80 FR 8304 - Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Southern Indiana Market Lateral Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 31 (February 17, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 31 (February 17, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-03147 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 8304-8306] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-03147] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP15-14-000] Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Southern Indiana Market Lateral Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues On January 9, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued a ``Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Southern Indiana Market Lateral Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues'' (NOI). The entire environmental mailing list was not provided copies of the NOI; therefore, the Commission is issuing this Supplemental NOI to extend the scoping period and provide additional time for interested parties to file comments on environmental issues. The staff of the Commission will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Southern Indiana Market Lateral Project involving construction and operation of facilities by Texas Gas Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas) in Henderson County, Kentucky and Posey County, Indiana. The Commission will use this EA in its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity. The Commission continues to gather input from the public and interested agencies on the project. This process is referred to as scoping. Your input will help the Commission staff determine what issues they need to evaluate in the EA. The NOI identified February 9, 2015 as the close of the scoping period. Please note that the scoping period is now extended and will close on March 12, 2015. 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. Texas Gas provided landowners with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?'' This fact sheet addresses a number of typically-asked questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings. It is also available for viewing on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). Summary of the Proposed Project Texas Gas proposes to construct and operate a new approximately 29.9-mile-long, 20-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline lateral and an approximate 0.9-mile-long, 10-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline lateral extending from Texas Gas' facilities in Henderson County, Kentucky to interconnections with two industrial facilities in Posey County, Indiana. The Southern Indiana Market Lateral Project would provide about 166,000 million British thermal units per day of firm transportation capacity. According to Texas Gas, its project would provide two new customers with natural gas service. [[Page 8305]] The Southern Indiana Market Lateral Project would consist of the following facilities:About 29.9 miles of 20-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline lateral; about 0.9 mile of 10-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline lateral; and a mainline inspection launcher, mainline valve, and two meter and regulator stations. The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 1.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to all those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Requirements for Construction Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 611.2 acres of land for the aboveground facilities and the pipeline. Following construction, Texas Gas would maintain about 198.4 acres for permanent operation of the project's facilities; the remaining acreage would be restored and revert to former uses. About 6 percent of the proposed pipeline route parallels existing pipeline, utility, or road rights-of-way. The EA Process The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us \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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project under these general headings: Geology and soils; land use; water resources, fisheries, and wetlands; cultural resources; vegetation and wildlife; air quality and noise; endangered and threatened species; and public safety. We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas. The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA will be available in the public record through eLibrary. 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 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 below. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1501.6. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's implementing regulations for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation with the applicable State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on historic properties.\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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Participation 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. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. 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 March 12, 2015. For your convenience, there are three methods which you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances please reference the project docket number (CP15-14-000) with your submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or [email protected]. (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 interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project; (2) You can file your comments electronically 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.'' You must select the type of filing you are making. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select ``Comment on a Filing''; or (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 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 [[Page 8306]] project purposes or who own homes within certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits comments on the project. We will update the environmental mailing list as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the information related to this environmental review to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project. If we publish and distribute the EA, copies will be sent to the environmental mailing list for public review and comment. If you would prefer to receive a paper copy of the document instead of the CD version or would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please return the attached Information Request (appendix 2). Becoming an Intervenor In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want to become an ``intervenor'' which is an official party to the Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling. An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are in the User's Guide under the ``e-filing'' link on the Commission's Web site. 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- 14). 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 now 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: February 10, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-03147 Filed 2-13-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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PacifiCorp, Agua Caliente Solar, LLC, Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/2/15. process to determine whether the
Pinyon Pines Wind I, LLC, Pinyon Pines The filings are accessible in the project is in the public convenience and
Wind II, LLC, Solar Star California XIX, Commission’s eLibrary system by necessity.
LLC, Solar Star California XX, LLC, clicking on the links or querying the The Commission continues to gather
Topaz Solar Farms LLC, CalEnergy, docket number. input from the public and interested
LLC, CE Leathers Company, Del Ranch Any person desiring to intervene or agencies on the project. This process is
Company, Elmore Company, Fish Lake protest in any of the above proceedings referred to as scoping. Your input will
Power LLC, Salton Sea Power must file in accordance with Rules 211 help the Commission staff determine
Generation Company, Salton Sea Power and 214 of the Commission’s what issues they need to evaluate in the
L.L.C., Vulcan/BN Geothermal Power Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and EA. The NOI identified February 9, 2015
Company, Yuma Cogeneration 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern as the close of the scoping period.
