Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC; Notice of Application, 39720-39721 [2013-15861]

Download as PDF 39720 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 2, 2013 / Notices Take notice that on June 14, 2013, Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC. (Atmos), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application under section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) to abandon: (1) Its certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and operation of the Fort Necessity Gas Storage Project (Project) and associated facilities originally issued in CP09–22– 000 1; (2) the blanket certificates issued to it under Parts 157 and 284, of the Commission’s regulations; and (3) the exemption orders authorizing temporary acts and operations issued to it in CP08– 34–000 and CP08–34–001 pursuant to 7(c)(I)(B) of the NGA (exemption orders) 2. Atmos has determined that its Project is no longer economically viable and does not plan to construct any of the facilities previously approved. The Project would have consisted of three 8.25 Bcf natural gas storage caverns, 7.4 miles of interconnecting pipeline and other appurtenant facilities located in Fort Necessity, Franklin Parish, Louisiana. With the exception of one test well approved in the exemption orders, no facilities associated with this project have been constructed. Atmos’s application is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing is 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 TYY, (202) 502–8659. Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Kevin C. Frank, Esq., Atmos Energy Corporation, P.O. Box 650205, Dallas, TX, 75265–0205, by phone at (972) 855– 3198 or by email at kevin.frank@atmosenergy.com; or to James H. Jeffries IV, Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, Bank of America Corporate Center, 100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700, Charlotte, NC, 28202–4003, by phone at (704) 331–1079 or by email at jimjeffries@mvalaw.com. 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 1 Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC, 127 FERC ¶ 61,260 (2009). 2 Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC, 122 FERC ¶ 61, 100 (2008) and 125 FERC ¶ 61, 148 (2008) 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 commentors will be placed on the Commission’s environmental mailing list, will receive copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings associated with the Commission’s environmental review process. Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents 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 https:// www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and seven copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comment Date: July 17, 2013. Dated: June 26, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–15858 Filed 7–1–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP13–503–000] tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC; Notice of Application VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:48 Jul 01, 2013 Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. 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 seven copies of filings made in the proceeding with the Commission and must mail 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 commentors will be placed on the Commission’s environmental mailing list, will receive copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings associated with the Commission’s environmental review process. Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents issued by the E:\FR\FM\02JYN1.SGM 02JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 2, 2013 / Notices 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 https:// www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and seven copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comment Date: July 17, 2013 Dated: June 26, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–15861 Filed 7–1–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. CP13–499–000; PF12–9–000] Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Application tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Take notice that on June 13, 2013, Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC (Constitution), having its principal place of business at 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77056–6106, filed an application in Docket No. CP13–499– 000 pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission’s Regulations, for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate approximately 122 miles of 30-inch diameter pipeline and related facilities. The proposed project extends from Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, through Broome, Chenango, Delaware, and Schoharie Counties, New York.1 Constitution further requests that the Commission grant Constitution a blanket certificate authorizing Constitution to construct, operate, and abandon certain facilities under Part 157, Subpart F, of the Commission’s regulations and a blanket certificate authorizing Constitution to provide transportation services on an open access and self-implementing basis under Part 284, Subpart G, of the Commission’s regulations, all as more fully set forth in the application, which 1 Iroquois Gas Transmission System, LP, has filed, in Docket No. CP13–502–000, a concurrent application requesting authorization to construct, install, own, operate, and maintain certain new compression facilities to be located in Wright, New York, and to modify certain existing facilities at that same location, and to lease the incremental capacity associated with these new and modified facilities to Constitution as part of this proposed project. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:48 Jul 01, 2013 Jkt 229001 is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 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 TYY, (202) 502–8659. Any questions regarding this application should be directed to William H. Hammons, Staff Regulatory Analyst, Rates and Regulatory, Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC, P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, or by calling (713) 215–2130 (telephone) or (713) 215–3483 (fax) william.h.hammons@williams.com. On April 16, 2012, the Commission staff granted Constitution’s request to use the pre-filing process and assigned Docket No. PF12–9–000 to staff activities involving the project. Now, as of the filing of this application on June 13, 2013, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP13–499– 000, as noted in the caption of this Notice. Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR 157.9, within 90 days of this Notice, the Commission’s 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’s staff 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 reach a final decision on a request for federal authorization 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 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 39721 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. 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, will receive copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of 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 (except for the mailing of environmental documents 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 https:// www.ferc.gov. 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. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. Comment Date: July 17, 2013. E:\FR\FM\02JYN1.SGM 02JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39720-39721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15861]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP13-503-000]


Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on June 14, 2013, Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC. 
(Atmos), filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an 
application under section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) to abandon: 
(1) Its certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the 
construction and operation of the Fort Necessity Gas Storage Project 
(Project) and associated facilities originally issued in CP09-22-000 
\1\; (2) the blanket certificates issued to it under Parts 157 and 284, 
of the Commission's regulations; and (3) the exemption orders 
authorizing temporary acts and operations issued to it in CP08-34-000 
and CP08-34-001 pursuant to 7(c)(I)(B) of the NGA (exemption orders) 
\2\.
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    \1\ Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC, 127 FERC ] 61,260 (2009).
    \2\ Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC, 122 FERC ] 61, 100 (2008) 
and 125 FERC ] 61, 148 (2008)
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    Atmos has determined that its Project is no longer economically 
viable and does not plan to construct any of the facilities previously 
approved. The Project would have consisted of three 8.25 Bcf natural 
gas storage caverns, 7.4 miles of interconnecting pipeline and other 
appurtenant facilities located in Fort Necessity, Franklin Parish, 
Louisiana. With the exception of one test well approved in the 
exemption orders, no facilities associated with this project have been 
constructed. Atmos's application is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection. This filing is 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 
TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Kevin 
C. Frank, Esq., Atmos Energy Corporation, P.O. Box 650205, Dallas, TX, 
75265-0205, by phone at (972) 855-3198 or by email at 
kevin.frank@atmosenergy.com; or to James H. Jeffries IV, Moore & Van 
Allen, PLLC, Bank of America Corporate Center, 100 North Tryon Street, 
Suite 4700, Charlotte, NC, 28202-4003, by phone at (704) 331-1079 or by 
email at jimjeffries@mvalaw.com.
    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.
    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 seven copies of filings made in the proceeding with the 
Commission and must mail 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 commentors will be 
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will 
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by 
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents 
issued by the

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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 https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and seven copies of the protest or intervention to 
the Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Comment Date: July 17, 2013

    Dated: June 26, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-15861 Filed 7-1-13; 8:45 am]
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