[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 29441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11863]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Docket No. CP14-478-000]


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

    Take notice that on May 7, 2014, Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC 
(Columbia Gulf), having its principal office at 5151 San Felipe, Suite 
2500, Houston, TX 77056, filed in Docket No. CP14-478-000, a prior 
notice request pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.209 and 157.210 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA). Columbia Gulf 
seeks authorization to (1) convert a temporary compressor unit located 
at the site of the Hartsville Compressor Station, located in Macon 
County, Tennessee, to permanent standby service, (2) remove temporary 
facilities no longer required for service, and (3) abandon/reduce the 
certificated horsepower (hp) of the Hartsville Compressor Station by 
6,000 hp, to a total of 45,400 hp. Columbia Gulf proposes to perform 
these activities under its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP83-496-000, 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 
Fredric J. George, Senior Counsel, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation, P.O. Box 1273, Charleston, West Virginia 25325-1273 or by 
calling (304) 357-2359 or fax (304)357-3206.
    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.
    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 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 EA.
    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 commenter's 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 commenter's will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentary, 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 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.

    Dated: May 15, 2014.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-11863 Filed 5-21-14; 8:45 am]
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