80 FR 45529 - Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Leidy South Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 146 (July 30, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 146 (July 30, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 45529-45531] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-18679] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP15-492-000] Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Leidy South 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 Leidy South Expansion Project involving construction and operation of facilities by Dominion Transmission, Inc. (DTI) in Clinton, Centre, and Franklin Counties, Pennsylvania, Frederick County, Maryland, and Loudoun and Fauquier Counties, Virginia. 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 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 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 August 22, 2015. If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the opening of this docket on May 15th, 2015, you will need to file those comments in Docket No. CP15-492-000 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, a pipeline company representative may contact you about the acquisition of your property in order 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 property negotiations fail to produce an agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation proceedings where compensation would be determined in accordance with state law. DTI provided landowners with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?'' 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. It is also available for viewing on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). 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 [email protected]. Please carefully 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 (CP15-492-000) 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 DTI proposes to construct, install, own, operate, and maintain compression or appurtenant facilities located in Clinton, Franklin, and Centre Counties, Pennsylvania; Frederick County, Maryland; and Loudoun and Fauquier counties, Virginia. The Leidy South Project would consist of the following facilities:11,000 horsepower (hp) of additional compression at the Finnefrock Compressor Station in Clinton County, Pennsylvania; upgrade filter separators at the Centre Compressor Station in Centre County, Pennsylvania; 13,220 hp of additional compression at the Chambersburg Compressor Station in Franklin County, Pennsylvania; 15,900 hp of additional compression, installation of a selective catalytic reduction systems, and modifications to existing compressor unit at the Myersville Compressor Station in Frederick County, Maryland; 8,000 hp additional electric compression at the Leesburg Compressor Station in Loudoun County, Virginia; installation of a new cooler and filter separator at the Quantico Compressor Station in Fauquier County, Virginia; and construction of a new metering and regulation station at the Panda [[Page 45530]] Stonewall Meter Station, in Loudoun County, Virginia. The Leidy South Project would provide about 155 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day to existing and new electric power generation facilities. The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 1.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ 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 temporarily disturb about 124.1 acres of land within DTI's or the Leidy Storage facility property boundaries, including 34.7 acres within existing compressor station fence lines. Following construction, DTI would maintain about 56.4 acres for permanent operation of the project's facilities; the remaining acreage would be restored and revert to former uses. The EA 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. NEPA also requires us \2\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ ``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; socioeconomics; 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. 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, beginning on page 2. 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.\3\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ 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 Offices (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.\4\ 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 EA for this project will document our findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status of consultations under section 106. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Currently Identified Environmental Issues We have already identified several issues that we think deserve attention based on a preliminary review of the proposed facilities and the environmental information provided by DTI. This preliminary list of issues may be changed based on your comments and our analysis. Visual Air and noise; and Cumulative impacts 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 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. [[Page 45531]] 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, excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP15- 492). 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 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. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. 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become a party must file a notice of This notice announces the opening of follow these instructions so that your
intervention or motion to intervene, as the scoping process the Commission comments are properly recorded.
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or will use to gather input from the public (1) You can file your comments
protests must be filed on or before the and interested agencies on the project. electronically using the eComment
comment date. Anyone filing a motion You can make a difference by providing feature on the Commission’s Web site
to intervene or protest must serve a copy us with your specific comments or (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
of that document on the Petitioner. concerns about the project. Your Documents and Filings. This is an easy
The Commission encourages comments should focus on the potential method for submitting brief, text-only
electronic submission of protests and environmental effects, reasonable comments on a project;
interventions inlieu of paper using the alternatives, and measures to avoid or (2) You can file your comments
‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. lessen environmental impacts. Your electronically by using the eFiling
Persons unable to file electronically input will help the Commission staff feature on the Commission’s Web site
should submit an original and 5 copies determine what issues they need to (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
of the protest or intervention to the evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, comments are timely and properly you can provide comments in a variety
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC recorded, please send your comments so of formats by attaching them as a file
20426. that the Commission receives them in with your submission. New eFiling
This filing is accessible on-line at Washington, DC on or before August 22, users must first create an account by
http://www.ferc.gov, using the 2015. clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for If you sent comments on this project a comment on a particular project,
review in the Commission’s Public to the Commission before the opening of please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as
Reference Room in Washington, DC. this docket on May 15th, 2015, you will the filing type; or
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the need to file those comments in Docket (3) You can file a paper copy of your
Web site that enables subscribers to No. CP15–492–000 to ensure they are comments by mailing them to the
receive email notification when a considered as part of this proceeding. following address. Be sure to reference
document is added to a subscribed This notice is being sent to the
the project docket number (CP15–492–
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Commission’s current environmental
000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
Online service, please email mailing list for this project. State and
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call local government representatives should
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call notify their constituents of this
NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
(202) 502–8659. proposed project and encourage them to
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time comment on their areas of concern. Summary of the Proposed Project
If you are a landowner receiving this
on August 7, 2015. DTI proposes to construct, install,
notice, a pipeline company
Dated: July 22, 2015. own, operate, and maintain
representative may contact you about
Kimberly D. Bose, compression or appurtenant facilities
the acquisition of your property in order
located in Clinton, Franklin, and Centre
Secretary. to construct, operate, and maintain the
Counties, Pennsylvania; Frederick
[FR Doc. 2015–18482 Filed 7–29–15; 8:45 am] proposed facilities. The company would
County, Maryland; and Loudoun and
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
Fauquier counties, Virginia.
