[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 24417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09804]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP14-151-000]


Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization; Pan Gas Storage, 
LLC d/b/a Southwest Gas Storage Company

    Take notice that on April 14, 2014 Southwest Gas Storage Company 
(Southwest), P.O. Box 4967, Houston, Texas 77210-4967, filed in the 
above Docket, a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205, 
157.208(b), 157.213(b) and 157.216(b)(2) of the Commission's 
regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Southwest's blanket 
certificate issued in CP99-230-000, for authorization to construct, 
modify and abandon certain natural gas storage facilities located the 
Howell Storage Field in Livingston County, Michigan, 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, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to 
Stephen Veatch, Senior Director of Certificates, Southwest Gas Storage 
Company, 1300 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002, or call (713) 989-
2024, or fax (713) 989-1176, or by email [email protected].
    Specifically, Southwest is seeking authorization to continue 
modifying Southwest's Howell Storage Field to serve the needs of the 
applicant and its customers. The proposed modifications consist of 
reentering and modifying two existing injection-withdrawal vertical 
wells and drilling dual horizontal wellbore extensions from each 
existing well; converting six existing injection-withdrawal wells to 
observation well status; relaying/modifying three laterals lines; and 
abandoning in place six associated storage lateral lines and 
appurtenant facilities. Southwest states that the proposed 
modifications will have no impact on the certified physical parameters 
including total gas storage inventory, reservoir pressure, reservoirs 
and buffer boundaries, and certified capacity. Southwest also states 
that the estimated cost of the Project is $4,365,622 and $965,622 for 
the well conversion and to abandon and or modify the storage laterals 
respectively.
    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. 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 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 complete all federal authorizations within 90 days 
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
    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 section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (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 (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

    Dated: April 23, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-09804 Filed 4-29-14; 8:45 am]
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