Discovery Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Application, 58371-58372 [2012-23226]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58371-58372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23226]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP12-516-000]


Discovery Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on September 7, 2012, Discovery Gas Transmission 
LLC (Discovery), 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77056, filed 
in Docket No. CP12-516-000 an application pursuant to section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act and Part 157 the Commission's Rules and Regulations for 
all the necessary authorizations required to construct, own and operate 
its Junction Platform Project (Project) in the Gulf of Mexico offshore 
Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Discovery proposes construction and operation of a new junction 
platform located in South Timbalier Area (ST) Block 283; construction 
and operation of approximately 10 miles of 30-inch pipeline connecting 
the new platform to a subsea interconnect with Discovery's existing 30-
inch mainline in Ewing Banks Area Block 873; construction and operation 
of approximately 10 miles of 12-inch pipeline connecting the new 
platform to Sea Robin Pipeline Company, LLC's offshore pipeline system 
in ST Block 280; and appurtenant facilities on the new platform to 
provide pigging and other necessary functions to enhance efficient 
operations. The estimated cost of the Project is approximately $126 
million.
    Copies of this filing are available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room, or may be viewed on the Commission's Web 
site web at  https://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 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.

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    Questions regarding this application should be directed to Larry 
Jensen, 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77056, telephone (713) 
215-3034.
    Discovery has requested that the Commission issue a final order in 
this proceeding by January 31, 2013, to enable Discovery to commence 
construction of the proposed facilities to meet a July 1, 2014 in-
service date. As Discovery's proposed facilities entirely in the 
federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Project facilities will 
qualify for categorical exclusions in accordance with 18 CFR 
380.(4)(a)(33) and 18 CFR 380.4(a)(34) which state ``* * * neither an 
environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement shall be 
prepared for the following projects or actions: * * * (33) construction 
or abandonment of facilities constructed entirely in Federal offshore 
waters that has been approved by the Mineral Management Service and the 
Corps of Engineers, as necessary; (34) Abandonment or construction 
facilities on an existing offshore platform.'' Thus the application 
must be approved by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
of the U.S. Department of the Interior, successor to the Mineral 
Management Service for this approval function, prior to the project 
being considered by the Commission as eligible for a categorical 
exclusion classification under the Commission's environmental review 
process.
    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, before the 
comment date of this notice, 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 14 copies of 
filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant 
and to every other party in the proceeding. 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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link. Persons unable to file 
electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest 
or intervention to the Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 5, 2012.

    Dated: September 14, 2012.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-23226 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am]
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