80_FR_75318 80 FR 75088 - National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation Empire Pipeline, Inc.; Supplemental Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Northern Access 2016 Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

80 FR 75088 - National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation Empire Pipeline, Inc.; Supplemental Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Northern Access 2016 Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 230 (December 1, 2015)

Page Range75088-75091
FR Document2015-30472

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75088-75091]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30472]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP15-115-001; CP15-115-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation Empire Pipeline, Inc.; 
Supplemental Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment 
for the Proposed Northern Access 2016 Project and Request for Comments 
on Environmental Issues

    On October 22, 2014, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC 
or Commission) issued in Docket No. PF14-18-000 a Notice of Intent to 
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Planned Northern Access 
2016 Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice 
of Public Scoping Meetings (October 22, 2014 NOI). In their application 
in Docket No. CP15-115-000, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation 
(Supply) and Empire Pipeline, Inc. (Empire) (collectively referred to 
as National Fuel) filed proposed locations for one new compressor 
station and one natural

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gas dehydration facility in Niagara County, New York. To solicit 
comments on the new proposed aboveground facilities, on April 29, 2015, 
the Commission issued a Supplemental Notice of Intent to Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Northern Access 2016 Project, 
Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, Notice of Environmental 
Site Review, and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting (April 29, 2015 NOI). 
Based on public input received throughout the scoping process, National 
Fuel now proposes a new location for its new compressor station and has 
made other modifications to its proposed facilities in an amendment 
application in Docket No. CP15-115-001. This Supplemental Notice is 
being issued to seek comments on these changes, and opens a new 30-day 
scoping period for interested parties to file comments on environmental 
issues specific to these facilities.
    The October 22, 2014 NOI announced that the FERC will prepare an 
environmental assessment (EA) to address the environmental impacts of 
the Northern Access 2016 Project (Project). Please refer to the NOI for 
more information about the facilities proposed by National Fuel in 
Pennsylvania and New York. The Commission will use the EA in its 
decision-making process to determine whether to authorize 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 
Commission staff determine what issues they need to evaluate in the EA. 
To ensure your comments are timely and properly recorded, please send 
your comments so that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on 
or before December 19, 2015.
    The Commission previously solicited input on the pipeline portion 
of the project in Pennsylvania and New York in the fall of 2014. In 
addition, the Commission solicited input on the aboveground facilities 
in Niagara County in the spring of 2015. If you have previously 
submitted comments during the pre-filing review in docket no. PF14-18-
000 or since the application filing in docket no. CP15-115-000, you do 
not need to resubmit your comments at this time. We \1\ are 
specifically seeking comments on the new proposed location of the 
Pendleton Compressor Station and additional modifications associated 
with National Fuel's amended application for the Project.
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    \1\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff 
of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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    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.
    National Fuel 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 
(CP15-115-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Please note this is not your only public input opportunity; please 
refer to the review process flow chart in appendix 1.\2\
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    \2\ 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 Newly Proposed Facilities

    The facilities that are the focus of this notice are the new 
Pendleton Compressor Station (Killian Road Site) and an additional 2.07 
miles of 16- and 14-inch diameter pipeline in the town of Pendleton, 
New York to connect the new Pendleton Compressor Station to the 
northward to the existing XM-10 pipeline and southward to the existing 
X-North Pipeline.
    The tie-in between the southern end of Line XM-10 and National 
Fuel's X-North pipeline in Wheatfield, New York is no longer necessary 
due to the newly proposed Pendleton Compressor Station site. National 
Fuel previously proposed to abandon all 3.09 miles of the XM-10 
Pipeline system in Wheatfield, New York and Pendleton, New York via 
sale to Empire. Based on the new location of the Pendleton Compressor 
Station, Empire would only acquire 1.08 miles of the XM-10 Pipeline 
system and associated facilities from National Fuel.
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 
2.

