80_FR_68735 80 FR 68521 - Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Planned Transco to Charleston Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings

80 FR 68521 - Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Planned Transco to Charleston Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 214 (November 5, 2015)

Page Range68521-68523
FR Document2015-28204

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 214 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 214 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68521-68523]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28204]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PF15-29-000]


Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Intent To 
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Planned Transco to 
Charleston Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and 
Notice of Public Scoping Meetings

    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 Transco to Charleston Project 
involving construction and operation of facilities by Dominion Carolina 
Gas Transmission, LLC (DCG) in Aiken, Charleston, Dillon, Dorchester, 
Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, and Spartanburg Counties, South Carolina. 
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 30, 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. PF15-29-000 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 planned 
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 planned 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.
    A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural 
Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?'' is available for 
viewing on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). 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.

Public Participation

    For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide equal 
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form 
or provided verbally. 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 
(PF15-29-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    (4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the 
Commission invites you to attend one of the public scoping meetings its 
staff will conduct in the project area, scheduled as follows.

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           Date and time                          Location
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 4-7   Spartanburg Community College--Tyger
 p.m.                                River Campus, 1875 East Main
                                     Street, Duncan, SC 29334.
Thursday, November 19, 2015, 4-7    Family YMCA of Greater Laurens, 410
 p.m.                                Anderson Drive, Laurens, SC 29360.
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    You may attend at any time during the scoping meeting. There will 
not be a formal presentation by Commission staff, but you will be 
provided information about the FERC process. Commission staff will be 
available to take verbal comments. Representatives of DCG will be 
present to answer questions about its planned project.
    Comments will be recorded by a stenographer and transcripts will be 
placed into the project docket and made available for public viewing on 
FERC's eLibrary system (see page 7 ``Additional Information'' for 
instructions on using eLibrary). We believe it is important to note 
that verbal comments hold the same weight as written or electronically

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submitted comments. If a significant number of people are interested in 
providing verbal comments, a time limit of 3 to 5 minutes may be 
implemented for each commenter to ensure all those wishing to comment 
have the opportunity to do so within the designated meeting time. Time 
limits will be strictly enforced if they are implemented.
    Please note this is not your only public input opportunity; please 
refer to the review process flow chart in appendix 1.\1\
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    \1\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in 
the Federal Register. Copies of the 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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Summary of the Planned Project

    The planned project would provide 80,000 dekatherms of natural gas 
per day of firm transportation service that has been fully subscribed 
by three customers.
    The Transco to Charleston Project would consist of the following 
facilities:
     Approximately 55 miles of 12-inch-diameter pipeline in 
Spartanburg, Laurens, Newberry, and Greenwood Counties (Moore to 
Chappells pipeline);
     approximately 5 miles of 4-inch-diameter pipeline in 
Dillon County (Dillon pipeline);
     installation of two new 1,400-horsepower (hp) compressor 
units at the existing Moore Compressor Station in Spartanburg County;
     construction of a new 3,150-hp compressor station 
(Dorchester Compressor Station) in Dorchester County;
     conversion of an existing 1,050-hp compressor unit from 
standby to base load at the existing Southern Compressor Station in 
Aiken County;
     upgrades to the existing Charleston Town Border Station in 
Charleston County; and
     associated pipeline support facilities (metering and 
regulating stations, launcher and receiver assemblies, valves, and 
pipeline interconnects).
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 
2.

