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Dated: February 7, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Project Description
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP18–11–000]
East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC;
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review of the Lewis Creek Amendment
On October 27, 2017, East Cheyenne
Gas Storage, LLC (East Cheyenne) filed
an application in Docket No. CP18–11–
000 requesting a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity pursuant to
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to
construct and operate certain natural gas
pipeline facilities. The proposed project,
known as the Lewis Creek Amendment
Project (Project), would combine the
working gas capacity and cushion gas
capacity for the West Peetz and Lewis
Creek Storage Fields and utilize the
same maximum bottom-hole pressure,
thus eliminating separately certified
capacities for each field. East Cheyenne
requests this amendment because recent
geologic information shows that the
West Peetz and Lewis Creek D-sands in
the storage field are a single integrated
reservoir. As part of this consolidation,
East Cheyenne would reconfigure
certain natural gas facilities in the Lewis
Creek Storage Field; and expand the
authorized buffer zone of the East
Cheyenne Project.
On November 8, 2017, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) issued its Notice
of Application for the Project. Among
other things, that notice alerted agencies
issuing federal authorizations of the
requirement to complete all necessary
reviews and to reach a final decision on
a request for a federal authorization
within 90 days of the date of issuance
of the Commission staff’s Environmental
Assessment (EA) for the Project. This
instant notice identifies the FERC staff’s
planned schedule for the completion of
the EA for the Project.
Schedule for Environmental Review
Issuance of EA, March 30, 2018.
90-day Federal Authorization
Decision Deadline, June 28, 2018.
If a schedule change becomes
necessary, additional notice will be
provided so that the relevant agencies
are kept informed of the Project’s
progress.
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East Cheyenne is requesting
authorization to amend its certificate
previously issued in Docket No. CP10–
34–000, for the East Cheyenne Gas
Storage Project in Logan County,
Colorado. As part of the West Peetz and
Lewis Creek Field consolidation, East
Cheyenne would reconfigure the well
layout on the Lewis Creek portion of the
Project by reducing the number of
injection/withdrawal (I/W) wells by
consolidating the wells on a single well
pad, and reconfiguring the currently
certificated Lewis Creek monitoring
wells. Specifically, East Cheyenne
would reconfigure the I/W well in the
Lewis Creek portion of the project by
converting one existing nonjurisdictional well to an I/W well (LC–
D021) and collocating five directionally
drilled I/W wells (LC–D022, LC–D023,
LC–D024, LC–D025, and LC–D026) on
the LC–2021 well pad. Additionally,
East Cheyenne would decrease the total
cushion gas capacity to 12.1 billion
cubic feet and increase the total working
gas capacity to 22.5 billion cubic feet.
East Cheyenne would also reconfigure
its existing pipelines and reduce the
diameter of the existing 20-inchdiameter natural gas mainline to a 16inch-diameter pipeline. Furthermore,
East Cheyenne would reconfigure the
existing 16-inch diameter Lewis Creek
natural gas mainline and the 6-inchdiameter water disposal pipeline to
connect directly to the reconfigured I/W
wells LC–D021 through LC–D026 on a
single well pad.
Background
On December 8, 2017, the
Commission issued a Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Assessment
for the Proposed Lewis Creek
Amendment and Request for Comments
on Environmental Issues (NOI). The NOI
was sent to affected landowners; federal,
state, and local government agencies;
elected officials; environmental and
public interest groups; Native American
tribes; other interested parties; and local
libraries and newspapers. In response to
the NOI, the Commission received
comments from the Bureau of Land
Management and the Logan County
Economic Development Corporation
support the applicant’s request.
Additional Information
In order to receive notification of the
issuance of the EA and to keep track of
all formal issuances and submittals in
specific dockets, the Commission offers
a free service called eSubscription. This
can reduce the amount of time you
spend researching proceedings by
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automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document
summaries, and direct links to the
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp.
Additional information about the
Project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs
at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC
website (www.ferc.gov). Using the
eLibrary link, select General Search
from the eLibrary menu, enter the
selected date range and Docket Number
excluding the last three digits (i.e.,
CP18–11), and follow the instructions.