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 
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

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address in the EA. We will consider all filed comments during the 
preparation of the EA.
    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;
     Water resources and wetlands;
     Vegetation and wildlife, including migratory birds;
     Fisheries and aquatic resources;
     Threatened, endangered, and other special-status species;
     Land use, recreation, special interest areas, and visual 
resources;
     Socioeconomics;
     Cultural resources;
     Air quality and noise;
     Reliability and safety; and
     Cumulative environmental 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.
    Please note that since the amended application has been filed, an 
additional docket number has been assigned (CP15-115-001) for the 
amended Project facilities. As part of our pre-filing review, we 
participated in public Open House meetings sponsored by National Fuel 
in the project area in August 2014 to explain the environmental review 
process to interested stakeholders. We also conducted public scoping 
meetings of along the proposed pipeline route in November 2014 and in 
Pendleton, New York in May 2015. We have also contacted 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. We will 
publish and distribute the EA for public comment. 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 of this notice.
    With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law 
and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues of 
this project to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
EA.\3\ Agencies that would like to request cooperating agency status 
should follow the instructions for filing comments provided under the 
Public Participation section of this notice. Currently, the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers and New York Department of Agriculture and Markets 
have expressed their intention to participate as cooperating agencies 
in the preparation of the EA to satisfy their NEPA responsibilities 
related to this project.
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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 Offices (SHPO), and to 
solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested 
Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on 
historic properties.\4\ We will define the project-specific Area of 
Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the 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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    \4\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations 
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those 
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or 
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in 
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic 
Places.
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Environmental Mailing List

    The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local 
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; 
environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other 
interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also 
includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's 
regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property 
may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within 
certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits 
comments on the project. We will update the environmental mailing list 
as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the information related 
to this environmental review to all individuals, organizations, and 
government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the 
proposed project.
    Copies of the EA will be sent to the environmental mailing list for 
public review and comment. If you would prefer to receive a paper copy 
of the document instead of the CD version or would like to remove your 
name from the mailing list, please return the attached Information 
Request (appendix 3).

