81_FR_3415 81 FR 3402 - Magnum Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Magnum Gas Storage Amendment Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

81 FR 3402 - Magnum Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Magnum Gas Storage Amendment Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 13 (January 21, 2016)

Page Range3402-3404
FR Document2016-01115

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3402-3404]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01115]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP16-18-000]


Magnum Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare 
anEnvironmental Assessment for the Proposed Magnum Gas Storage 
Amendment Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will 
discuss the environmental impacts of the Magnum Gas Storage Amendment 
Project (Project) involving construction and operation of facilities by 
Magnum Gas Storage, LLC (Magnum) in Millard, Juab, and Utah Counties, 
Utah. The Commission will use this EA in its decision-making process to 
determine whether the project is in the public convenience and 
necessity. The proposed Project is an Amendment to the Certificate of 
Public Convenience and Necessity (Certificate) issued on March 17, 2011 
in Docket No. CP10-22-000 to Magnum. The Certificate authorized Magnum 
to construct, own, and operate a natural gas storage facility in 
Millard, Juab, and Utah Counties Utah, with related facilities 
including a 61.6 mile long, 36-inch diameter natural gas header 
pipeline (Header).
    This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the 
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested 
agencies on the project. You can make a difference by providing us with 
your specific comments or concerns about the project. Your comments 
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable 
alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 
Your input will help the Commission staff determine what issues they 
need to evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your comments are timely and 
properly recorded, please send your comments so that the Commission 
receives them in Washington, DC on or before February 16, 2016.
    If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the 
opening of this docket on November 16, 2015, you will need to file 
those comments in Docket No. CP16-18-000 to ensure they

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are considered as part of this proceeding.
    This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental 
mailing list for this project. State and local government 
representatives should notify their constituents of this proposed 
project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
    If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a Magnum 
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.
    Magnum 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/resources/guides/gas/gas.pdf).

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 
(CP16-18-000) with your submission:Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission,888 First Street NE Room 1A,Washington, DC 
20426.

Summary of the Proposed Project

    For this Amendment, Magnum is proposing the following changes to 
its facilities, all within the previously analyzed and approved project 
area:

Facilities Eliminated From Previous Authorization

     Brine evaporation pond 1;
     monitoring wells DA-1 and DA-2; and
     monitoring wells, GA-1, GA-2, GA-9, GA-10, and GA-11.

Pipeline Header

     A 6,252-foot-long segment of the header pipeline would be 
relocated 63 feet north, west of Jones road in Millard County, Utah.

Aboveground Facilities Relocated on Previous Authorized Site

     Four natural gas caverns;
     water wells 1 through 5;
     compression, dehydration, and pumping facilities;
     4-inch gas supply line;
     maintenance and laydown area;
     office/warehouse building and substation; and
     site-wide utilities.
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 
1.\1\
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    \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.
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Land Requirements for Construction

    For the Magnum Project approved in the March 17, 2011 Order, 
construction and operation would require the use of approximately 1,800 
acres of land. The gas storage facilities would be located on a 2,050 
acre site. Approximately 28 miles of the 61.6-mile-long Header would be 
collocated with the existing Utah-Nevada and Kern River Gas Pipelines. 
Also, a portion of the Header would also be located within the West 
Wide Energy Corridor. For the proposed Amendment, a 6,252-foot-long 
segment of the header pipeline would be relocated 63 feet north, west 
of Jones road. Magnum is not proposing any changes to the temporary or 
permanent right-of-way width for this portion of the Header alignment. 
Therefore, the previously approved temporary and permanent disturbance 
acreage would not increase.

The EA Process

    The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the 
Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could 
result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us 
\2\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about 
proposals. This process is referred to as ``scoping.'' The main goal of 
the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important 
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public 
comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We will 
consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA.
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    \2\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff 
of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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    In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of 
the construction and operation of the proposed project under these 
general headings:
     Geology and soils;
     land use;
     water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
     cultural resources;
     vegetation and wildlife, including migratory birds;
     air quality and noise;
     endangered and threatened species;
     public safety; and
     cumulative impacts.
    We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to 
lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
    The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA 
will be available in the public record through eLibrary. 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, beginning on page 2.
    With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law 
and/or special expertise with respect to the

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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.
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    \3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing 
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations, Part 1501.6.
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Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation 
Act

    In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's 
implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation 
with the applicable State Historic Preservation Office (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 2).

