National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application, 38959-38960 [2019-16993]

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[FR Doc. 2019–16998 Filed 8–7–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. CP19–491–000, PF17–10–000] National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application Take notice that on July 18, 2019, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (National Fuel), 6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221, filed an application in Docket No. CP19–491– 000 pursuant to Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission’s Regulations, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct and operate its FM100 Project. The FM100 Project would modernize a portion of National Fuel’s existing pipeline system and create 330,000 dekatherms per day of additional transportation capacity, all as more fully described 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, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 502–8659. Specifically, National Fuel seeks authorization for the: (1) Construction of about 29.5 miles of new 20-inchdiameter pipeline (Line YM58) in McKean and Potter Counties, Pennsylvania; (2) construction of about 1.4 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline loop (Line YM224 Loop) in Potter PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 38959 County, Pennsylvania; (3) construction of about 0.4 miles of 12-inch-diameter pipeline (Line KL Extension) in McKean County, Pennsylvania; (4) construction of the new Marvindale Compressor Station (up to 15,165 horsepower) in McKean County, Pennsylvania; (5) construction of the new Tamarack Compressor Station (up to 22,220 hp) in Clinton County, Pennsylvania; (6) modification of the existing Leidy M&R Station in Leidy Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania; (7) abandonment in place of about 44.9 miles of 12-inchdiameter pipeline (Line FM100) and appurtenances in Clearfield, Elk, Cameron and Potter Counties, Pennsylvania; (8) abandonment by removal of the existing Costello Compression Station in Potter County, Pennsylvania; (9) abandonment by removal of the existing Station WHP– MS–4317X in Potter County, Pennsylvania; (10) construction of the Marvindale Interconnect in McKean County, Pennsylvania; (11) construction of the Carpenter Hollow overpressurization protection station in Potter County, Pennsylvania; and (12) construction of associated facilities, such as mainline valves and other appurtenant facilities. The estimated cost of the Project is $279 million. The additional transportation capacity created by the FM100 Project is fully subscribed to Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company, LLC (Transco) under a proposed capacity lease which would provide gas supply from production areas of Pennsylvania to Transco’s Leidy South Project. Transco will be filing a companion application for its Leidy South Project. Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Jeffrey Same, Attorney for National Fuel, 6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221, by telephone at (716) 857–7507, by fax at (716) 857–7206, or by emailing samej@natfuel.com; or Meghan Corcoran, Senior Attorney, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221–5887, by telephone at (716) 857– 7064, by fax at (716) 857–7206, or by email at corcoranm@natfuel.com. 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 final E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES 38960 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 153 / Thursday, August 8, 2019 / Notices environmental impact statement (FEIS) or 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 FEIS or 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 3 copies of filings made in the proceeding with the Commission and must provide 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, and will be notified of any 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Aug 07, 2019 Jkt 247001 However, the non-party commentors will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission and will not have the right to seek court review of the Commission’s final order. 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-oftime, 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 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 3 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 August 21, 2019. Dated: July 31, 2019. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2019–16993 Filed 8–7–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14795–002] Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for license for the Hydro Battery Pearl Hill Pumped Storage Project, which would be located on Rufus Woods Lake, near Bridgeport, Douglas County, Washington and has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the project. The project would be located on state lands 1 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C., 162 FERC ¶ 61,167 at ¶ 50 (2018). 2 18 CFR 385.214(d)(1). PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 except for the lower reservoir and power generation and pumping equipment which would be located on Rufus Woods Lake, a reservoir operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). The Corps, a cooperating agency for the preparation of this environmental assessment, is reviewing Shell’s project for permits it would issue under Sections 10 and 14 of the Rivers and Harbors act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The DEA contains staff’s analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the project and concludes that licensing the project, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment. A copy of the DEA is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s website 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 Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). You may also register online at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Any comments should be filed within 30 days from the date of this notice. Comments may be filed electronically via the internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s website (https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the eFiling link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–14795–002. The Commission anticipates issuing the final EA by November 2019. E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2019)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP19-491-000, PF17-10-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on July 18, 2019, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 
14221, filed an application in Docket No. CP19-491-000 pursuant to 
Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the 
Commission's Regulations, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and 
Necessity to construct and operate its FM100 Project. The FM100 Project 
would modernize a portion of National Fuel's existing pipeline system 
and create 330,000 dekatherms per day of additional transportation 
capacity, all as more fully described 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, contact 
FERC at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or 
TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    Specifically, National Fuel seeks authorization for the: (1) 
Construction of about 29.5 miles of new 20-inch-diameter pipeline (Line 
YM58) in McKean and Potter Counties, Pennsylvania; (2) construction of 
about 1.4 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline loop (Line YM224 Loop) in 
Potter County, Pennsylvania; (3) construction of about 0.4 miles of 12-
inch-diameter pipeline (Line KL Extension) in McKean County, 
Pennsylvania; (4) construction of the new Marvindale Compressor Station 
(up to 15,165 horsepower) in McKean County, Pennsylvania; (5) 
construction of the new Tamarack Compressor Station (up to 22,220 hp) 
in Clinton County, Pennsylvania; (6) modification of the existing Leidy 
M&R Station in Leidy Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania; (7) 
abandonment in place of about 44.9 miles of 12-inch-diameter pipeline 
(Line FM100) and appurtenances in Clearfield, Elk, Cameron and Potter 
Counties, Pennsylvania; (8) abandonment by removal of the existing 
Costello Compression Station in Potter County, Pennsylvania; (9) 
abandonment by removal of the existing Station WHP-MS-4317X in Potter 
County, Pennsylvania; (10) construction of the Marvindale Interconnect 
in McKean County, Pennsylvania; (11) construction of the Carpenter 
Hollow over-pressurization protection station in Potter County, 
Pennsylvania; and (12) construction of associated facilities, such as 
mainline valves and other appurtenant facilities. The estimated cost of 
the Project is $279 million.
    The additional transportation capacity created by the FM100 Project 
is fully subscribed to Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company, LLC 
(Transco) under a proposed capacity lease which would provide gas 
supply from production areas of Pennsylvania to Transco's Leidy South 
Project. Transco will be filing a companion application for its Leidy 
South Project.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Jeffrey Same, Attorney for National Fuel, 6363 Main Street, 
Williamsville, New York 14221, by telephone at (716) 857-7507, by fax 
at (716) 857-7206, or by emailing [email protected]; or Meghan 
Corcoran, Senior Attorney, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 6363 
Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221-5887, by telephone at (716) 
857-7064, by fax at (716) 857-7206, or by email at 
[email protected].
    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 final

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environmental impact statement (FEIS) or 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 FEIS or 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 3 copies of filings made in the proceeding with the Commission 
and must provide 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, and will be 
notified of any 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 and will not have the right to seek 
court review of the Commission's final order.
    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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    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 3 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 August 21, 2019.

    Dated: July 31, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-16993 Filed 8-7-19; 8:45 am]
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