Associates. time on the specified comment date. Please note that the scoping period is
Description: Response to Show Cause Protests may be considered, but now extended and will close on March
Order of the Berkshire Hathaway Energy intervention is necessary to become a 12, 2015.
MBR Sellers. party to the proceeding.
Filed Date: 2/9/15. This notice is being sent to the
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed Commission’s current environmental
Accession Number: 20150209–5120. information relating to filing
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/2/15. mailing list for this project. State and
requirements, interventions, protests, local government representatives should
Docket Numbers: ER10–1285–005. service, and qualifying facilities filings notify their constituents of this
Applicants: Craven County Wood can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ proposed project and encourage them to
Energy Limited Partnership. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For comment on their areas of concern.
Description: Notice of Non-Material other information, call (866) 208–3676
Change in Status of Craven County (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. If you are a landowner receiving this
Wood Energy Limited Partnership. notice, a pipeline company
Dated: February 9, 2015. representative may contact you about
Filed Date: 2/9/15.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., the acquisition of an easement to
Accession Number: 20150209–5177.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/2/15. Deputy Secretary. construct, operate, and maintain the
Docket Numbers: ER13–1523–002; [FR Doc. 2015–03108 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] proposed facilities. The company would
ER12–1875–003. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
Applicants: Blythe Energy Inc., agreement. However, if the Commission
AltaGas Renewable Energy Colorado approves the project, that approval
LLC. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY conveys with it the right of eminent
Description: Notice of Change in domain. Therefore, if easement
Federal Energy Regulatory negotiations fail to produce an
Status of Blythe Energy Inc. and AltaGas Commission
Renewable Energy Colorado LLC. agreement, the pipeline company could
Filed Date: 2/9/15. [Docket No. CP15–14–000] initiate condemnation proceedings
Accession Number: 20150209–5186. where compensation would be
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/2/15. Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; determined in accordance with state
Supplemental Notice of Intent To law.
Docket Numbers: ER15–372–001.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection, Prepare an Environmental Assessment Texas Gas provided landowners with
L.L.C. for the Proposed Southern Indiana a fact sheet prepared by the FERC
Description: Tariff Amendment per Market Lateral Project and Request for entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
35.17(b): Response to Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
Additional Information and Errata, PJM On January 9, 2015, the Federal To Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a
SA 1141 to be effective 10/10/2014. Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC number of typically-asked questions,
Filed Date: 2/9/15. or Commission) issued a ‘‘Notice of including the use of eminent domain
Accession Number: 20150209–5202. Intent to Prepare an Environmental and how to participate in the
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/2/15. Assessment for the Proposed Southern Commission’s proceedings. It is also
Docket Numbers: ER15–1013–000. Indiana Market Lateral Project and available for viewing on the FERC Web
Applicants: WSPP Inc. Request for Comments on site (www.ferc.gov).
Description: § 205(d) rate filing per Environmental Issues’’ (NOI). The entire Summary of the Proposed Project
35.13(a)(2)(iii): 2015 Normal to be environmental mailing list was not
effective 4/10/2015. provided copies of the NOI; therefore, Texas Gas proposes to construct and
Filed Date: 2/9/15. the Commission is issuing this operate a new approximately 29.9-mile-
Accession Number: 20150209–5087. Supplemental NOI to extend the long, 20-inch-diameter natural gas
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/2/15. scoping period and provide additional pipeline lateral and an approximate 0.9-
Docket Numbers: ER15–1014–000. time for interested parties to file mile-long, 10-inch-diameter natural gas
Applicants: The Connecticut Light comments on environmental issues. pipeline lateral extending from Texas
and Power Company, Public Service The staff of the Commission will Gas’ facilities in Henderson County,
Company of New Hampshire, Western prepare an environmental assessment Kentucky to interconnections with two
Massachusetts Electric Company. (EA) that will discuss the environmental industrial facilities in Posey County,
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Description: Northeast Utilities impacts of the Southern Indiana Market Indiana. The Southern Indiana Market
Service Company on behalf of The Lateral Project involving construction Lateral Project would provide about
Connecticut Light and Power Company, and operation of facilities by Texas Gas 166,000 million British thermal units
et. al. submits Notice of Cancellation of Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas) in per day of firm transportation capacity.
Service Agreements. Henderson County, Kentucky and Posey According to Texas Gas, its project
Filed Date: 2/9/15. County, Indiana. The Commission will would provide two new customers with
Accession Number: 20150209–5130. use this EA in its decision-making natural gas service.
