Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization; Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc

Take notice that on December 10, 2019, Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc (Dominion), 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, filed in the above referenced docket, a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208, and 157.210 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Dominion's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-537-000, for authorization to (1) construct approximately 1.7 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline lateral south of Dominion's existing Gilmore M&R Station in Tuscarawas County, OH (TL-653 OH Lateral); (2) re-wheel the compressors on three existing centrifugal compression sets at Dominion's existing Newark Compressor Station in Licking County, OH; and (3) construct a new M&R site and associated equipment at the end of the new TL-653 OH Lateral in Tuscarawas County, OH (Tri-West Project). The project will allow Dominion to provide 120,000 dekatherms per day of firm natural gas transportation service from Pennsylvania to Ohio for delivery to Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 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 regarding this prior notice request should be directed to Matthew R. Bley, Director, Gas Transmission Certificates, Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc., 707 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219, phone: (866) 319-3382, email: Matthew.R.Bley@DominionEnergy.com or Sharon L. Burr, Deputy General Counsel, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, VA 23219, phone: (804) 819-2171, email: Sharon.L.Burr@DominionEnergy.com.

Any person or the Commission's staff 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 Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of the 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 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 and will be notified of any 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 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 website ( http://www.ferc.gov ) under the “e-Filing” link.