[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 230 (Wednesday, November 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86326-86327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28764]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-16-000]


Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on November 17, 2016 Gulf South Pipeline Company, 
LP (Gulf South), 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800, Houston, Texas, 77046, 
filed in the above referenced docket a prior notice application 
pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations under the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA), and Gulf South's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-430-000. Gulf South seeks authorization to abandon in place two 
2,000 horsepower (HP) reciprocating units, compressor fuel lines and a 
fuel meter located at its Bayou Sale Compressor Station (CS) in St. 
Mary Parish, Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in the application, 
which is open to the public for 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 Kathy 
D. Fort, Manager, Certificates and Tariffs, Gulf South Pipeline 
Company, LP, 610 West 2nd Street Owensboro, Kentucky, 42301, by phone 
at (270) 688-6825 or by email at [email protected] or to Juan Eligio 
Jr., Sr. Regulatory Analyst, Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP, 9 
Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800, Houston, Texas, 77046, by phone at (713) 
479-3480 or by email at [email protected].
    Specifically, Gulf South states that facilities proposed for 
abandonment were initially installed to receive gas from south 
Louisiana and Eugene Island, offshore Louisiana; however, there have 
not been sufficient offshore gas supplies to operate the facilities in 
over 20 years. Gulf South states that by abandoning compression at 
Bayou Sale CS, the maximum capacity on this section of Gulf South's 
system will decrease to 196.7 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d), 
while the maximum throughput on this system for the past five years has 
been 125.7 MMcf/d. Therefore, Gulf South states that the proposed 
abandonment will have no adverse impact on its system and Gulf South's 
ability to comply with its contractual obligations.
    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,

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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 five (5) copies of the protest or intervention 
to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: November 22, 2016.

 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-28764 Filed 11-29-16; 8:45 am]
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