80 FR 30069 - Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Jacksonville Expansion Project, and Request for Comments On Environmental Issues
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 100 (May 26, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 100 (May 26, 2015)
| Page Range | 30069-30071 | |
| FR Document | 2015-12615 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 30069-30071] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-12615] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP15-144-000] Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Jacksonville Expansion Project, and Request for Comments On Environmental Issues The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Jacksonville Expansion Project (Project). The Project would involve constructing and operating interstate natural gas transmission facilities by the Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC (FGT) in Bradford, Clay, Columbia, and Suwannee Counties, Florida. Specifically, FGT would construct: (1) About 3 miles of pipeline in Suwannee and Columbia Counties; (2) about 5.7 miles of pipeline in Bradford County; and (3) a new compressor unit and regulation station in Bradford County. The Commission will use this EA 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 impacts, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or minimize environmental impacts. Your input will help the Commission staff determine what issues they need to evaluate in the EA. 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 15, 2015. If you sent comments on this Project to the Commission before the opening of this docket on March 31, 2015, you will need to file those comments in Docket No. CP15-144-000 to ensure they are considered as part of this proceeding. 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 proposed project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern. If you are a landowner receiving this notice, an FGT representative may contact you about the acquisition of an easement to construct, operate, and maintain the proposed 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. The ``For Citizens'' section of the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) provides more information about the FERC and the environmental review process. This section also includes information about getting involved in FERC jurisdictional projects, and a citizens' guide entitled ``An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need to Know?'' This guide addresses a number of frequently asked questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings. Public Participation For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully [[Page 30070]] follow these instructions so that your comments are properly recorded. (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief, text-only comments on a project; (2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and 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.'' If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select ``Comment on a Filing'' as the filing type; or (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP15-144-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Summary of the Proposed Project According to FGT, the purpose of the Project is to provide a total of approximately 75,000 MMBtu/d of natural gas capacity to be delivered at various amounts at several points throughout Florida. To accomplish this, FGT proposes to:Construct approximately 3.0 miles of 30-inch-diameter looping pipeline and associated facilities \1\ in Suwannee and Columbia Counties; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Associated facilities include new or relocated pig launchers and receivers, valves, and cathodic protection equipment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- install one new compressor unit, re-wheel an existing turbine compressor unit, and construct and modify piping and valves at Compressor Station 16 in Bradford County; construct approximately 5.7 miles of 20-inch-diameter looping pipeline and associated facilities in Bradford County; and construct a new regulation station in Bradford County. FGT would also own, operate, and maintain these interstate natural gas transmission facilities. The general location of the project facilities is shown in Appendix 1.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of 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 proposed facilities would disturb about 140 acres of land. Following construction, FGT would maintain about 50 acres of land; the remaining land would be restored/stabilized and allowed to revert to former uses. Where feasible, FGT proposes to use existing rights-of-way for construction and operation of the proposed facilities. Both of the proposed pipelines would be 100% collocated with other existing FGT pipelines. The EA Process The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to take into account the potential environmental impacts of a proposed project whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us \3\ 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 EA on the important environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We will consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project under these general headings: Geology and soils; land use; water resources, fisheries, and wetlands; cultural resources; vegetation and wildlife; air quality and noise; endangered and threatened species; public safety; and cumulative impacts. We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas. The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA will be available in the public record through eLibrary and depending on the comments received during the scoping process we may also publish and distribute the EA to the public for an allotted comment period. We will consider all comments on the EA before making our recommendations to the Commission. To ensure we have the opportunity to consider and address your comments, please carefully follow the instructions in the Public Participation section below. With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues of this project to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the EA.\4\ Agencies that would like to request cooperating agency status should follow the instructions for filing comments provided under the Public Participation section of this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1501.6. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Office (SHPO), 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 SHPO 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 EA 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's regulations 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environmental Mailing List The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; 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 [[Page 30071]] project purposes, or who own homes within certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits 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 proposed project. If we publish and distribute the EA, copies of the EA 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 In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, 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. 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 at www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number CP15-144 (note: the last three digits are excluded). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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 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: May 19, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-12615 Filed 5-22-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY that the exemption from licensing for and interested agencies on the Project.
the Number 3 Mill Project, FERC No. You can make a difference by providing
Federal Energy Regulatory 5633, originally issued July 14, 1982,3 us with your specific comments or
Commission has been transferred to Hydro concerns about the Project. Your
[Project No. 7141–002] Development Group Acquisition, LLC, comments should focus on the potential
an affiliate of Enel Green Power. The environmental impacts, reasonable
Mill Shoals Hydro Company, Inc.; Mill project is located on the South Branch alternatives, and measures to avoid or
Shoals Hydro Company, LLC; Notice of Oswegatchie River in St. Lawrence minimize environmental impacts. Your
Transfer of Exemption County, New York. The transfer of an input will help the Commission staff
exemption does not require Commission determine what issues they need to
1. By letter filed April 24, 2015,1 approval. evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your
William B. Conway, Jr., Counsel for Enel 2. Hydro Development Group comments are timely and properly
Green Power North America, Inc. Acquisition, LLC is now the exemptee recorded, please send your comments so
(EGPNA),2 informed the Commission of the Number 3 Mill Project, FERC No. that the Commission receives them in
that the exemption from licensing for 5633. All correspondence should be Washington, DC on or before June 15,
the Milstead Dam Project, FERC No. forwarded to: Hydro Development 2015.
