[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10059-10060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05046]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP19-105-000]
WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
Take notice that on March 1, 2019, WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.
(WBI), 1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58503, filed in
the above referenced docket, a prior notice request pursuant to
sections 157.205 and 157.210 of the Commission's regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Columbia's blanket certificate issued in
Docket No. CP82-487-000, for authorization to construct, replace, and
operate mainline natural gas facilities all located in Carbon and
Yellowstone Counties, Montana, and to provide additional 22,500
dekatherms per day of incremental firm transportation service to the
Billings, Montana market area, 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 regarding the application should be directed to Lori
Myerchin, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Transportation Services, WBI
Energy Transmission, Inc., 1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, North
Dakota 58503, at (701) 530-1563, or [email protected].
Specifically, WBI proposes to: (1) Construct the new Billings-
Allendale Town Border Station (TBS) between Billings and Laurel,
Montana; (2) replace five sections of 10- and 12-inch-diameter natural
gas pipeline with 12-inch-diameter pipeline, totaling approximately 9.5
miles, between the Fromberg Regulator Station (RS) and the proposed
Billings-Allendale TBS; (3) construct a new RS at Elbow Creek
approximately one mile north of Edgar, Montana; (4) replace the
Fromberg Takeoff Valve Setting and the Edgar and Rockvale TBSs; and (5)
increase the Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure of a section of
pipeline in Carbon County, Montana. The estimated cost of the project
is $11.6 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.
Any person may, within 60 days after the issuance of the instant
notice by the
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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 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 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
website (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
Dated: March 11, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-05046 Filed 3-18-19; 8:45 am]
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