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-
115). 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: November 19, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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                                                 Applicants: Midcontinent                                Any person desiring to intervene or                service, persons with Internet access
                                              Independent System Operator, Inc.                       protest in any of the above proceedings               who will eFile a document and/or be
                                                 Description: Tariff Amendment:                       must file in accordance with Rules 211                listed as a contact for an intervenor
                                              2015–11–17 MISO–PJM JOA M2M FFE                         and 214 of the Commission’s                           must create and validate an
                                              Deficiency Response to be effective 9/                  Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and                       eRegistration account using the
                                              30/2015.                                                385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern               eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
                                                 Filed Date: 11/17/15.                                time on the specified comment date.                   link to log on and submit the
                                                 Accession Number: 20151117–5152.                     Protests may be considered, but                       intervention or protests.
                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/8/15.                     intervention is necessary to become a                    Persons unable to file electronically
                                                 Docket Numbers: ER16–289–001.                        party to the proceeding.                              should submit an original and 5 copies
                                                 Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric                    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed               of the intervention or protest to the
                                              Company.                                                information relating to filing                        Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
                                                 Description: Tariff Amendment: Errata                requirements, interventions, protests,                888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
                                              to COTP CIRS Appendix F Filing to be                    service, and qualifying facilities filings            20426.
                                              effective 1/6/2016.                                     can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/                    The filings in the above-referenced
                                                 Filed Date: 11/18/15.                                docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For               proceeding are accessible in the
                                                 Accession Number: 20151118–5004.                     other information, call (866) 208–3676                Commission’s eLibrary system by
                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/9/15.                     (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.            clicking on the appropriate link in the
                                                 Docket Numbers: ER16–343–000.                          Dated: November 18, 2015.                           above list. They are also available for
                                                 Applicants: RE Astoria 2 LLC.                        Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                                                                                                                            electronic review in the Commission’s
                                                 Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:                                                                      Public Reference Room in Washington,
                                                                                                      Deputy Secretary.
                                              Application for MBR to be effective 1/                                                                        DC. There is an eSubscription link on
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2015–30388 Filed 11–30–15; 8:45 am]
                                              19/2016.                                                                                                      the Web site that enables subscribers to
                                                 Filed Date: 11/18/15.                                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                receive email notification when a
                                                 Accession Number: 20151118–5055.                                                                           document is added to a subscribed
                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/9/15.                                                                           docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
                                                                                                      DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                 Docket Numbers: ER16–344–000.                                                                              Online service, please email
                                                 Applicants: Midcontinent                             Federal Energy Regulatory                             FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call
                                              Independent System Operator, Inc.                       Commission                                            (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
                                                 Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                                                                         (202) 502–8659.
                                              2015–11–18_Attachment J Revisions to                    [Docket No. ER16–355–000]
                                                                                                                                                              Dated: November 23, 2015.
                                              be effective 1/17/2016.                                                                                       Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                 Filed Date: 11/18/15.                                Colonial Eagle Solar, LLC;
                                                                                                      Supplemental Notice That Initial                      Deputy Secretary.
                                                 Accession Number: 20151118–5085.
                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/9/15.                     Market-Based Rate Filing Includes                     [FR Doc. 2015–30428 Filed 11–30–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                      Request For Blanket Section 204                       BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                 Docket Numbers: ER16–345–000.
                                                                                                      Authorization
                                                 Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
                                              Inc.                                                      This is a supplemental notice in the                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                 Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 2050              above-referenced proceeding Colonial
                                              OMPA PTP Notice of Cancellation to be                   Eagle Solar, LLC’s application for                    Federal Energy Regulatory
                                              effective 9/1/2015.                                     market-based rate authority, with an                  Commission
                                                 Filed Date: 11/18/15.                                accompanying rate tariff, noting that
                                                 Accession Number: 20151118–5118.                     such application includes a request for               [Docket Nos. CP15–115–001; CP15–115–
                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/9/15.                     blanket authorization, under 18 CFR                   000]
                                                 Docket Numbers: ER16–346–000.                        part 34, of future issuances of securities            National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation
                                                 Applicants: New York Independent                     and assumptions of liability.                         Empire Pipeline, Inc.; Supplemental
                                              System Operator, Inc.                                     Any person desiring to intervene or to              Notice of Intent to Prepare an
                                                 Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                   protest should file with the Federal                  Environmental Assessment for the
                                              Market participant resubmission of risk                 Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                     Proposed Northern Access 2016
                                              management policies to be effective 1/                  First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,               Project and Request for Comments on
                                              17/2016.                                                in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
                                                 Filed Date: 11/18/15.                                                                                      Environmental Issues
                                                                                                      of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
                                                 Accession Number: 20151118–5120.                     and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and                       On October 22, 2014, the Federal
                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/9/15.                     385.214). Anyone filing a motion to                   Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC
                                                 Docket Numbers: ER16–347–000.                        intervene or protest must serve a copy                or Commission) issued in Docket No.
                                                 Applicants: Public Service Company                   of that document on the Applicant.                    PF14–18–000 a Notice of Intent to
                                              of Colorado.                                              Notice is hereby given that the                     Prepare an Environmental Assessment
                                                 Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                   deadline for filing protests with regard              for the Planned Northern Access 2016
                                              2015–11–18_PSCo–TSGT–Ft Lupton                          to the applicant’s request for blanket                Project, Request for Comments on
                                              E&P–420–0.0.0–Filing to be effective 11/                authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of               Environmental Issues, and Notice of
                                              19/2015.                                                future issuances of securities and                    Public Scoping Meetings (October 22,
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                                                 Filed Date: 11/18/15.                                assumptions of liability, is December 14,             2014 NOI). In their application in
                                                 Accession Number: 20151118–5139.                     2015.                                                 Docket No. CP15–115–000, National
                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/9/15.                       The Commission encourages                           Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (Supply)
                                                 The filings are accessible in the                    electronic submission of protests and                 and Empire Pipeline, Inc. (Empire)
                                              Commission’s eLibrary system by                         interventions in lieu of paper, using the             (collectively referred to as National
                                              clicking on the links or querying the                   FERC Online links at http://                          Fuel) filed proposed locations for one
                                              docket number.                                          www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic                new compressor station and one natural


