ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization, 20264 [2020-07575]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 70 (Friday, April 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 20264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07575]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-127-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on March 31, 2020, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 700 
Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in the above 
referenced docket a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205 
and 157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
and its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP18-503-000 for 
authorization to abandon by removal and/or in place sections of storage 
lateral Line 9780 within the Winfield Storage Field in Mecosta and 
Montcalm counties, Michigan (Winfield Storage Field Lateral Abandonment 
Project). ANR states that the proposed project will complete the 
abandonment of facilities related to the abandonment of 21 storage 
wells and appurtenant facilities authorized under Docket No. CP18-503-
000. ANR estimates the cost of the project to be approximately $2.2 
million, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Linda Farquhar, Principal Regulatory Specialist, ANR Pipeline Company, 
700 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas, 77002-2700, by telephone at (832) 
320-5685, or by email at [email protected].
    In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
internet through the Commission's Home Page (https://ferc.gov) using the 
eLibrary link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits 
in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the 
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference 
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning 
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on 
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    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 and will be 
notified of any meetings associated with the Commission's environmental 
review process. 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 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 may mail 
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in 
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

    Dated: April 6, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-07575 Filed 4-9-20; 8:45 am]
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