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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 19 / Monday, February 1, 2021 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Docket No. CP2128000

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline Take notice that on January 13, 2021, Northern Natural Gas Company Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street Omaha, NE 681241000, filed an application under section 7c of the Natural Gas Act NGA, and Part 157 of the Commissions regulations requesting authorization to: 1 Establish a buffer zone around the storage facility; 2
designate five geological formations as gas-containing vertical buffer zones; and 3 to recognize the inclusion of the Lower Eau Claire formation into the geologically continuous Mt. Simon A
zone of the Mt. Simon gas storage reservoir, all at the Redfield storage facility located in Dallas County, Iowa.
Northern seeks authorization for the establishment of a buffer zone approximately one-half mile around the mapped gas extent consisting of approximately 4,847 acres. Northern also seeks authority to establish five geological formations that are currently non-storage formations as buffer formations: The Prairie Du Chien formation; the Franconia formation; the Decorah-Platteville formation; the Fort Atkinson formation; and the Gower 2
formation. The proposed changes will not change the certificated physical parameters, including the certificated storage capacity, of the Field. No new aboveground facilities will be required for the authorities sought herein, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commissions Home Page http
ferc.gov using the eLibrary link.
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commissions Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease COVID19, issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
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Any questions regarding the proposed project should be directed to Michael T.
Loeffler, Certificates and External Affairs, Northern Natural Gas Company, P.O. Box 3330, Omaha, NE 681030330, by phone at 402 3987103, or by email at mike.loeffler@nngco.com.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commissions Rules of Practice and Procedure,1 within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either:
Complete its environmental review and place it into the Commissions 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 staffs issuance of the final environmental impact statement FEIS
or environmental assessment EA for this proposal. The filing of an EA in the Commissions 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 staffs FEIS or EA.
Public Participation There are two ways to become involved in the Commissions review of this project: You can file comments on the project, and you can file a motion to intervene in the proceeding. There is no fee or cost for filing comments or intervening. The deadline for filing a motion to intervene is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 16, 2021.
Comments Any person wishing to comment on the project may do so. Comments may include statements of support or objections to the project as a whole or specific aspects of the project. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please submit your comments on or before February 16, 2021.
There are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the Project docket number CP2128000 in your submission.
1 You may file your comments electronically by using the eComment feature, which is located on the Commissions website at www.ferc.gov 1 18

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under the link to Documents and Filings. Using eComment is an easy method for interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project;
2 You may file your comments electronically by using the eFiling feature, which is located on the Commissions website www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on eRegister. You will be asked to select the type of filing you are making; first select General and then select Comment on a Filing; or 3 You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address below.2 Your written comments must reference the Project docket number CP2128000.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments options 1
and 2 above and has eFiling staff available to assist you at 202 5028258
or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.
Persons who comment on the environmental review of this project will be placed on the Commissions environmental mailing list and will receive notification when the environmental documents EA or EIS
are issued for this project and will be notified of meetings associated with the Commissions environmental review process.
The Commission considers all comments received about the project in determining the appropriate action to be taken. However, the filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. To become a party, you must intervene in the proceeding. For instructions on how to intervene, see below.
Interventions Any person, which includes individuals, organizations, businesses, municipalities, and other entities,3 has the option to file a motion to intervene in this proceeding. Only intervenors have the right to request rehearing of Commission orders issued in this proceeding and to subsequently challenge the Commissions orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
To intervene, you must submit a motion to intervene to the Commission 2 Hand delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
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