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                                              gas dehydration facility in Niagara                     specifically seeking comments on the                  a comment on a particular project,
                                              County, New York. To solicit comments                   new proposed location of the Pendleton                please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as
                                              on the new proposed aboveground                         Compressor Station and additional                     the filing type; or
                                              facilities, on April 29, 2015, the                      modifications associated with National                  (3) You can file a paper copy of your
                                              Commission issued a Supplemental                        Fuel’s amended application for the                    comments by mailing them to the
                                              Notice of Intent to Prepare an                          Project.                                              following address. Be sure to reference
                                              Environmental Assessment for the                           This notice is being sent to the                   the project docket number (CP15–115–
                                              Proposed Northern Access 2016 Project,                  Commission’s current environmental                    000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
                                              Request for Comments on                                 mailing list for this project. State and              Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
                                              Environmental Issues, Notice of                         local government representatives should               Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
                                              Environmental Site Review, and Notice                   notify their constituents of this                     NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
                                              of Public Scoping Meeting (April 29,                    proposed project and encourage them to                  Please note this is not your only
                                              2015 NOI). Based on public input                        comment on their areas of concern.                    public input opportunity; please refer to
                                              received throughout the scoping                            If you are a landowner receiving this              the review process flow chart in
                                              process, National Fuel now proposes a                   notice, a pipeline company                            appendix 1.2
                                              new location for its new compressor                     representative may contact you about
                                                                                                                                                            Summary of the Newly Proposed
                                              station and has made other                              the acquisition of an easement to
                                                                                                                                                            Facilities
                                              modifications to its proposed facilities                construct, operate, and maintain the
                                              in an amendment application in Docket                   proposed facilities. The company would                   The facilities that are the focus of this
                                              No. CP15–115–001. This Supplemental                     seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable               notice are the new Pendleton
                                              Notice is being issued to seek comments                 agreement. However, if the Commission                 Compressor Station (Killian Road Site)
                                              on these changes, and opens a new 30-                   approves the project, that approval                   and an additional 2.07 miles of 16- and
                                              day scoping period for interested parties               conveys with it the right of eminent                  14-inch diameter pipeline in the town of
                                              to file comments on environmental                       domain. Therefore, if easement                        Pendleton, New York to connect the
                                              issues specific to these facilities.                    negotiations fail to produce an                       new Pendleton Compressor Station to
                                                 The October 22, 2014 NOI announced                   agreement, the pipeline company could                 the northward to the existing XM–10
                                              that the FERC will prepare an                           initiate condemnation proceedings                     pipeline and southward to the existing
                                              environmental assessment (EA) to                        where compensation would be                           X-North Pipeline.
                                                                                                      determined in accordance with state                      The tie-in between the southern end
                                              address the environmental impacts of
                                                                                                      law.                                                  of Line XM–10 and National Fuel’s X-
                                              the Northern Access 2016 Project
                                                                                                         National Fuel provided landowners                  North pipeline in Wheatfield, New York
                                              (Project). Please refer to the NOI for
                                                                                                      with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC                is no longer necessary due to the newly
                                              more information about the facilities
                                                                                                      entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas                  proposed Pendleton Compressor Station
                                              proposed by National Fuel in
                                                                                                      Facility On My Land? What Do I Need                   site. National Fuel previously proposed
                                              Pennsylvania and New York. The
                                                                                                      To Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a                to abandon all 3.09 miles of the XM–10
                                              Commission will use the EA in its
                                                                                                      number of typically asked questions,                  Pipeline system in Wheatfield, New
                                              decision-making process to determine
                                                                                                      including the use of eminent domain                   York and Pendleton, New York via sale
                                              whether to authorize the Project.                                                                             to Empire. Based on the new location of
