[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76827-76828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30184]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP14-26-000]


Midwestern Gas Transmission Company; Prior Notice of Activity 
Under Blanket Certificate

    On December 4, 2013, Midwestern Gas Transmission Company 
(Midwestern) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) an application under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and 
Sections 157.205 and 157.208 the Commission's regulations and 
Midwestern's blanket authorization in CP82-414, 20 FERC 62,411 (1982). 
Midwestern requests authorization to construct 1.1 miles of 30-inch 
natural gas pipeline, abandon in place 1.0 mile of 30-inch pipeline and 
remove 300 feet of 30-inch pipeline located in Will County, Illinois. 
The facility changes are needed to accommodate the widening of a new 
highway interchange.
    Questions regarding this application may be directed to Denise 
Adams, Manager Rates and Regulatory Analysis, Midwestern Gas 
Transmission Company, 100 West 5th Street, ONEOK Plaza, Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, by calling (918) 732-1408, via fax at 918 732-1363 or Email: 
[email protected].
    Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission 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 (NSER). If a Notice of 
Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among 
other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's 
issuance of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for 
this proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record 
for this proceeding or the issuance of a NSER will serve to notify 
federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all 
necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal 
authorizations within 90 days of

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the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
    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.
    Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants 
parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must 
file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. 
Such motions or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. 
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Applicant, on or before the comment date. It is 
not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons 
other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission 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 seven copies of the protest or intervention to 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov. using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: December 12, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-30184 Filed 12-18-13; 8:45 am]
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