[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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