[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 174 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62122-62123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21564]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP16-495-000]


Kinetica Energy Express, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on August 19, 2016 Kinetica Energy Express, LLC 
(Kinetica), 1001 McKinney, Suite 900, Houston, Texas 77002, filed a 
prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of the 
Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA). Kinetica 
seeks authorization to abandon two inactive supply laterals, designated 
as Line Nos. 509A-1100 and 509A-1200, and Meter I-1229, located in 
federal waters offshore Louisiana, Vermilion Area. Kinetica is seeking 
abandonment authority under its blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP16-495-000, 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, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (866) 208-3676 or TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Jennifer N. Waters, counsel for Kinetica, Crowell & Moring LLP, 1001 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004, telephone (202) 624-
2715, FAX (202) 628-5116], or Diane Dundee, President and CEO of 
Kinetica, telephone (713) 228-3347 or FAX (281) 200-0747.
    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

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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filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for 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 commenter's 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 commenter's will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentary, 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 original and 5 copies of the protest or 
intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: September 1, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-21564 Filed 9-7-16; 8:45 am]
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