                                                 You can make a difference by                         and how to participate in the
                                                                                                      Commission’s proceedings. It is also                  the Pendleton Compressor Station,
                                              providing us with your specific
                                                                                                      available for viewing on the FERC Web                 Empire would only acquire 1.08 miles
                                              comments or concerns about the project.
                                                                                                      site (www.ferc.gov).                                  of the XM–10 Pipeline system and
                                              Your comments should focus on the
                                                                                                                                                            associated facilities from National Fuel.
                                              potential environmental effects,                        Public Participation                                     The general location of the project
                                              reasonable alternatives, and measures to                                                                      facilities is shown in appendix 2.
                                              avoid or lessen environmental impacts.                    For your convenience, there are three
                                              Your input will help Commission staff                   methods you can use to submit your                    The EA Process
                                              determine what issues they need to                      comments to the Commission. The
                                                                                                      Commission encourages electronic filing                 The National Environmental Policy
                                              evaluate in the EA. To ensure your                                                                            Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
                                              comments are timely and properly                        of comments and has expert staff
                                                                                                                                                            take into account the environmental
                                              recorded, please send your comments so                  available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
                                                                                                                                                            impacts that could result from an action
                                              that the Commission receives them in                    or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully
                                                                                                                                                            whenever it considers the issuance of a
                                              Washington, DC on or before December                    follow these instructions so that your
                                                                                                                                                            Certificate of Public Convenience and
                                              19, 2015.                                               comments are properly recorded.
                                                                                                         (1) You can file your comments                     Necessity. NEPA also requires us to
                                                 The Commission previously solicited                                                                        discover and address concerns the
                                              input on the pipeline portion of the                    electronically using the eComment
                                                                                                      feature on the Commission’s Web site                  public may have about proposals. This
                                              project in Pennsylvania and New York                                                                          process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The
                                              in the fall of 2014. In addition, the                   (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                                                                      Documents and Filings. This is an easy                main goal of the scoping process is to
                                              Commission solicited input on the                                                                             focus the analysis in the EA on the
                                              aboveground facilities in Niagara                       method for submitting brief, text-only
                                                                                                      comments on a project;                                important environmental issues. By this
                                              County in the spring of 2015. If you                                                                          notice, the Commission requests public
                                              have previously submitted comments                         (2) You can file your comments
                                                                                                      electronically by using the eFiling                   comments on the scope of the issues to
                                              during the pre-filing review in docket
                                              no. PF14–18–000 or since the                            feature on the Commission’s Web site                    2 The appendices referenced in this notice will
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                                              application filing in docket no. CP15–                  (www.ferc.gov) under the link to                      not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the
                                              115–000, you do not need to resubmit                    Documents and Filings. With eFiling,                  appendices were sent to all those receiving this
                                              your comments at this time. We 1 are                    you can provide comments in a variety                 notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
                                                                                                      of formats by attaching them as a file                using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the
                                                                                                                                                            Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
                                                1 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the            with your submission. New eFiling                     Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)
                                              environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of       users must first create an account by                 502–8371. For instructions on connecting to
                                              Energy Projects.                                        clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing          eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.



