81_FR_4292 81 FR 4276 - National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Line QP, Line Q, and Queen Storage Project Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

81 FR 4276 - National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Line QP, Line Q, and Queen Storage Project Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 16 (January 26, 2016)

Page Range4276-4278
FR Document2016-01464

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4276-4278]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01464]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP16-28-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Intent To Prepare 
an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Line QP, Line Q, and Queen 
Storage Project 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 Line QP, Line Q, and Queen 
Storage Project involving construction and operation of facilities by 
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (National Fuel) in Forest and 
Warren Counties, Pennsylvania. National Fuel indicates the project 
would abandon capacity by sale a natural gas storage system and 
associated pipeline that is no longer needed by the company and would 
provide that capacity to other gathering system suppliers in 
Pennsylvania. Additionally, National Fuel proposes to replace a 
compromised portion of the pipeline associated with the storage system 
and install new pipeline to maintain National Fuel's distribution 
capability. The Commission will use this EA in its decision-making 
process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience 
and necessity.
    This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the 
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested 
agencies on the project. You can make a difference by providing us with 
your specific comments or concerns about the project. Your comments 
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable 
alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 
Your input will help the Commission staff determine what issues they 
need to evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your comments are timely and 
properly recorded, please send your comments so that the Commission 
receives them in Washington, DC on or before February 19, 2016.
    If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the 
opening of this docket on December 3, 2015, you will need to file those 
comments in Docket No. CP16-028-000 to ensure they are considered as 
part of this proceeding.
    This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental 
mailing list for this project. State and local government 
representatives should notify their constituents of this proposed 
project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
    If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a pipeline company 
representative may contact you about the acquisition of an easement to 
construct, operate, and maintain the proposed facilities. The company 
would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. However, if 
the Commission approves the project, that approval conveys with it the 
right of eminent domain. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to 
produce an agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation 
proceedings where compensation would be determined in accordance with 
state law.
    National Fuel provided landowners with a fact sheet prepared by the 
FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do 
I Need To Know?'' This fact sheet addresses a number of typically asked 
questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate 
in the Commission's proceedings. It is also available for viewing on 
the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov).

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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 
(CP16-028-000) 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

    National Fuel seeks authorization to abandon by sale all of its 
facilities comprising its Queen Storage Field, including the base gas 
in the field, its Queen Compressor Station, and a segment of its Line 
Q, approximately 5.5 miles in length, beginning at the Queen Compressor 
Station and traversing northwest to a location just south of the 
Allegheny River (the ``Line Q Segment''). Also, National Fuel seeks 
authorization to construct and operate approximately 5 miles of new 4-
inch-diameter plastic pipeline (``Line QP'') beginning at a point just 
north of the Allegheny River, and traversing southeast along or 
adjacent to the existing Line Q right-of-way, to a point approximately 
2,000 feet west of the Queen Compressor Station.
    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

    Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 45.3 
acres of land for the pipeline. Following construction, National Fuel 
would maintain about 20.5 acres for permanent operation of the 
project's facilities; the remaining acreage would be restored and 
revert to former uses.

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;
     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 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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Currently Identified Environmental Issues

    We have already identified an issue we think deserves attention 
based on a preliminary review of the proposed facilities and the 
environmental information provided by National Fuel. The proposed 
replacement of Line Q and installation of Line QP would involve an open 
cut crossing of the Allegheny River in segments that may contain 
sensitive freshwater mussels. We encourage comments on this issue as 
well as other issues you feel should be addressed in the EA.

