80 FR 23535 - Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Planned Mountain Valley Pipeline Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 23535-23538] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-09748] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PF15-3-000] Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Planned Mountain Valley Pipeline Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project (MVP Project) involving construction and operation of natural gas facilities by Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (Mountain Valley), a joint venture between affiliates of EQT Corporation and NextEra Energy, Inc., in West Virginia and Virginia. For further details about the project facilities and locations, see ``Summary of the Proposed Project'' below. The Commission will use this EIS in its decision- making process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity. This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested agencies on the project. You can make a difference by providing us with your specific comments or concerns about the project. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. Your input will help the Commission staff determine what issues they need to evaluate in the EIS. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please send your comments so that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or before June 16, 2015. If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the opening of the docket on October 27, 2014, you will need to re-file those comments in Docket No. PF15-3-000 to ensure they are considered as part of this proceeding. Any comments submitted after the establishment of a project docket do not need to be re-filed. This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental mailing list for this project. State and local government representatives should notify their constituents of this planned project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern. If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a Mountain Valley representative may contact you about the acquisition of an easement to construct, operate, and maintain the planned facilities. The company would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. However, if the Commission approves the project, that approval conveys with it the right of eminent domain. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to produce an agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation proceedings where compensation would be determined in accordance with state law. A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?'' is available for viewing on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet addresses a number of typically asked questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings. Public Participation You can make a difference by providing us with your specific comments or concerns about the project. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please send your comments so that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or before June 16, 2015. For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the project docket number (PF15-3-000) with your submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or [email protected]. (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature located on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents & Filings. This is an easy method for interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project; (2) You can file your comments electronically using the eFiling feature located on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents & 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 must select the type of filing you are making. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select Comment on a Filing; or (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. (4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the Commission invites you to attend one of the public scoping meetings its staff will conduct in the project area, scheduled as follows. [[Page 23536]] FERC Public Scoping Meetings--MVP Project ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date and time Location --------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, May 4, 2015, 7:00 p.m...... James Monroe High School, Route 1, Lindside, WV 24951. Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 7:00 p.m..... Eastern Montgomery High School, 4695 Crozier Road, Elliston, VA 24087. Thursday, May 7, 2015, 7:00 p.m.... Chatham High School, 100 Cavalier Circle, Chatham, VA 24531. Monday, May 11, 2015, 7:00 p.m..... Robert C. Byrd Center, 992 North Fork Road, Pine Grove, WV 26419. Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m.... West Virginia University Jackson's Mill, 160 WVU Jackson Mill, Weston, WV 26452. Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 7:00 p.m.. Nicholas County High School, 30 Grizzly Road, Summersville, WV 26651. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We \1\ will begin our sign-up of speakers one hour prior to the start of each meeting (at 6:00 p.m.). The scoping meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m., with a description of our environmental review process by Commission staff, after which speakers will be called. Each meeting will end once all speakers have provided their comments or when our contracted time for the facility closes. Please note that there may be a time limit of three minutes to present comments, and speakers should structure their comments accordingly. If time limits are implemented, they will be strictly enforced to ensure that as many individuals as possible are given an opportunity to comment. The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer to ensure comments are accurately recorded. Transcripts will be entered into the formal record of the Commission proceeding. The Commission will give equal consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form or provided verbally at the scoping meeting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mountain Valley representatives will be present one hour prior to the start of the scoping meetings to provide additional information about the project and answer questions. Summary of the Planned Project The MVP Project would involve the construction and operation of about 294 miles of 42-inch-diameter buried steel pipeline in Wetzel, Harrison, Doddridge, Lewis, Braxton, Webster, Nicholas, Greenbrier, Fayette, Summers, and Monroe Counties, West Virginia and Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke, Franklin, and Pittsylvania Counties in Virginia. The pipeline would originate at Equitrans, L.P.'s existing transmission system in Wetzel County, West Virginia and terminate at the existing Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company LLC's existing Zone 5 Compressor Station 165 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Additional facilities would include 4 new compressor stations in Wetzel, Braxton, and Fayette Counties, West Virginia and Montgomery County, Virginia; 4 new meter stations; 49 main line valves, and 6 pig \2\ launchers and/or receivers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ A ``pig'' is an internal tool that the pipeline company inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for cleaning, inspections, or other purposes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The MVP Project would provide about 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to markets in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. The general location of the project facilities are shown in appendix 1.