Land Requirements for Construction

    Construction of the planned facilities would disturb about 781.6 
acres of land for the pipelines and 28.9 acres of land for the 
aboveground facilities. Following construction, DCG would maintain 
about 488.0 acres for permanent operation of the project's pipelines 
and 12.9 acres for the aboveground facilities; the remaining acreage 
would be restored and revert to former uses. About 6 percent of the 
planned Moore to Chappells pipeline route and 28 percent of the Dillon 
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 
\2\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about 
proposals. This process is referred to as scoping. The main goal of the 
scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important 
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public 
comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We will 
consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA.
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    \2\ ``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 planned 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 possible alternatives to the planned project 
or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen 
or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
    Although no formal application has been filed, we have already 
initiated our NEPA review under the Commission's pre-filing process. 
The purpose of the pre-filing process is to encourage early involvement 
of interested stakeholders and to identify and resolve issues before 
the FERC receives an application. As part of our pre-filing review, we 
have begun to contact some federal and state agencies to discuss their 
involvement in the scoping process and the preparation of the EA.
    The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA 
will be available in the public record through eLibrary. Depending on 
the comments received during the scoping process, we may also publish 
and distribute the EA to the public for an allotted comment period. We 
will consider all comments on the EA before we make 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 
related to this project to formally cooperate with us in the 
preparation of the EA.\3\ Agencies that would like to request 
cooperating agency status should follow the instructions for filing 
comments provided under the Public Participation section of this 
notice.
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    \3\ 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, and to solicit 
their views and those of other government agencies, interested Indian 
tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on historic 
properties.\4\ We will define the project-specific Area of Potential 
Effects (APE) in consultation with the State Historic Preservation 
Office 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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    \4\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 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

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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 planned 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 3).

Becoming an Intervenor

    Once DCG files its application with the Commission, 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. Motions to intervene are more fully described at http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. Instructions for 
becoming an intervenor are in the ``Document-less Intervention Guide'' 
under the ``e-filing'' link on the Commission's Web site. Please note 
that the Commission will not accept requests for intervenor status at 
this time. You must wait until the Commission receives a formal 
application for the project.

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 (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., PF15-
29). 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.

    Dated: October 30, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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                                                  time on the specified comment date.                     You can make a difference by providing                use of eminent domain and how to
                                                  Protests may be considered, but                         us with your specific comments or                     participate in the Commission’s
                                                  intervention is necessary to become a                   concerns about the project. Your                      proceedings.
                                                  party to the proceeding.                                comments should focus on the potential
                                                     eFiling is encouraged. More detailed                                                                       Public Participation
                                                                                                          environmental effects, reasonable
                                                  information relating to filing                          alternatives, and measures to avoid or                   For your convenience, there are four
                                                  requirements, interventions, protests,                  lessen environmental impacts. Your                    methods you can use to submit your
                                                  service, and qualifying facilities filings              input will help the Commission staff                  comments to the Commission. The
                                                  can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/                   determine what issues they need to                    Commission will provide equal
                                                  docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For                 evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your               consideration to all comments received,
                                                  other information, call (866) 208–3676                  comments are timely and properly                      whether filed in written form or
                                                  (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.              recorded, please send your comments so                provided verbally. The Commission
                                                    Dated: October 29, 2015.                              that the Commission receives them in                  encourages electronic filing of
                                                  Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                Washington, DC on or before November                  comments and has expert staff available
                                                  Deputy Secretary.                                       30, 2015.                                             to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–28207 Filed 11–4–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                             If you sent comments on this project               efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully follow
                                                                                                          to the Commission before the opening of               these instructions so that your
                                                  BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                          this docket on September 2, 2015, you                 comments are properly recorded.
