[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33523-33524]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12406]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP16-461-000]

Southwest Gas Storage Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization

    Take notice that on May 12, 2016 Southwest Gas Storage Company
(Southwest), 1300 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002 filed a prior
notice request pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208(c), 157.213(b) and
157.216(b) of the Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(NGA). Southwest seeks authorization to reenter and modify one existing
injection/withdrawal vertical well (the Denkhaus 2-2) and drill dual
horizontal wellbore extensions in the Howell storage reservoir from the
existing wellbore with the expectation of enhancing the capability of
the well. The Denkhaus 2-2 well is located in Livingston County,
Michigan. Southwest is not seeking any change to the Howell storage
field's certificated physical parameters. Southwest proposes to perform
these activities under its blanket certificate issued in Docket No.
CP83-83-000, 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, contact
FERC at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll-free,<PHONE_NUMBER> or
TTY,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Any questions regarding this Application should be directed to
Stephen T. Veatch, Senior Director of Certificates, Southwest Gas
Storage Company, 1300 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002, by calling
(713) 989-2024, or fax<PHONE_NUMBER>, or by email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    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 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 If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after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 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.
    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, will receive copies of
the environmental documents, and will be notified of 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 commentary, 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 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. Persons unable to file
electronically should submit original and 5 copies of the protest or
intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: May 20, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-12406 Filed 5-25-16; 8:45 am]
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