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Environmental Mailing List

    The environmental mailing list 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.
    If we publish and distribute the EA, 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-
28). 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 20, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-01464 Filed 1-25-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    brief comments up to 6,000 characters,                 maintain National Fuel’s distribution
                                                                                                          without prior registration, using the                  capability. The Commission will use
                                                  Federal Energy Regulatory                               eComment system at http://www.ferc.                    this EA in its decision-making process
                                                  Commission                                              gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You                      to determine whether the project is in
                                                  [Project No. 14731–000]                                 must include your name and contact                     the public convenience and necessity.
                                                                                                          information at the end of your                            This notice announces the opening of
                                                  Energy Resources USA, Inc.; Notice of                   comments. For assistance, please                       the scoping process the Commission
                                                  Preliminary Permit Application                          contact FERC Online Support at                         will use to gather input from the public
                                                  Accepted for Filing and Soliciting                      FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll                     and interested agencies on the project.
                                                  Comments, Motions To Intervene, and                     free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,                    You can make a difference by providing
                                                  Competing Applications                                  (202) 502–8659. Although the                           us with your specific comments or
                                                                                                          Commission strongly encourages                         concerns about the project. Your
                                                     On November 27, 2015, Energy                         electronic filing, documents may also be
                                                  Resources USA, Inc. filed an application                                                                       comments should focus on the potential
                                                                                                          paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an                    environmental effects, reasonable
                                                  for a preliminary permit, pursuant to                   original and seven copies to: Kimberly
                                                  section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act                                                                          alternatives, and measures to avoid or
                                                                                                          D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
                                                  (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility                                                                      lessen environmental impacts. Your
                                                                                                          Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
                                                  of a hydropower project located at the                                                                         input will help the Commission staff
                                                                                                          NE., Washington, DC 20426.
                                                  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps)                                                                          determine what issues they need to
                                                                                                             More information about this project,
                                                  Green River Lock and Dam No. 5,                                                                                evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your
                                                                                                          including a copy of the application, can
                                                  located on the Green River in Warren                                                                           comments are timely and properly
                                                                                                          be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
                                                  County, Kentucky. The sole purpose of                                                                          recorded, please send your comments so
                                                                                                          link of Commission’s Web site at http://
                                                  a preliminary permit, if issued, is to                                                                         that the Commission receives them in
                                                                                                          www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
                                                  grant the permit holder priority to file                                                                       Washington, DC on or before February
                                                                                                          Enter the docket number (P–14731–000)
                                                  a license application during the permit                                                                        19, 2016.
                                                                                                          in the docket number field to access the
                                                  term. A preliminary permit does not                                                                               If you sent comments on this project
                                                                                                          document. For assistance, contact FERC
                                                  authorize the permit holder to perform                                                                         to the Commission before the opening of
                                                                                                          Online Support.
                                                  any land-disturbing activities or                                                                              this docket on December 3, 2015, you
                                                  otherwise enter upon lands or waters                      Dated: January 19, 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                 will need to file those comments in
                                                  owned by others without the owners’                     Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                                                                                                                                 Docket No. CP16–028–000 to ensure
                                                  express permission.                                     Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                                 they are considered as part of this
                                                     The proposed project would consist of                [FR Doc. 2016–01459 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am]            proceeding.
                                                  the following: (1) a 770-foot-long, 300-                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                  foot-wide intake channel with a 85-foot-                                                                          This notice is being sent to the
                                                  long retaining wall; (2) a 98-foot-long,                                                                       Commission’s current environmental
                                                  66-foot-wide powerhouse containing                      DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                   mailing list for this project. State and
                                                  two generating units with a total                                                                              local government representatives should
                                                  capacity of 7 megawatts; (3) a 1000-foot-               Federal Energy Regulatory                              notify their constituents of this
                                                  long, 220-foot-wide tailrace with a 40-                 Commission                                             proposed project and encourage them to
                                                  foot-long retaining wall; (4) a 4.16/69                                                                        comment on their areas of concern.
                                                                                                          [Docket No. CP16–28–000]
                                                  kilo-Volt (kV) substation; and (5) a 11.5-                                                                        If you are a landowner receiving this
                                                  mile-long, 69 kV transmission line. The                 National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation;                  notice, a pipeline company
                                                  proposed project would have an average                  Notice of Intent To Prepare an                         representative may contact you about
                                                  annual generation of 39,800 megawatt-                   Environmental Assessment for the                       the acquisition of an easement to
                                                  hours, and operate utilizing surplus                    Proposed Line QP, Line Q, and Queen                    construct, operate, and maintain the
                                                  water from the Green River Lock and                     Storage Project Request for Comments                   proposed facilities. The company would
                                                  Dam No. 5, as directed by the Corps.                    on Environmental Issues                                seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
                                                     Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander                                                                                agreement. However, if the Commission
                                                  Gonzalez, Energy Resources USA, Inc.,                     The staff of the Federal Energy
                                                                                                                                                                 approves the project, that approval
                                                  2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite 804, Coral                    Regulatory Commission (FERC or
                                                                                                                                                                 conveys with it the right of eminent
                                                  Gables, Florida 33134. (954) 248–8425.                  Commission) will prepare an
                                                                                                                                                                 domain. Therefore, if easement
                                                     FERC Contact: Dustin Wilson,                         environmental assessment (EA) that will
                                                                                                                                                                 negotiations fail to produce an
                                                  Dustin.Wilson@ferc.gov, (202) 502–                      discuss the environmental impacts of
                                                                                                                                                                 agreement, the pipeline company could
                                                  6528.                                                   the Line QP, Line Q, and Queen Storage
                                                                                                                                                                 initiate condemnation proceedings
                                                     Deadline for filing comments, motions                Project involving construction and
                                                  to intervene, competing applications                                                                           where compensation would be
                                                                                                          operation of facilities by National Fuel
                                                  (without notices of intent), or notices of              Gas Supply Corporation (National Fuel)                 determined in accordance with state
                                                  intent to file competing applications: 60               in Forest and Warren Counties,                         law.
                                                  days from the issuance of this notice.                  Pennsylvania. National Fuel indicates                     National Fuel provided landowners
                                                  Competing applications and notices of                   the project would abandon capacity by                  with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC
                                                  intent must meet the requirements of 18                 sale a natural gas storage system and                  entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
                                                                                                                                                                 Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
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                                                  CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to                          associated pipeline that is no longer
                                                  intervene, notices of intent, and                       needed by the company and would                        To Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a
                                                  competing applications may be filed                     provide that capacity to other gathering               number of typically asked questions,
                                                  electronically via the Internet. See 18                 system suppliers in Pennsylvania.                      including the use of eminent domain
                                                  CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the                         Additionally, National Fuel proposes to                and how to participate in the
                                                  instructions on the Commission’s Web                    replace a compromised portion of the                   Commission’s proceedings. It is also
                                                  site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                   pipeline associated with the storage                   available for viewing on the FERC Web
                                                  efiling.asp. Commenters can submit                      system and install new pipeline to                     site (www.ferc.gov).


