[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84566-84567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28160]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application

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Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC..............  Docket No. CP17-13-000
Columbia Natural Resources, LLC.........
Core Appalachia Midstream, LLC..........
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    Take notice that on November 9, 2016, Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC 
(Chesapeake), Columbia Natural Resources, LLC (CNR), (collectively CNR/
Chesapeake), 6100 N. Western Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73118, filed an 
application for authority under section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations to abandon by sale a 
Limited Jurisdiction Certificate granted in Docket No. CP04-101-000.
    The Commission has previously determined that CNR/Chesapeake is not 
a natural gas company, as defined in Section 2(6) of the NGA. CNR/
Chesapeake states that it entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement on 
September 19, 2016, in which CNR/Chesapeake agreed to sell to TCFII 
Core LLC (Core) the non-jurisdictional Devonian Gas Gathering System 
located in Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Roane, Wayne, and 
Wyoming Counties in West Virginia, and Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, 
Martin, and Pike Counties in Kentucky. CNR/Chesapeake required the 
Limited Jurisdiction Certificate to provide limited service to 
Mountaineer Gas Company d/b/a Allegheny Power (Mountaineer).
    Pursuant to Section 7(c) of the NGA and Part 157 of the 
Commission's regulations Core Appalachia Midstream, LLC (Core 
Midstream) 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1040, Dallas, Texas 75201, a 
wholly-owned subsidiary of Core, requests a Limited Jurisdiction 
Certificate authorizing continuation of the service authorized in the 
Certificate for which CNR/Chesapeake requests abandonment 
authorization. Core Midstream states that the Limited Jurisdiction 
Certificate would enable it to transport gas on the Devonian Gas 
Gathering System to provide service to

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Mountaineer, thus there will be no gap in service.
    Core Midstream states that it will continue to provide firm service 
to Mountaineer pursuant to the rate schedule already on file with the 
Commission, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing is 
available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or 
may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 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, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions for CNR/Chesapeake regarding this application may be 
directed to Katherine B. Edwards, Edwards & Floom, LLP, 1409 King 
Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, by telephone at (703) 549-0888, by 
facsimile at (703) 549-8608, or by email to [email protected].
    Any questions for Core Midstream regarding this application may be 
directed to William F. Demarest, Jr., Hush Blackwell, LP, 750 17th St 
NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20002, by telephone at (202) 378-2310, 
or by email to [email protected].
    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.
    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 in the proceeding with the 
Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other 
party. 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 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 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.
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