\3\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the appendices were sent to all those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Requirements for Construction Construction of the planned facilities would disturb about 5,458 acres of land for the pipeline and aboveground facilities, not including temporary access roads which are not yet determined. Following construction, Mountain Valley would maintain about 2,687 acres for permanent operation of the project's facilities, not including permanent access roads; the remaining acreage would be restored and revert to former uses. About 15 percent of the planned pipeline route parallels existing pipeline, utility, and road rights- of-way. The EIS Process The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. The NEPA also requires us to discover and address concerns the public may have about proposals. This process is referred to as scoping. The main goal of the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EIS on the important environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EIS. We will consider all filed comments (including verbal comments presented at the public scoping meetings) during the preparation of the EIS. In the EIS we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the planned project under these general headings:Geology and soils; Water resources and wetlands; Vegetation and wildlife; Cultural resources; Land use, recreation, and visual resources; Socioeconomics; Air quality and noise; Cumulative impacts; and Public safety. As part of our analysis under the NEPA, we will consider or recommend measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts on specific resources. We will also evaluate possible alternatives to the planned project or portions of the project. Mountain Valley has proposed a number of alternatives, developed through the company's route selection process or identified by stakeholders, in draft Resource Report 10 filed with the FERC in Docket No. PF15-3-000 on April 14, 2015. During scoping, we are specifically soliciting comments on the range of alternatives for the project. Although no formal application has been filed, we have already initiated our environmental review under the Commission's pre-filing process. The purpose of the pre-filing process is to encourage early involvement of interested stakeholders and to identify and resolve issues before the FERC receives a formal application from Mountain Valley. During the pre-filing process, we contacted federal and state agencies to discuss their involvement in scoping and the preparation of the EIS. With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues related to this project to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the EIS.\4\ Agencies that would like to request cooperating [[Page 23537]] agency status should follow the instructions for filing comments provided under the Public Participation section of this notice. Currently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Jefferson National Forest (USFS); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington and Norfolk Districts; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3; U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; West Virginia Department of Natural Resources; and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection expressed their intention to participate as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EIS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ The Council on Environmental Quality implementing regulations for the NEPA addresses cooperating agency responsibilities at Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1501.6. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The EIS will present our independent analysis of the issues. We will publish and distribute a draft EIS for public comment. After the comment period, we will consider all timely comments and revise the document, as necessary, before issuing a final EIS. Proposed Actions of the USFS The USFS is participating as a cooperating agency because the MVP Project would cross the Jefferson National Forest in West Virginia and Virginia. As a cooperating agency, the USFS intends to adopt the EIS per Tile 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 1506.3 to meet its responsibilities under the NEPA regarding Mountain Valley's planned application to the USFS for a Right-of-Way Grant and Temporary Use Permit for crossing federally administered lands. The USFS additionally will assess how the planned pipeline conforms to the directions contained in the Jefferson National Forest's Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP). Changes in the LRMP could be required if the pipeline is authorized across the National Forest. The EIS will provide the documentation to support any needed amendments to the LRMP. Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation with the applicable State Historic Preservation Offices, and to solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on historic properties.\5\ We will define the project-specific Area of Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPOs as the project develops. On natural gas facility projects, the APE at a minimum encompasses all areas subject to ground disturbance (examples include construction right-of-way, contractor/pipe storage yards, compressor stations, and access roads). Our EIS for this project will document our findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status of consultations under section 106. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation implementing regulations for the National Historic Preservation Act are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Currently Identified Environmental Issues We have already identified several issues that we think deserve attention in the EIS, from our preliminary review of the planned facilities, environmental information provided by Mountain Valley, and comments by stakeholders. This preliminary list of issues may change based on your comments and our further analyses. These issues include: Karst terrain, sinkholes, and caves; Domestic water sources, wells, springs, and waterbodies; Forested areas; Federally-listed threatened and endangered species, including mussels and bats; National Register of Historic Places listed Rural Historic Districts and other historic properties; Appalachian Trail, Blue Ridge Parkway, and other scenic by-ways; Residential developments and property values; Tourism and recreation; Local infrastructure and emergency response systems; Public safety; Operational noise from planned compressor stations; and Alternatives and their potential impacts on a range of resources. Environmental Mailing List The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Indian tribes and Native American organizations; other interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who provides a mailing addressed when they submit comments on the project. We will update the environmental mailing list as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the information related to this environmental review to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the planned project. Copies of the completed draft EIS will be sent to the environmental mailing list for public review and comment. If you would prefer to receive a paper copy of the document instead of the CD version or would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please return the attached Information Request (appendix 2). Becoming an Intervenor Once Mountain Valley files its formal application with the Commission, you may want to become an ``intervenor'' which is an official party to the Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling. An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are in the User's Guide under the e-filing link on the Commission's Web site. Please note that the Commission will not accept requests for intervenor status during the pre-filing process. You must wait until the Commission receives a formal application for the project from Mountain Valley, and the FERC issues a Notice of Application. Additional Information Additional information about the project is available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on General Search, and enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., PF15- 3). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific [[Page 23538]] dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the Commission's calendar located at www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information. Dated: April 17, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-09748 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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as applicable; (2) set forth in the West Virginia and Virginia. For further fact sheet addresses a number of
heading the project number of the details about the project facilities and typically asked questions, including the
proceeding to which the filing responds; locations, see ‘‘Summary of the use of eminent domain and how to
(3) furnish the name, address, and Proposed Project’’ below. The participate in the Commission’s
telephone number of the person Commission will use this EIS in its proceedings.
