2013-04662. Southwest Gas Storage Company; Prior Notice of Activity Under Blanket Certificate

On February 8, 2013, Southwest Gas Storage Company (Southwest) filed a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208(b), 157.213(b) and 157.216(b)(2) of the Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act and Southwest's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP99-230-000. Southwest seeks authorization to construct, modify and abandon certain natural gas storage facilities at the Howell Storage Field, located in Livingston County, Michigan, to improve the storage field's operation.

Questions regarding this application may be directed to Stephen Veatch, Senior Director of Certificates & Tariffs, Southwest Gas Storage Company, 5051 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 77056, or by calling 713 989-2024, by faxing 713 989-1176, or by emailing [e-mail].

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 If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing a protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for authorization pursuant to Section 7 of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.

Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such motions or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.

The Commission encourages electronic submission of 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.

This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov,, using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email [e-mail], or call [phone] (toll free). For TTY, call [phone].

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 22, 2013.

Dated: February 21, 2013.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.