Document ID: FERC-2011-0144-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Requests Under Blanket Authorization: Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
Posted Date: 2011-02-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 5586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2147]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP11-61-000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Request 
Under Blanket Authorization

January 24, 2011.
    Take notice that on January 19, 2011, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, 
North Dakota 58503, pursuant to its blanket certificate issued in 
Docket Nos. CP82-487-000, et al.,\1\ filed an application in accordance 
to sections 157.210 and 157.213(b) of the Commission's Regulations 
under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, for the construction and 
operation of new natural gas storage and transmission facilities 
located in Fallon County, Montana (Baker Storage Enhancement Project), 
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\ 30 FERC ] 61,143 (1982).
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    In order to accommodate requests for increased firm storage and 
transportation services, Williston Basin proposes to drill three 
additional storage wells, one observation well, and associated storage 
field pipelines and measurement facilities at its Baker Storage 
Reservoir. Williston Basin also adds two natural gas-fueled units, 
rated at 2,370 hp each, at the Monarch Compressor Station; and one 
natural gas-fueled unit, rated at 1,680 hp, at the Sandstone Creek 
Compressor Station. The proposed facilities will enhance the 
deliverability of the Baker Storage Reservoir by 35,000 Mcf/day and 
provide 7,000 Mcf/day of incremental transportation transfer capacity. 
The cost of the proposed facilities is approximately $12,355,000. 
Williston Basin proposes the facilities to be completed and placed into 
service by November 1, 2011.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Keith 
A. Tiggelaar, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Williston Basin 
Interstate Pipeline Company, 1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, North 
Dakota 58503, (701) 530-1560, or e-mail at keith.tiggelaar@wbip.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.
    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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2147 Filed 1-31-11; 8:45 am]
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