[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37209-37210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16752]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-475-000]


Southwest Gas Storage Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on July 19, 2017, Southwest Gas Storage Company 
(Southwest) 1300 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. 
CP17-475-000 a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.20, 
157.208, 157.2135 and 157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act for authorization to modify, replace, and abandon 
certain natural gas storage facilities and convert certain injection/
withdrawal wells to observation status within Southwest's existing 
Howell Storage Field, located in Livingston County, Michigan, 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 Blair 
Lichtenwalter, Senior Director of Certificates, Southwest Gas Storage 
Company, 1300 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002, at (713) 989-1205 or 
by email at [email protected].
    Specifically, Southwest requests authorization to abandon in place 
seven storage lateral pipelines consisting of approximately 8,528 feet 
of existing 4, 6, 8, and 12-inch-diameter lateral pipelines and 
appurtenances, and to convert the connecting injection/withdrawal wells 
to observation status.
    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.
    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 the Commission's Regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (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

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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.
    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.

    Dated: August 1, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-16752 Filed 8-8-17; 8:45 am]
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