80_FR_48244 80 FR 48090 - Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Triad Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

80 FR 48090 - Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Triad Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 154 (August 11, 2015)

Page Range48090-48092
FR Document2015-19687

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48090-48092]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19687]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-520-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To 
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Triad 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 Triad Expansion Project 
involving construction and operation of facilities by Tennessee Gas 
Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (TGP) in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. 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 September 4, 2015.
    If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the 
opening of this docket on July 6, 2015, you will need to file those 
comments in Docket No. CP15-520-000 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 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.
    TGP 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 efiling@ferc.gov. 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 
(CP15-520-000) 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

    TGP proposes to construct and operate pipeline facilities, to 
modify existing aboveground facilities, and add new tie-in facilities 
in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. The Triad Expansion Project would 
provide about 180,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas. According to 
TGP, its project would meet the needs of a new natural gas-fired power 
plant to be constructed in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
    The Triad Expansion Project would consist of the following 
facilities:
     Approximately 7.0 miles of new 36-inch-diameter looping 
\1\ pipeline in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania;
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    \1\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to 
an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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     a new internal pipeline inspection (``pig'') \2\ launcher, 
crossover, and connecting facilities at the beginning of the proposed 
pipeline loop in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; and
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    \2\ A ``pig'' is a tool that the pipeline company inserts into 
and pushes through the pipeline for cleaning the pipeline, 
conducting internal inspections, or other purposes.
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     a new pig receiver, a new odorant facility, and ancillary 
piping at the existing Compressor Station 321 in Susquehanna County, 
Pennsylvania.

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    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 
1.\3\
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    \3\ 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.
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Land Requirements for Construction

    Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 152 
acres of land for the aboveground facilities and the pipeline, 71 acres 
of which are associated with existing permanent TGP rights-of-way. 
Following construction, TGP would maintain about 43 acres for permanent 
operation of the project's facilities, 33 acres of which are associated 
with existing permanent TGP rights-of-way; the remaining acreage would 
be restored and revert to former uses. The majority of the proposed 
pipeline route parallels TGP's existing 300 Line rights-of-way. In 
addition, the compressor station modifications would be constructed 
within TGP's existing property boundaries.

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 
\4\ 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.
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    \4\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff 
of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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    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, including migratory birds;
     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. We will 
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.\5\ 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.
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    \5\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing 
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations, Part 1501.6.
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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.\6\ 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.
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    \6\ 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.
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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.
    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 ``Document-less Intervention Guide'' under the ``e-filing'' link on 
the Commission's Web site. Motions to intervene are more fully 
described at http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.

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-
520). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov

