[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 31320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12640]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP14-488-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on May 14, 2014, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), pursuant to the blanket certificate authorization granted 
to Northern on September 1, 1982, in Docket No. CP82-401-000,\1\ filed 
an application in accordance to sections 157.205, 157.208, and 157.216 
of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as 
amended, requesting authority to replace and operate approximately 5.6 
miles of its existing 12-inch-diameter Marquette branch line (MIM10101) 
located in Marquette County, Michigan, all as more fully set forth in 
the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
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    \1\ 20 FERC ] 62,410 (1982).
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    In order to remediate anomalies discovered during a caliper pig 
run, Northern proposes to replace approximately 5.6 miles of the 
existing MIM10101 with a 12-inch-diameter pipeline that begins at 
approximately MP 236.10 and ends at approximately MP 241.70 located in 
Marquette County, Michigan. The new replacement pipeline will primarily 
be installed parallel and adjacent to the existing pipeline, with the 
exception of approximately 4,435 feet of the pipeline which will be 
installed in new right-of-way. No auxiliary installations are included 
with the proposed project. The existing line will be cut, purged of 
gas, capped, and abandoned in-place. Northern will retain all easements 
related to the abandoned segment of pipe as well as responsibility for 
the abandoned pipeline. The total estimated cost of the proposed 
project is $17,120,470.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to 
Michael T Loeffler, Senior Director, Certificates and External Affairs 
for Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at (402) 
398-7103 or Bret Fritch, Senior Regulatory Analyst, at (402) 398-7140.
    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.
    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 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: May 23, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-12640 Filed 5-30-14; 8:45 am]
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