commenting or protesting; and (4) decision-making process to determine
otherwise comply with the requirements Public Participation
whether the project is in the public
of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. convenience and necessity. You can make a difference by
All comments, protests, or motion to This notice announces the opening of providing us with your specific
intervene must set forth their the scoping process the Commission comments or concerns about the project.
evidentiary basis and otherwise comply will use to gather input from the public Your comments should focus on the
with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). and interested agencies on the project. potential environmental effects,
All comments or protests should relate You can make a difference by providing reasonable alternatives, and measures to
to project works which are the subject us with your specific comments or avoid or lessen environmental impacts.
of the termination of exemption. A copy concerns about the project. Your The more specific your comments, the
of any protest must be served upon each comments should focus on the potential more useful they will be. To ensure that
representative of the exemptee specified environmental effects, reasonable your comments are timely and properly
in item g above. A copy of all other alternatives, and measures to avoid or recorded, please send your comments so
filings in reference to this notice must lessen environmental impacts. Your that the Commission receives them in
be accompanied by proof of service on input will help the Commission staff Washington, DC on or before June 16,
all persons listed in the service list determine what issues they need to 2015.
prepared by the Commission in this evaluate in the EIS. To ensure that your For your convenience, there are four
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR comments are timely and properly methods you can use to submit your
4.34(b) and 385.2010. recorded, please send your comments so comments to the Commission. In all
p. Agency Comments—Federal, state, that the Commission receives them in instances, please reference the project
and local agencies are invited to file Washington, DC on or before June 16, docket number (PF15–3–000) with your
comments on the described proceeding. 2015. submission. The Commission
If any agency does not file comments If you sent comments on this project encourages electronic filing of
within the time specified for filing to the Commission before the opening of comments and has expert staff available
comments, it will be presumed to have the docket on October 27, 2014, you will to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
no comments. need to re-file those comments in efiling@ferc.gov.
Dated: April 16, 2015. Docket No. PF15–3–000 to ensure they (1) You can file your comments
Kimberly D. Bose, are considered as part of this electronically using the eComment
Secretary. proceeding. Any comments submitted feature located on the Commission’s
[FR Doc. 2015–09751 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am]
after the establishment of a project Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link
docket do not need to be re-filed. to Documents & Filings. This is an easy
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This notice is being sent to the
method for interested persons to submit
Commission’s current environmental
brief, text-only comments on a project;
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY mailing list for this project. State and
local government representatives should (2) You can file your comments
notify their constituents of this planned electronically using the eFiling feature
Federal Energy Regulatory
project and encourage them to comment located on the Commission’s Web site
Commission
on their areas of concern. (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
[Docket No. PF15–3–000] If you are a landowner receiving this Documents & Filings. With eFiling, you
notice, a Mountain Valley representative can provide comments in a variety of
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice formats by attaching them as a file with
of Intent To Prepare an Environmental may contact you about the acquisition of
an easement to construct, operate, and your submission. New eFiling users
Impact Statement for the Planned must first create an account by clicking
Mountain Valley Pipeline Project, maintain the planned facilities. The
company would seek to negotiate a on eRegister. You must select the type
Request for Comments on of filing you are making. If you are filing
Environmental Issues, and Notice of mutually acceptable agreement.
However, if the Commission approves a comment on a particular project,
Public Scoping Meetings please select Comment on a Filing; or
the project, that approval conveys with
The staff of the Federal Energy it the right of eminent domain. (3) You can file a paper copy of your
Regulatory Commission (FERC or Therefore, if easement negotiations fail comments by mailing them to the
Commission) will prepare an to produce an agreement, the pipeline following address: Kimberly D. Bose,
environmental impact statement (EIS) company could initiate condemnation Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
that will discuss the environmental proceedings where compensation would Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room
impacts of the Mountain Valley Pipeline be determined in accordance with state 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Project (MVP Project) involving law. (4) In lieu of sending written or
construction and operation of natural A fact sheet prepared by the FERC electronic comments, the Commission
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gas facilities by Mountain Valley entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas invites you to attend one of the public
Pipeline, LLC (Mountain Valley), a joint Facility On My Land? What Do I Need scoping meetings its staff will conduct
venture between affiliates of EQT To Know?’’ is available for viewing on in the project area, scheduled as
Corporation and NextEra Energy, Inc., in the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This follows.
