Notice of Application; Cheyenne Connector, LLC, 12747 [2018-05977]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 12747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05977]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-102-000]


Notice of Application; Cheyenne Connector, LLC

    On March 5, 2018, Cheyenne Connector, LLC (Cheyenne Connector), 370 
Van Gordon Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80228, filed an application 
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations 
seeking: (1) A certificate of public convenience and necessity 
authorizing Cheyenne Connector to construct, own and operate a new 
natural gas pipeline system consisting of approximately 70 miles of 36-
inch-diameter pipeline, four receipt meters and one delivery meter all 
located in Weld County, Colorado; (2) a blanket certificates 
authorizing Cheyenne Connector to engage in certain self-implementing 
routine activities pursuant to blanket certificate authority under Part 
157, Subpart F of the Commission's regulations; and (3) a blanket 
certificate to transport natural gas on an open-access and self-
implementing basis under Part 284, Subpart G of the Commission's 
regulations, all as more fully set forth in the application, which is 
open to the public for inspection. 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, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding Cheyenne Connector's application should be 
directed to David Haag, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, 
Cheyenne Connector, LLC, 370 Van Gordon Street, Lakewood, Colorado 
80228-1519, or phone (303) 763-3258 or by email 
[email protected].
    Specifically, Cheyenne Connector states that upon construction of 
the proposed facilities, Cheyenne Connector will be able to transport 
up to 600,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas from producers in the 
Rocky Mountains to an interconnect at the Cheyenne Hub, located in Weld 
County, Colorado for further transportation by Rockies Express Pipeline 
LLC (Rockies Express) and/or other pipelines. In conjunction with this 
filing, Rockies Express filed an application under Docket No. CP18-103-
000 to construct and operate certain booster compression units and 
ancillary facilities at the Cheyenne Hub, in Weld County, Colorado to 
provide new hub service allowing for firm receipts and deliveries 
between Rockies Express and other interconnected pipelines at the 
Cheyenne Hub.
    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 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 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 7 copies of filings made in the proceeding with the Commission 
and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party. 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 commentors 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 commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors 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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the eFiling link at 
https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, 
DC 20426.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on April 9, 2018.

    Dated: March 19, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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