FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern)
Docket No. PF15-33
Northern Lights 2017 Expansion Project
PRE-FILING TELECONFERENCE
(April 22, 2016)
Attendees
S. Xiah Kragie, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Julia Yuan, FERC
David Hanobic, FERC
Anthony Jernigan, FERC
Mike Loeffler, Northern Natural Gas (Northern)
Donna Martens, Northern
Steve Ziemba, Northern
Mitchell Shields, Merjent, Inc. (Northern’s contractor)
Summary
Environmental staff from FERC met with representatives from Northern via teleconference on
Friday, April 22, 2016, to discuss the Northern Lights 2017 Expansion Project (Project) in
Minnesota. Representatives from federal and state agencies were invited to participate, but did
not attend.
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FERC and Northern discussed the width of the planned construction right of way as part
of preliminary comments on the draft Resource Reports.
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FERC inquired about the status of Northern’s consultation with the Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS), specifically the streamlined northern long-eared bat consultation form,
and Northern’s geotechnical bores and horizontal directional drill crossing plans. Both
the FWS form and the geotechnical bores have been completed. Documentation will be
provided in the final Resource Reports.
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Northern noted that cultural resource surveys were completed and the report is being
finalized for filing with the State Historic Preservation office and FERC. The outstanding
wetland surveys will be completed next week and Northern’s Natural Resources
Inventory report will be updated for filing as part of the final Resource Report 3.
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The next biweekly call will be at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) May 6, 2016.