80 FR 66525 - Liberty University Inc.; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 209 (October 29, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-27575

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27575]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14425-001]


Liberty University Inc.; Notice of Intent To File License 
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Approving Use of the 
Traditional Licensing Process

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 14425-001.
    c. Date Filed: September 1, 2015.
    d. Submitted By: Liberty University Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Scott's Mill Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the James River, in Amherst and Bedford Counties, 
Virginia. No federal lands are occupied by the project works or located 
within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Christos Carol, Liberty University, 
1972 University Boulevard, Lynchburg, VA 24502; (434) 592-6463; email_
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan at (202) 502-8278; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Liberty University Inc. (Liberty) filed their request to use the 
Traditional Licensing Process on September 1, 2015. Liberty provided 
public notice of its request on September 28, 2015. In a letter dated 
October 23, 2015, the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing 
approved Liberty's request to use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under section 7 of the Endangered 
Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 
402. We are also initiating consultation with the Virginia State 
Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National 
Historic Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. With this notice, we are designating Liberty University Inc. as 
the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal 
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and 
section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act; and consultation pursuant to section 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation Act.
    m. Liberty University Inc. filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; 
including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission, 
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov), using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket 
number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). Copies are also available for inspection and reproduction 
at the

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Lynchburg Public Library, 2315 Memorial Avenue, Lynchburg, VA 24501, 
and the Liberty University Library, DeMoss Dr., Lynchburg, VA 24502.
    o. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: October 23, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-27575 Filed 10-28-15; 8:45 am]
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Lynchburg Public Library, 2315 will need to file those comments in please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as
Memorial Avenue, Lynchburg, VA Docket No. CP15–549–000 to ensure the filing type; or
24501, and the Liberty University they are considered as part of this (3) You can file a paper copy of your
Library, DeMoss Dr., Lynchburg, VA proceeding. comments by mailing them to the
24502. This notice is being sent to the following address. Be sure to reference
o. Register online at http:// Commission’s current environmental the project docket number (CP15–549–
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ mailing list for this project. State and 000) with your submission:
esubscription.asp to be notified via local government representatives should Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
email of new filings and issuances notify their constituents of this Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
related to this or other pending projects. proposed project and encourage them to First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington,
For assistance, contact FERC Online comment on their areas of concern. DC 20426.
Support. If you are a landowner receiving this Summary of the Proposed Project
Dated: October 23, 2015. notice, a pipeline company
Columbia Gas proposes to abandon in
Kimberly D. Bose, representative may contact you about place approximately 3.3 miles of 30-
Secretary.
the acquisition of an easement to inch-diameter pipeline and associated
construct, operate, and maintain the above ground appurtenances located on
[FR Doc. 2015–27575 Filed 10–28–15; 8:45 am]
proposed facilities. The company would its existing SM–80 natural gas
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seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable transmission system located in Wayne
agreement. However, if the Commission County, West Virginia. This section
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY approves the project, that approval would be abandoned due to its age and
conveys with it the right of eminent condition, and the current Department
Federal Energy Regulatory domain. Therefore, if easement of Transportation requirements based on
Commission negotiations fail to produce an increases in population density near the
agreement, the pipeline company could pipeline. Columbia would also
[Docket No. CP15–549–000] initiate condemnation proceedings construct approximately 3.9 miles of 30-
where compensation would be inch-diameter pipe to replace the
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
determined in accordance with state abandoned pipeline. The new pipeline
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
law. would be tied-in to the existing SM–80
Environmental Assessment for the
Columbia Gas provided landowners pipeline at mileposts 0.67 and 4.56 and
Proposed SM–80 MAOP Restoration
with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC would be co-located with the existing
Project and Request for Comments on
entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas SM–80 Loop 1 and other existing
Environmental Issues
Facility On My Land? What Do I Need easements for 3.8 of the 3.9 miles. The
The staff of the Federal Energy To Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a 3.3 miles of 30-inch diameter pipeline is
Regulatory Commission (FERC or number of typically asked questions, located in an area that has undergone an
Commission) will prepare an including the use of eminent domain increase in residential development. In
environmental assessment (EA) that will and how to participate in the order to decrease the potential impacts
discuss the environmental impacts of Commission’s proceedings. It is also to this residential development,
the SM–80 MAOP Restoration Project available for viewing on the FERC Web Columbia Gas proposed to install the
involving construction and operation of site (www.ferc.gov). 30-inch diameter replacement pipeline
facilities by Columbia Gas Public Participation to the south and east of the proposed
Transmission, LLC (Columbia Gas) in abandonment.
Wayne County, West Virginia. The For your convenience, there are three In addition to the above-mentioned
Commission will use this EA in its methods you can use to submit your pipeline, the SM–80 MAOP Restoration
decision-making process to determine comments to the Commission. The Project would require minor
whether the project is in the public Commission encourages electronic filing modification to support facilities.
convenience and necessity. of comments and has expert staff The general location of the project
This notice announces the opening of available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 facilities is shown in appendix 1.2
the scoping process the Commission or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully
will use to gather input from the public follow these instructions so that your Land Requirements for Construction
and interested agencies on the project. comments are properly recorded. Construction of the proposed facilities
You can make a difference by providing (1) You can file your comments would disturb about 77.9 acres of land
us with your specific comments or electronically using the eComment for the aboveground facilities and the
concerns about the project. Your feature on the Commission’s Web site pipeline. Following construction,
comments should focus on the potential (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Columbia Gas would maintain about
environmental effects, reasonable Documents and Filings. This is an easy 12.4 acres for permanent operation of
alternatives, and measures to avoid or method for submitting brief, text-only the project’s facilities; the remaining
lessen environmental impacts. Your comments on a project; acreage would be restored and revert to
input will help the Commission staff (2) You can file your comments former uses. About 96 percent of the
determine what issues they need to electronically by using the eFiling
evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your feature on the Commission’s Web site 1 A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed
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comments are timely and properly (www.ferc.gov) under the link to parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
2 The appendices referenced in this notice will
recorded, please send your comments so Documents and Filings. With eFiling, not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of
that the Commission receives them in you can provide comments in a variety appendices were sent to all those receiving this
Washington, DC on or before November of formats by attaching them as a file notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
14, 2015. with your submission. New eFiling using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the
Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
If you sent comments on this project users must first create an account by Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)
to the Commission before the opening of clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing 502–8371. For instructions on connecting to
this docket on September 2, 2015, you a comment on a particular project, eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.

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Section		Notices
FR Citation		80 FR 66525

80 FR 66525 - Liberty University Inc.; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 209 (October 29, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission