
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38622-38623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15834]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP12-475-000]


Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

    Take notice that on June 4, 2012, Southern Star Central Gas 
Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), 4700 Highway 56, Owensboro, Kentucky 
42301, filed in Docket No. CP12-475-000 a prior notice request pursuant 
to sections 157.205, 157.208 and 157.213 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations under the Natural Gas 
Act as amended and Southern Star's blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP82-479-000 \1\ for authorization to drill two new horizontal 
injection/withdrawal gas storage wells (I/W wells) in its existing 
Colony Gas Storage field located in Anderson and Allen Counties, 
Kansas, 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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or 
TTY, (202) 502-8659.
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    Specifically, Southern Star proposes to drill two new horizontal I/
W wells in order to replace up to eighteen (18) vertical I/W wells 
located within the City of Colony, Kansas in close proximity to 
residential homes. Southern Star will file a separate abandonment 
application to plug and abandon up to 18 vertical I/W wells after 
confirmation that the designed operational capabilities of the two new 
horizontal I/W wells will allow the field to maintain its current 
operational capacities. Southern Star states the proposed project will 
not result in any changes to the current geological interpretation of 
the storage reservoir, the certificated field boundary, or the 
operations parameters of the Colony Storage field. The cost of the 
project is

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estimated at $3,750,000. Southern Star also proposes to install and 
operate two new 6-inch storage lateral pipelines connecting the two new 
I/W wells to the storage gathering system.
    Any questions concerning this prior notice request may be directed 
to David N. Roberts, Staff Analyst, Regulatory Compliance, Southern 
Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. 4700 Highway 56, Owensboro, KY 42301, 
or call (270) 852-4654.
    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.
    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 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 an original and 
14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: June 21, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-15834 Filed 6-27-12; 8:45 am]
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