[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 60895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25634]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-537-000]


DBM Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Staff Protest to Proposed Blanket 
Certificate Activity

    Commission staff (Protestor) hereby protests the prior notice 
request filed under the provisions of part 157, subpart F, of the 
Commission's regulations, by DBM Pipeline, LLC (DBM Pipeline) on July 
27, 2015 in the above referenced docket. Pursuant to its part 157, 
subpart F, blanket certificate authority, DBM Pipeline proposes to 
construction and operate approximately 9 miles of 20-inch-diameter 
pipeline in Reeves and Culberson Counties, Texas, and Eddy County, New 
Mexico. Protestor seeks to have this prior notice request processed as 
a case-specific application filed under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas 
Act and part 157, subpart A, of the Commission's regulations.\1\
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    \1\ Section 157.205(f) provides that a protested prior notice 
filing shall be treated as though it had filed a case-specific 
application under National Gas Act section 7, unless, pursuant to 
section 157.205(g) the protestor withdraws its protest within 30 
days after protests were due.
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    Protestor notes that on September 28, 2015, DBM Pipeline filed a 
data response which described a mitigation plan instead of an avoidance 
plan for historic properties. Mitigation plans do not comply with the 
National Historic Preservation Act under the Commission's regulations 
for blanket projects. DBM Pipeline must file with the Commission 
construction plan to avoid historic properties (exceed 25 feet from any 
of the historic properties). In addition, DBM Pipeline must file with 
the FERC complete responses to the FERC Environmental Data Request 
dated September 23, 2015.
    Without this information, environmental concerns cannot be 
adequately addressed within the 30 day period after the protest 
deadline.

    Dated: October 2, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-25634 Filed 10-7-15; 8:45 am]
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