
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51550-51551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20983]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-542-000]


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

    Take notice that on August 10, 2015, WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. 
(WBI), 1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58503, filed in 
Docket No. CP15-542-000 a prior notice request pursuant to sections 
157.205 and 157.210 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA), as amended, requesting authorization to install and 
operate new mainline natural gas facilities in North Dakota (Project). 
Specifically, WBI proposes to: (i) Install a new 1,380 horsepower 
compressor unit at the Charbonneau Compressor Station in McKenzie 
County; (ii) retrofit the existing compressor unit at the Williston 
Compressor Station in Williams County; (iii) install an additional 
regulator at the Minot Transfer Station in Ward County; and (iv) 
install various appurtenances. WBI states that the Project will make 
available an additional 18,200 dekatherms per day of firm 
transportation capacity from the Bakken Shale to an existing 
interconnect with Northern Border Pipeline Company at an estimated cost 
of $3,650,000, 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, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Keith 
A. Tiggelaar, Director of Regulatory Affairs, WBI Energy Transmission, 
Inc., 1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58503, by 
telephone at (701) 530-1560 or by email at 
keith.tiggelaar@wbienergy.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,

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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 in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and 7 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.

    Dated: August 19, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-20983 Filed 8-24-15; 8:45 am]
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