7141, originally issued April 15, 1983,3 Group Acquisition, LLC, c/o Enel Green If you sent comments on this Project
has been transferred to Mill Shoals Power North America, Inc., Attn: to the Commission before the opening of
Hydro Company, LLC, an affiliate of General Counsel, 1 Tech Drive, Suite
Enel Green Power. The project is located this docket on March 31, 2015, you will
220, Andover, MA 01810. need to file those comments in Docket
on the Yellow River in Rockdale
County, Georgia. The transfer of an
Dated: May 19, 2015. No. CP15–144–000 to ensure they are
exemption does not require Commission Kimberly D. Bose, considered as part of this proceeding.
approval. Secretary. This notice is being sent to the
2. Mill Shoals Hydro Company, LLC [FR Doc. 2015–12605 Filed 5–22–15; 8:45 am] Commission’s current environmental
is now the exemptee of the Milstead BILLING CODE 6717–01–P mailing list for this project. State and
Dam Project, FERC No. 7141. All local government representatives should
correspondence should be forwarded to: notify their constituents of this
Mill Shoals Hydro Company, LLC, c/o DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY proposed project and encourage them to
Enel Green Power North America, Inc., comment on their areas of concern.
Attn: General Counsel, 1 Tech Drive, Federal Energy Regulatory If you are a landowner receiving this
Suite 220, Andover, MA 01810. Commission notice, an FGT representative may
Dated: May 19, 2015. [Docket No. CP15–144–000] contact you about the acquisition of an
easement to construct, operate, and
Kimberly D. Bose,
Florida Gas Transmission Company, maintain the proposed facilities. The
Secretary. LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an company would seek to negotiate a
[FR Doc. 2015–12609 Filed 5–22–15; 8:45 am] Environmental Assessment for the mutually acceptable agreement.
BILLING CODE 6717–01P Proposed Jacksonville Expansion However, if the Commission approves
Project, and Request for Comments On the Project, that approval conveys with
Environmental Issues it the right of eminent domain.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Therefore, if easement negotiations fail
The staff of the Federal Energy to produce an agreement, the pipeline
Federal Energy Regulatory Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission company could initiate condemnation
Commission) will prepare an proceedings where compensation would
[Project No. 5633–011] environmental assessment (EA) that will be determined in accordance with state
discuss the environmental impacts of law.
Hydro Development Group, Inc., Hydro the Jacksonville Expansion Project
The ‘‘For Citizens’’ section of the
Development Group Acquisition, LLC; (Project). The Project would involve
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) provides
Notice of Transfer of Exemption constructing and operating interstate
more information about the FERC and
natural gas transmission facilities by the
1. By letter filed April 24, 2015,1 the environmental review process. This
Florida Gas Transmission Company,
William B. Conway, Jr., Counsel for Enel section also includes information about
LLC (FGT) in Bradford, Clay, Columbia,
Green Power North America, Inc. getting involved in FERC jurisdictional
and Suwannee Counties, Florida.
(EGPNA),2 informed the Commission projects, and a citizens’ guide entitled
Specifically, FGT would construct: (1)
‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On
About 3 miles of pipeline in Suwannee
1 Seventeen other exempted projects which are to My Land? What Do I Need to Know?’’
be transferred were included in the April 24, 2015 and Columbia Counties; (2) about 5.7
This guide addresses a number of
letter. These exemptions will be handled under miles of pipeline in Bradford County;
frequently asked questions, including
separate proceedings. and (3) a new compressor unit and
2 Enel Green Power North America, Inc. is a the use of eminent domain and how to
regulation station in Bradford County.
wholly owned subsidiary of Enel Green Power. Enel participate in the Commission’s
The Commission will use this EA in its
Green Power is a well-capitalized publicly traded proceedings.
company. decision-making process to determine
3 23 FERC ¶ 62,045, Notice of Exemption From whether the project is in the public Public Participation
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Licensing (1983). convenience and necessity.
