81 FR 19966 - Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Dalton Expansion Project

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 66 (April 6, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-07853

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-117-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of 
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Dalton 
Expansion Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 
Dalton Expansion Project (Project), proposed by Transcontinental Gas 
Pipe Line, LLC (Transco) in the above-referenced docket. Transco 
requests authorization to construct and operate about 113 miles of new 
natural gas pipeline and associated facilities in Coweta, Carroll, 
Douglas, Paulding, Bartow, Gordon, and Murray Counties, Georgia and a 
new compressor station in Carroll County, Georgia. Additionally, 
Transco plans to modify existing facilities along its mainline 
transmission system in Virginia and North Carolina to accommodate 
bidirectional flow. Transco has indicated that the Project would 
provide 448,000 dekatherms per day of incremental firm transportation 
service to markets in northwest Georgia.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC 
staff concludes that approval of the proposed project, with appropriate 
mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    The proposed Dalton Expansion Project includes the following 
facilities:
     A new 21,830 horsepower compressor station (Compressor 
Station 116) in Carroll County, Georgia;
     three new meter stations in Bartow and Murray Counties, 
Georgia;
     about 7.6 miles of new 30-inch-diameter pipeline in Coweta 
and Carroll Counties, Georgia;
     48.2 miles of new 24-inch-diameter pipeline in Carroll, 
Douglas, Paulding, and Bartow Counties, Georgia;
     53.5 miles of new 20-inch-diameter pipeline in Bartow, 
Gordon, and Murray Counties, Georgia;
     1.5 miles of new 16-inch-diameter pipeline in Murray 
County, Georgia; and ancillary facilities associated with the new 
pipeline including mainline valves and pig1 launcher/receiver 
facilities.
    The FERC staff mailed copies of the EA to federal, state, and local 
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; 
environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; 
potentially affected landowners and other interested individuals and 
groups; newspapers and libraries in the project area; and parties to 
this proceeding. In addition, the EA is available for public viewing on 
the FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited 
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public 
inspection at:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First 
Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371

    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. 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 the Commission has the opportunity to consider your 
comments prior to making its decision on this project, it is important 
that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or before May 2, 
2016.
    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file 
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the 
project docket number (CP15-117-000 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 submitting brief, 
text-only comments on a project;
    (2) You can also 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

    Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a 
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\1\ Only intervenors have the 
right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision.

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The Commission grants affected landowners and others with environmental 
concerns intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they 
have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which no other 
party can adequately represent. Simply filing environmental comments 
will not give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor 
status to have your comments considered.
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    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the 
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the 
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search,'' and enter the docket number 
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP15-
117). 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.

    Dated: March 31, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
 Deputy Secretary.
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of the Commission’s Rules of Practice Commission) has prepared an are available for distribution and public
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and environmental assessment (EA) for the inspection at:
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to Dalton Expansion Project (Project), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
intervene or protest must serve a copy proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Public Reference Room, 888 First
of that document on the Applicant. Line, LLC (Transco) in the above- Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC
Notice is hereby given that the referenced docket. Transco requests 20426, (202) 502–8371
deadline for filing protests with regard authorization to construct and operate Any person wishing to comment on
to the applicant’s request for blanket about 113 miles of new natural gas the EA may do so. Your comments
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of pipeline and associated facilities in should focus on the potential
future issuances of securities and Coweta, Carroll, Douglas, Paulding, environmental effects, reasonable
assumptions of liability, is April 20, Bartow, Gordon, and Murray Counties, alternatives, and measures to avoid or
2016. Georgia and a new compressor station in lessen environmental impacts. The more
The Commission encourages Carroll County, Georgia. Additionally, specific your comments, the more useful
electronic submission of protests and Transco plans to modify existing they will be. To ensure that the
interventions in lieu of paper, using the facilities along its mainline transmission Commission has the opportunity to
FERC Online links at http:// system in Virginia and North Carolina to consider your comments prior to
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic accommodate bidirectional flow. making its decision on this project, it is
service, persons with Internet access Transco has indicated that the Project important that we receive your
who will eFile a document and/or be would provide 448,000 dekatherms per comments in Washington, DC on or
listed as a contact for an intervenor day of incremental firm transportation before May 2, 2016.
must create and validate an service to markets in northwest Georgia. For your convenience, there are three
eRegistration account using the The EA assesses the potential methods you can use to file your
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling environmental effects of the comments to the Commission. In all
link to log on and submit the construction and operation of the instances, please reference the project
intervention or protests. Project in accordance with the docket number (CP15–117–000 with
Persons unable to file electronically requirements of the National your submission. The Commission
should submit an original and 5 copies Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The encourages electronic filing of
of the intervention or protest to the FERC staff concludes that approval of comments and has expert staff available
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the proposed project, with appropriate to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC mitigating measures, would not efiling@ferc.gov.
20426. constitute a major federal action (1) You can file your comments
The filings in the above-referenced significantly affecting the quality of the electronically using the eComment
proceeding are accessible in the human environment. feature on the Commission’s Web site
Commission’s eLibrary system by The proposed Dalton Expansion (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
clicking on the appropriate link in the Project includes the following facilities: Documents and Filings. This is an easy
above list. They are also available for • A new 21,830 horsepower method for submitting brief, text-only
electronic review in the Commission’s compressor station (Compressor Station comments on a project;
Public Reference Room in Washington, 116) in Carroll County, Georgia; (2) You can also file your comments
DC. There is an eSubscription link on • three new meter stations in Bartow electronically using the eFiling feature
the Web site that enables subscribers to and Murray Counties, Georgia; on the Commission’s Web site
receive email notification when a • about 7.6 miles of new 30-inch- (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
document is added to a subscribed diameter pipeline in Coweta and Carroll Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Counties, Georgia; you can provide comments in a variety
Online service, please email • 48.2 miles of new 24-inch-diameter of formats by attaching them as a file
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call pipeline in Carroll, Douglas, Paulding, with your submission. New eFiling
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call and Bartow Counties, Georgia; users must first create an account by
(202) 502–8659. • 53.5 miles of new 20-inch-diameter clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select
Dated: March 31, 2016. pipeline in Bartow, Gordon, and Murray the type of filing you are making. If you
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Counties, Georgia; are filing a comment on a particular
Deputy Secretary. • 1.5 miles of new 16-inch-diameter project, please select ‘‘Comment on a
[FR Doc. 2016–07856 Filed 4–5–16; 8:45 am]
pipeline in Murray County, Georgia; and Filing’’; or
ancillary facilities associated with the (3) You can file a paper copy of your
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new pipeline including mainline valves comments by mailing them to the
and pig1 launcher/receiver facilities. following address:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY The FERC staff mailed copies of the Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
EA to federal, state, and local Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
Federal Energy Regulatory government representatives and First Street NE., Room 1A,
Commission agencies; elected officials; Washington, DC 20426
environmental and public interest Any person seeking to become a party
[Docket No. CP15–117–000] groups; Native American tribes;
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to the proceeding must file a motion to
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line potentially affected landowners and intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Company, LLC; Notice of Availability other interested individuals and groups; Commission’s Rules of Practice and
of the Environmental Assessment for newspapers and libraries in the project Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).1 Only
the Proposed Dalton Expansion area; and parties to this proceeding. In intervenors have the right to seek
Project addition, the EA is available for public rehearing of the Commission’s decision.
viewing on the FERC’s Web site
The staff of the Federal Energy (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 1 See the previous discussion on the methods for

Regulatory Commission (FERC or A limited number of copies of the EA filing comments.

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81 FR 19966 - Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Dalton Expansion Project

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 66 (April 6, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission