[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6512-6513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02290]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-61-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on January 20, 2015, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in 
the above Docket, a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205, 
157.208, and 157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA) and Northern's blanket certificate issued in Docket CP82-
401-000, for authorization to: (1) Construct and operate a new 1,590 
horsepower Willow Lake compressor station; (2) install and operate a 
new Watertown branch line takeoff and lateral; (3) construct and 
operate a new interconnect with Northern Border Pipeline Company; and 
(4) abandon short segments of pipeline. All facilities are located in 
South Dakota and designed to provide up to 31, 550 dekatherms (Dth) per 
day of incremental firm transportation capacity for industrial, 
commercial and residential use, 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 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 field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Laura Demman, Vice President of Regulatory and Government Affairs, 
phone (402) 398-7278, facsimile (402) 398-7006, or by email at: 
[email protected], Dari R. Dornan, Senior Counsel, phone (402) 
398-7077, facsimile (402) 398-7426, or by email at: 
[email protected], or Michael T. Loeffler, Senior Director of 
Certificates and External Affairs, phone (402) 398-7103, facsimile 
(402) 398-7592, or by email at: [email protected]. All persons 
located at Northern Natural Gas Company, P.O. Box 3330, Omaha, Nebraska 
68103-0330.
    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

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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: January 30, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-02290 Filed 2-4-15; 8:45 am]
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