80_FR_66735 80 FR 66526 - Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed SM-80 MAOP Restoration Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

80 FR 66526 - Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed SM-80 MAOP Restoration Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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

Page Range66526-66528
FR Document2015-27574

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66526-66528]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27574]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-549-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed SM-80 MAOP Restoration 
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 SM-80 MAOP Restoration Project 
involving construction and operation of facilities by Columbia Gas 
Transmission, LLC (Columbia Gas) in Wayne County, West 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 November 14, 2015.
    If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the 
opening of this docket on September 2, 2015, you will need to file 
those comments in Docket No. CP15-549-000 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.
    Columbia Gas 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 
(CP15-549-000) 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

    Columbia Gas proposes to abandon in place approximately 3.3 miles 
of 30-inch-diameter pipeline and associated above ground appurtenances 
located on its existing SM-80 natural gas transmission system located 
in Wayne County, West Virginia. This section would be abandoned due to 
its age and condition, and the current Department of Transportation 
requirements based on increases in population density near the 
pipeline. Columbia would also construct approximately 3.9 miles of 30-
inch-diameter pipe to replace the abandoned pipeline. The new pipeline 
would be tied-in to the existing SM-80 pipeline at mileposts 0.67 and 
4.56 and would be co-located with the existing SM-80 Loop \1\ and other 
existing easements for 3.8 of the 3.9 miles. The 3.3 miles of 30-inch 
diameter pipeline is located in an area that has undergone an increase 
in residential development. In order to decrease the potential impacts 
to this residential development, Columbia Gas proposed to install the 
30-inch diameter replacement pipeline to the south and east of the 
proposed abandonment.
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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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    In addition to the above-mentioned pipeline, the SM-80 MAOP 
Restoration Project would require minor modification to support 
facilities.
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 
1.\2\
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    \2\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in 
the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to all those 
receiving this notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 
using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call 
(202) 502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to 
the last page of this notice.
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Land Requirements for Construction

    Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 77.9 
acres of land for the aboveground facilities and the pipeline. 
Following construction, Columbia Gas would maintain about 12.4 acres 
for permanent operation of the project's facilities; the remaining 
acreage would be restored and revert to former uses. About 96 percent 
of the

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proposed pipeline route parallels existing pipeline, utility, or road 
rights-of-way.

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 
\3\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about 
proposals. This process is referred to as ``scoping.'' The main goal of 
the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important 
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public 
comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We will 
consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA.
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    \3\ ``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;
     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 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.\4\ Agencies that would like to request cooperating agency status 
should follow the instructions for filing comments provided under the 
Public Participation section of this notice.
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    \4\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing 
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 
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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.\5\ We will define the project-specific Area of 
Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as the project 
develops. On natural gas facility projects, the APE at a minimum 
encompasses all areas subject to ground disturbance (examples include 
construction right-of-way, contractor/pipe storage yards, compressor 
stations, and access roads). Our EA for this project will document our 
findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status 
of consultations under section 106.
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    \5\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations 
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those 
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or 
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in 
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic 
Places.
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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.
    If we publish and distribute the EA, copies 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-
549). 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.


