Document ID: FERC-2014-0985-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Requests under Blanket Authorizations: Equitrans, LP
Posted Date: 2014-08-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44767-44768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18192]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP14-523-000]

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

    Take notice that on July 18, 2014, Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans), 
pursuant to the blanket certificate authorization granted to Equitrans 
on October 20, 1998, in Docket No. CP96-532-000,\1\ filed an 
application in accordance to sections 157.205, 157.208, and 157.210 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as 
amended, requesting authority to construct and operate its H-312 
Pipeline Project (Project) in Harrison County, West Virginia. The 
proposed new facilities will increase the capacity on Equitrans' 
mainline system, thereby enabling Equitrans to accommodate additional 
volumes expected from a non-affiliated producer into Equitrans' 
existing H-509 pipeline, all as more fully set forth in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
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    \1\ 85 FERC ] 61,089 (1998).
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    To alleviate the anticipated constraint on the existing H-509 
pipeline, Equitrans proposes to construct the Project which includes 
approximately 49,055 feet (or 9.29 miles) of a 12-inch diameter natural 
gas pipeline, with a maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of 
1,200 pounds per square inches (psig), and appurtenant facilities. The 
Project starts at the existing Morrison Interconnect in Wilsonburg, 
West Virginia and runs north to the existing Lumberport Overpressure 
Protection Station and H-557 pipeline in Lumberport, West Virginia. The 
Project will include 9.29 miles of right-of-way (ROW) primarily 
adjacent to an existing ROW. The proposed facilities will enable 
Equitrans to provide additional capacity of 100,000 Dth per day of 
incremental natural gas volumes to be received onto the existing H-509 
pipeline. Equitrans conducted a non-binding open season, from June 10, 
2013 through July 10, 2013 and a reverse open season from April 17, 
2014 to May 2, 2014. No capacity was turned back to Equitrans. The 
total estimated cost of the proposed project is $26,942,253.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Paul 
W. Diehl, Senior Counsel--Midstream, at

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EQT Corporation, 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, 
by phone at (412) 395-5540, or by email to PDiehl@eqt.com.
    This filing is available for review at the Commission or may be 
viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number filed to access the document. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERC 
OnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free at (866)206-3676, or, for TTY, 
contact (202)502-8659. Comments, protests and interventions may be 
filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission strongly encourages 
intervenors to file electronically.
    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) 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.
    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.

    Dated: July 28, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-18192 Filed 7-31-14; 8:45 am]
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