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                                              75090                        Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 230 / Tuesday, December 1, 2015 / Notices

                                              address in the EA. We will consider all                  agency status should follow the                           interested in and/or potentially affected
                                              filed comments during the preparation                    instructions for filing comments                          by the proposed project.
                                              of the EA.                                               provided under the Public Participation                      Copies of the EA will be sent to the
                                                 In the EA we will discuss impacts that                section of this notice. Currently, the                    environmental mailing list for public
                                              could occur as a result of the                           U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and New                      review and comment. If you would
                                              construction and operation of the                        York Department of Agriculture and                        prefer to receive a paper copy of the
                                              proposed project under these general                     Markets have expressed their intention                    document instead of the CD version or
                                              headings:                                                to participate as cooperating agencies in                 would like to remove your name from
                                                 • Geology and soils;                                  the preparation of the EA to satisfy their                the mailing list, please return the
                                                 • Water resources and wetlands;                       NEPA responsibilities related to this                     attached Information Request (appendix
                                                 • Vegetation and wildlife, including                  project.                                                  3).
                                              migratory birds;                                         Consultations Under Section 106 of the
                                                 • Fisheries and aquatic resources;                                                                              Becoming an Intervenor
                                                                                                       National Historic Preservation Act
                                                 • Threatened, endangered, and other                                                                                In addition to involvement in the EA
                                              special-status species;                                     In accordance with the Advisory                        scoping process, you may want to
                                                 • Land use, recreation, special                       Council on Historic Preservation’s                        become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an
                                              interest areas, and visual resources;                    implementing regulations for section                      official party to the Commission’s
                                                 • Socioeconomics;                                     106 of the National Historic                              proceeding. Intervenors play a more
                                                 • Cultural resources;                                 Preservation Act, we are using this                       formal role in the process and are able
                                                 • Air quality and noise;                              notice to initiate consultation with the                  to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be
                                                 • Reliability and safety; and                         applicable State Historic Preservation                    heard by the courts if they choose to
                                                 • Cumulative environmental impacts.                   Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their                      appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
                                                 We will also evaluate reasonable                      views and those of other government                       An intervenor formally participates in
                                              alternatives to the proposed project or                  agencies, interested Indian tribes, and                   the proceeding by filing a request to
                                              portions of the project, and make                        the public on the project’s potential                     intervene. Instructions for becoming an
                                              recommendations on how to lessen or                      effects on historic properties.4 We will                  intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less
                                              avoid impacts on the various resource                    define the project-specific Area of                       Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’
                                              areas.                                                   Potential Effects (APE) in consultation                   link on the Commission’s Web site.
                                                 Please note that since the amended                    with the SHPO as the project develops.                    Motions to intervene are more fully
                                              application has been filed, an additional                On natural gas facility projects, the APE                 described at http://www.ferc.gov/
                                              docket number has been assigned                          at a minimum encompasses all areas                        resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.
                                              (CP15–115–001) for the amended                           subject to ground disturbance (examples
                                              Project facilities. As part of our pre-                  include construction right-of-way,                        Additional Information
                                              filing review, we participated in public                 contractor/pipe storage yards,                               Additional information about the
                                              Open House meetings sponsored by                         compressor stations, and access roads).                   project is available from the
                                              National Fuel in the project area in                     Our EA for this project will document                     Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
                                              August 2014 to explain the                               our findings on the impacts on historic                   at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
                                              environmental review process to                          properties and summarize the status of                    site at www.ferc.gov using the
