EQT Gathering LLC; Notice of Application for Limited Jurisdiction Certificate, 44944-44945 [2013-17815]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44944-44945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17815]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP13-520-000]


EQT Gathering LLC; Notice of Application for Limited Jurisdiction 
Certificate

    Take notice that on July 15, 2013, EQT Gathering LLC (EQT), 625 
Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3111, filed 
an application under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations for authorization to enable EQT to 
provide limited, ancillary jurisdictional service on its planned Derry 
Compressor Station (Derry Facilities) in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. 
EQT plans to construct, own, and operate Derry for the primary purpose 
of providing non-jurisdictional compression services to increase the 
capacity and operational reliability of EQT's gathering facilities in 
southwestern Pennsylvania, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    The Derry Facilities, will consist of a compressor station with 
three compressor engines totaling 14,205 horsepower, with design 
suction and discharge pressures of 250 psig and 1,050 psig. 
respectively. The Derry Facilities will receive locally produced 
pipeline-quality unprocessed gas from EQT's Three Rivers gathering 
system; dehydrate the gas; then discharge the gas via an approximately 
200-foot discharge line into the Texas Eastern Transmission, LP system. 
The Derry Facilities will initially receive gas from the Three Rivers 
gathering system, and EQT anticipates that the Derry Facilities will 
also receive locally produced gas from other EQT Gathering facilities 
in the future. The Derry Facilities will gather gas to be compressed 
and redelivered into the interstate pipeline grid.
    EQT seeks a certificate of limited jurisdiction to enable it to 
also provide limited, ancillary jurisdictional services on the Derry 
Facilities and waiver of filing and reporting requirements and annual 
charges that might otherwise apply. The Derry Facilities' primary 
function is gathering as part of EQT's gathering system, but EQT 
proposes to also receive a limited quantity of up to 50 megadecatherms 
per day of natural gas at the Derry Facilities from a new interconnect 
with the Peoples Natural Gas Company's (Peoples) TP-371 pipeline (TP-
371) in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. TP-371 is primarily a 12-
inch diameter pipeline for which Peoples has limited authority from the 
Commission to provide interstate service. The operator of the TP-371 
Line will deliver gas into the Texas Eastern system through EQT's 200 
foot discharge line after the gas is compressed by the planned Derry 
Facilities.
    The 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, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    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.
    Any questions regarding this Application should be directed to Paul 
W. Diehl, EQT Corporation, 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania 15222-3111, telephone no. (412) 395-5540, facsimile no. 
(412) 553-7781 and email PDiehl@eqt.com.
    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

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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 5 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.
    Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically 
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and 
the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 8, 2013.

    Dated: July 18, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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