agreement. However, if the Commission
approves the project, that approval The Leidy South Project would
conveys with it the right of eminent consist of the following facilities:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
domain. Therefore, if property • 11,000 horsepower (hp) of
Federal Energy Regulatory negotiations fail to produce an additional compression at the
Commission agreement, the pipeline company could Finnefrock Compressor Station in
initiate condemnation proceedings Clinton County, Pennsylvania;
[Docket No. CP15–492–000]
where compensation would be • upgrade filter separators at the
determined in accordance with state Centre Compressor Station in Centre
Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of
law. County, Pennsylvania;
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
DTI provided landowners with a fact • 13,220 hp of additional
Assessment for the Proposed Leidy
sheet prepared by the FERC entitled compression at the Chambersburg
South Project and Request for
‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On Compressor Station in Franklin County,
Comments on Environmental Issues
My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’ Pennsylvania;
The staff of the Federal Energy This fact sheet addresses a number of • 15,900 hp of additional
Regulatory Commission (FERC or typically asked questions, including the compression, installation of a selective
Commission) will prepare an use of eminent domain and how to catalytic reduction systems, and
environmental assessment (EA) that will participate in the Commission’s modifications to existing compressor
discuss the environmental impacts of proceedings. It is also available for unit at the Myersville Compressor
the Leidy South Expansion Project viewing on the FERC Web site Station in Frederick County, Maryland;
involving construction and operation of (www.ferc.gov). • 8,000 hp additional electric
facilities by Dominion Transmission, compression at the Leesburg
Inc. (DTI) in Clinton, Centre, and Public Participation Compressor Station in Loudoun County,
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Franklin Counties, Pennsylvania, For your convenience, there are three Virginia;
Frederick County, Maryland, and methods you can use to submit your • installation of a new cooler and
Loudoun and Fauquier Counties, comments to the Commission. The filter separator at the Quantico
Virginia. The Commission will use this Commission encourages electronic filing Compressor Station in Fauquier County,
EA in its decision-making process to of comments and has expert staff Virginia; and
determine whether the project is in the available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 • construction of a new metering and
public convenience and necessity. or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully regulation station at the Panda
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Additional Information of New Mexico except MS4s located in public meetings in the Santa Fe,
Additional information about the Indian lands, Los Alamos County, the Farmington, Los Lunas, Las Cruces and
project is available from the Middle Rio Grande Sub-Watersheds El Paso urbanized areas. The public
Commission’s Office of External Affairs, described in Appendix A of the NPDES meetings will include a presentation on
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web permit No NMR04A000, or within the the proposed general permit and a
area of another MS4 permit. This question and answer session. Written,
site at www.ferc.gov using the
proposed permit offers discharge but not oral, comments for the official
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary
authorization to regulated small MS4s permit record will be accepted at the
link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and
within the boundaries of the Bureau of public meetings. Public notice of these
enter the docket number, excluding the
the Census-designated 2000 and 2010 meetings will be provided in The Sun
last three digits in the Docket Number
Farmington, Santa Fe, Los Lunas, Las News, Albuquerque Journal, The Santa
field (i.e., CP15–492). Be sure you have
Cruces and El Paso Urbanized Areas and Fe New Mexican, and The Farmington
selected an appropriate date range. For
any other small MS4s in the State of Daily Times.
assistance, please contact FERC Online
New Mexico designated by the Director
Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov El Paso Urbanized Area Meeting
as needing a MS4 permit, other than
or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for those primarily located in Los Alamos. Date and Time: Monday September
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The This permit is intended to replace the 14, 2015 from 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. MST.
eLibrary link also provides access to the expired general permit NMR040000. Location: New Mexico State
texts of formal documents issued by the The Director is also providing notice of University, Dona Ana Community
Commission, such as orders, notices, public meetings to be held regarding College-Sunland Park Campus, Room
and rulemakings. today’s proposed general permit 102—Auditorium, 3365 McNutt Rd.,
In addition, the Commission offers a reissuance. Sunland Park, NM 88063.
free service called eSubscription which The Region is also providing notice
allows you to keep track of all formal that general permits NMR04000I and Las Cruces Urbanized Area Meeting
issuances and submittals in specific OKR04000I (MS4s on Indian Country Date and Time: Monday September
dockets. This can reduce the amount of lands in New Mexico and Oklahoma, 14, 2015 from 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. MST
time you spend researching proceedings respectively) are not being reissued and Location: New Mexico State
by automatically providing you with are considered terminated by expiration. University, Dona Ana Community
notification of these filings, document DATES: Comments must be submitted in College-East Mesa Campus, Student
summaries, and direct links to the writing to EPA on or before October 28, Resource Building, 2800 N. Sonoma
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- 2015. Ranch Blvd., Las Cruces, NM 88003.
filing/esubscription.asp. Proposed Documents: The proposed
Finally, public meetings or site visits Los Lunas Urbanized Area Meeting
general permit and fact sheet which sets
will be posted on the Commission’s forth principal facts and the significant Date and Time: Tuesday September
calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ factual, legal, and policy questions 15, 2015 from 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. MST
EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along considered in the development of the Location: Holiday Inn Express Belen,
with other related information. proposed general permit, may be 2110 Camino del Llano, Belen, NM
obtained via the Internet at http:// 87002.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary. epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/sw/sms4/ Farmington Urbanized Area Meeting
index.htm. To obtain hard copies of
[FR Doc. 2015–18679 Filed 7–29–15; 8:45 am] Date and Time: Wednesday
these documents or any other
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P September 16, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.–7:30
information in the administrative
p.m. MST
record, please contact Ms. Evelyn
Location: Courtyard by Marriott
Rosborough using the contact
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Farmington, 560 Scott Ave.,
information provided below.
AGENCY Farmington, NM 87401.
How do I comment on this proposal?
[FRL–9931–44–Region 6] Santa Fe Urbanized Area Meeting
Comment Submittals: Submit your
Date and Time: Thursday September
Draft National Pollutant Discharge comments, by one of the following
17, 2015 from 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. MST.
Elimination System (NPDES) General methods:
• Email: rosborough.evelyn@epa.gov. Location: The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750
Permit for Small Municipal Separate N. St. Francis Dr., Santa Fe, NM 87501.
Storm Sewer Systems in New Mexico • Mail: Ms. Evelyn Rosborough, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
(NMR040000)
Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Evelyn Rosborough, U.S. Environmental
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Texas 75202–2733. Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross
Agency (EPA). Administrative Record: The proposed Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733.
ACTION: Notice of proposed permit general permit and other related Telephone: (214) 655–7515. Email
reissuance and notice of public documents in the administrative record address: rosborough.evelyn@epa.gov.
meetings. are on file and may be inspected any SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
time between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Monday through Friday, excluding legal A. General Information
Agency (EPA) Region 6 Water Quality holidays, at the addresses listed for This permit authorizes stormwater
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Protection Division, today is proposing submission of comments. It is discharges to waters of the United States
for public comment the reissuance of a recommended that you write or call to from small MS4s within the State of
National Pollutant Discharge the contact above for an appointment, so New Mexico except MS4s located in
Elimination System (NPDES) general the record(s) will be available at your Indian lands, Los Alamos County, the
permit for storm water discharges from convenience. Middle Rio Grande Sub-Watersheds
small municipal separate storm sewer Public Meetings and Public Hearing: described in Appendix A of the NPDES
systems (MS4s) located within the State EPA will be holding five informal permit No NMR04A000, or within the
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