                                              interested stakeholders. We also                         consultations under section 106.                          ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary
                                              conducted public scoping meetings of                     Environmental Mailing List                                link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and
                                              along the proposed pipeline route in                                                                               enter the docket number, excluding the
                                              November 2014 and in Pendleton, New                         The environmental mailing list
                                                                                                       includes federal, state, and local                        last three digits in the Docket Number
                                              York in May 2015. We have also                                                                                     field (i.e., CP15–115). Be sure you have
                                              contacted federal and state agencies to                  government representatives and
                                                                                                       agencies; elected officials;                              selected an appropriate date range. For
                                              discuss their involvement in the scoping                                                                           assistance, please contact FERC Online
                                              process and the preparation of the EA.                   environmental and public interest
                                                                                                       groups; Native American Tribes; other                     Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov
                                                 The EA will present our independent                                                                             or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for
                                              analysis of the issues. We will publish                  interested parties; and local libraries
                                                                                                       and newspapers. This list also includes                   TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The
                                              and distribute the EA for public                                                                                   eLibrary link also provides access to the
                                              comment. We will consider all                            all affected landowners (as defined in
                                                                                                       the Commission’s regulations) who are                     texts of formal documents issued by the
                                              comments on the EA before making our                                                                               Commission, such as orders, notices,
                                              recommendations to the Commission.                       potential right-of-way grantors, whose
                                                                                                       property may be used temporarily for                      and rulemakings.
                                              To ensure we have the opportunity to                                                                                  In addition, the Commission offers a
                                              consider and address your comments,                      project purposes, or who own homes
                                                                                                       within certain distances of aboveground                   free service called eSubscription which
                                              please carefully follow the instructions                                                                           allows you to keep track of all formal
                                              in the Public Participation section,                     facilities, and anyone who submits
                                                                                                       comments on the project. We will                          issuances and submittals in specific
                                              beginning on page 2 of this notice.                                                                                dockets. This can reduce the amount of
                                                 With this notice, we are asking                       update the environmental mailing list as
                                                                                                       the analysis proceeds to ensure that we                   time you spend researching proceedings
                                              agencies with jurisdiction by law and/                                                                             by automatically providing you with
                                              or special expertise with respect to the                 send the information related to this
                                                                                                       environmental review to all individuals,                  notification of these filings, document
                                              environmental issues of this project to                                                                            summaries, and direct links to the
                                              formally cooperate with us in the                        organizations, and government entities
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                                                                                                                                                                 documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
                                              preparation of the EA.3 Agencies that                      4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s       filing/esubscription.asp.
                                              would like to request cooperating                        regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal                 Finally, public meetings or site visits
                                                                                                       Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define           will be posted on the Commission’s
                                                3 The Council on Environmental Quality                 historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                              regulations addressing cooperating agency                district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                                                                                                                                                 calendar located at www.ferc.gov/
                                              responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal        in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register     EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
                                              Regulations, Part 1501.6.                                of Historic Places.                                       with other related information.


