[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83552-83553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28248]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP21-17-000]
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
Take notice that on December 11, 2020, Columbia Gas Transmission,
LLC, 700 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002-2700, filed in Docket
No. CP21-17-000 a prior notice request pursuant to section 157.205 and
157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act, for
authorization to abandon 9 injection/withdrawal wells and associated
pipelines and appurtenances, located in its Wellington Storage Field in
Lorain and Medina Counties, Ohio (2021 Wellington Well Abandonments
Project).
Specifically, Columbia proposes to plug and abandon wells 7779,
8907, 8908, 8909, 8968, 9060, 9031, 9121, and 9309, and their
associated pipelines. Columbia asserts that plugging and abandoning
these wells will reduce integrity risk in alignment with the PHMSA
Storage Final Rule. Columbia states that there will be no change to the
existing boundary, total inventory, reservoir pressure, reservoir and
buffer boundaries, or the certificated capacity of the Wellington
Storage Field as a result of these abandonments, therefore will have no
impact on Columbia's existing customers or affect Columbia's existing
storage operations, all as more fully set forth in the application
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
The filing is available for review on the Commission's website 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, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or TYY,
(202) 502-8659. 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.
Any questions concerning this application should be directed to
Sorana Linder, Director, Modernization & Certificates, Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas
77002-2700, at (832) 320-5209 or sorana_linder@tcenergy.com.
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.
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
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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 commenter's 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 commenter's will not be required to serve
copies of 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. Submissions sent via any other
carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852.
Dated: December 16, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-28248 Filed 12-21-20; 8:45 am]
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