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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: August 5, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-19687 Filed 8-10-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                       Description: Section 205(d) Rate                     this EA in its decision-making process                of comments and has expert staff
                                                    Filing: TCC-Chapman Ranch Wind I                        to determine whether the project is in                available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
                                                    SUA to be effective 7/16/2015.                          the public convenience and necessity.                 or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully
                                                       Filed Date: 8/5/15.                                     This notice announces the opening of               follow these instructions so that your
                                                       Accession Number: 20150805–5051.                     the scoping process the Commission                    comments are properly recorded.
                                                       Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/15.                     will use to gather input from the public                 (1) You can file your comments
                                                       Docket Numbers: ER15–2383–000.                       and interested agencies on the project.               electronically using the eComment
                                                       Applicants: AEP Texas Central                        You can make a difference by providing                feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                    Company.                                                us with your specific comments or                     (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                       Description: Section 205(d) Rate                     concerns about the project. Your                      Documents and Filings. This is an easy
                                                    Filing: TCC-Sendero Wind Energy IA                      comments should focus on the potential                method for submitting brief, text-only
                                                    Second Amend & Restated to be                           environmental effects, reasonable                     comments on a project;
                                                    effective 9/19/2014.                                    alternatives, and measures to avoid or
                                                                                                                                                                     (2) You can file your comments
                                                       Filed Date: 8/5/15.                                  lessen environmental impacts. Your
                                                                                                                                                                  electronically by using the eFiling
                                                       Accession Number: 20150805–5052.                     input will help the Commission staff
                                                                                                                                                                  feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                       Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/26/15.                     determine what issues they need to
                                                                                                                                                                  (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                       The filings are accessible in the                    evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your
                                                                                                                                                                  Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
                                                    Commission’s eLibrary system by                         comments are timely and properly
                                                                                                                                                                  you can provide comments in a variety
                                                    clicking on the links or querying the                   recorded, please send your comments so
                                                                                                                                                                  of formats by attaching them as a file
                                                    docket number.                                          that the Commission receives them in
                                                                                                                                                                  with your submission. New eFiling
                                                       Any person desiring to intervene or                  Washington, DC on or before September
                                                                                                            4, 2015.                                              users must first create an account by
                                                    protest in any of the above proceedings                                                                       clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing
                                                    must file in accordance with Rules 211                     If you sent comments on this project
                                                                                                            to the Commission before the opening of               a comment on a particular project,
                                                    and 214 of the Commission’s                                                                                   please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as
                                                    Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and                         this docket on July 6, 2015, you will
                                                                                                            need to file those comments in Docket                 the filing type; or
                                                    385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern                                                                          (3) You can file a paper copy of your
                                                    time on the specified comment date.                     No. CP15–520–000 to ensure they are
                                                                                                            considered as part of this proceeding.                comments by mailing them to the
                                                    Protests may be considered, but                                                                               following address. Be sure to reference
                                                                                                               This notice is being sent to the
                                                    intervention is necessary to become a                                                                         the project docket number (CP15–520–
                                                                                                            Commission’s current environmental
                                                    party to the proceeding.                                                                                      000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
                                                                                                            mailing list for this project. State and
                                                       eFiling is encouraged. More detailed                                                                       Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
                                                                                                            local government representatives should
                                                    information relating to filing                                                                                Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
                                                                                                            notify their constituents of this
                                                    requirements, interventions, protests,                                                                        NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
                                                                                                            proposed project and encourage them to
                                                    service, and qualifying facilities filings
                                                                                                            comment on their areas of concern.                    Summary of the Proposed Project
                                                    can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/                      If you are a landowner receiving this
                                                    docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For                 notice, a pipeline company                               TGP proposes to construct and
                                                    other information, call (866) 208–3676                  representative may contact you about                  operate pipeline facilities, to modify
                                                    (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.              the acquisition of an easement to                     existing aboveground facilities, and add
                                                      Dated: August 5, 2015.                                construct, operate, and maintain the                  new tie-in facilities in Susquehanna
                                                    Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                proposed facilities. The company would                County, Pennsylvania. The Triad
                                                    Deputy Secretary.                                       seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable               Expansion Project would provide about
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–19684 Filed 8–10–15; 8:45 am]             agreement. However, if the Commission                 180,000 dekatherms per day of natural
                                                    BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  approves the project, that approval                   gas. According to TGP, its project would
                                                                                                            conveys with it the right of eminent                  meet the needs of a new natural gas-
                                                                                                            domain. Therefore, if easement                        fired power plant to be constructed in
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    negotiations fail to produce an                       Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
                                                                                                            agreement, the pipeline company could                    The Triad Expansion Project would
                                                    Federal Energy Regulatory                               initiate condemnation proceedings                     consist of the following facilities:
                                                    Commission                                              where compensation would be                              • Approximately 7.0 miles of new 36-
                                                    [Docket No. CP15–520–000]                               determined in accordance with state                   inch-diameter looping 1 pipeline in
                                                                                                            law.                                                  Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania;
                                                                                                               TGP provided landowners with a fact
                                                    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company,                                                                                  • a new internal pipeline inspection
                                                    L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an                  sheet prepared by the FERC entitled
                                                                                                                                                                  (‘‘pig’’) 2 launcher, crossover, and
                                                    Environmental Assessment for the                        ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On
                                                                                                                                                                  connecting facilities at the beginning of
                                                    Proposed Triad Expansion Project and                    My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’
                                                                                                                                                                  the proposed pipeline loop in
                                                    Request for Comments on                                 This fact sheet addresses a number of
                                                                                                                                                                  Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania;
                                                    Environmental Issues                                    typically asked questions, including the
                                                                                                                                                                  and
                                                                                                            use of eminent domain and how to
                                                      The staff of the Federal Energy                       participate in the Commission’s                          • a new pig receiver, a new odorant
                                                    Regulatory Commission (FERC or                                                                                facility, and ancillary piping at the
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                                                                                                            proceedings. It is also available for
                                                    Commission) will prepare an                             viewing on the FERC Web site                          existing Compressor Station 321 in
                                                    environmental assessment (EA) that will                 (www.ferc.gov).                                       Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
                                                    discuss the environmental impacts of
                                                    the Triad Expansion Project involving                   Public Participation                                    1 A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed

                                                    construction and operation of facilities                  For your convenience, there are three               parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
                                                                                                                                                                    2 A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that the pipeline company
                                                    by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company,                      methods you can use to submit your                    inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for
                                                    L.L.C. (TGP) in Susquehanna County,                     comments to the Commission. The                       cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal
                                                    Pennsylvania. The Commission will use                   Commission encourages electronic filing               inspections, or other purposes.



