[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 43 (Monday, March 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15566-15567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04416]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP24-27-000]


Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Staff Protest to 
Proposed Blanket Certificate Activity

    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) staff 
(Protestor) hereby protests the prior notice request filed under the 
provisions of the Commission's regulations at part 157, subpart F, by 
Kern River Gas Transmission Company (Kern River) on December 15, 2023, 
in the above-referenced docket. Pursuant to its Part 157, subpart F, 
blanket certificate authority, Kern River proposes to construct and 
operate the Lanes Crossing Meter Station (Project), within Kern River's 
existing Victorville Meter Station at the High Desert Power Plant, San 
Bernardino County, California. Protestor seeks to have this prior 
notice request processed as a case-specific application filed under 
section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157, subpart A, of 
the Commission's regulations.\1\
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    \1\ Section 157.205(f) provides that a protested prior notice 
filing shall be treated as though it had filed a case-specific 
application under NGA section 7, unless, pursuant to section 
157.205(g), the protestor withdraws its protest within 30 days after 
protests were due.
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    Protestor notes that Kern River did not provide a copy of a finding 
by the California State Historic Preservation

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Office of ``no historic properties'' or ``no historic properties 
effected.'' This documentation is necessary to demonstrate the 
Project's compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as 
required under the Commission's regulations at section 157.208(c)(9) 
and Appendix II of subpart F. Without this documentation, the 
environmental concerns cannot be adequately addressed before the 
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protest period expires on February 26, 2024.

    Dated: February 26, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-04416 Filed 3-1-24; 8:45 am]
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