[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 40064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17048]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP15-522-000]
Southwest Gas Storage Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
Take notice that on June 26, 2015, Southwest Gas Storage Company
(Southwest), filed in Docket No. CP15-522-000, a prior notice request
pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208, 157.213, and 157.216 of the
Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and
Southwest's blanket authorization issued in Docket No. CP99-230-000.
Southwest seeks authorization to convert, modify, replace, and abandon
certain natural gas storage facilities at its Howell Storage Field
located in Livingston County, Michigan, all as more fully set forth in
the application which is on file with the Commission and open for
public inspection. Specifically, Southwest is converting 15 injection/
withdrawal wells to observation wells as part of Southwest's multi-year
Howell Storage Field Well Re-Entries and Integrity Work Project. 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, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (866) 208-3676 or TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Any questions concerning this application may be directed to:
Stephen T. Veatch, Sr., Director, Certificates & Tariffs, Southwest Gas
Storage Company, 1300 Main Street, P.O. Box 4967, Houston TX 77210-
4967, by phone at (713) 989-2024, fax at (713) 989-1205 or email at
[email protected].
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 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 If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after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.
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.
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 commenters 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 commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters 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 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. 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: July 7, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-17048 Filed 7-10-15; 8:45 am]
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