[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5436-5437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01803]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP16-59-000]


Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline, L.P.; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

    Take notice that on January 15, 2016, Cheniere Corpus Christi 
Pipeline, L.P. (Cheniere Corpus Christi), 700 Milam Street, Suite 1900, 
Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. CP16-59-000 a prior notice 
request pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208 and 157.210 of the 
Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, 
requesting authorization to install two electric motor drive (EMD) 
compressors and associated facilities at the previously authorized 
Sinton Compressor Station site at San Patricio County, Texas (Sinton 
Compressor Station EMD Project).
    Cheniere Corpus Christi was granted authorization in Docket No. 
CP12-508-000 \1\ to construct its Corpus Christi Pipeline Project which 
included two compressor stations. Cheniere Corpus Christi states that 
the Taft Compressor Station is no longer needed and proposes to install 
approximately 29,600 horsepower (HP) of additional compression via two 
Solar EMD compressor units (14,800 HP each) at

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the Sinton Compressor Station. Cheniere Corpus Christi states that, as 
a result of the relocation of compression, neither the capacity nor the 
maximum allowable operating pressure of the Corpus Christi Pipeline 
will differ from what was authorized by the Commission in the 
Certificate.
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    \1\ 149 FERC ]61,283 (2014).
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    Cheniere Corpus Christi estimates the cost of the Sinton Compressor 
Station EMD Project to be approximately $30 million, 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 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, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to 
Patricia Outtrim, Cheniere Energy Inc., 700 Milam Street, Suite 1900, 
Houston, Texas 77002, by telephone at (713) 375-5000, by facsimile at 
(713) 375-6485, or by email at [email protected].
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 60 days after 
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 and pursuant to section 157.205 of 
the regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.205), 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 filing a protest. If a protest is filed and 
not withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time 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 in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and seven copies of the protest or intervention to 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: January 21, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-01803 Filed 2-1-16; 8:45 am]
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