Becoming an Intervenor

    In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want 
to become an ``intervenor'' which is an official party to the 
Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the 
process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard 
by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling. 
An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a 
request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are in 
the ``Document-less Intervention Guide'' under the ``e-filing'' link on 
the Commission's Web site. Motions to intervene are more fully 
described at http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.

Additional Information

    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the 
FERC Web site at www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Click on the 
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number, 
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP16-
18). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the 
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, 
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission offers a free service called 
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances 
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time 
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with 
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to 
the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
    Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the 
Commission's calendar located at www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information.

    Dated: January 14, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-01115 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                      The above-referenced meetings are                     Docket No. ER11–2275, Midwest                            Dated: January 14, 2016.
                                                    open to the public.                                       Independent Transmission System                      Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                      The discussions at each of the                          Operator, Inc.                                       Deputy Secretary.
                                                    meetings described above may address                    Docket No. ER11–3279, Midwest                          [FR Doc. 2016–01120 Filed 1–20–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    matters at issue in the following                         Independent Transmission System                      BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                    proceedings:                                              Operator, Inc.
                                                    Docket No. ER11–4081, Midwest                           Docket No. ER12–1194, Midwest
                                                      Independent Transmission System                         Independent Transmission System                      DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                      Operator, Inc.                                          Operator, Inc.
                                                    Docket No. ER12–678, Midwest                                                                                   Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                                                                            Docket No. ER15–1210, Midcontinent                     Commission
                                                      Independent Transmission System                         Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                                      Operator, Inc.                                                                                               [Docket No. CP16–18–000]
                                                    Docket No. ER12–2302, Midwest                           Docket No. ER13–1938, Midcontinent
                                                      Independent Transmission System                         Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                   Magnum Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of
                                                      Operator, Inc.                                        Docket No. ER14–649, Midcontinent                      Intent To Prepare anEnvironmental
                                                    Docket No. ER13–187, Midwest                              Independent System Operator, Inc.                    Assessment for the Proposed Magnum
                                                      Independent Transmission System                       Docket No. ER14–2952, Midcontinent                     Gas Storage Amendment Project and
                                                      Operator, Inc.                                          Independent System Operator, Inc.                    Request for Comments on
                                                    Docket No. ER13–186, Midwest                            Docket No. ER14–2605, Midcontinent                     Environmental Issues
                                                      Independent Transmission System                         Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                                      Operator, Inc.                                        Docket No. ER14–1210, Midcontinent                        The staff of the Federal Energy
                                                    Docket No. ER13–101, Midwest                              Independent System Operator, Inc.                    Regulatory Commission (FERC or
                                                      Independent Transmission System                                                                              Commission) will prepare an
                                                                                                            Docket No. ER15–943, Midcontinent
                                                      Operator, Inc.                                                                                               environmental assessment (EA) that will
                                                    Docket No. ER13–89, MidAmerican                           Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                   discuss the environmental impacts of
                                                      Energy Company                                        Docket No. ER16–213, Midcontinent                      the Magnum Gas Storage Amendment
                                                    Docket No. ER12–1266, Midwest                             Independent System Operator, Inc.                    Project (Project) involving construction
                                                      Independent Transmission System                       Docket No. ER16–469, Midcontinent                      and operation of facilities by Magnum
                                                      Operator, Inc.                                          Independent System Operator, Inc.                    Gas Storage, LLC (Magnum) in Millard,
                                                    Docket No. ER12–1265, Midwest                           Docket No. ER16–470, Midcontinent                      Juab, and Utah Counties, Utah. The
                                                      Independent Transmission System                         Independent System Operator, Inc.                    Commission will use this EA in its
                                                      Operator, Inc.                                        Docket No. ER16–490, Midcontinent                      decision-making process to determine
                                                    Docket No. ER13–1924, Midcontinent                        Independent System Operator, Inc.                    whether the project is in the public
