further 
states that the proposed new facilities and modifications would cost an 
estimated $28,200,000 to construct.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to 
Fredric J. George, Senior Counsel, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, P.O. 
Box 1273, Charleston, West Virginia 25325-1273 or via telephone at 
(304) 357-2359 or by facsimile (304) 357-3206.
    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. E9-25980 Filed 10-28-09; 8:45 am]
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