Document ID: FERC-2014-1477-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Requests Under Blanket Authorization: Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
Posted Date: 2014-11-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69459-69460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27546]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-12-000]

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on November 4. 2014, Columbia Gas Transmission 
(Columbia), 5151 San Felipe, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77056, filed in 
the above Docket, a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205 
and 157.208 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA), and Columbia's authorization in Docket No. CP83-76-000 for 
authorization to abandon and construct certain facilities referred to 
collectively as the Broad Run Connector Project (Project), 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 concerning this application may be directed Fredric 
J. George, Senior Counsel, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, P.O. Box 
1273, Charleston, West Virginia 25325-1273, at (304) 357-2359.
    Specifically, Columbia proposes to abandon by removal an existing 
natural gas-fired 3,000 horsepower (HP) reciprocating engine, and to 
construct an 8,000 HP electric motor driven compressor and appurtenant 
facilities. The proposed increase in capacity will enable Columbia to 
provide its customer up to 582,000 dekatherms of gas transportation per 
day. Columbia and its customer have agreed to a negotiated rate for the 
service to be rendered as a result of this expansion and have executed 
a Precedent Agreement

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confirming their agreement. Columbia proposes a rolled-in rate 
treatment for the Project. The estimated cost of the project is $29.7 
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 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 may, within 60 days after the 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. Any person filing to intervene or the Commission's staff 
may, pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (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 Web 
site (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

    Dated: November 14, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27546 Filed 11-20-14; 8:45 am]
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