[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43118-43119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17898]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP19-495-000; PF18-6-000]


Double E Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on July 31, 2019, Double E Pipeline, LLC (Double 
E), 1790 Hughes Landing Blvd., Suite 500, The Woodlands, Texas 77380, 
filed in Docket No. CP19-495-000 an application, pursuant to section 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Parts 157 and 284 of the 
Commission's regulations, requesting a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity to construct, operate and maintain its Double 
E Pipeline Project. Specifically, Double E seeks authorization to

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construct and operate: (i) An approximately 116.6-mile, 30-inch and 42-
inch diameter trunk-line natural gas pipeline; (ii) an approximately 
16.3-mile, 30-inch diameter lateral; and (iii) meters, mainline block 
valves, launchers and receivers, and other minor facilities at 
aboveground sites. The project will interconnect with Kinder Morgan's 
planned Gulf Coast Express and Permian Highway Pipelines, and Energy 
Transfer Partners' Trans Pecos Pipeline. The Double E Pipeline Project 
is designed to provide up to 135,000 dekatherms per day of firm 
capacity to connect growing production areas in the Delaware Basin in 
southeast New Mexico and west Texas to delivery points near Waha in 
Reeves and Pecos Counties, Texas.
    Double E further requests (i) a blanket certificate under Part 284 
of the Commission's regulations authorizing Double E to provide open-
access transportation services, with pre-granted abandonment approval; 
(ii) a blanket certificate under Part 157 of the Commission's 
regulations to construct, operate, and abandon certain eligible 
facilities, and services related thereto; (iii) approval of its 
proposed initial recourse rates for transportation service and for its 
Tariff, which includes the authority to enter into negotiated rate 
agreements; (iv) such other authorizations or waivers as may be deemed 
necessary to allow for the construction to commence as proposed. Double 
E estimates the cost of the Double E Pipeline Project to be 
$592,516,297, all as more fully described 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 website 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 concerning this application may be directed to: 
Cameron Bingham, Director, Project Management, Double E Pipeline, LLC, 
1790 Hughes Landing Blvd., Suite 500, The Woodlands, Texas 77380; phone 
(970) 440-1004; email [email protected].
    On August 16, 2018, the Commission staff granted Double E's request 
to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing 
Process and assigned Docket No. PF18-6-000 to staff activities 
involving the Double E Pipeline Project. Now, as of the filing of this 
application on July 31, 2019, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this 
project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be 
conducted in Docket No. CP19-495-000, as noted in the caption of this 
Notice.
    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 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.
    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 3 copies of filings made in the proceeding with the Commission 
and must provide 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 and will be 
notified of any 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 and will not have the right to seek 
court review of the Commission's final order.
    As of the February 27, 2018 date of the Commission's order in 
Docket No. CP16-4-001, the Commission will apply its revised practice 
concerning out-of-time motions to intervene in any new Natural Gas Act 
section 3 or section 7 proceeding.\1\ Persons desiring to become a 
party to a certificate proceeding are to intervene in a timely manner. 
If seeking to intervene out-of-time, the movant is required to show 
good cause why the time limitation should be waived, and should provide 
justification by reference to factors set forth in Rule 214(d)(1) of 
the Commission's Rules and Regulations.\2\
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    \1\ Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C., 162 FERC ] 61,167 at 
] 50 (2018).
    \2\ 18 CFR 385.214(d)(1).
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    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 3 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, September 4, 2019

    Dated: August 14, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-17898 Filed 8-19-19; 8:45 am]
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