[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 49 (Thursday, March 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14473-14474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05069]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-71-000]


Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

    Take notice that on February 28, 2020, Southern Star Central Gas 
Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), 4700 Highway 56, Owensboro, Kentucky 
42301, filed a prior notice application pursuant to sections 157.205, 
157.208(b), and 157.210 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Southern 
Star's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-479-000. Southern 
Star requests authorization to construct, operate and maintain the 
natural gas-fired Nash Compressor Station and other appurtenant 
facilities in Grant County, Oklahoma, known as the Tougaloo Project 
(Project), all as more fully set forth in the application, which is 
open to the public for 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, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    Specifically, Southern Star proposes to construct a new compressor 
station utilizing rental compressor units on Southern Star's Canadian 
Blackwell (CB) line that will create up to 40,000 Dth/d incremental 
firm capacity to Southern Star's Production Market Interface (PMI). 
That capacity will provide the growing Permian, SCOOP and STACK 
production plays more access through Southern Star's Production Area to 
markets across the Southern Star system. The Project is supported by a 
Precedent Agreement with Spire Marketing, Inc., who will contract for 
all the incremental firm capacity for an initial primary term of up to 
five years and three months under Southern Star's Rate Schedule FTS-P.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Cindy Thompson Manager, Regulatory, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, 
Inc., 4700 Highway 56, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 or phone (270) 852-
4655, or by email at [email protected].
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 60 days after 
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 and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.205), 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 filing a protest. If a protest is filed and 
not withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to section 7 of the NGA.
    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.
    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 
commenter 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.

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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.

    Dated: March 6, 2020.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-05069 Filed 3-11-20; 8:45 am]
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