East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC; Notice of Application, 53744 [2013-21205]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 53744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21205]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP13-534-000; PF13-6-000]


East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on August 14, 2013, East Tennessee Natural Gas, 
LLC (East Tennessee), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310, 
filed an application pursuant to Section 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations, for 
authorization to construct, own, and operate the Kingsport Expansion 
Project (Project) located in Sullivan County, Tennessee and Washington 
County, Virginia. This filing may also be viewed on the Commission's 
Web site 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, call (866) 208-3676 or 
TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    The Project is designed to provide natural gas service to Eastman 
Chemical Company's (Eastman) existing manufacturing facility in 
Sullivan County, Tennessee. East Tennessee and Eastman have executed a 
precedent agreement for 61,000 Dth/day of firm transportation service 
for a primary term of 25 years from the service commencement date. East 
Tennessee proposes to construct approximately 6.5 miles of new 16-inch 
diameter natural gas pipeline mainline extension and related facilities 
in Sullivan County, Tennessee. East Tennessee proposes to abandon in 
place, removal, and relay of 8-inch diameter pipeline with 24-inch 
diameter pipeline and construct approximately 3.3 miles, 16-inch 
diameter loop of the existing Nora Line in Washington County, Virginia. 
Also, East Tennessee will construct approximately 5.7 miles of pipeline 
in Smyth County, Virginia. East Tennessee estimates that the proposed 
project will cost approximately $113.5 million and proposes an initial 
incremental recourse rate for firm transportation service on the 
Kingsport Project under Rate Schedule FT-A. East Tennessee proposes an 
in-service date for the Project being January 1, 2015.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Lisa 
A. Connolly, General Manager, Rates & Certificates, East Tennessee 
Natural Gas, LLC, 5400 Westheimer Court, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 
77251-1642, by telephone at (713) 627-4102, or by email at 
laconnolly@spectraenergy.com.
    On January 23, 2013, the Commission staff granted East Tennessee's 
request to use the pre-filing process and assigned Docket No. PF13-6-
000 to staff activities involving the Project. Now, as of the filing of 
this application on August 14, 2013, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for 
this project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be 
conducted in Docket No. CP13-534-000, as noted in the caption of this 
Notice.
    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 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.
    Motions to intervene, protests and comments 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. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings.
    Comment Date: September 12, 2013.

    Dated: August 22, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-21205 Filed 8-29-13; 8:45 am]
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