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    Dated: October 23, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-27574 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
                                                    BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                            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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                                                    proposed pipeline route parallels                       would like to request cooperating                         mailing list for public review and
                                                    existing pipeline, utility, or road rights-             agency status should follow the                           comment. If you would prefer to receive
                                                    of-way.                                                 instructions for filing comments                          a paper copy of the document instead of
                                                                                                            provided under the Public Participation                   the CD version or would like to remove
                                                    The EA Process
                                                                                                            section of this notice.                                   your name from the mailing list, please
                                                       The National Environmental Policy                                                                              return the attached Information Request
                                                    Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to                   Consultations Under Section 106 of the
                                                                                                            National Historic Preservation Act                        (appendix 2).
                                                    take into account the environmental
                                                    impacts that could result from an action                  In accordance with the Advisory                         Becoming an Intervenor
                                                    whenever it considers the issuance of a                 Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                    Certificate of Public Convenience and                   implementing regulations for section                         In addition to involvement in the EA
                                                    Necessity. NEPA also requires us 3 to                   106 of the National Historic                              scoping process, you may want to
                                                    discover and address concerns the                       Preservation Act, we are using this                       become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an
                                                    public may have about proposals. This                   notice to initiate consultation with the                  official party to the Commission’s
                                                    process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The              applicable State Historic Preservation                    proceeding. Intervenors play a more
                                                    main goal of the scoping process is to                  Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views                 formal role in the process and are able
                                                    focus the analysis in the EA on the                     and those of other government agencies,                   to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be
                                                    important environmental issues. By this                 interested Indian tribes, and the public                  heard by the courts if they choose to
                                                    notice, the Commission requests public                  on the project’s potential effects on                     appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
                                                    comments on the scope of the issues to                  historic properties.5 We will define the                  An intervenor formally participates in
                                                    address in the EA. We will consider all                 project-specific Area of Potential Effects                the proceeding by filing a request to
                                                    filed comments during the preparation                   (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as                    intervene. Instructions for becoming an
                                                    of the EA.                                              the project develops. On natural gas                      intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less
                                                       In the EA we will discuss impacts that               facility projects, the APE at a minimum                   Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’
                                                    could occur as a result of the                          encompasses all areas subject to ground                   link on the Commission’s Web site.
                                                    construction and operation of the                       disturbance (examples include                             Motions to intervene are more fully
                                                    proposed project under these general                    construction right-of-way, contractor/                    described at http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                    headings:                                               pipe storage yards, compressor stations,                  resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.
                                                       • Geology and soils;                                 and access roads). Our EA for this
                                                       • land use;                                          project will document our findings on                     Additional Information
                                                       • water resources, fisheries, and                    the impacts on historic properties and
                                                    wetlands;                                               summarize the status of consultations                        Additional information about the
                                                       • cultural resources;                                under section 106.                                        project is available from the
                                                       • vegetation and wildlife;                                                                                     Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
                                                       • air quality and noise;                             Environmental Mailing List                                at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
                                                       • endangered and threatened species;                                                                           site at www.ferc.gov using the
                                                       • public safety; and                                    The environmental mailing list
                                                       • cumulative impacts.                                includes: Federal, state, and local                       ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary
                                                       We will also evaluate reasonable                     government representatives and                            link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and
                                                    alternatives to the proposed project or                 agencies; elected officials;                              enter the docket number, excluding the
                                                    portions of the project, and make                       environmental and public interest                         last three digits in the Docket Number
                                                    recommendations on how to lessen or                     groups; Native American Tribes; other                     field (i.e., CP15–549). Be sure you have
                                                    avoid impacts on the various resource                   interested parties; and local libraries                   selected an appropriate date range. For
                                                    areas.                                                  and newspapers. This list also includes                   assistance, please contact FERC Online
                                                       The EA will present our independent                  all affected landowners (as defined in                    Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov
                                                    analysis of the issues. The EA will be                  the Commission’s regulations) who are                     or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for
                                                    available in the public record through                  potential right-of-way grantors, whose                    TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The
                                                    eLibrary. We may also publish and                       property may be used temporarily for                      eLibrary link also provides access to the
                                                    distribute the EA to the public for an                  project purposes, or who own homes                        texts of formal documents issued by the
                                                    allotted comment period. We will                        within certain distances of aboveground                   Commission, such as orders, notices,
                                                    consider all comments on the EA before                  facilities, and anyone who submits
                                                                                                                                                                      and rulemakings.
                                                    making our recommendations to the                       comments on the project. We will
                                                                                                            update the environmental mailing list as                     In addition, the Commission offers a
                                                    Commission. To ensure we have the
                                                    opportunity to consider and address                     the analysis proceeds to ensure that we                   free service called eSubscription which
                                                    your comments, please carefully follow                  send the information related to this                      allows you to keep track of all formal
                                                    the instructions in the Public                          environmental review to all individuals,                  issuances and submittals in specific
                                                    Participation section, beginning on page                organizations, and government entities                    dockets. This can reduce the amount of
                                                    2.                                                      interested in and/or potentially affected                 time you spend researching proceedings
                                                       With this notice, we are asking                      by the proposed project.                                  by automatically providing you with
                                                    agencies with jurisdiction by law and/                     If we publish and distribute the EA,                   notification of these filings, document
                                                    or special expertise with respect to the                copies will be sent to the environmental                  summaries, and direct links to the
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                                                    environmental issues of this project to                                                                           documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
                                                    formally cooperate with us in the                       responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal         filing/esubscription.asp.
                                                                                                            Regulations, Part 1501.6.
                                                    preparation of the EA.4 Agencies that                     5 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s          Finally, public meetings or site visits
                                                      3 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
                                                                                                            regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal              will be posted on the Commission’s
                                                                                                            Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define
                                                    environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of       historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                                                                                                                                      calendar located at www.ferc.gov/
                                                    Energy Projects.                                        district, site, building, structure, or object included   EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
                                                      4 The Council on Environmental Quality                in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register     with other related information.
                                                    regulations addressing cooperating agency               of Historic Places.



