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United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves Variance for Enable Gas Transmission, LLC's Central Arkansas Pipeline Enhancement Project

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a delegated order approving a variance for Enable Gas Transmission, LLC's Central Arkansas Pipeline Enhancement Project. The variance allows the company to abandon and remove a segment of its pipeline, approximately 6 feet in length, and install a stopple fitting to isolate the pipeline. This decision is in compliance with Environmental Condition 5 of the Commission's 2014 Order Approving Abandonment and Issuing Certificate.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Commission granted a variance request from Enable Gas Transmission, LLC (EGT) to abandon and remove approximately 6 feet of its 10-inch-diameter Line B, at Nutters Chapel Road, in Faulkner County, Arkansas.
  • The variance also permits the installation of a 10-inch-diameter stopple fitting at Station No. 1201+50 to isolate the Central Arkansas Pipeline Enhancement Project pipeline.
  • EGT has obtained all federal authorizations and landowner approval for this variance request.
  • The Commission's Order requires EGT to comply with all remaining terms and conditions of the 2014 Order Approving Abandonment and Issuing Certificate.
  • The variance approval was issued in response to a July 16, 2025, request from EGT's Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, Blair Lichtenwalter.
  • The variance complies with Environmental Condition 5 of the Commission's July 17, 2014, Order Approving Abandonment and Issuing Certificate.

Statistics:

  • 6 feet: The approximate length of the pipeline segment to be abandoned and removed.
  • 10-inch-diameter: The diameter of the pipeline and the stopple fitting.
  • 3 feet: The distance on each side of Nutters Chapel Road where the pipeline will be removed.
  • 2025: The year in which the notice was filed.
  • August 7, 2025: The date on which the Commission issued the delegated order.
  • 2014: The year in which the Commission issued the Order Approving Abandonment and Issuing Certificate.

Sources:

  • Washington: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, "In Reply Refer To: OEP/DG2E/Gas 1 Enable Gas Transmission, LLC Central Arkansas Pipeline Enhancement Project Docket No. CP14-23-000" (August 7, 2025)
  • Washington: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, "Order Approving Abandonment and Issuing Certificate" (July 17, 2014)

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