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                                                      The general location of the project                      We will also evaluate reasonable                       Environmental Mailing List
                                                    facilities is shown in appendix 1.3                     alternatives to the proposed project or                      The environmental mailing list
                                                                                                            portions of the project, and make                         includes federal, state, and local
                                                    Land Requirements for Construction
                                                                                                            recommendations on how to lessen or                       government representatives and
                                                       Construction of the proposed facilities              avoid impacts on the various resource                     agencies; elected officials;
                                                    would disturb about 152 acres of land                   areas.                                                    environmental and public interest
                                                    for the aboveground facilities and the                     The EA will present our independent                    groups; Native American Tribes; other
                                                    pipeline, 71 acres of which are                         analysis of the issues. The EA will be                    interested parties; and local libraries
                                                    associated with existing permanent TGP                  available in the public record through                    and newspapers. This list also includes
                                                    rights-of-way. Following construction,                  eLibrary. We will publish and distribute                  all affected landowners (as defined in
                                                    TGP would maintain about 43 acres for                   the EA to the public for an allotted                      the Commission’s regulations) who are
                                                    permanent operation of the project’s                    comment period. We will consider all                      potential right-of-way grantors, whose
                                                    facilities, 33 acres of which are                       comments on the EA before making our                      property may be used temporarily for
                                                    associated with existing permanent TGP                  recommendations to the Commission.                        project purposes, or who own homes
                                                    rights-of-way; the remaining acreage                    To ensure we have the opportunity to                      within certain distances of aboveground
                                                    would be restored and revert to former                  consider and address your comments,                       facilities, and anyone who submits
                                                    uses. The majority of the proposed                      please carefully follow the instructions                  comments on the project. We will
                                                    pipeline route parallels TGP’s existing                 in the Public Participation section,                      update the environmental mailing list as
                                                    300 Line rights-of-way. In addition, the                beginning on page 2.                                      the analysis proceeds to ensure that we
                                                    compressor station modifications would                     With this notice, we are asking                        send the information related to this
                                                    be constructed within TGP’s existing                    agencies with jurisdiction by law and/                    environmental review to all individuals,
                                                    property boundaries.                                    or special expertise with respect to the                  organizations, and government entities
                                                    The EA Process                                          environmental issues of this project to                   interested in and/or potentially affected
                                                                                                            formally cooperate with us in the                         by the proposed project.
                                                       The National Environmental Policy                    preparation of the EA.5 Agencies that
                                                    Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to                                                                                Copies of the EA will be sent to the
                                                                                                            would like to request cooperating                         environmental mailing list for public
                                                    take into account the environmental                     agency status should follow the
                                                    impacts that could result from an action                                                                          review and comment. If you would
                                                                                                            instructions for filing comments                          prefer to receive a paper copy of the
                                                    whenever it considers the issuance of a                 provided under the Public Participation
                                                    Certificate of Public Convenience and                                                                             document instead of the CD version or
                                                                                                            section of this notice.                                   would like to remove your name from
                                                    Necessity. NEPA also requires us 4 to
                                                    discover and address concerns the                       Consultations Under Section 106 of the                    the mailing list, please return the
                                                    public may have about proposals. This                   National Historic Preservation Act                        attached Information Request
                                                    process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The                                                                        (appendix 2).
                                                                                                              In accordance with the Advisory
                                                    main goal of the scoping process is to                  Council on Historic Preservation’s                        Becoming an Intervenor
                                                    focus the analysis in the EA on the                     implementing regulations for section
                                                    important environmental issues. By this                                                                              In addition to involvement in the EA
                                                                                                            106 of the National Historic                              scoping process, you may want to
                                                    notice, the Commission requests public                  Preservation Act, we are using this
                                                    comments on the scope of the issues to                                                                            become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an
                                                                                                            notice to initiate consultation with the                  official party to the Commission’s
                                                    address in the EA. We will consider all                 applicable State Historic Preservation
                                                    filed comments during the preparation                                                                             proceeding. Intervenors play a more
                                                                                                            Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views                 formal role in the process and are able
                                                    of the EA.                                              and those of other government agencies,
                                                       In the EA we will discuss impacts that                                                                         to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be
                                                                                                            interested Indian tribes, and the public                  heard by the courts if they choose to
                                                    could occur as a result of the                          on the project’s potential effects on
                                                    construction and operation of the                                                                                 appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
                                                                                                            historic properties.6 We will define the                  An intervenor formally participates in
                                                    proposed project under these general                    project-specific Area of Potential Effects