                                                                                                          will need to file those comments in                      (1) You can file your comments
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    Docket No. PF15–29–000 to ensure they                 electronically using the eComment
                                                                                                          are considered as part of this                        feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                  Federal Energy Regulatory                               proceeding.                                           (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                  Commission                                                 This notice is being sent to the                   Documents and Filings. This is an easy
                                                                                                          Commission’s current environmental                    method for submitting brief, text-only
                                                  [Docket No. PF15–29–000]
                                                                                                          mailing list for this project. State and              comments on a project;
                                                  Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission,                     local government representatives should
                                                                                                                                                                   (2) You can file your comments
                                                  LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an                     notify their constituents of this planned
                                                                                                                                                                electronically by using the eFiling
                                                  Environmental Assessment for the                        project and encourage them to comment
                                                                                                                                                                feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                  Planned Transco to Charleston                           on their areas of concern.
                                                                                                             If you are a landowner receiving this              (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                  Project, Request for Comments on                                                                              Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
                                                  Environmental Issues, and Notice of                     notice, a pipeline company
                                                                                                          representative may contact you about                  you can provide comments in a variety
                                                  Public Scoping Meetings                                                                                       of formats by attaching them as a file
                                                                                                          the acquisition of an easement to
                                                                                                          construct, operate, and maintain the                  with your submission. New eFiling
                                                    The staff of the Federal Energy
                                                  Regulatory Commission (FERC or                          planned facilities. The company would                 users must first create an account by
                                                  Commission) will prepare an                             seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable               clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing
                                                  environmental assessment (EA) that will                 agreement. However, if the Commission                 a comment on a particular project,
                                                  discuss the environmental impacts of                    approves the project, that approval                   please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as
                                                  the Transco to Charleston Project                       conveys with it the right of eminent                  the filing type; or
                                                  involving construction and operation of                 domain. Therefore, if easement                           (3) You can file a paper copy of your
                                                  facilities by Dominion Carolina Gas                     negotiations fail to produce an                       comments by mailing them to the
                                                  Transmission, LLC (DCG) in Aiken,                       agreement, the pipeline company could                 following address. Be sure to reference
                                                  Charleston, Dillon, Dorchester,                         initiate condemnation proceedings                     the project docket number (PF15–29–
                                                  Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, and                       where compensation would be                           000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
                                                  Spartanburg Counties, South Carolina.                   determined in accordance with state                   Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
                                                  The Commission will use this EA in its                  law.                                                  Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
                                                  decision-making process to determine                       A fact sheet prepared by the FERC                  NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
                                                  whether the project is in the public                    entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas                     (4) In lieu of sending written or
                                                  convenience and necessity.                              Facility On My Land? What Do I Need                   electronic comments, the Commission
                                                    This notice announces the opening of                  To Know?’’ is available for viewing on                invites you to attend one of the public
                                                  the scoping process the Commission                      the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This                scoping meetings its staff will conduct
                                                  will use to gather input from the public                fact sheet addresses a number of                      in the project area, scheduled as
                                                  and interested agencies on the project.                 typically asked questions, including the              follows.