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.                                                                            convenience and necessity. The
                                                    Docket No. ER13–1943, Midcontinent                      Docket No. ER16–521, Midcontinent
                                                                                                              Independent System Operator, Inc.                    proposed Project is an Amendment to
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.                                                                            the Certificate of Public Convenience
                                                    Docket No. ER13–1944, Midcontinent                      Docket No. ER15–2657, Midcontinent
                                                                                                              Independent System Operator, Inc.                    and Necessity (Certificate) issued on
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.                                                                            March 17, 2011 in Docket No. CP10–22–
                                                    Docket No. ER13–1945, Midcontinent                      Docket No. ER16–533, Midcontinent
                                                                                                                                                                   000 to Magnum. The Certificate
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.                       Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                   authorized Magnum to construct, own,
                                                    Docket No. EL13–88, Northern Indiana                    Docket No. ER16–534, Midcontinent                      and operate a natural gas storage facility
                                                      Public Service Corp. v Midcontinent                     Independent System Operator, Inc.                    in Millard, Juab, and Utah Counties
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc., et                 Docket No. ER16–611, Midcontinent                      Utah, with related facilities including a
                                                      al.                                                     Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                                    Docket No. EL14–12, ABATE et al. v                                                                             61.6 mile long, 36-inch diameter natural
                                                                                                            Docket No. ER16–675, Midcontinent                      gas header pipeline (Header).
                                                      Midcontinent Independent System
                                                                                                              Independent System Operator, Inc.                       This notice announces the opening of
                                                      Operator, Inc., et al.
                                                                                                            Docket No. EL15–70, Public Citizen, Inc                the scoping process the Commission
                                                    Docket No. AD12–16, Capacity
                                                                                                              v. Midcontinent Independent System                   will use to gather input from the public
                                                      Deliverability across the MISO/PJM
                                                                                                              Operator, Inc.                                       and interested agencies on the project.
                                                      Seam
                                                    Docket No. AD14–3, Coordination of                      Docket No. EL15–71, People of the State                You can make a difference by providing
                                                      Energy and Capacity across the MISO/                    of Illinois v. Midcontinent                          us with your specific comments or
                                                      PJM Seam                                                Independent System Operator, Inc.                    concerns about the project. Your
                                                    Docket No. ER13–1938, Midcontinent                      Docket No. EL15–72, Southwestern                       comments should focus on the potential
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.                       Electric Cooperative, Inc. v.                        environmental effects, reasonable
                                                    Docket No. ER14–1736, Midcontinent                        Midcontinent Independent System                      alternatives, and measures to avoid or
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.                                                                            lessen environmental impacts. Your
                                                                                                              Operator, Inc.
                                                    Docket No. ER14–2445, Midcontinent                                                                             input will help the Commission staff
                                                                                                            Docket No. EL15–82, Illinois Industrial                determine what issues they need to
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.                       Energy Consumers v. Midcontinent
                                                    Docket No. ER15–133, Midcontinent                                                                              evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your
                                                                                                              Independent System Operator, Inc.                    comments are timely and properly
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                                    Docket No. ER15–530, Midcontinent                         For more information, contact Patrick                recorded, please send your comments so
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                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.                     Clarey, Office of Energy Markets                       that the Commission receives them in
                                                    Docket No. ER15–767, Midcontinent                       Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory                  Washington, DC on or before February
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.                     Commission at (317) 249–5937 or                        16, 2016.
                                                    Docket No. ER15–945, Midcontinent                       patrick.clarey@ferc.gov, or Christopher                   If you sent comments on this project
                                                      Independent System Operator, Inc.                     Miller, Office of Energy Markets                       to the Commission before the opening of
                                                    Docket No. ER09–1431, Midwest                           Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory                  this docket on November 16, 2015, you
                                                      Independent Transmission System                       Commission at (317) 249–5936 or                        will need to file those comments in
                                                      Operator, Inc.                                        christopher.miller@ferc.gov.                           Docket No. CP16–18–000 to ensure they