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dockets. This can reduce the amount of within 90 days of this Notice, the project should submit an original and
time you spend researching proceedings Commission staff will either: complete two copies of their comments to the
by automatically providing you with its environmental assessment (EA) and Secretary of the Commission.
notification of these filings, document place it into the Commission’s public Environmental commentors will be
summaries, and direct links to the record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or placed on the Commission’s
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- issue a Notice of Schedule for environmental mailing list, will receive
filing/esubscription.asp. Environmental Review. If a Notice of copies of the environmental documents,
Finally, public meetings or site visits Schedule for Environmental Review is and will be notified of meetings
will be posted on the Commission’s issued, it will indicate, among other associated with the Commission’s
calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ milestones, the anticipated date for the environmental review process.
EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along Commission staff’s issuance of the final Environmental commentors will not be
with other related information. environmental impact statement (FEIS) required to serve copies of filed
Dated: April 17, 2015. or EA for this proposal. The filing of the documents on all other parties.
EA in the Commission’s public record However, the non-party commentors
Kimberly D. Bose,
for this proceeding or the issuance of a will not receive copies of all documents
Secretary. Notice of Schedule for Environmental filed by other parties or issued by the
[FR Doc. 2015–09748 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] Review will serve to notify federal and Commission (except for the mailing of
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P state agencies of the timing for the environmental documents issued by the
completion of all necessary reviews, and Commission) and will not have the right
the subsequent need to complete all to seek court review of the
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY federal authorizations within 90 days of Commission’s final order.
the date of issuance of the Commission The Commission strongly encourages
Federal Energy Regulatory
staff’s FEIS or EA. electronic filings of comments, protests
Commission There are two ways to become and interventions in lieu of paper using
[Docket Nos. CP15–169–000] involved in the Commission’s review of the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://
this project. First, any person wishing to www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line obtain legal status by becoming a party
Company, LLC; Notice of Application electronically should submit an original
to the proceedings for this project and 5 copies of the protest or
should, on or before the comment date
Take notice that on April 13, 2015, intervention to the Federal Energy
stated below file with the Federal
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
Company LLC (Transco), 2800 Post Oak NE., Washington, DC 20426.
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77056, filed a motion to intervene in accordance Comment Date: April 24, 2015.
in the above referenced docket an with the requirements of the Dated: April 14, 2015.
application pursuant to section 7(c) of Commission’s Rules of Practice and Kimberly D. Bose,
the Natural Gas Act (NGA), to amend Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) Secretary.
the certificate of public convenience and the Regulations under the NGA (18 [FR Doc. 2015–09838 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am]
and necessity granted by the CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Commission by order issued on March status will be placed on the service list
19, 2015 in the reference proceeding, maintained by the Secretary of the
which order authorized Transco’s Rock Commission and will receive copies of DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Spring Expansion Project (Project). The all documents filed by the applicant and
amendment seeks authorization to by all other parties. A party must submit Western Area Power Administration
amend the Project’s certificate to five copies of filings made in the
incorporate a minor route modification proceeding with the Commission and Interconnection of the Grande Prairie
of approximately 0.69 miles in must mail a copy to the applicant and Wind Farm, Holt County, Nebraska
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, all as to every other party. Only parties to the (DOE/EIS–0485)
more fully set forth in the application proceeding can ask for court review of
which is on file with the Commission Commission orders in the proceeding. AGENCY: Western Area Power
and open to public inspection. The However, a person does not have to Administration, Department of Energy.
filing is available for review at the intervene in order to have comments ACTION: Record of Decision.
Commission in the Public Reference considered. The second way to
Room or may be viewed on the participate is by filing with the SUMMARY: Western Area Power
Commission’s Web site web at http:// Secretary of the Commission, as soon as Administration (Western) received a
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. possible, an original and two copies of request from Grande Prairie Wind, LLC
Enter the docket number excluding the comments in support of or in opposition (Grande Prairie Wind), a subsidiary of
last three digits in the docket number to this project. The Commission will Geronimo Wind Energy, LLC d.b.a.
field to access the document. For consider these comments in Geronimo Energy, LLC to interconnect
assistance, contact FERC at determining the appropriate action to be their proposed Grande Prairie Wind
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call taken, but the filing of a comment alone Farm (Project) to Western’s power
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) will not serve to make the filer a party transmission system. The proposed
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502–8659. to the proceeding. The Commission’s interconnection point would be on
Any questions concerning this rules require that persons filing Western’s existing Fort Thompson to
application may be directed to Bill comments in opposition to the project Grand Island 345-kilovolt (kV)
Hammons, P.O. Box 1396, Houston, provide copies of their protests only to transmission line, approximately seven
Texas 77251, by telephone at (713) 215– the party or parties directly involved in miles east of the town of O’Neill in Holt
2130. the protest. County, Nebraska. The Project would be
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Persons who wish to comment only built on private and State cropland and
Commission’s rules (18 CFR 157.9), on the environmental review of this pasture.
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