[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26019-26020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10569]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-61-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Staff 
Protest to Proposed Blanket Certificate Activity

    Commission staff (Protestor) hereby withdraws its Protest to the 
Proposed Blanket Certificate Activity filed in the above-referenced 
proceeding on March 31, 2015.

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    In its prior notice request filed on January 20, 2015 (in Docket 
No. CP15-61-000) and noticed on January 30, 2015,\1\ Northern Natural 
Gas Company (Northern) proposed to construct and abandon facilities in 
Clark and Codington Counties, South Dakota. Protestor protested the 
prior notice because the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse 
Reservation indicated that it would be necessary to conduct a 
Traditional Cultural Properties (TCP) survey to ensure that no TCPs 
would be affected by construction. Northern had not provided the 
results of the TCP survey and/or updated communication with the tribe 
to ensure the project's compliance with the National Historic 
Preservation Act, as required under Appendix II to Subpart F of Part 
157 of the Commission's regulations.
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    \1\ Notice of the request was published in the Federal Register 
on February 5, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 6,512).
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    Subsequent to the filing of the protest, Northern submitted 
communication from the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse 
Reservation that stated the project would have no effect on historic 
resources, and revised alignment sheets to show the revised workspace 
to avoid the TCP site. Thus, Protestor's environmental concern has been 
satisfied. Accordingly, Protestor hereby withdraws its Protest to the 
Proposed Blanket Certificate Activity filed in the instant docket on 
March 31, 2015.

    Dated: April 30, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-10569 Filed 5-5-15; 8:45 am]
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