                                                             Date and time                                                                           Location

                                                  Wednesday, November 18, 2015,              Spartanburg Community College—Tyger River Campus, 1875 East Main Street, Duncan, SC 29334.
                                                    4–7 p.m.
                                                  Thursday, November 19, 2015, 4–7           Family YMCA of Greater Laurens, 410 Anderson Drive, Laurens, SC 29360.
                                                    p.m.
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                                                     You may attend at any time during                    take verbal comments. Representatives                 available for public viewing on FERC’s
                                                  the scoping meeting. There will not be                  of DCG will be present to answer                      eLibrary system (see page 7 ‘‘Additional
                                                  a formal presentation by Commission                     questions about its planned project.                  Information’’ for instructions on using
                                                  staff, but you will be provided                           Comments will be recorded by a                      eLibrary). We believe it is important to
                                                  information about the FERC process.                     stenographer and transcripts will be                  note that verbal comments hold the
                                                  Commission staff will be available to                   placed into the project docket and made               same weight as written or electronically



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                                                  submitted comments. If a significant                    12.9 acres for the aboveground facilities;            eLibrary. Depending on the comments
                                                  number of people are interested in                      the remaining acreage would be restored               received during the scoping process, we
                                                  providing verbal comments, a time limit                 and revert to former uses. About 6                    may also publish and distribute the EA
                                                  of 3 to 5 minutes may be implemented                    percent of the planned Moore to                       to the public for an allotted comment
                                                  for each commenter to ensure all those                  Chappells pipeline route and 28 percent               period. We will consider all comments
                                                  wishing to comment have the                             of the Dillon pipeline route parallels                on the EA before we make our
                                                  opportunity to do so within the                         existing pipeline, utility, or road rights-           recommendations to the Commission.
                                                  designated meeting time. Time limits                    of-way.                                               To ensure we have the opportunity to
                                                  will be strictly enforced if they are                                                                         consider and address your comments,
                                                                                                          The EA Process                                        please carefully follow the instructions
                                                  implemented.
                                                    Please note this is not your only                        The National Environmental Policy                  in the Public Participation section,
                                                  public input opportunity; please refer to               Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to                 beginning on page 2.
                                                  the review process flow chart in                        take into account the environmental                     With this notice, we are asking
                                                  appendix 1.1                                            impacts that could result from an action              agencies with jurisdiction by law and/
                                                                                                          whenever it considers the issuance of a               or special expertise with respect to the
                                                  Summary of the Planned Project                                                                                environmental issues related to this
                                                                                                          Certificate of Public Convenience and
                                                    The planned project would provide                     Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to                 project to formally cooperate with us in
                                                  80,000 dekatherms of natural gas per                    discover and address concerns the                     the preparation of the EA.3 Agencies
                                                  day of firm transportation service that                 public may have about proposals. This                 that would like to request cooperating
                                                  has been fully subscribed by three                      process is referred to as scoping. The                agency status should follow the
                                                  customers.                                              main goal of the scoping process is to                instructions for filing comments
                                                    The Transco to Charleston Project                     focus the analysis in the EA on the                   provided under the Public Participation
                                                  would consist of the following facilities:              important environmental issues. By this               section of this notice.
                                                    • Approximately 55 miles of 12-inch-                  notice, the Commission requests public
                                                  diameter pipeline in Spartanburg,                                                                             Consultations Under Section 106 of the
                                                                                                          comments on the scope of the issues to                National Historic Preservation Act
                                                  Laurens, Newberry, and Greenwood                        address in the EA. We will consider all
                                                  Counties (Moore to Chappells pipeline);                 filed comments during the preparation                   In accordance with the Advisory
                                                    • approximately 5 miles of 4-inch-                    of the EA.                                            Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                  diameter pipeline in Dillon County                         In the EA, we will discuss impacts                 implementing regulations for section
                                                  (Dillon pipeline);                                      that could occur as a result of the                   106 of the National Historic
                                                    • installation of two new 1,400-                      construction and operation of the                     Preservation Act, we are using this
                                                  horsepower (hp) compressor units at the                 planned project under these general                   notice to initiate consultation with the
                                                  existing Moore Compressor Station in                    headings:                                             applicable State Historic Preservation
                                                  Spartanburg County;                                        • Geology and soils;                               Office, and to solicit their views and
                                                    • construction of a new 3,150-hp                                                                            those of other government agencies,
                                                                                                             • land use;