1 Seventeen other exempted projects which are to For your convenience, there are three
This notice announces the opening of
be transferred were included in the April 24, 2015 methods you can use to submit your
the scoping process the Commission
letter. These exemptions will be handled under comments to the Commission. The
separate proceedings. will use to gather input from the public
2 Enel Green Power North America, Inc. is a
Commission encourages electronic filing
wholly owned subsidiary of Enel Green Power. Enel 3 20 FERC ¶ 62,054, Order Granting Exemption of comments and has expert staff
Green Power is a well-capitalized publicly traded from Licensing of a Small Hydroelectric Project of available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
company. 5 Megawatts or Less (1982). or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully
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project purposes, or who own homes documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- The filings in the above-referenced
within certain distances of aboveground filing/esubscription.asp. proceeding are accessible in the
facilities, and anyone who submits Finally, public meetings or site visits Commission’s eLibrary system by
comments on the project. We will will be posted on the Commission’s clicking on the appropriate link in the
update the environmental mailing list as calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ above list. They are also available for
the analysis proceeds to ensure that we EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along electronic review in the Commission’s
send the information related to this with other related information. Public Reference Room in Washington,
environmental review to all individuals, Dated: May 19, 2015. DC. There is an eSubscription link on
organizations, and government entities Kimberly D. Bose, the Web site that enables subscribers to
interested in and/or potentially affected Secretary. receive email notification when a
by the proposed project. [FR Doc. 2015–12615 Filed 5–22–15; 8:45 am] document is added to a subscribed
If we publish and distribute the EA, BILLING CODE 6717–01–P docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
copies of the EA will be sent to the Online service, please email
environmental mailing list for public FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call
review and comment. If you would DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
prefer to receive a paper copy of the
(202) 502–8659.
document instead of the CD version or Federal Energy Regulatory
would like to remove your name from Commission Dated: May 19, 2015.
the mailing list, please return the [Docket No. ER15–1714–000] Kimberly D. Bose,
attached Information Request Secretary.
(Appendix 2). Targray Americas Inc.; Supplemental [FR Doc. 2015–12616 Filed 5–22–15; 8:45 am]
Becoming an Intervenor Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Filing Includes Request for Blanket
In addition to involvement in the EA Section 204 Authorization
scoping process, you may want to DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an This is a supplemental notice in the
official party to the Commission’s above-referenced proceeding of Targray
Americas Inc.’s application for market- Federal Energy Regulatory
proceeding. Intervenors play a more Commission
formal role in the process and are able based rate authority, with an
to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be accompanying rate tariff, noting that
heard by the courts if they choose to such application includes a request for [Project No. 6756–008]
appeal the Commission’s final ruling. blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities Sweetwater Hydroelectric, Inc.; Lower
An intervenor formally participates in
and assumptions of liability. Valley, LLC; Notice of Transfer of
the proceeding by filing a request to
Any person desiring to intervene or to Exemption
intervene. Instructions for becoming an
protest should file with the Federal
intervenor are in the User’s Guide under
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 1. By letter filed April 24, 2015,1
the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, William B. Conway, Jr., Counsel for Enel
Web site.
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 Green Power North America, Inc.
Additional Information of the Commission’s Rules of Practice (EGPNA),2 informed the Commission
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and that the exemption from licensing for
Additional information about the
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to the Lower Valley Project, FERC No.
project is available from the intervene or protest must serve a copy
Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 6756, originally issued November 9,
of that document on the Applicant. 1982,3 has been transferred to Lower
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web Notice is hereby given that the
site at www.ferc.gov using the Valley, LLC, an affiliate of Enel Green
deadline for filing protests with regard
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary Power. The project is located on the
to the applicant’s request for blanket
link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of Sugar River in Sullivan County, New
enter the docket number CP15–144 future issuances of securities and Hampshire. The transfer of an
(note: the last three digits are excluded). assumptions of liability, is June 8, 2015. exemption does not require Commission
Be sure you have selected an The Commission encourages approval.
appropriate date range. For assistance, electronic submission of protests and 2. Lower Valley, LLC is now the
please contact FERC Online Support at interventions in lieu of paper, using the exemptee of the Lower Valley Project,
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free FERC Online links at http:// FERC No. 6756. All correspondence
at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic should be forwarded to: Lower Valley,
(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also service, persons with Internet access LLC, c/o Enel Green Power North
provides access to the texts of formal who will eFile a document and/or be America, Inc., Attn: General Counsel, 1
documents issued by the Commission, listed as a contact for an intervenor
such as orders, notices, and Tech Drive, Suite 220, Andover, MA
must create and validate an 01810.
rulemakings. eRegistration account using the
In addition, the Commission offers a eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 1 Seventeen other exempted projects which are to
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free service called eSubscription which link to log on and submit the be transferred were included in the April 24, 2015
allows you to keep track of all formal intervention or protests. letter. These exemptions will be handled under
issuances and submittals in specific Persons unable to file electronically separate proceedings.
dockets. This can reduce the amount of should submit an original and 5 copies 2 Enel Green Power North America, Inc. is a
time you spend researching proceedings of the intervention or protest to the wholly owned subsidiary of Enel Green Power. Enel
Green Power is a well-capitalized publicly traded
by automatically providing you with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, company.
notification of these filings, document 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 3 21 FERC ¶ 62,216, Notice of Exemption from
summaries, and direct links to the 20426. Licensing (1982).
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