Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization, 63851-63852 [2018-26889]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63851-63852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26889]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP19-21-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on November 27, 2018, Columbia Gas Transmission, 
LLC (Columbia) 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77002-
2700, filed in Docket No. CP19-21-000 a prior notice request pursuant 
to sections 157.205 and 157.213 of the Commission's regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Columbia's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP83-76-000, to construct and operate its Artemas A Storage 
Field New Wells Project (Project). The Project consists of three new 
directional storage wells and related pipelines and appurtenances at 
Columbia's Artemas A Storage Field, located in Bedford County, 
Pennsylvania.
    Columbia states that the Project is part of the efforts to improve 
storage deliverability of the Artemas A Storage Field, as part of the 
Modernization II Settlement that it entered with its shippers. The 
Artemas A Storage Field currently consists of 17 active wells and is 
operated with a total capacity of 14.457 billion cubic feet (Bcf) 
consisting of 13.70 Bcf of certificated base and working gas, and 
approximately 0.757 Bcf of residual native gas. Columbia asserts that 
the Project could provide 58 to 79 Million cubic feet per day of 
restored deliverability to the Columbia storage system. Columbia avers 
that the proposed three new wells will be drilled at three of four 
potential well sites that are currently under evaluation and that the 
selection will depend upon which combination of sites will provide the 
desired restored deliverability with the least risk. Columbia states 
that it will notify the Commission of the three well sites selected for 
the Project prior commencement of construction. Columbia estimates the 
cost of the Project to be between $25.4 million to $28.2 million, 
depending upon which three of the four potential well sites are 
selected, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public 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, please 
contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free 
at (866) 208-3676, or TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Linda 
Farquhar, Manager, Project Determinations & Regulatory Administration, 
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 700, 
Houston, Texas, 77002-2700, by telephone at (832) 320-5685, by 
facsimile at (832) 320-6685, or by email at 
[email protected].
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 60 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to section 157.205 of 
the regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the 
request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefore, the 
proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day 
after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed and 
not withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to section 7 of the NGA.
    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.
    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 commenters 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.

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Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters, 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 seven copies of the protest or intervention to 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: December 6, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-26889 Filed 12-11-18; 8:45 am]
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