[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84572-84573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28157]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-10-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Tennessee Gas 
Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on November 7, 2016, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Company, LLC (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, and 
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (Tennessee) 1001 Louisiana 
Street, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. CP17-10-
000 an application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations, requesting 
authorization to abandon certain wholly-owned offshore gathering 
lateral facilities extending from

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Galveston Block 391 to Brazos Block 538, Offshore, Texas, and related 
metering facilities, 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 Marg 
Camardello, Regulatory Analyst, Lead, (713) 215-3380, P.O. Box 1396, 
Houston, Texas 77251; and Ben Carranza, Manager, Rates & Regulatory, 
(713) 420-5535, 1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000, Houston Texas 77002.
    Specifically, Transco and Tennessee propose to abandon four 
pipeline segments on Transco's Central Texas Gathering System, offshore 
Texas: Three 20-inch-diameter segments with a combined length of 40.45-
miles connecting Transco Platform BA538 to Platform GA393, and 16-inch-
diameter 5.87-mile-long segment immediately downstream of Transco 
Platform GA393. Transco states that due to the minimal flow on the 
Laterals, it would not be operationally feasible to pig these 
facilities in order to maintain their integrity. The requested order 
date is March 1, 2017. The project cost is estimated at $2.28 million.
    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 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 EA.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person 
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by 
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all 
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must 
submit five copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a 
copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only 
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders 
in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. 
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will 
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's 
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project 
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly 
involved in the protest.
    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 commentors 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 commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors 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 original and five copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 7, 2016.

    Dated: November 16, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-28157 Filed 11-22-16; 8:45 am]
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