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project purposes or who own homes Finally, public meetings or site visits the comment includes profanity, threats,
within certain distances of aboveground will be posted on the Commission’s information claimed to be Confidential
facilities, and anyone who submits calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ Business Information (CBI) or other
comments on the project. We will EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along information whose disclosure is
update the environmental mailing list as with other related information. restricted by statute.
the analysis proceeds to ensure that we Dated: February 10, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
send the information related to this Kimberly D. Bose, Bryan Groce, Office of Resource
environmental review to all individuals, Conservation and Recovery, Materials
Secretary.
organizations, and government entities Recovery and Waste Management
[FR Doc. 2015–03147 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am]
interested in and/or potentially affected Division, (5304P), Environmental
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by the proposed project. Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
If we publish and distribute the EA, Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
copies will be sent to the environmental telephone number: (703) 308–8750; fax
mailing list for public review and ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
number: (703) 308–0514; email address:
comment. If you would prefer to receive AGENCY
groce.bryan@epa.gov.
a paper copy of the document instead of [EPA–HQ–RCRA–2014–0925, FRL–9922–93– SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
the CD version or would like to remove OSWER] Supporting documents which explain in
your name from the mailing list, please
detail the information the EPA will be
return the attached Information Request Agency Information Collection
(appendix 2). collecting are available in the public
Activities; Proposed Collection;
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
Becoming an Intervenor Comment Request; Requirements for
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
Generators, Transporters, and Waste
In addition to involvement in the EA or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
Management Facilities Under the
scoping process, you may want to EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest
become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
System
official party to the Commission’s DC. The telephone number for the
proceeding. Intervenors play a more AGENCY: Environmental Protection Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
formal role in the process and are able Agency. additional information about EPA’s
to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be ACTION: Notice. public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
heard by the courts if they choose to dockets.
appeal the Commission’s final ruling. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
An intervenor formally participates in Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an the PRA, the EPA is soliciting comments
the proceeding by filing a request to information collection request (ICR), and information to enable it to: (i)
intervene. Instructions for becoming an Requirements for Generators, Evaluate whether the proposed
intervenor are in the User’s Guide under Transporters, and Waste Management collection of information is necessary
the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous for the proper performance of the
Web site. Waste Manifest System (EPA ICR No. functions of the Agency, including
0801.20, OMB Control No. 2050–0039) whether the information will have
Additional Information to the Office of Management and Budget practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
Additional information about the (OMB) for review and approval in accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
project is available from the accordance with the Paperwork burden of the proposed collection of
Commission’s Office of External Affairs, Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et information, including the validity of
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web seq.). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting the methodology and assumptions used;
site at www.ferc.gov using the public comments on specific aspects of (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary the proposed information collection as clarity of the information to be
link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and described below. This is a proposed collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
enter the docket number, excluding the extension of the ICR, which is currently of the collection of information on those
last three digits in the Docket Number approved through May 31, 2015. An who are to respond, including through
field (i.e., CP15–14). Be sure you have Agency may not conduct or sponsor and the use of appropriate automated
selected an appropriate date range. For a person is not required to respond to electronic, mechanical, or other
assistance, please contact FERC Online a collection of information unless it technological collection techniques or
Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov displays a currently valid OMB control other forms of information technology,
or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for number. e.g., permitting electronic submission of
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The DATES: Comments must be submitted on responses. EPA will consider the
eLibrary link also provides access to the or before April 20, 2015. comments received and amend the ICR
texts of formal documents issued by the ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, as appropriate. The final ICR package
Commission, such as orders, notices, referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– will then be submitted to OMB for
and rulemakings. RCRA–2014–0925, online using review and approval. At that time, EPA
In addition, the Commission now www.regulations.gov (our preferred will issue another Federal Register
offers a free service called eSubscription method), by email to rcra-docket@ notice to announce the submission of
which allows you to keep track of all epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
formal issuances and submittals in Center, Environmental Protection submit additional comments to OMB.
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specific dockets. This can reduce the Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Abstract: This ICR covers
amount of time you spend researching Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, recordkeeping and reporting activities
proceedings by automatically providing DC 20460. for the hazardous waste manifest paper
you with notification of these filings, EPA’s policy is that all comments system, under the Resource
document summaries, and direct links received will be included in the public Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
to the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/ docket without change including any EPA’s authority to require use of a
docs-filing/esubscription.asp. personal information provided, unless manifest system stems primarily from
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