WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Valley Expansion Project, 44764-44765 [2017-20514]
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[FR Doc. 2017–20518 Filed 9–25–17; 8:45 am]
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[Docket No. ER17–2511–000]
RE Gaskell West 5 LLC; Supplemental
Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate
Filing Includes Request for Blanket
Section 204 Authorization
[FR Doc. 2017–20517 Filed 9–25–17; 8:45 am]
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of RE
Gaskell West 5 LLC’s application for
market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
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protest should file with the Federal
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in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
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to the applicant’s request for blanket
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future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is October 10,
2017.
The Commission encourages
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interventions in lieu of paper, using the
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who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
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link to log on and submit the
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Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
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888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
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[Docket No. CP17–257–000]
WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice
of Availability of the Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed Valley
Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for the
Valley Expansion Project, proposed by
WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. (WBI
Energy) in the above-referenced docket.
WBI Energy requests authorization to
construct, operate, and maintain new
natural gas facilities in Clay County,
Minnesota and Cass, Barnes, Stutsman,
and Burleigh Counties, North Dakota.
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Valley
Expansion Project in accordance with
the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
FERC staff concludes that approval of
the proposed project, with appropriate
mitigating measures, would not
constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The proposed Valley Expansion
Project includes the following facilities:
• About 37.3 miles of 16-inchdiameter pipeline in Clay County,
Minnesota and Cass County, North
Dakota;
• a new interconnect at the tie-in
with the existing Viking Gas
Transmission Company Pipeline in Clay
County, Minnesota;
• a new 3,000-horsepower
compressor station to tie into WBI
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Energy’s existing Mapleton Town
Border Station and Line Section No. 24
in Cass County, North Dakota;
• a new regulator station in Barnes
County, North Dakota;
• replacement of the existing
Jamestown Town Border Station in
Stutsman County, North Dakota; and
• replacement of the Apple Valley
Town Border Station in Burleigh
County, North Dakota.
The FERC staff mailed copies of the
EA to federal, state, and local
government representatives and
agencies; elected officials; Native
American tribes; potentially affected
landowners and other interested
individuals and groups; and newspapers
and libraries in the project area. In
addition, the EA is available for public
viewing on the FERC’s Web site
(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link.
A limited number of copies of the EA
are available for distribution and public
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Public Reference Room,
888 First Street NE., Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426 (202) 502–8371.
Any person wishing to comment on
the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the potential
environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or
lessen environmental impacts. The more
specific your comments, the more useful
they will be. To ensure that the
Commission has the opportunity to
consider your comments prior to
making its decision on this project, it is
important that we receive your
comments in Washington, DC on or
before October 20, 2017.
For your convenience, there are three
methods you can use to file your
comments with the Commission. In all
instances, please reference the project
docket number (CP17–257–000) with
your submission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available
to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.
(1) You can file your comments
electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission’s Web site
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy
method for submitting brief, text-only
comments on a project;
(2) You can also file your comments
electronically using the eFiling feature
on the Commission’s Web site
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
you can provide comments in a variety
of formats by attaching them as a file
with your submission. New eFiling
users must first create an account by
clicking on eRegister. You must select
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the type of filing you are making. If you
are filing a comment on a particular
project, please select ‘‘Comment on a
Filing’’; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your
comments by mailing them to the
following address: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Any person seeking to become a party
to the proceeding must file a motion to
intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).1 Only
intervenors have the right to seek
rehearing of the Commission’s decision.
The Commission grants affected
landowners and others with
environmental concerns intervenor
status upon showing good cause by
stating that they have a clear and direct
interest in this proceeding which no
other party can adequately represent.
Simply filing environmental comments
will not give you intervenor status, but
you do not need intervenor status to
have your comments considered.
Additional information about the
project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary
link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on
General Search, and enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the Docket Number field (i.e., CP17–
257). Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free
at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also
provides access to the texts of formal
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and
rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission offers a
free service called eSubscription which
allows you to keep track of all formal
issuances and submittals in specific
dockets. This can reduce the amount of
time you spend researching proceedings
by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document
summaries, and direct links to the
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp.
Dated: September 20, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–20514 Filed 9–25–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Docket No. RM98–1–000]
Records Governing Off-the-Record
Communications; Public Notice
This constitutes notice, in accordance
with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt
of prohibited and exempt off-the-record
communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,
September 22, 1999) requires
Commission decisional employees, who
make or receive a prohibited or exempt
off-the-record communication relevant
to the merits of a contested proceeding,
to deliver to the Secretary of the
Commission, a copy of the
communication, if written, or a
summary of the substance of any oral
communication.
