Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application, 43828-43829 [2020-15628]

Download as PDF 43828 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 139 / Monday, July 20, 2020 / Notices application in the above referenced docket pursuant to sections 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations requesting authorization to abandon by sale to Fort Cobb Fuel Authority, LLC (Fort Cobb) 388 domestic meters associated with farm taps in the State of Oklahoma. Southern Star states that the transfer of ownership of these domestic meters to a local distribution company in Oklahoma will enable Southern Star to better manage its system while ensuring that the domestic users behind these meters receive safe and reliable service from an entity whose primary business is the local distribution of natural gas. Southern Star further states that there will be no change to Southern Star’s certificated capacity and no impact on firm shippers as a result of the proposed abandonment by sale, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. 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:// 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. 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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Cindy Thompson, Manager, Regulatory, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., 4700 State Route 56, Owensboro, KY 42301, or by calling (270) 852–4655 or (270) 302–9280, or by email at cindy.thompson@southernstar.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 environmental impact statement (FEIS) VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:30 Jul 17, 2020 Jkt 250001 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 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 five copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to 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 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 commenters will be placed on the Commission’s environmental mailing list and will be notified of 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 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 NGA 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 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 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 4, 2020. Dated: July 14, 2020. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–15625 Filed 7–17–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP20–487–000; PF19–8–000] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application Take notice that on June 29, 2020, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, NE 68124, filed an application in Docket No. CP20–487–000, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate new facilities as part of its Pipeline and Facilities Construction Project (Project). All relevant information is more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 1 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C., 162 FERC ¶ 61,167 at ¶ 50 (2018). 2 18 CFR 385.214(d)(1). E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 139 / Monday, July 20, 2020 / Notices 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. Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Michael T. Loeffler, Senior Director of Certificates and External Affairs for Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, NE 68124, at (402) 398–7103. Specifically, Northern intends to (1) abandon in-place approximately 79.21 miles of its 14- and 16-inch-diameter South Sioux City to Sioux Falls M561 A-line (A-line) and appurtenances and to replace the abandoned pipeline with approximately 82.23 miles of 12-inchdiameter pipeline 1 and appurtenances in Dakota and Dixon counties, Nebraska, and Lincoln and Union counties, South Dakota; (2) install an approximately 3.15-mile-long 12-inch-diameter tie-over pipeline and appurtenances in Lincoln County, South Dakota; (3) abandon inplace the existing 0.16-mile-long 2-inchdiameter Ponca branch line and replace it with an approximately 1.87-mile-long 3-inch-diameter branch line and appurtenances in Dixon County, Nebraska; (4) abandon in-place the existing 0.06-mile-long 2-inch-diameter Jackson branch line and appurtenances in Dakota County, Nebraska; (5) modify existing and install new above-grade facilities in various counties in Nebraska and South Dakota; and (6) abandon and remove short segments of pipeline in various counties in Nebraska and South Dakota. On July 23, 2019, the Commission staff granted Northern’s request to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF19–8–000 to staff activities involving the Project. Now, as of the filing of this application on June 29, 2020, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP20–487– 000, as noted in the caption of this Notice. Pursuant to § 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:30 Jul 17, 2020 Jkt 250001 issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff’s issuance of the final 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 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 43829 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. 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:// 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. 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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFile’’ 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. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 4, 2020. Dated: July 14, 2020. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–15628 Filed 7–17–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #1 July 13, 2020. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric corporate filings: Docket Numbers: EC20–79–000. Applicants: Bellevue Solar, LLC, Yamhill Solar, LLC. Description: Joint Application for Authorization Under Section 203 of the E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 139 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43828-43829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15628]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-487-000; PF19-8-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on June 29, 2020, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, NE 68124, filed an 
application in Docket No. CP20-487-000, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting a certificate of public convenience 
and necessity to construct and operate new facilities as part of its 
Pipeline and Facilities Construction Project (Project). All relevant 
information is more fully set forth in the application which is on file 
with the

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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.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Michael T. Loeffler, Senior Director of Certificates and External 
Affairs for Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, NE 68124, at 
(402) 398-7103.
    Specifically, Northern intends to (1) abandon in-place 
approximately 79.21 miles of its 14- and 16-inch-diameter South Sioux 
City to Sioux Falls M561 A-line (A-line) and appurtenances and to 
replace the abandoned pipeline with approximately 82.23 miles of 12-
inch-diameter pipeline 1 and appurtenances in Dakota and Dixon 
counties, Nebraska, and Lincoln and Union counties, South Dakota; (2) 
install an approximately 3.15-mile-long 12-inch-diameter tie-over 
pipeline and appurtenances in Lincoln County, South Dakota; (3) abandon 
in-place the existing 0.16-mile-long 2-inch-diameter Ponca branch line 
and replace it with an approximately 1.87-mile-long 3-inch-diameter 
branch line and appurtenances in Dixon County, Nebraska; (4) abandon 
in-place the existing 0.06-mile-long 2-inch-diameter Jackson branch 
line and appurtenances in Dakota County, Nebraska; (5) modify existing 
and install new above-grade facilities in various counties in Nebraska 
and South Dakota; and (6) abandon and remove short segments of pipeline 
in various counties in Nebraska and South Dakota.
    On July 23, 2019, the Commission staff granted Northern's request 
to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing 
Process and assigned Docket No. PF19-8-000 to staff activities 
involving the Project. Now, as of the filing of this application on 
June 29, 2020, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. 
From this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. 
CP20-487-000, as noted in the caption of this Notice.
    Pursuant to Sec.  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 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.
    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://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. 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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFile'' 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.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 4, 2020.

    Dated: July 14, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-15628 Filed 7-17-20; 8:45 am]
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