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                                                    are considered as part of this                            (3) You can file a paper copy of your                right-of-way width for this portion of
                                                    proceeding.                                             comments by mailing them to the                        the Header alignment. Therefore, the
                                                       This notice is being sent to the                     following address. Be sure to reference                previously approved temporary and
                                                    Commission’s current environmental                      the project docket number (CP16–18–                    permanent disturbance acreage would
                                                    mailing list for this project. State and                000) with your submission:Kimberly D.                  not increase.
                                                    local government representatives should                 Bose, Secretary,Federal Energy
                                                                                                                                                                   The EA Process
                                                    notify their constituents of this                       Regulatory Commission,888 First Street
                                                    proposed project and encourage them to                  NE Room 1A,Washington, DC 20426.                          The National Environmental Policy
                                                    comment on their areas of concern.                                                                             Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
                                                                                                            Summary of the Proposed Project                        take into account the environmental
                                                       If you are a landowner receiving this
                                                    notice, a Magnum representative may                       For this Amendment, Magnum is                        impacts that could result from an action
                                                    contact you about the acquisition of an                 proposing the following changes to its                 whenever it considers the issuance of a
                                                    easement to construct, operate, and                     facilities, all within the previously                  Certificate of Public Convenience and
                                                    maintain the proposed facilities. The                   analyzed and approved project area:                    Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to
                                                    company would seek to negotiate a                                                                              discover and address concerns the
                                                                                                            Facilities Eliminated From Previous
                                                    mutually acceptable agreement.                                                                                 public may have about proposals. This
                                                                                                            Authorization
                                                    However, if the Commission approves                                                                            process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The
                                                    the project, that approval conveys with                   • Brine evaporation pond 1;                          main goal of the scoping process is to
                                                                                                              • monitoring wells DA–1 and DA–2;                    focus the analysis in the EA on the
                                                    it the right of eminent domain.
                                                                                                            and                                                    important environmental issues. By this
                                                    Therefore, if easement negotiations fail
                                                                                                              • monitoring wells, GA–1, GA–2,                      notice, the Commission requests public
                                                    to produce an agreement, the pipeline
                                                                                                            GA–9, GA–10, and GA–11.                                comments on the scope of the issues to
                                                    company could initiate condemnation
                                                    proceedings where compensation would                    Pipeline Header                                        address in the EA. We will consider all
                                                    be determined in accordance with state                                                                         filed comments during the preparation
                                                                                                              • A 6,252-foot-long segment of the                   of the EA.
                                                    law.                                                    header pipeline would be relocated 63
                                                       Magnum provided landowners with a                                                                              In the EA we will discuss impacts that
                                                                                                            feet north, west of Jones road in Millard              could occur as a result of the
                                                    fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled                County, Utah.
                                                    ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On                                                                        construction and operation of the
                                                    My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’                      Aboveground Facilities Relocated on                    proposed project under these general
                                                    This fact sheet addresses a number of                   Previous Authorized Site                               headings:
                                                                                                                                                                      • Geology and soils;
                                                    typically asked questions, including the                  • Four natural gas caverns;
                                                    use of eminent domain and how to                          • water wells 1 through 5;                              • land use;
                                                    participate in the Commission’s                           • compression, dehydration, and                         • water resources, fisheries, and
                                                    proceedings. It is also available for                   pumping facilities;                                    wetlands;
                                                    viewing on the FERC Web site                              • 4-inch gas supply line;                               • cultural resources;