Prohibited communications are
included in a public, non-decisional file
associated with, but not a part of, the
decisional record of the proceeding.
Unless the Commission determines that
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1. CP15–558–000 ................................................................
2. CP15–558–000 ................................................................
3. ER17–490–000 ................................................................
4. ER17–490–000 ................................................................
5. ER17–490–000 ................................................................
6. CP15–558–000 ................................................................
7. CP15–558–000 ................................................................
8. CP15–558–000 ................................................................
9. CP15–558–000 ................................................................
10. CP15–558–000 ..............................................................
11. CP15–558–000 ..............................................................
12. P–2660–000 ..................................................................
13. P–2660–000 ..................................................................
Exempt:
1. CP17–41–000 ..................................................................
2. CP14–96–000 ..................................................................
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the prohibited communication and any
responses thereto should become a part
of the decisional record, the prohibited
off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in
reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to
respond to any facts or contentions
made in a prohibited off-the-record
communication, and may request that
the Commission place the prohibited
communication and responses thereto
in the decisional record. The
Commission will grant such a request
only when it determines that fairness so
requires. Any person identified below as
having made a prohibited off-the-record
communication shall serve the
document on all parties listed on the
official service list for the applicable
proceeding in accordance with Rule
2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
Exempt off-the-record
communications are included in the
decisional record of the proceeding,
unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40
CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently
received by the Secretary of the
Commission. The communications
listed are grouped by docket numbers in
ascending order. These filings are
available for electronic review at the
Commission in the Public Reference
Room or may 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, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or
for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.
Presenter or requester
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.
Gateway Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Wilkins Alternatives.
Wilkins Alternatives.
Wilkins Alternatives.
South Jersey Gas.
Meadowlands Regional Chamber.
Southern New Jersey Developmental Council.
New Jersey Energy Coalition.
Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council.
Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey.
Brianne OLeary.
Diane and Brian Ketchum.
FERC Staff.1
U.S. House Representative James R. Langevin.
1 See the previous discussion on the methods for
filing comments.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP17-257-000]
WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Valley Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the
Valley Expansion Project, proposed by WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.
(WBI Energy) in the above-referenced docket. WBI Energy requests
authorization to construct, operate, and maintain new natural gas
facilities in Clay County, Minnesota and Cass, Barnes, Stutsman, and
Burleigh Counties, North Dakota.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Valley Expansion Project in
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed
project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a
major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human
environment.
The proposed Valley Expansion Project includes the following
facilities:
About 37.3 miles of 16-inch-diameter pipeline in Clay
County, Minnesota and Cass County, North Dakota;
a new interconnect at the tie-in with the existing Viking
Gas Transmission Company Pipeline in Clay County, Minnesota;
a new 3,000-horsepower compressor station to tie into WBI
Energy's existing Mapleton Town Border Station and Line Section No. 24
in Cass County, North Dakota;
a new regulator station in Barnes County, North Dakota;
replacement of the existing Jamestown Town Border Station
in Stutsman County, North Dakota; and
replacement of the Apple Valley Town Border Station in
Burleigh County, North Dakota.
The FERC staff mailed copies of the EA to federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; Native
American tribes; potentially affected landowners and other interested
individuals and groups; and newspapers and libraries in the project
area. In addition, the EA is available for public viewing on the FERC's
Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited number of
copies of the EA are available for distribution and public inspection
at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888
First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426 (202) 502-8371.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts.
The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To
ensure that the Commission has the opportunity to consider your
comments prior to making its decision on this project, it is important
that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or before October
20, 2017.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file
your comments with the Commission. In all instances, please reference
the project docket number (CP17-257-000) with your submission. The
Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert
staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.
(1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief,
text-only comments on a project;
(2) You can also file your comments electronically using the
eFiling feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the
link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments
in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your
submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking
on eRegister. You must select
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the type of filing you are making. If you are filing a comment on a
particular project, please select ``Comment on a Filing''; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC
20426.
Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\1\ Only intervenors have the
right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision. The Commission
grants affected landowners and others with environmental concerns
intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a
clear and direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can
adequately represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not
give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to
have your comments considered.
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comments.
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Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the
eLibrary link, click on General Search, and enter the docket number
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP17-
257). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to
the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
Dated: September 20, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-20514 Filed 9-25-17; 8:45 am]
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