Document ID: FERC-2019-0309-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Request under Blanket Authorization: WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.
Posted Date: 2019-03-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10059-10060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05046]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP19-105-000]

WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on March 1, 2019, WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. 
(WBI), 1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58503, filed in 
the above referenced docket, a prior notice request pursuant to 
sections 157.205 and 157.210 of the Commission's regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Columbia's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-487-000, for authorization to construct, replace, and 
operate mainline natural gas facilities all located in Carbon and 
Yellowstone Counties, Montana, and to provide additional 22,500 
dekatherms per day of incremental firm transportation service to the 
Billings, Montana market area, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    The filing may also be viewed on the web at http://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, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Lori 
Myerchin, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Transportation Services, WBI 
Energy Transmission, Inc., 1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, North 
Dakota 58503, at (701) 530-1563, or lori.myerchin@wbienergy.com.
    Specifically, WBI proposes to: (1) Construct the new Billings-
Allendale Town Border Station (TBS) between Billings and Laurel, 
Montana; (2) replace five sections of 10- and 12-inch-diameter natural 
gas pipeline with 12-inch-diameter pipeline, totaling approximately 9.5 
miles, between the Fromberg Regulator Station (RS) and the proposed 
Billings-Allendale TBS; (3) construct a new RS at Elbow Creek 
approximately one mile north of Edgar, Montana; (4) replace the 
Fromberg Takeoff Valve Setting and the Edgar and Rockvale TBSs; and (5) 
increase the Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure of a section of 
pipeline in Carbon County, Montana. The estimated cost of the project 
is $11.6 million.
    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.
    Any person may, within 60 days after the issuance of the instant 
notice by the

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Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Procedural 
Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene or notice of intervention. 
Any person filing to intervene or the Commission's staff may, pursuant 
to section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under the NGA (18 
CFR 157.205) file 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 
protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after 
the time allowed for filing a protest, the instant request shall be 
treated as an application for authorization pursuant to section 7 of 
the NGA.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's 
website (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

    Dated: March 11, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-05046 Filed 3-18-19; 8:45 am]
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