[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]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
[[Page 43119]]
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\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C., 162 FERC ] 61,167 at
] 50 (2018).
\2\ 18 CFR 385.214(d)(1).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P