[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11639-11640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03701]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP13-61-000]


Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on January 29, 2013, Dominion Transmission, Inc. 
(Dominion), 701 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, filed in 
Docket No. CP13-61-000, an application pursuant to sections 157.205 and 
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) 
as amended, to plug and abandon two storage wells and their associated 
pipelines in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, under Dominion's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-537-000,\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\ 21 FERC ] 62,172 (1982).
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    Dominion proposes to abandon and plug wells JW-451F and JW-454F and 
their associated pipelines located near the Murrysville Pool of the 
Oakford Storage Complex. Dominion states that it owns the Oakford 
Storage Complex jointly and equally as tenants in common with Texas 
Eastern Transmission, LP. Dominion also states that as the operator of 
the Oakford Storage Complex, that it has filed this proposal on behalf 
of both parties with the Commission. Dominion further states that the 
certificated physical parameters, including total natural gas 
inventory, reservoir pressure, reservoir and buffer boundaries, and the 
certificated capacity of the Oakford Storage Complex would remain 
unchanged with the abandonment and plugging of the two wells. Dominion 
asserts that the proposed abandonment would not have any adverse effect 
on existing customers, existing pipelines, landowners, or communities, 
and would not result in any financial subsidization from existing 
customers. Dominion

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estimates that it would cost $1,479,000 to replicate the two wells and 
their associated pipelines.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Amanda 
K. Prestage, Regulatory and Certificates Analyst, Dominion 
Transmission, Inc., 701 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, 
telephone (804) 771-4416, facsimile (804) 771-4804, or Email: 
[email protected].
    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.

    Dated: February 11, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-03701 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
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