Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)

Federal Register Volume 81, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)

Notices

Pages 24594-24595

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2016-09664

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Docket No. CP16-155-000

Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

Take notice that on April 13, 2016, Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (Puget), 10885 NE 4th Street, Bellevue, Washington 98004, filed in Docket No. CP16-155-000 a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, requesting authorization to plug and abandon fifteen wells and associated surface appurtenances at its Jackson Prairie Storage Facility (Jackson Prairie) in Lewis County, Washington. Puget states that the wells proposed for abandonment are not currently used for injection/withdrawal and the potential for internal and external corrosion exists. Puget asserts that abandoning these facilities will reduce the costs associated with ongoing maintenance and remediation, while improving the overall integrity of the storage facility. Puget states that the proposed abandonment will have no effect on Jackson Prairie's certificated parameters and no adverse impact on Puget's storage service. Puget estimates the cost

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of the Project to be approximately $15,461,000, 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 William F. Donahue, Manager, Natural Gas Resources, Puget Sound Energy, Inc., P.O. Box 94034, Bellevue, WA 98004, by telephone at (425) 456-

2356, or by email at Bill.Donahue@pse.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 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 commenters 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 commenters 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 (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 seven copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Dated: April 20, 2016.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

FR Doc. 2016-09664 Filed 4-25-16; 8:45 am

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