FERC Tuesday approved Northern Natural Gas Co.‘s proposal to increase the certificated storage capacity of its Redfield Storage Field in Dallas County, IA, by 2.1 Bcf to 124.10 Bcf. The withdrawal rate of the facility will remain the same — 460 MMcf/d. Northern Natural sees this as an interim step for this summer, pending approval of a related request to expand Redfield’s capacity by 8 Bcf.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has extended for an additional 30 days the public comment period for its statewide draft plan for the greater sage grouse (see Daily GPI, June 19). The plan is now available for public comment through Aug 31. The DOW said it “has received several requests to extend the comment period on the draft plan due to the size of the document and the amount of detailed information to review.” The agency prefers to receive comments by e-mail, which can be directed to Pam Schnurr, pam.schnurr@state.co.us. To view the plan in its entirety, visit the DOW website at https://wildlife.state.co.us/.

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