Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Staff Protest to Proposed Blanket Certificate Activity, 18397 [2015-07795]
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2015 in the above referenced docket.
Pursuant to its part 157, subpart F,
blanket certificate authority, Northern
proposes to construct and abandon
facilities in Clark and Codington
Counties, South Dakota. Protestor seeks
to have this prior notice request
processed as a case-specific application
filed under section 7(c) of the Natural
Gas Act and part 157, subpart A, of the
Commission’s regulations.1
Protestor notes that on February 27,
2015, Northern filed a data response
which described communication with
the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the
Lake Traverse Reservation (tribe). The
tribe indicated that it would be
necessary to conduct a Traditional
Cultural Properties (TCP) survey to
ensure that no TCPs would be affected
by construction. Northern has not yet
provided the results of the TCP survey.
Northern must file with the FERC the
results of the TCP survey and/or
updated communication with the tribe
to ensure the project’s compliance with
the National Historic Preservation Act,
as required under Appendix II to
Subpart F of Part 157 of the
Commission’s regulations. Without this
information, environmental concerns
cannot be adequately assessed before
the protest period expires today.
Dated: March 31, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Docket No. CP15–61–000]
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice
of Staff Protest to Proposed Blanket
Certificate Activity
Commission staff (Protestor) hereby
protests the prior notice request filed
under the provisions of part 157,
subpart F, of the Commission’s
regulations, by Northern Natural Gas
Company (Northern) on January 20,
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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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP15-61-000]
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Staff Protest to Proposed
Blanket Certificate Activity
Commission staff (Protestor) hereby protests the prior notice
request filed under the provisions of part 157, subpart F, of the
Commission's regulations, by Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) on
January 20, 2015 in the above referenced docket. Pursuant to its part
157, subpart F, blanket certificate authority, Northern proposes to
construct and abandon facilities in Clark and Codington Counties, South
Dakota. Protestor seeks to have this prior notice request processed as
a case-specific application filed under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas
Act 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 on February 27, 2015, Northern filed a data
response which described communication with the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
of the Lake Traverse Reservation (tribe). The tribe indicated that it
would be necessary to conduct a Traditional Cultural Properties (TCP)
survey to ensure that no TCPs would be affected by construction.
Northern has not yet provided the results of the TCP survey. Northern
must file with the FERC the results of the TCP survey and/or updated
communication with the tribe to ensure the project's compliance with
the National Historic Preservation Act, as required under Appendix II
to Subpart F of Part 157 of the Commission's regulations. Without this
information, environmental concerns cannot be adequately assessed
before the protest period expires today.
Dated: March 31, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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