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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

OFFICE OF ENERGY PROJECTS

In Reply Refer To:
OEP/DG2E/Gas 4
Rover Pipeline, LLC
Rover Pipeline Project
Docket No. CP15-93-000
§ 375.308(x)
May 25, 2017

Joey Mahmoud
Senior Vice President
Rover Pipeline LLC
1300 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Re: Request To Resume Horizontal Directional Drilling Activities
Dear Mr. Mahmoud:
By letter dated May 16, 2017, Rover Pipeline, LLC requested authorization to
resume drilling activities at the Captina Creek and the Middle Island Creek horizontal
directional drills (HDDs). I will not issue such authorization at this time. Staff has
reviewed the information contained in your May 16, 2017 letter regarding Rover
Pipeline, LLC’s assessment that continued activities would best minimize the
environmental impacts and potential extended risks of erosion into sensitive areas.
However, field inspections conducted by the Commission’s Compliance Monitors reveal
that the sites are currently stable, have appropriate erosion control measures installed, and
have drill entry and exit sites adequately set back from the associated waterbody. While I
am not granting authorization to resume drilling activities, I am granting authorization to
remove the drill stem from the bore-hole at the Middle Island Creek HDD and to install a
casing to prevent the hole from collapsing.
As discussed in our May 10, 2017 letter to you, authorization to resume drilling
activities in conjunction with the Rover Pipeline Project is contingent upon Commission
staff’s consideration of: 1) the independent third party contractor’s analysis of all drilling
activity at the Tuscarawas River HDD; and 2) the independent third party contractor’s
recommended plan detailing the measures that Rover can put into place to ensure that the
same level of impacts do not occur on the other HDDs during project construction.

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If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Bowman, environmental project
manager, at (202) 502-6287. Thank you for compliance in this matter.
Sincerely,

Rich McGuire, Director
Division of Gas – Environment and
Engineering
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