For assistance with access to eLibrary,
the helpline can be reached at (866)
208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, or at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.
The eLibrary link on the FERC
website also provides access to the texts
of formal documents issued by the
Commission, such as orders, notices,
and rule makings.
Dated: February 8, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–03012 Filed 2–13–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos: CP18–39–000; CP18–40–000]
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Questar Southern Trail Pipeline
Company, Navajo Tribal Utility
Authority; Notice of Intent To Prepare
an Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Southern Trail Pipeline
Abandonment Project Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) that will
discuss the environmental impacts of
the Southern Trail Pipeline
Abandonment Project (Project)
involving abandonment in place and by
sale of facilities by Questar Southern
Trail Pipeline Company (Questar). On
December 22, 2017, Questar Southern
Trails Pipeline Company (Questar), filed
an application, in Docket No. CP18–39–
000, pursuant to section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) to abandon its
certificate of public convenience and
necessity, including its blanket
certificate authorities. Questar also
requests to abandon, part by sale and
part in-place, all of its certificated
facilities dedicated to providing
jurisdictional transportation service
including approximately 488 miles of
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natural gas pipeline and related
facilities located in California, Arizona,
Utah, and New Mexico.
In a related filing, on December 22,
2017, the Navajo Tribal Utility
Authority (NTUA), filed an application,
in Docket No. CP18–40–000, pursuant to
section 7(f) of the NGA and Part 157 of
the Commission’s regulations,
requesting a service area determination
within which NTUA may, without
further Commission authorization,
enlarge or expand its natural gas
distribution facilities and a waiver of all
reporting, accounting, and other rules
and regulations normally applicable to
natural gas companies. NTUA would
utilize those acquired facilities to
provide its own service, replacing the
service historically provided to it by
Questar. The remaining facilities not
sold to the NTUA would be abandoned
in-place.
About 220 miles of pipeline facilities
that would be abandoned in place are in
San Bernardino County, California;
Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino and Apache
Counties, Arizona; and San Yuan, Utah.
About 268 miles would be abandoned
by sale and are in Coconino, Navajo and
Apache Counties, Arizona; San Yuan
County, Utah; and San Yuan County,
New Mexico. The Commission will use
this EA in its decision-making process
to determine whether the project is in
the public convenience and necessity.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping process the Commission
will use to gather input from the public
and interested agencies on the project.
You can make a difference by providing
us with your specific comments or
concerns about the project. Your
comments should focus on the potential
environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or
lessen environmental impacts. Your
input will help the Commission staff
determine what issues they need to
evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your
comments are timely and properly
recorded, please send your comments so
that the Commission receives them in
Washington, DC on or before March 5,
2018.
If you sent comments on this project
to the Commission before the opening of
this docket on December 22, 2017, of the
CP filing, you will need to file those
comments in Docket No. CP18–39–000
and CP18–40–000 to ensure they are
considered as part of this proceeding.
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
mailing list for this project. State and
local government representatives should
notify their constituents of this
proposed project and encourage them to
comment on their areas of concern.
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If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, a pipeline company
representative may contact you about
the abandonment by sale and in place
of the proposed facilities. The company
would seek to negotiate a mutually
acceptable agreement.
Questar provided landowners with a
fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled
‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On
My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’
This fact sheet addresses a number of
typically asked questions, including
how to participate in the Commission’s
proceedings. It is also available for
viewing on the FERC website
(www.ferc.gov).
Public Participation
For your convenience, there are three
methods you can use to submit your
comments to the Commission. The
Commission encourages electronic filing
of comments and has expert staff
available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please
carefully follow these instructions so
that your comments are properly
recorded.
