Spire Storage West, LLC, Clear Creek Storage Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Applications, 34562-34563 [2018-15556]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34562-34563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15556]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-520-000; Docket No. CP18-521-000]


Spire Storage West, LLC, Clear Creek Storage Company, L.L.C.; 
Notice of Applications

    Take notice that on July 10, 2018, Spire Storage West, LLC (Spire), 
filed an application under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) 
and part 157 of the Commission's regulations for a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity authorizing Spire's acquisition of the 
underground natural gas storage facility currently owned and operated 
by the Clear Creek Storage Company, L.L.C. (Clear Creek) and to operate 
that facility (Clear Creek Facility) to provide storage services in 
interstate commerce pursuant to Spire's FERC Gas Tariff. Spire further 
requests the Commission's reaffirmation of its authorization for Spire 
to charge market-based rates following its acquisition of the Clear 
Creek Facility.
    Concurrently with the Spire application above, Clear Creek filed an 
application under section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part 
157 of the Commission's regulations requesting authorization to abandon 
the Clear Creek Facility by combination with Spire, an affiliated 
entity.
    Following approval of the proposals in the above applications and 
completion of the consolidation, Spire will render service through the 
combined Spire and Clear Creek facilities under Spire's open-access 
FERC Gas Tariff. These services will include service to any customer 
served by Clear Creek at the time of the combination.
    Questions regarding the Spire filing in Docket No. CP18-520-000 may 
be directed to James F. Bowe, Jr., King & Spalding LLP, 1700 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006; phone (202) 
626-9601; FAX (202) 626-3737; [email protected]. Questions regarding the 
Clear Creek filing in Docket No. CP18-521-000 may be directed to James 
F. Bowe, Jr., or William E. Rice, King & Spalding LLP, 1700 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006; phone 
(202)626-9601; FAX (202) 626-3737; [email protected]; or Castor Armesto, 
General Counsel, 700 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101; phone 
(314) 342-3326, [email protected].
    These filings are available for review at the Commission's 
Washington, DC offices, or may be viewed on the Commission's website at 
https://www.ferc.gov using the ``e-Library'' 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 [email protected], or call toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or 
for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of

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this Project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceeding for this project should 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, 385.211 (2016), by the comment date below. 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 filings made with the Commission by mail, hand delivery, or 
internet, in accordance with Rule 2001 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, id. 385.2001. A copy must be served on 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 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.
    Protests and interventions 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 website under the ``e-filing'' link. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings.
    As of the February 27, 2018 date of the Commission's order in 
Docket No. CP16-4-001, the Commission will apply its revised practice 
concerning out-of-time motions to intervene in any new Natural Gas Act 
section 3 or section 7 proceeding.\1\ Persons desiring to become a 
party to a certificate proceeding are to intervene in a timely manner. 
If seeking to intervene out-of-time, the movant is required to ``show 
good cause why the time limitation should be waived,'' and should 
provide justification by reference to factors set forth in Rule 
214(d)(1) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations.\2\
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    \1\ Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C., 162 FERC ]61,167 at 
]50 (2018).
    \2\ 18 CFR 385.214(d)(1).
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    If the Commission decides to set the application for a formal 
hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, the Commission will issue 
another notice describing that process. At the end of the Commission's 
review process, a final Commission order approving or denying the 
requested authorizations will be issued.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, August 9, 2018.

    Dated: July 16, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-15556 Filed 7-19-18; 8:45 am]
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