                                                    (www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/gas/                       • maintenance and laydown area;                         • vegetation and wildlife, including
                                                    gas.pdf).                                                 • office/warehouse building and                      migratory birds;
                                                                                                            substation; and                                           • air quality and noise;
                                                    Public Participation                                      • site-wide utilities.                                  • endangered and threatened species;
                                                      For your convenience, there are three                   The general location of the project                     • public safety; and
                                                    methods you can use to submit your                      facilities is shown in appendix 1.1                       • cumulative impacts.
                                                    comments to the Commission. The                                                                                   We will also evaluate reasonable
                                                                                                            Land Requirements for Construction                     alternatives to the proposed project or
                                                    Commission encourages electronic filing
                                                    of comments and has expert staff                          For the Magnum Project approved in                   portions of the project, and make
                                                    available to assist you at (202) 502–8258               the March 17, 2011 Order, construction                 recommendations on how to lessen or
                                                    or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully                   and operation would require the use of                 avoid impacts on the various resource
                                                    follow these instructions so that your                  approximately 1,800 acres of land. The                 areas.
                                                    comments are properly recorded.                         gas storage facilities would be located                   The EA will present our independent
                                                                                                            on a 2,050 acre site. Approximately 28                 analysis of the issues. The EA will be
                                                       (1) You can file your comments
                                                                                                            miles of the 61.6-mile-long Header                     available in the public record through
                                                    electronically using the eComment
                                                                                                            would be collocated with the existing                  eLibrary. Depending on the comments
                                                    feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                                                                            Utah-Nevada and Kern River Gas                         received during the scoping process, we
                                                    (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                                                                            Pipelines. Also, a portion of the Header               may also publish and distribute the EA
                                                    Documents and Filings. This is an easy
                                                                                                            would also be located within the West                  to the public for an allotted comment
                                                    method for submitting brief, text-only
                                                                                                            Wide Energy Corridor. For the proposed                 period. We will consider all comments
                                                    comments on a project;
                                                                                                            Amendment, a 6,252-foot-long segment                   on the EA before making our
                                                       (2) You can file your comments
                                                                                                            of the header pipeline would be                        recommendations to the Commission.
                                                    electronically by using the eFiling
                                                                                                            relocated 63 feet north, west of Jones                 To ensure we have the opportunity to
                                                    feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                                                                            road. Magnum is not proposing any                      consider and address your comments,
                                                    (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                                                                            changes to the temporary or permanent                  please carefully follow the instructions
                                                    Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
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                                                                                                                                                                   in the Public Participation section,
                                                    you can provide comments in a variety                     1 The appendices referenced in this notice will      beginning on page 2.
                                                    of formats by attaching them as a file                  not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of             With this notice, we are asking
                                                    with your submission. New eFiling                       appendices were sent to all those receiving this       agencies with jurisdiction by law and/
                                                    users must first create an account by                   notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
                                                                                                            using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the         or special expertise with respect to the
                                                    clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing
                                                                                                            Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
                                                    a comment on a particular project,                      Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)          2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
                                                    please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as                502–8371. For instructions on connecting to            environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of
                                                    the filing type; or                                     eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.       Energy Projects.



