[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90-91]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33033]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP16-37-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Prior Notice 
Request Under Blanket Authorization

    Take notice that on November 30, 2015, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel) filed in Docket No. CP16-37-000, and 
pursuant to Sections 7 (b) & (c) of the Natural Gas Act, Part 157 of 
the regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) and its blanket certificate authority granted in Docket 
No. CP83-4-000, a prior notice application requesting authorization to; 
(i) Construct and operate a new 4,140 hp compressor station to be known 
as Keelor Compressor Station in McKean County, Pennsylvania; (ii) 
perform modifications at Bowen Compressor Station in Elk County, 
Pennsylvania, including the abandonment of 650 ft. of pipe; and (iii) 
perform modifications at Roystone Compressor Station, in Warren County, 
Pennsylvania, including installation of 750 ft of 12-inch pipe. The 
project is estimated to cost $27.9 million.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to: 
Kenneth E. Webster, Attorney, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 
6363 Main Street Williamsville, New York, 14221-5887, at (716) 857-7067 
or by 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 If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after 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.
    National Fuel seeks authorization of this proposed Project to; (1) 
Increased capacity on National Fuel's existing Line D system by 77,500 
Dekatherm per day, by increasing the operating pressure of Line AM60 
and Line D, in order to provide firm transportation service to the Erie 
and Warren, Pennsylvania markets area from TGP at Lamont and to ensure 
that all existing storage withdrawal obligations can reliably be met, 
this will be accomplished by the installation of three-1,380 hp 
compressor stations (4,140 total hp) two of the three new compressor 
units at Keelor compressor station will be used to withdraw gas from 
the Keelor Storage Field and deliver such gas into Line AM60 (which is 
referred to as Line D west of the Roystone Compressor Station), the 
third compressor unit will be used to increase the pressure of gas 
withdrawn from National Fuel's East Branch and Swede Hill Storage 
Fields (2) to allow National Fuel to flow increased receipts from 
Tennessee Gas Pipeline, LLC (TGP) at Lamont and/or gas from Line K 
South of Bowen compressor station, through the Bowen compressor 
station, into Line K north of Bowen compressor station, and ultimately 
to Line AM60 and Line D, at sufficient pressure to allow the 
incremental volumes subscribed for by the Project shippers to reach the 
Erie and Warren, Pennsylvania markets, (3) to allow National Fuel to 
flow increased receipts from TGP at Lamont and/or gas from Line K south 
of Bowen compressor station, through the Bowen compressor station, into 
Line K north of Bowen compressor station, and ultimately to Line AM60 
and Line D, at sufficient pressure to allow the incremental volumes 
subscribed for by the Project shippers to reach the Erie and Warren, 
Pennsylvania markets. The purpose of the proposed Roystone compressor 
station modification is to allow gas withdrawn from East Branch and 
Swede Hill storage fields, and first compressed and dehydrated by the 
Roystone compressor station, to reach the proposed Keelor compressor 
station for further compression up to the increased system maximum 
operating pressure of Line D of 720 psig. The Project, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open for public inspection. 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.
    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

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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 he 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 five copies of the protest 
or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: December 28, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-33033 Filed 12-31-15; 8:45 am]
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