[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37930-37931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13615]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-478-000]


Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

    Take notice that on June 10, 2020, Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (Eastern Shore), 500 Energy Lane, Suite 200, Dover, Delaware 
19901, filed in the above referenced docket a prior notice request 
pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208, 157.210, and 157.216 of the 
Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and its 
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certificate issued in Docket No. CP96-128-000. Eastern Shore requests 
authorization to abandon, relocate, construct, own, operate, and 
maintain an approximate 1.6-mile segment of two separate pipelines and 
appurtenances due to a Delaware Department of Transportation public 
road improvement project in New Castle County, Delaware (State Route 72 
Relocate Project). Eastern Shore proposes to replace the existing 6- 
and 10-inch-diameter pipelines with two 16-inch-diameter pipelines to 
provide an additional 3,500 dekatherms per day of firm transportation 
service to Delaware City Refining Company, LLC. Eastern Shore estimates 
the cost of the project to be $12,551,652, all as more fully set forth 
in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://ferc.gov) using the 
eLibrary link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits 
in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the 
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference 
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning 
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on 
March 13, 2020. For assistance, 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 to 
Richard Welsh, Manager, Engineering & Compliance, Eastern Shore Natural 
Gas Company, 500 Energy Lane, Suite 200, Dover, Delaware 19901, by 
telephone at (302) 363-7997, by fax at (302) 734-6745, 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 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.
    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.
    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 may mail 
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in 
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

    Dated: June 18, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-13615 Filed 6-23-20; 8:45 am]
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