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                                                    3404                          Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 13 / Thursday, January 21, 2016 / Notices

                                                    environmental issues of this project to                   interested in and/or potentially affected               Dated: January 14, 2016.
                                                    formally cooperate with us in the                         by the proposed project.                              Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                    preparation of the EA.3 Agencies that                        Copies of the EA will be sent to the               Deputy Secretary.
                                                    would like to request cooperating                         environmental mailing list for public                 [FR Doc. 2016–01115 Filed 1–20–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    agency status should follow the                           review and comment. If you would                      BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                    instructions for filing comments                          prefer to receive a paper copy of the
                                                    provided under the Public Participation                   document instead of the CD version or
                                                    section of this notice.                                   would like to remove your name from                   DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                    Consultations Under Section 106 of the                    the mailing list, please return the
                                                                                                              attached Information Request (appendix                Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                    National Historic Preservation Act
                                                                                                              2).                                                   Commission
                                                      In accordance with the Advisory
                                                    Council on Historic Preservation’s                        Becoming an Intervenor                                [Docket No. CP16–38–000; PF15–21–000]
                                                    implementing regulations for section                         In addition to involvement in the EA
                                                    106 of the National Historic                                                                                    Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
                                                                                                              scoping process, you may want to
                                                    Preservation Act, we are using this                                                                             Notice of Application
                                                                                                              become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an
                                                    notice to initiate consultation with the                  official party to the Commission’s                       Take notice that on December 30,
                                                    applicable State Historic Preservation                    proceeding. Intervenors play a more
                                                    Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views                                                                       2015, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
                                                                                                              formal role in the process and are able               (Columbia), 5151 San Felipe, Suite
                                                    and those of other government agencies,                   to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be
                                                    interested Indian tribes, and the public                                                                        2500, Houston, TX 77056, filed an
                                                                                                              heard by the courts if they choose to                 application pursuant to section 7(c) of
                                                    on the project’s potential effects on                     appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
                                                    historic properties.4 We will define the                                                                        the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157
                                                                                                              An intervenor formally participates in                of the Commission’s Regulations
                                                    project-specific Area of Potential Effects
                                                                                                              the proceeding by filing a request to                 requesting authority to construct and
                                                    (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as
                                                                                                              intervene. Instructions for becoming an               operate its WB Xpress Project which
                                                    the project develops. On natural gas
                                                                                                              intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less                 would include: (i) The construction of
                                                    facility projects, the APE at a minimum
                                                                                                              Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’           approximately 29.2 miles of various
                                                    encompasses all areas subject to ground
                                                                                                              link on the Commission’s Web site.                    diameter pipeline, (ii) modifications to
                                                    disturbance (examples include
                                                                                                              Motions to intervene are more fully                   seven existing compressor stations, (iii)
                                                    construction right-of-way, contractor/
                                                                                                              described at http://www.ferc.gov/                     construction of two new compressor
                                                    pipe storage yards, compressor stations,
                                                                                                              resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.                stations, and (iv) uprating the maximum
                                                    and access roads). Our EA for this
                                                    project will document our findings on                     Additional Information                                allowable operating pressure (MAOP)
                                                    the impacts on historic properties and                                                                          on various segments of Columbia’s
                                                                                                                 Additional information about the                   existing Line WB and Line VB natural
                                                    summarize the status of consultations
                                                    under section 106.                                        project is available from the                         gas transmission systems. The WB
                                                                                                              Commission’s Office of External Affairs,              Xpress Project facilities are designed to
                                                    Environmental Mailing List                                at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web                 expand the capacity of Columbia’s
                                                       The environmental mailing list                         site at www.ferc.gov using the                        existing system to transport up to
                                                    includes: Federal, state, and local                       ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary              approximately 1.3 million dekatherms
                                                    government representatives and                            link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and                 per day (MMDth/d) of natural gas.
                                                    agencies; elected officials;                              enter the docket number, excluding the                Facilities to be constructed or uprated
                                                    environmental and public interest                         last three digits in the Docket Number                are located in Clay, Kanawha, Grant,
                                                    groups; Native American Tribes; other                     field (i.e., CP16–18). Be sure you have               Upshur, Randolph, Pendleton, Braxton,
                                                    interested parties; and local libraries                   selected an appropriate date range. For               and Hardy Counties, West Virginia and
                                                    and newspapers. This list also includes                   assistance, please contact FERC Online                in Clark, Fauquier, Fairfax, Loudoun,
                                                    all affected landowners (as defined in                    Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov                 Shenandoah, and Warren Counties,
                                                    the Commission’s regulations) who are                     or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for                Virginia. The cost to construct the
                                                    potential right-of-way grantors, whose                    TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The                      project facilities is approximately 780
                                                    property may be used temporarily for                      eLibrary link also provides access to the             million dollars.
                                                    project purposes, or who own homes                        texts of formal documents issued by the                  The filing may be viewed on the web
                                                    within certain distances of aboveground                   Commission, such as orders, notices,                  at http://www.ferc.gov using the
                                                    facilities, and anyone who submits                        and rulemakings.                                      ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
                                                    comments on the project. We will                             In addition, the Commission offers a               number excluding the last three digits in
                                                    update the environmental mailing list as                  free service called eSubscription which               the docket number field to access the
                                                    the analysis proceeds to ensure that we                   allows you to keep track of all formal                document. For assistance, contact FERC
                                                    send the information related to this                      issuances and submittals in specific                  at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
                                                    environmental review to all individuals,                  dockets. This can reduce the amount of                toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
                                                    organizations, and government entities                    time you spend researching proceedings                502–8659.
                                                                                                              by automatically providing you with                      Any questions concerning this
                                                      3 The Council on Environmental Quality                  notification of these filings, document               application should be directed to
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                                                    regulations addressing cooperating agency                 summaries, and direct links to the                    Michael D. Walker, Manager, FERC
                                                    responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
                                                    Regulations, Part 1501.6.
                                                                                                              documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                   Certificates, Columbia Gas
                                                      4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s       filing/esubscription.asp.                             Transmission, LLC, P.O. Box 1273
                                                    regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal                 Finally, public meetings or site visits            Charleston, West Virginia 25325, phone:
                                                    Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define           will be posted on the Commission’s                    (304) 357–2443, Fax: (304) 357–2770, or
                                                    historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                    district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                                                                                              calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                     email mdwalker@cpg.com or Brittany
                                                    in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register     EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                   Carns, Community Relations &
                                                    of Historic Places.                                       with other related information.                       Stakeholder Outreach Manager at the


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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