2011-538. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

January 5, 2011.

Take notice that on December 22, 2010, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (Columbia) 5151 San Felipe, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77056, filed in Docket No. CP11-57-000, an application pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, to convert and abandon certain natural gas storage facilities in its Ripley storage field in Jackson County, West Virginia, under Columbia's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-76-000,^[1] all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to the public for inspection.

Columbia proposes to convert Storage Wells 7300 and 7320 from active injection/withdrawal status to observation well status and abandon storage well pipelines Lines X-59W-7300, X-59W-7320, and X-59-F-2 along with their respective appurtenances. Columbia also proposes to abandon natural gas service to one landowner who would be directly affected by abandonment of the facilities herein. Columbia states that it would compensate the landowner's transition to an alternative source of energy.

Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Fredric J. George, Senior Counsel, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, P.O. Box 1273, Charleston, West Virginia 25325-1273 or via telephone at [phone] or by facsimile [phone].

This filing is available for review at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov,, using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number filed to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERC [e-mail] or call toll-free at [phone], or, for TTY, contact [phone]. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages intervenors to file electronically.

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.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  22 FERC ¶ 62,029 (1983).