                                                  compressor station (Dorchester                                                                                interested Indian tribes, and the public
                                                                                                             • water resources, fisheries, and
                                                  Compressor Station) in Dorchester                                                                             on the project’s potential effects on
                                                                                                          wetlands;
                                                  County;                                                    • cultural resources;                              historic properties.4 We will define the
                                                    • conversion of an existing 1,050-hp                                                                        project-specific Area of Potential Effects
                                                                                                             • vegetation and wildlife;
                                                  compressor unit from standby to base                                                                          (APE) in consultation with the State
                                                                                                             • air quality and noise;
                                                  load at the existing Southern                                                                                 Historic Preservation Office as the
                                                                                                             • endangered and threatened species;
                                                  Compressor Station in Aiken County;                        • public safety; and                               project develops. On natural gas facility
                                                    • upgrades to the existing Charleston                                                                       projects, the APE at a minimum
                                                                                                             • cumulative impacts.
                                                  Town Border Station in Charleston                                                                             encompasses all areas subject to ground
                                                                                                             We will also evaluate possible
                                                  County; and                                                                                                   disturbance (examples include
                                                    • associated pipeline support                         alternatives to the planned project or
                                                                                                          portions of the project, and make                     construction right-of-way, contractor/
                                                  facilities (metering and regulating                                                                           pipe storage yards, compressor stations,
                                                  stations, launcher and receiver                         recommendations on how to lessen or
                                                                                                          avoid impacts on the various resource                 and access roads). Our EA for this
                                                  assemblies, valves, and pipeline                                                                              project will document our findings on
                                                  interconnects).                                         areas.
                                                                                                             Although no formal application has                 the impacts on historic properties and
                                                    The general location of the project                                                                         summarize the status of consultations
                                                  facilities is shown in appendix 2.                      been filed, we have already initiated our
                                                                                                          NEPA review under the Commission’s                    under section 106.
                                                  Land Requirements for Construction                      pre-filing process. The purpose of the                Environmental Mailing List
                                                    Construction of the planned facilities                pre-filing process is to encourage early
                                                                                                                                                                  The environmental mailing list
                                                  would disturb about 781.6 acres of land                 involvement of interested stakeholders
                                                                                                                                                                includes federal, state, and local
                                                  for the pipelines and 28.9 acres of land                and to identify and resolve issues before
                                                                                                                                                                government representatives and
                                                  for the aboveground facilities. Following               the FERC receives an application. As
                                                                                                                                                                agencies; elected officials;
                                                  construction, DCG would maintain                        part of our pre-filing review, we have
                                                                                                                                                                environmental and public interest
                                                  about 488.0 acres for permanent                         begun to contact some federal and state
                                                  operation of the project’s pipelines and                agencies to discuss their involvement in                3 The Council on Environmental Quality
                                                                                                          the scoping process and the preparation               regulations addressing cooperating agency
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                                                    1 The appendices referenced in this notice will       of the EA.                                            responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
                                                  not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the          The EA will present our independent                Regulations, Part 1501.6.
                                                  appendices were sent to all those receiving this        analysis of the issues. The EA will be                  4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                                                  notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov                                                          regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal
                                                  using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the          available in the public record through                Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define
                                                  Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First                                                                 historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                  Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)           2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the          district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                                  502–8371. For instructions on connecting to             environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of     in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
                                                  eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.        Energy Projects.                                      of Historic Places.



