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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 

1 72 FR 35669 (June 29, 2007), FERC Stats. and 

Regs.¶ 32,616 (2007). The NOPR followed an 

expansion of the blanket certificate program, see 

Revisions to the Blanket Certificate Regulations and 

Clarification Regarding Rates, Order No. 686, 71 FR 

63680 (Oct. 31, 2006), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,231 

(2006), order on reh’g and clarification, Order No. 

686–A, 72 FR 37431 (July 10, 2007), FERC Stats. 

and Regs. ¶ 31,249 (2007), order on reh’g, Order No. 

686–B, FERC Stats. and Regs. ¶ 31,255 (2007). 

2See the landowner notification requirements, 18 

CFR 157.203(d)(1) and (2), and the definition of 

affected landowners, 18 CFR 157.6(d)(2)(iii). 

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CFR Correction 

In Title 14, of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, revised as of January 1, 

2007, on page 227, in § 23.561, 

paragraph (d)(1), remove the second 

entry for pargraphs (i) through (iv), and 

remove (d)(1)(v). 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

18 CFR Part 157 

[Docket No. RM07–17–000; Order No. 700] 

Revisions to Landowner Notification 

and Blanket Certificate Regulations 

Issued October 18, 2007. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is 

amending its regulations to modify 

landowner notification requirements 

and to require a noise survey following 

the completion of projects involving 

compressor facilities undertaken 

pursuant to blanket certificate authority. 

The proposed regulatory revisions are 

intended to enhance public 

participation in the Commission’s 

consideration of proposed projects and 

ensure that compressor projects 

completed under blanket certificate 

authority will not have a significant 

adverse environmental impact. 

DATES: The regulatory revisions made in 

this Final Rule will become effective 

November 23, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gordon Wagner, Office of the General 

Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, 

gordon.wagner@ferc.gov, (202) 502– 

8947. 

Michael McGehee, Office of Energy 

Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, 

michael.mcgehee@ferc.gov, (202) 502– 

8962. 

Lonnie Lister, Office of Energy 

Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, 

lonnie.lister@ferc.gov, 202–502–8587. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before 

Commissioners: Joseph T. Kelliher, 

Chairman; Suedeen G. Kelly, Marc 

Spitzer, Philip D. Moeller, and Jon 

Wellinghoff. 

I. Introduction 

1. On June 22, 2007, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) issued a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to amend 

its regulations to modify landowner 

notification requirements and require a 

noise survey following the completion 

of projects involving compressor 

facilities undertaken pursuant to blanket 

certificate authority.1 These regulatory 

revisions are intended to enhance 

public participation in the 

Commission’s consideration of 

proposed projects and ensure that 

compressor projects completed under 

blanket certificate authority will not 

have a significant adverse 

environmental impact. Comments on 

the NOPR were submitted by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior (Interior) and 

the Interstate Natural Gas Association of 

America (INGAA). This Final Rule 

responds to the comments and adopts, 

with minor modifications, the 

regulatory revisions described in the 

NOPR. 

II. Regulatory Revisions 

2. The NOPR discusses proposed 

changes to the existing regulations 

regarding landowner notification and 

compressor noise restrictions. 

Comments submitted address the latter. 

A. Landowner Notification 

3. The NOPR discusses expanding the 

§ 157.6(d)(2)(iii) landowner notification 

requirement. Currently, this 

requirement directs natural gas 

companies planning to construct 

compressor or liquefied natural gas 

(LNG) facilities to notify all landowners 

whose property contains a residence 

within one-half mile of the project site 

before beginning any construction.2

This will be revised to remove the 

residence qualification, and will instead 

direct companies to notify all 

landowners within one-half mile of the 

site of a planned compressor or LNG 

project regardless of whether the 

property contains a residence. This 

revision should ensure all landowners 

within one-half mile of a proposed 

project site will receive notice that will 

allow them to raise land use issues, 

including existing non-residential uses 

as well as planned future uses of 

undeveloped land. 

B. Noise Survey 

4. To ensure that compressor facilities 

installed under blanket certificate 

authority will not have significant 

adverse environmental impacts, 

compressor facilities must be designed 

to meet the noise level limits described 

below. To verify blanket certificate 

compressor facilities meet these noise 

level limits, this order will revise 

§ 157.206(b)(5) to require that 

companies completing a blanket 

certificate compressor project file a 

noise survey with the Commission. If 

this post-project survey shows the 

facility is emitting excessive noise, the 

company will have up to one year from 

the project’s in-service date to meet the 

noise limits. After completing its noise 

mitigation measures, the company will 

submit a subsequent noise survey to 

verify compliance with the noise limits. 


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