                                                    headings:                                                                                                         the proceeding by filing a request to
                                                                                                            (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as                    intervene. Instructions for becoming an
                                                       • Geology and soils;                                 the project develops. On natural gas
                                                       • land use;                                                                                                    intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less
                                                                                                            facility projects, the APE at a minimum                   Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’
                                                       • water resources, fisheries, and                    encompasses all areas subject to ground
                                                    wetlands;                                                                                                         link on the Commission’s Web site.
                                                                                                            disturbance (examples include
                                                       • cultural resources;                                                                                          Motions to intervene are more fully
                                                                                                            construction right-of-way, contractor/
                                                       • vegetation and wildlife, including                                                                           described at http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                                                                            pipe storage yards, compressor stations,                  resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.
                                                    migratory birds;
                                                       • air quality and noise;                             and access roads). Our EA for this
                                                                                                            project will document our findings on                     Additional Information
                                                       • endangered and threatened species;
                                                       • public safety; and                                 the impacts on historic properties and                       Additional information about the
                                                       • cumulative impacts.                                summarize the status of consultations                     project is available from the
                                                                                                            under section 106.                                        Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
                                                      3 The appendices referenced in this notice will                                                                 at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
                                                    not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of             5 The Council on Environmental Quality
                                                                                                                                                                      site at www.ferc.gov using the
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                                                    appendices were sent to all those receiving this        regulations addressing cooperating agency                 ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary
                                                    notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov    responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
                                                    using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the          Regulations, Part 1501.6.                                 link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and
                                                    Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First             6 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s       enter the docket number, excluding the
                                                    Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)         regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal              last three digits in the Docket Number
                                                    502–8371. For instructions on connecting to             Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define           field (i.e., CP15–520). Be sure you have
                                                    eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.        historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                      4 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the            district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                                                                                                                                                      selected an appropriate date range. For
                                                    environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of       in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register     assistance, please contact FERC Online
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                                                    or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for                  Upper Bear Creek Development                          (without notices of intent), or notices of
                                                    TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The                           The Upper Bear Creek development                   intent to file competing applications: 60
                                                    eLibrary link also provides access to the               would consist of the following existing               days from the issuance of this notice.
                                                    texts of formal documents issued by the                 facilities: (1) A reservoir with a surface            Competing applications and notices of
                                                    Commission, such as orders, notices,                    area of one acre and storage capacity of              intent must meet the requirements of 18
                                                    and rulemakings.                                        two acre-feet; (2) a 100-foot-long, 6-foot-           CFR 4.36.
                                                       In addition, the Commission offers a                 high diversion with an integrated 30-                    The Commission strongly encourages
                                                    free service called eSubscription which                 foot-long, 6-foot-high ungated overflow               electronic filing. Please file comments,
                                                    allows you to keep track of all formal                  spillway, (3) a powerhouse containing a               motions to intervene, notices of intent,
                                                    issuances and submittals in specific                    250-kilowatt (kW) Francis turbine; (4)                and competing applications using the
                                                    dockets. This can reduce the amount of                  an 8-foot-wide tailrace; and (5) a total of           Commission’s eFiling system at http://
                                                    time you spend researching proceedings                  1,850 feet of access roads. All of these              www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
                                                    by automatically providing you with                     facilities will be renovated or repaired.             Commenters can submit brief comments
                                                    notification of these filings, document                 The Upper Bear Creek development                      up to 6,000 characters, without prior
                                                    summaries, and direct links to the                      would also consist of the following new               registration, using the eComment system
                                                    documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                     facilities: (1) A 400-foot-long, 36-inch-             at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
                                                    filing/esubscription.asp.                               diameter above-ground steel penstock                  ecomment.asp. You must include your
                                                                                                            routed through the existing penstock                  name and contact information at the end
                                                       Finally, public meetings or site visits                                                                    of your comments. For assistance,
                                                                                                            alignment; (2) a 250-kW generator; (3) a
                                                    will be posted on the Commission’s                                                                            please contact FERC Online Support at
                                                                                                            350-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt (kV) three-
                                                    calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                                                                             FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