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                                                  groups; Native American Tribes; other                   provides access to the texts of formal                Phone: 518–456–7712x401, Email:
                                                  interested parties; and local libraries                 documents issued by the Commission,                   wendy@albanyengineering.com.
                                                  and newspapers. This list also includes                 such as orders, notices, and                             i. FERC Contact: Brandi Sangunett,
                                                  all affected landowners (as defined in                  rulemakings.                                          Phone: (202) 502–8393, Email:
                                                  the Commission’s regulations) who are                      In addition, the Commission offers a               brandi.sangunett@ferc.gov.
                                                  potential right-of-way grantors, whose                  free service called eSubscription which                  j. Deadline for filing motions to
                                                  property may be used temporarily for                    allows you to keep track of all formal                intervene and protests and requests for
                                                  project purposes, or who own homes                      issuances and submittals in specific                  cooperating agency status: 60 days from
                                                  within certain distances of aboveground                 dockets. This can reduce the amount of                the issuance date of this notice.
                                                  facilities, and anyone who submits                      time you spend researching proceedings                   The Commission strongly encourages
                                                  comments on the project. We will                        by automatically providing you with                   electronic filing. Please file motions to
                                                  update the environmental mailing list as                notification of these filings, document               intervene and protests and requests for
                                                  the analysis proceeds to ensure that we                 summaries, and direct links to the                    cooperating agency status using the
                                                  send the information related to this                    documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                   Commission’s eFiling system at http://
                                                  environmental review to all individuals,                filing/esubscription.asp.                             www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For
                                                  organizations, and government entities                     Finally, public meetings or site visits            assistance, please contact FERC Online
                                                  interested in and/or potentially affected               will be posted on the Commission’s                    Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
                                                  by the planned project.                                 calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                     ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
                                                     If we publish and distribute the EA,                 EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                   (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of
                                                  copies will be sent to the environmental                with other related information.                       electronic filing, please send a paper
                                                  mailing list for public review and                                                                            copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
                                                                                                            Dated: October 30, 2015.
                                                  comment. If you would prefer to receive                                                                       Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
                                                  a paper copy of the document instead of                 Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                                                                          Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                                NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first
                                                  the CD version or would like to remove                                                                        page of any filing should include docket
                                                  your name from the mailing list, please                 [FR Doc. 2015–28204 Filed 11–4–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                number P–13135–004.
                                                  return the attached Information Request                 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                   The Commission’s Rules of Practice
                                                  (appendix 3).                                                                                                 and Procedures require all intervenors
                                                  Becoming an Intervenor                                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  filing documents with the Commission
                                                     Once DCG files its application with                                                                        to serve a copy of that document on
                                                  the Commission, you may want to                         Federal Energy Regulatory                             each person on the official service list
                                                  become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an                    Commission                                            for the project. Further, if an intervenor
                                                  official party to the Commission’s                                                                            files comments or documents with the
                                                                                                          [Project No. 13135–004]                               Commission relating to the merits of an
                                                  proceeding. Intervenors play a more
                                                  formal role in the process and are able                                                                       issue that may affect the responsibilities
                                                                                                          City of Watervliet; Notice of
                                                  to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be                                                                    of a particular resource agency, they
                                                                                                          Application Accepted for Filing and
                                                  heard by the courts if they choose to                                                                         must also serve a copy of the document
                                                                                                          Soliciting Motions To Intervene and
                                                  appeal the Commission’s final ruling.                                                                         on that resource agency.
                                                                                                          Protests
                                                  An intervenor formally participates in                                                                           k. This application has been accepted
                                                  the proceeding by filing a request to                     Take notice that the following                      for filing, but is not ready for
                                                  intervene. Motions to intervene are                     hydroelectric application has been filed              environmental analysis at this time.
                                                  more fully described at http://                         with the Commission and is available                     l. The proposed project would consist
                                                  www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/                   for public inspection.                                of: (1) The existing 1,016-foot-long, 76-
                                                  intervene.asp. Instructions for becoming                  a. Type of Application: License for                 foot-high Delta dam, owned by the New
                                                  an intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less                Major Project-Existing Dam.                           York State Canal Corporation; (2) an
                                                  Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’               b. Project No.: P–13135–004.                        existing impoundment having a surface
                                                  link on the Commission’s Web site.                        c. Date filed: August 26, 2014.                     area of 2,700 acres and a storage
                                                  Please note that the Commission will                      d. Applicant: City of Watervliet, New               capacity of 63,200 acre-feet at the
                                                  not accept requests for intervenor status               York.                                                 spillway crest elevation of 551.37 feet
                                                  at this time. You must wait until the                     e. Name of Project: Delta                           North American Vertical Datum of 1988;
                                                  Commission receives a formal                            Hydroelectric Project.                                (3) a new 40-foot-diameter cylindrical
                                                  application for the project.                              f. Location: On the Mohawk River, in                powerhouse containing one turbine-
                                                                                                          the City of Rome, Oneida County, NY.                  generator unit with a total installed
                                                  Additional Information                                  No federal lands are occupied by the                  capacity of 7.4 megawatts; (4) a new
                                                     Additional information about the                     project works or located within the                   15,000-foot-long, 34.5-kilovolt
                                                  project is available from the                           project boundary.                                     underground transmission line; and (5)
                                                  Commission’s Office of External Affairs,                  g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power                 appurtenant facilities. The project
                                                  at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web                   Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).                         would generate about 14,100 megawatt-
                                                  site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary                    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael P.                hours of electricity annually.
                                                  link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on              Manning, Mayor, City of Watervliet,                      m. A copy of the application is
                                                  ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket                 City Hall, Watervliet, NY 12189, Phone:               available for review at the Commission
                                                  number, excluding the last three digits                 518–270–3815, Email: mikemanning@                     in the Public Reference Room or may be
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                                                  in the Docket Number field (i.e., PF15–                 watervliet.com; or Mark Gleason,                      viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
                                                  29). Be sure you have selected an                       General Manager, City of Watervliet,                  http://www.ferc.gov using the
                                                  appropriate date range. For assistance,                 City Hall, Watervliet, NY 12189, Phone:               ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
                                                  please contact FERC Online Support at                   518–270–3800x122, Email: mgleason@                    number excluding the last three digits in
                                                  FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free                 watervliet.com; or Wendy Jo Carey, P.E.,              the docket number field to access the
                                                  at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact                  Albany Engineering Corporation, 5                     document. For assistance, contact FERC
                                                  (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also                  Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205,                  Online Support. A copy is also available


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation80 FR 68521 

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