(1) You can file your comments
electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission’s website
(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 file your comments
electronically by using the eFiling
feature on the Commission’s website
(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. If you are filing a
comment on a particular project, please
select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as the
filing type; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your
comments by mailing them to the
following address. Be sure to reference
the project docket number (CP18–39–
000 and CP18–40–000 with your
submission: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Summary of the Proposed Project
The Project would consist of
abandonment by sale approximately 268
miles of pipeline facilities and abandon
in-place another approximately 220
miles of pipeline facilities, totaling
approximately 488 miles of existing
mainline natural gas pipeline located
between the Essex Meter Facility with
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in San
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP18-11-000]
East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review of the Lewis Creek Amendment
On October 27, 2017, East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC (East Cheyenne)
filed an application in Docket No. CP18-11-000 requesting a Certificate
of Public Convenience and Necessity pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act to construct and operate certain natural gas pipeline
facilities. The proposed project, known as the Lewis Creek Amendment
Project (Project), would combine the working gas capacity and cushion
gas capacity for the West Peetz and Lewis Creek Storage Fields and
utilize the same maximum bottom-hole pressure, thus eliminating
separately certified capacities for each field. East Cheyenne requests
this amendment because recent geologic information shows that the West
Peetz and Lewis Creek D-sands in the storage field are a single
integrated reservoir. As part of this consolidation, East Cheyenne
would reconfigure certain natural gas facilities in the Lewis Creek
Storage Field; and expand the authorized buffer zone of the East
Cheyenne Project.
On November 8, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) issued its Notice of Application for the Project.
Among other things, that notice alerted agencies issuing federal
authorizations of the requirement to complete all necessary reviews and
to reach a final decision on a request for a federal authorization
within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Project. This instant notice
identifies the FERC staff's planned schedule for the completion of the
EA for the Project.
Schedule for Environmental Review
Issuance of EA, March 30, 2018.
90-day Federal Authorization Decision Deadline, June 28, 2018.
If a schedule change becomes necessary, additional notice will be
provided so that the relevant agencies are kept informed of the
Project's progress.
Project Description
East Cheyenne is requesting authorization to amend its certificate
previously issued in Docket No. CP10-34-000, for the East Cheyenne Gas
Storage Project in Logan County, Colorado. As part of the West Peetz
and Lewis Creek Field consolidation, East Cheyenne would reconfigure
the well layout on the Lewis Creek portion of the Project by reducing
the number of injection/withdrawal (I/W) wells by consolidating the
wells on a single well pad, and reconfiguring the currently
certificated Lewis Creek monitoring wells. Specifically, East Cheyenne
would reconfigure the I/W well in the Lewis Creek portion of the
project by converting one existing non-jurisdictional well to an I/W
well (LC-D021) and collocating five directionally drilled I/W wells
(LC-D022, LC-D023, LC-D024, LC-D025, and LC-D026) on the LC-2021 well
pad. Additionally, East Cheyenne would decrease the total cushion gas
capacity to 12.1 billion cubic feet and increase the total working gas
capacity to 22.5 billion cubic feet. East Cheyenne would also
reconfigure its existing pipelines and reduce the diameter of the
existing 20-inch-diameter natural gas mainline to a 16-inch-diameter
pipeline. Furthermore, East Cheyenne would reconfigure the existing 16-
inch diameter Lewis Creek natural gas mainline and the 6-inch-diameter
water disposal pipeline to connect directly to the reconfigured I/W
wells LC-D021 through LC-D026 on a single well pad.
Background
On December 8, 2017, the Commission issued a Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Lewis Creek
Amendment and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues (NOI). The
NOI was sent to affected landowners; federal, state, and local
government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public
interest groups; Native American tribes; other interested parties; and
local libraries and newspapers. In response to the NOI, the Commission
received comments from the Bureau of Land Management and the Logan
County Economic Development Corporation support the applicant's
request.
Additional Information
In order to receive notification of the issuance of the EA and to
keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets,
the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription. This can
reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by
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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.
Additional information about the Project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs at (866) 208-FERC or on the
FERC website (www.ferc.gov). Using the eLibrary link, select General
Search from the eLibrary menu, enter the selected date range and Docket
Number excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP18-11), and follow the
instructions. For assistance with access to eLibrary, the helpline can
be reached at (866) 208-3676, TTY (202) 502-8659, or at
[email protected].
The eLibrary link on the FERC website also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rule makings.
Dated: February 8, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-03012 Filed 2-13-18; 8:45 am]
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