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                                                      Dated: October 23, 2015.                              consulting with, assisting, or advising               the federal low-income support
                                                    Kimberly D. Bose,                                       applicants or service providers                       mechanism (Lifeline program) for three
                                                    Secretary.                                              regarding the Lifeline program.                       years from either the date of your
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–27574 Filed 10–28–15; 8:45 am]            DATES: Debarment commences on the                     receipt of this Notice of Debarment or of
                                                    BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  date Mr. Perez-Zumaeta receives the                   its publication in the Federal Register,
                                                                                                            debarment letter or October 29, 2015,                 whichever comes first (Debarment
                                                                                                            whichever comes first, for a period of                Date).1
                                                                                                            three years.                                             On June 8, 2015, the Commission’s
                                                    FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
                                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
                                                                                                                                                                  Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) sent you a
                                                    ADVISORY BOARD                                                                                                notice of suspension and initiation of
                                                                                                            Celia Lewis, Paralegal Specialist,
                                                    Notice of Renewal of FASAB Charter                      Federal Communications Commission,                    debarment proceeding (Notice of
                                                                                                                                                                  Suspension) that was published in the
                                                                                                            Enforcement Bureau, Investigations and
                                                    AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards                                                                          Federal Register on July 9, 2015.2 The
                                                                                                            Hearings Division, Room 4–A422, 445
                                                    Advisory Board.                                                                                               Notice of Suspension suspended you
                                                                                                            12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
                                                    ACTION: Notice.                                                                                               from participating in any activities
                                                                                                            Celia Lewis may be contacted by
                                                                                                                                                                  associated with or related to the Lifeline
                                                      Board Action: Pursuant to 31 U.S.C.                   telephone at (202) 418–7456 or email at
                                                                                                                                                                  program, including receiving funds or
                                                    3511(d),the Federal Advisory                            Celia.Lewis@fcc.gov. If Ms. Lewis is
                                                                                                                                                                  discounted services through the Lifeline
                                                    Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), as                      unavailable, you may contact Mr. Kalun
                                                                                                                                                                  program, or consulting with, assisting,
                                                    amended, and the FASAB Rules Of                         Lee, Deputy Chief, Investigations and
                                                                                                                                                                  or advising applicants or service
                                                    Procedure, as amended in October 2010,                  Hearings Division, by telephone at (202)
                                                                                                                                                                  providers regarding the Lifeline
                                                    notice is hereby given that under the                   418–0796 or email at Kalun.Lee@                       program.3 It also described the basis for
                                                    authority and in furtherance of the                     fcc.gov.                                              initiating debarment proceedings
                                                    objectives of 31 U.S.C. 3511(d), the                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        against you, the applicable debarment
                                                    Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of              Bureau debars Mr. Perez-Zumaeta for a                 procedures, and the effect of debarment.
                                                    OMB, and the Comptroller General (the                   period of three years pursuant to 47 CFR                 As discussed in the Notice of
                                                    Sponsors) have agreed to continue an                    54.8 and 0.111(a)(14). Mr. Perez-                     Suspension, on November 7, 2014, you
                                                    advisory committee to consider and                      Zumaeta’s conviction for money                        were convicted of money laundering in
                                                    recommend accounting standards and                      laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C.                  violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957(a) and 18
                                                    principles for the federal government.                  1957(a) and 18 U.S.C. 2, in connection                U.S.C. 2, in connection with fraudulent
                                                      For Further Information, or to Obtain                 with fraudulent claims against the                    claims against the federal Lifeline
                                                    a Copy of the Charter, Contact: Ms.                     Lifeline program is the basis for this                program.4 You owned and managed
                                                    Wendy M. Payne, Executive Director,                     debarment. Attached is the Notice of                  PSPS Sales LLC (PSPS), a California
                                                    441 G St. NW., Mail Stop 6H20,                          Debarment, DA 15–1130, which was                      entity that recruited low-income
                                                    Washington, DC 20548, or call (202)                     mailed to Mr. Perez-Zumaeta and                       individuals to apply for Lifeline
                                                    512–7350.                                               released on October 5, 2015. The                      telephone service through Icon
                                                     Authority: Federal Advisory Committee                  complete text of the Notice of                        Telecom, Inc. (Icon).5 Specifically, you
                                                    Act, Pub. L. 92–463.                                    Debarment is available for public                     pled guilty to one count of money
                                                                                                            inspection and copying during regular                 laundering for depositing a $52,390.00
                                                      Dated: October 23, 2015.
                                                                                                            business hours at the FCC Reference                   check from Icon into a PSPS bank
                                                    Charles Jackson,                                                                                              account, despite knowing that more
                                                                                                            Information Center, Portal II, 445 12th
                                                    Federal Register Liaison Officer.                       Street SW., Room CY–A257,
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–27578 Filed 10–28–15; 8:45 am]            Washington, DC 20554. In addition, the                   1 47 CFR 54.8(e), (g); 47 CFR 0.111 (delegating to