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                                                                          Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 230 / Tuesday, December 1, 2015 / Notices                                                75091

                                                Dated: November 19, 2015.                             ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.              interventions in lieu of paper, using the
                                              Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                Persons unable to file electronically                 FERC Online links at http://
                                              Deputy Secretary.                                       should submit an original and 5 copies                www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–30472 Filed 11–30–15; 8:45 am]            of the protest or intervention to the                 service, persons with Internet access
                                              BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                      Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,                 who will eFile a document and/or be
                                                                                                      888 First Street NE., Washington, DC                  listed as a contact for an intervenor
                                                                                                      20426.                                                must create and validate an
                                              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                       This filing is accessible on-line at               eRegistration account using the
                                                                                                      http://www.ferc.gov, using the                        eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
                                              Federal Energy Regulatory                               ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for                link to log on and submit the
                                              Commission                                              electronic review in the Commission’s                 intervention or protests.
                                                                                                      Public Reference Room in Washington,                     Persons unable to file electronically
                                              [Docket No. EL16–16–000; Docket No.
                                                                                                      DC There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on              should submit an original and 5 copies
                                              QF06–17–004 ]
                                                                                                      the Web site that enables subscribers to              of the intervention or protest to the
                                              PáTu Wind Farm, LLC v. Portland                        receive email notification when a                     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
                                              General Electric Company, PáTu Wind                    document is added to a subscribed                     888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
                                              Farm, LLC; Notice of Complaint                          docket(s). For assistance with any FERC               20426.
                                                                                                      Online service, please email                             The filings in the above-referenced
                                                 Take notice that on November 18,                     FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call                   proceeding are accessible in the
                                              2015, pursuant to sections 206 and 306                  (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call             Commission’s eLibrary system by
                                              of the Federal Power Act (FPA),1 section                (202) 502–8659.                                       clicking on the appropriate link in the
                                              210(h)(1) of the Public Utility                            Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern                    above list. They are also available for
                                              Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA),2 and                   Time on December 8, 2015.                             electronic review in the Commission’s
                                              Rule 206 of the Federal Energy                            Dated: November 18, 2015.                           Public Reference Room in Washington,
                                              Regulatory Commission’s (Commission)                    Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                              DC. There is an eSubscription link on
                                              Rules of Practice and Procedure,3 PáTu                                                                       the Web site that enables subscribers to
                                                                                                      Deputy Secretary.
                                              Wind Farm, LLC (PáTu or Complainant)                                                                         receive email notification when a
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2015–30389 Filed 11–30–15; 8:45 am]
                                              filed a formal complaint against                                                                              document is added to a subscribed
                                                                                                      BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                              Portland General Electric Company                                                                             docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
                                              (Respondent) alleging that Respondent                                                                         Online service, please email
                                              violated the Commission’s orders 4 by                                                                         FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call
                                                                                                      DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                              refusing to permit Complainant to                                                                             (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
                                              establish a dynamic scheduling                          Federal Energy Regulatory                             (202) 502–8659.
                                              arrangement for delivery of power from                  Commission
                                              the PáTu wind farm to Respondent’s                                                                             Dated: November 23, 2015.
                                              Balancing Authority Area, all as more                   [Docket No. ER16–371–000]                             Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                              fully explained in the complaint.                                                                             Deputy Secretary.
                                                 The Complainant certifies that a copy                BioUrja Power, LLC; Supplemental
                                                                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2015–30430 Filed 11–30–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                      Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate
                                              of the complaint has been served on the                                                                       BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                      Filing Includes Request for Blanket
                                              Respondents.
                                                 Any person desiring to intervene or to               Section 204 Authorization
                                              protest this filing must file in                          This is a supplemental notice in the                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                              accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of                    above-referenced proceeding BioUrja
                                              the Commission’s Rules of Practice and                  Power, LLC’s application for market-                  Federal Energy Regulatory
                                              Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).                    based rate authority, with an                         Commission
                                              Protests will be considered by the                      accompanying rate tariff, noting that                 [Docket No. CP15–148–000]
                                              Commission in determining the                           such application includes a request for
                                              appropriate action to be taken, but will                blanket authorization, under 18 CFR                   Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company,
                                              not serve to make protestants parties to                part 34, of future issuances of securities            L.L.C; Notice of Schedule for
                                              the proceeding. Any person wishing to                   and assumptions of liability.                         Environmental Review of the
                                              become a party must file a notice of                      Any person desiring to intervene or to              Susquehanna West Project
                                              intervention or motion to intervene, as                 protest should file with the Federal
                                              appropriate. The Respondent’s answer                    Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                        On April 2, 2015, Tennessee Gas
                                              and all interventions, or protests must                 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,               Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (TGP) filed an
                                              be filed on or before the comment date.                 in accordance with Rules 211 and 214                  application in Docket No. CP15–148–
                                              The Respondent’s answer, motions to                     of the Commission’s Rules of Practice                 000 requesting authorization pursuant
                                              intervene, and protests must be served                  and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and                     to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to
                                              on the Complainants.                                    385.214). Anyone filing a motion to                   construct and operate certain natural gas
                                                 The Commission encourages                            intervene or protest must serve a copy                pipeline facilities. The proposed project
                                              electronic submission of protests and                   of that document on the Applicant.                    is known as the Susquehanna West
                                              interventions in lieu of paper using the                  Notice is hereby given that the                     Project (Project), and would deliver an
                                                                                                      deadline for filing protests with regard              additional 145,000 dekatherms per day
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                                                1 16 U.S.C. 824e & 825e.                              to the applicant’s request for blanket                of natural gas. According to TGP, its
                                                2 16 U.S.C. 824a–3(h)(1).                             authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of               project would meet market needs in the
                                                3 18 CFR 385.206 (2014).
                                                                                                      future issuances of securities and                    northeast U.S., which have been
                                                4 PáTu Wind Farm, LLC v. Portland General
                                                                                                      assumptions of liability, is December 14,             capacity constrained.
                                              Electric Co., 150 FERC ¶ 61,032, reh’g denied, 151
                                              FERC ¶ 61,223 (2015), petitions for review pending      2015.                                                    On April 13, 2015, the Federal Energy
                                              sub nom., Portland General Electric Co. v. FERC,          The Commission encourages                           Regulatory Commission (Commission or
                                              D.C. Cir. Nos. 15–1237 et al.                           electronic submission of protests and                 FERC) issued its Notice of Application


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