[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 187 (Friday, September 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60454-60455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21201]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP20-521-000]
Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization; Northwest Pipeline
LLC
Take notice that on September 10, 2020, Northwest Pipeline LLC
(Northwest), 2800 Post Oak Blvd., Houston, Texas 77056, filed in the
above referenced docket, a prior notice request pursuant to sections
157.205 and 157.208 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural
Gas Act and its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-433-000
for authorization to increase the maximum allowable operating pressure
(MAOP) of the Othello Lateral on Northwest's system located in Adams
County, Washington. Specifically, this project will increase the MAOP
of the Othello Lateral from 765 psig to 811 psig to have a consistent
MAOP with the Othello Loop. Northwest avers that there will be no
increase, reduction, or termination in firm service to any existing
customers, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://ferc.gov) using the
eLibrary link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits
in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY,
(202) 502-8659.
Any questions regarding this prior notice request should be
directed to Liz Hughes, Regulatory Analyst, Northwest Pipeline LLC,
P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251 or email liz.hughes@williams.com.
Any person or the Commission's staff 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 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.
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.
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 commenters will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list and will be
notified of any meetings associated with the Commission's environmental
review process. Environmental commenters will not be required to serve
copies of
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filed documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters
will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or
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 eFile link at
http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Dated: September 21, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-21201 Filed 9-24-20; 8:45 am]
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