                                                                                                                                                                  the Bureau authority to resolve universal service
                                                    BILLING CODE 1610–02–P                                  complete text is available on the FCC’s               suspension and debarment proceedings). In 2007,
                                                                                                            Web site at http://www.fcc.gov.                       the Commission extended the debarment rules to
                                                                                                                                                                  apply to all federal universal service support
                                                                                                            Federal Communications Commission.
                                                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS                                                                                        mechanisms, including the Lifeline program. See
                                                                                                            Jeffrey J. Gee,                                       Comprehensive Review of the Universal Service
                                                    COMMISSION                                                                                                    Fund Management, Administration, & Oversight,
                                                                                                            Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division,
                                                    [DA 15–1130]                                            Enforcement Bureau.                                   Report and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 16372, 16410–12
                                                                                                                                                                  (2007) (Program Management Order) (renumbering
                                                                                                            October 5, 2015                                       section 54.521 of the universal service debarment
                                                    Notice of Debarment; Federal Lifeline                                                                         rules as section 54.8 and amending paragraphs
                                                    Universal Service Support Mechanism                     DA 15–1130
                                                                                                                                                                  (a)(1), (a)(5), (c), (d), (e)(2)(i), (e)(3), (e)(4), and (g)).
                                                                                                            SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN                          2 Letter from Jeffrey J. Gee, Chief, Investigations
                                                    AGENCY: Federal Communications                          RECEIPT REQUESTED                                     and Hearings Division, FCC Enforcement Bureau, to
                                                    Commission.                                             Mr. Oscar Enrique Perez-Zumaeta                       Oscar Enrique Perez-Zumaeta, Notice of suspension
                                                    ACTION: Notice.                                         c/o William P. Earley                                 and initiation of debarment proceeding, 30 FCC Rcd
                                                                                                            Federal Public Defender-OKC                           6121 (Enf. Bur. 2015); 80 FR 39430–01, July 9, 2015.
                                                                                                                                                                     3 47 CFR 54.8(a)(1), (d).
                                                    SUMMARY:    The Enforcement Bureau                      215 Dean A McGee Ave                                     4 Any further reference in this letter to ‘‘your
                                                    (Bureau) gives notice of Oscar Enrique                  Suite 109
                                                                                                                                                                  conviction’’ refers to your guilty plea and
                                                    Perez-Zumaeta’s debarment from the                      Oklahoma City, OK 73102                               subsequent sentencing in United States v. Perez-
                                                    federal Lifeline universal service                      Re: Notice of Debarment, File No. EB–                 Zumaeta, Criminal Docket No. 5:14–cr–00165–D–1,
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                                                    support mechanism (Lifeline program)                      IHD–15–00019209                                     Plea Agreement (W.D. Okla. filed Nov. 07, 2014)
                                                                                                                                                                  (Plea Agreement). See also Lifeline & Link Up
                                                    for a period of three years. During this                  Dear Mr. Perez-Zumaeta:                             Reform & Modernization, WC Docket No. 11–42, CC
                                                    debarment period, Mr. Perez-Zumaeta is                    The Federal Communications                          Docket No. 96–45, WC Docket No. 03–109, Report
                                                    prohibited from participating in                        Commission (Commission) hereby                        and Order and Further Notice of Proposed
                                                    activities associated with or related to                notifies you that, pursuant to section                Rulemaking, 27 FCC Rcd 6656 (2012) (Lifeline
                                                                                                                                                                  Reform Order).
                                                    the Lifeline program, including the                     54.8 of the Commission’s rules, you are                  5 United States v. Perez-Zumaeta, Criminal
                                                    receipt of funds or discounted services                 prohibited from participating in                      Docket No. 5:14–cr–00165–D–1, Indictment at 1–2
                                                    through the Lifeline program, or                        activities associated with or related to              (W.D. Okla. filed June 03, 2014) (Indictment).



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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation80 FR 66526 

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