                                                                                                            phase transmission line interconnecting
                                                    EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                                                                           208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
                                                                                                            with the existing Bear Creek Project
                                                    with other related information.                                                                               (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
                                                                                                            transmission line; and (4) appurtenant
                                                      Dated: August 5, 2015.                                facilities. The estimated annual                      send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
                                                    Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                generation of the Upper Bear Creek                    Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
                                                    Deputy Secretary.                                       development would be 1.2 gigawatt-                    First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–19687 Filed 8–10–15; 8:45 am]             hours (GWh).                                          The first page of any filing should
                                                                                                                                                                  include docket number P–14678–000.
                                                    BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  Lower Bear Creek Development
                                                                                                                                                                     More information about this project,
                                                                                                               The Lower Bear Creek development                   including a copy of the application, can
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    would consist of the following existing               be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
                                                                                                            facilities: (1) A reservoir with a surface            link of Commission’s Web site at
                                                    Federal Energy Regulatory                               area of 1.7 acre; (2) a 235-foot-long, 24-            http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
                                                    Commission                                              foot-high diversion structure with an                 elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
                                                                                                            integrated 82-foot-long, 24-foot-high                 (P–14678) in the docket number field to
                                                    [Project No. 14678–000]                                 ungated overflow spillway; (3) a                      access the document. For assistance,
                                                                                                            powerhouse containing three 600-kW                    contact FERC Online Support.
                                                    Liquid Sun Hydro, LLC; Notice of                        Pelton turbines; (4) two tailraces; and (5)
                                                                                                            a total of 4,350 feet of access roads. All              Dated: August 5, 2015.
                                                    Preliminary Permit Application
                                                                                                            of these facilities will be renovated or              Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                    Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
                                                    Comments, Motions To Intervene, and                     repaired. The Lower Bear Creek                        Deputy Secretary.
                                                    Competing Applications                                  development would also consist of the                 [FR Doc. 2015–19694 Filed 8–10–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            following new facilities: (1) A 2,800-                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                       On May 1, 2015, the Liquid Sun                       foot-long, 36-inch-diameter above-
                                                    Hydro, LLC, filed an application for a                  ground steel penstock routed through
                                                    preliminary permit, pursuant to section                 the existing penstock alignment; (2) a                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                    4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA),                    4,000-kW Francis replacing the existing
                                                    proposing to study the feasibility of the               three Pelton turbines; (3) a 3.5-mile-                Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                    Bear Creek Hydroelectric Project (Bear                  long, 12.5-kV three-phase transmission                Commission
                                                    Creek Project or project) to be located on              line interconnecting with the Puget
                                                                                                            Sound Energy transmission lines at Lake               Combined Notice of Filings
                                                    Bear Creek, near Concrete, Skagit
                                                    County, Washington. The sole purpose                    Tyree; and (4) appurtenant facilities.                  Take notice that the Commission has
                                                    of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to               The estimated annual generation of the                received the following Natural Gas
                                                    grant the permit holder priority to file                Lower Bear Creek development would                    Pipeline Rate and Refund Report
                                                    a license application during the permit                 be 15 GWh.                                            Filings:
                                                    term. A preliminary permit does not                        Both developments would be
                                                                                                            operated as a run-of-river facilities and             Filings Instituting Proceedings
                                                    authorize the permit holder to perform
                                                    any land-disturbing activities or                       have no usable storage. The estimated                   Docket Numbers: PR15–40–000.
                                                    otherwise enter upon lands or waters                    total annual generation of the project
                                                                                                                                                                    Applicants: Kinder Morgan Keystone
                                                    owned by others without the owners’                     would be 16.2 GWh.
                                                                                                                                                                  Gas Storage LLC.
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                                                                                                               Applicant Contact: Mr. Terrance
                                                    express permission.                                                                                             Description: Submits tariff filing per
                                                                                                            Meyer, Liquid Sun Hydro, LLC, 55753
                                                       The proposed project would consist of                State Route 20, P.O. Box 205, Rockport,               284.123(e) + (g): DART Implementation
                                                    two developments: The Upper Bear                        Washington 98283; phone: (785) 865–                   Filing to be effective 10/1/2015; Filing
                                                    Creek and the Lower Bear Creek, using                   8758.                                                 Type: 1280.
                                                    some of the existing facilities from Puget                 FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; phone:                  Filed Date: 7/31/15.
                                                    Sound Power and Light Co.’s Bear Creek                  (202) 502–6480.                                         Accession Number: 20150731–5093.
                                                    Project (P–3286) which was surrendered                     Deadline for filing comments, motions                Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET
                                                    in 1983.                                                to intervene, competing applications                  8/21/15


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation80 FR 48090 

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