
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43038-43039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17361]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP14-520-000]


WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on July 10, 2014, WBI Energy Transmission, Inc., 
(WBI Energy), 1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58503 
filed in Docket No. CP14-520-000, a prior notice request pursuant to 
sections 157.205(b) and 157.208(f)(2) of the Commission's regulations 
under the Natural Gas Act for authorization to increase the Maximum 
Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP) of two segments of its 12'' 
diameter Red and Yellow mainlines from 512 pounds per square inch 
(psig) and 500 psig to 720 psig in Park County, Wyoming and Carbon 
County, Montana. The MAOP increase will allow for an increase of 4,000 
thousand cubic feet per day (Mcf/d) in firm transportation of WBI 
Energy's to existing delivery locations on its Line Section 22, 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.
    Any questions regarding this Application should be directed to 
Keith A. Tiggelaar, Director of Regulatory Affairs, WBI Energy 
Transmission, Inc. P.O. Box 5601, Bismarck, North Dakota 58506-5601, or 
by calling (701) 530-1560, or by email keith.tiggelaar@wbienergy.com 
and Brain D. O'Neill, Van Ness Feldman, L.L.P., 1050 Thomas Jefferson 
Street NW., Seventh Floor, Washington, DC 20007-3877, or by calling 
(202) 298-1983, or by email bdo@vnf.com.
    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

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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 he 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 an original and 5 copies of the protest or 
intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.

    Dated: July 17, 2014.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-17361 Filed 7-23-14; 8:45 am]
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