Document ID: FERC-2017-0063-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity: Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.
Posted Date: 2017-01-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5564-5565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00986]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP17-28-000; PF16-7-000]

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application for 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

    Take notice that on December 30, 2016 Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (Eastern Shore), 1110 Forrest Avenue, Dover, Delaware 19904, 
filed in the above referenced docket an application pursuant to section 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part 157 of the Commission's 
regulations, requesting a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing Eastern Shore to construct, own, operate and 
maintain the 2017 Expansion Project. The Project is designed to provide 
61,162 dekatherms per day of additional firm transportation service to 
seven of Eastern Shore's existing customers. Eastern Shore proposes to 
construct seven segments of buried natural gas pipeline totaling 
approximately 39.6 miles with miscellaneous appurtenances in Chester 
County, Pennsylvania, Cecil County, Maryland, as well as New Castle and 
Sussex Counties, Delaware and install additional 3,750 horsepower at 
the existing Daleville Compressor Station in Chester County, 
Pennsylvania. Eastern Shore proposes incremental recourse rate, 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 to Mark 
Parker P.E., Engineering Manager, Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company 
1110 Forrest Avenue, Dover, DE 19904 by phone 1-844-366-3764 use or by 
email maparker@esng.com.
    Specifically, Eastern Shore proposes (1) six 10-, 16-, and 24-inch-
diameter pipeline loop segments totaling 22.7 miles, (2) 10-inch-
diameter 16.9-mile-long mainline extension, (3) upgrades to an existing 
Meter and Regulator station and lateral piping at the existing 
interconnect with Texas Eastern in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and 
(4) the addition of two pressure control stations in Sussex County, 
Delaware. Eastern Shore requests that the Commission issue the 
requested authorizations by May 2017 in order to meet November 1, 2017 
in-service date requested by the project shippers who are local 
utility, power, and industrial manufacturing companies. The total cost 
of the Project is estimated to be approximately $98,578,673.
    On May 17, 2016, the Commission staff granted Eastern Shore's 
request to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF16-
7-000 to staff activities involved in the above referenced project. 
Now, as of the filing of the December 30, 2016 application, the Pre-
Filing Process for this project has ended. From this time forward, this 
proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP17-28-000, as noted in the 
caption of this Notice.
    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.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person 
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by 
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all 
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must 
submit five copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a 
copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only 
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders 
in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. 
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will 
not serve to make the filer a party

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to the proceeding. The Commission's rules require that persons filing 
comments in opposition to the project provide copies of their protests 
only to the party or parties directly involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments 
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be 
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will 
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by 
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents 
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court 
review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit original and five copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 1, 2017.

    Dated: January 11, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-00986 Filed 1-17-17; 8:45 am]
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