[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 27977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12876]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-492-000]


Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on May 25, 2018, Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC 
(Pine Prairie), 333 Clay Street, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77002, 
filed in Docket No. CP18-492-000, an application under section 7(c) of 
the Natural Gas Act seeking authorization to amend its certificate of 
public convenience and necessity issued in Docket No. CP11-1-000 to 
reallocate the previously certificated aggregate capacities of each of 
Cavern Nos. 1 through 7 at its Pine Prairie Energy Center natural gas 
storage facility located in Evangeline Parrish, Louisiana. Pine Prairie 
proposes to increase the certificated base gas capacity of each cavern 
with a corresponding decrease in the certificated working gas capacity 
in each cavern. The proposed capacity reallocation would not result in 
any change to the previously certificated total storage capacity of any 
individual cavern or to the aggregate certificated capacity of the Pine 
Prairie natural gas storage facility, all as more fully set forth in 
the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. This filing may 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 at [email protected] or call 
toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding this Application should be directed William 
E. Rice, King & Spaulding LLP, 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 200, 
Washington, DC 20006, 202-626-9602 (phone), 202-626-3737 (fax), 
[email protected]; or Eileen Wilson Kisluk, Pine Prairie Energy Center, 
LLC, 333 Clay Street, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77002, 713-993-5203 
(phone), 713-652-3701 (fax), [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 7 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 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 the 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 in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, 
DC 20426. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the 
Commission's website under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 29, 2018.

    Dated: June 8, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-12876 Filed 6-14-18; 8:45 am]
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