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                                                  Public Participation                                    Land Requirements for Construction                     please carefully follow the instructions
                                                    For your convenience, there are three                   Construction of the proposed facilities              in the Public Participation section,
                                                  methods you can use to submit your                      would disturb about 45.3 acres of land                 beginning on page 2.
                                                  comments to the Commission. The                         for the pipeline. Following construction,                With this notice, we are asking
                                                  Commission encourages electronic filing                 National Fuel would maintain about                     agencies with jurisdiction by law and/
                                                  of comments and has expert staff                        20.5 acres for permanent operation of                  or special expertise with respect to the
                                                  available to assist you at (202) 502–8258               the project’s facilities; the remaining                environmental issues of this project to
                                                  or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully                   acreage would be restored and revert to                formally cooperate with us in the
                                                  follow these instructions so that your                  former uses.                                           preparation of the EA.3 Agencies that
                                                  comments are properly recorded.                                                                                would like to request cooperating
                                                                                                          The EA Process                                         agency status should follow the
                                                     (1) You can file your comments
                                                  electronically using the eComment                          The National Environmental Policy                   instructions for filing comments
                                                  feature on the Commission’s Web site                    Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to                  provided under the Public Participation
                                                  (www.ferc.gov) under the link to                        take into account the environmental                    section of this notice.
                                                  Documents and Filings. This is an easy                  impacts that could result from an action               Consultations Under Section 106 of the
                                                  method for submitting brief, text-only                  whenever it considers the issuance of a                National Historic Preservation Act
                                                  comments on a project;                                  Certificate of Public Convenience and
                                                     (2) You can file your comments                       Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to                    In accordance with the Advisory
                                                  electronically by using the eFiling                     discover and address concerns the                      Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                  feature on the Commission’s Web site                    public may have about proposals. This                  implementing regulations for section
                                                  (www.ferc.gov) under the link to                        process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The             106 of the National Historic
                                                  Documents and Filings. With eFiling,                    main goal of the scoping process is to                 Preservation Act, we are using this
                                                  you can provide comments in a variety                   focus the analysis in the EA on the                    notice to initiate consultation with the
                                                  of formats by attaching them as a file                  important environmental issues. By this                applicable State Historic Preservation
                                                  with your submission. New eFiling                       notice, the Commission requests public                 Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views
                                                  users must first create an account by                   comments on the scope of the issues to                 and those of other government agencies,
                                                  clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing            address in the EA. We will consider all                interested Indian tribes, and the public
                                                  a comment on a particular project,                      filed comments during the preparation                  on the project’s potential effects on
                                                  please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as                of the EA.                                             historic properties.4 We will define the
                                                  the filing type; or                                        In the EA we will discuss impacts that              project-specific Area of Potential Effects
                                                     (3) You can file a paper copy of your                could occur as a result of the                         (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as
                                                  comments by mailing them to the                         construction and operation of the                      the project develops. On natural gas
                                                  following address. Be sure to reference                 proposed project under these general                   facility projects, the APE at a minimum
                                                  the project docket number (CP16–028–                    headings:                                              encompasses all areas subject to ground
                                                  000) with your submission: Kimberly D.                     • Geology and soils;                                disturbance (examples include
                                                  Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy                            • land use;                                         construction right-of-way, contractor/
                                                  Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street                    • water resources, fisheries, and                   pipe storage yards, compressor stations,
                                                  NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.                     wetlands;                                              and access roads). Our EA for this
                                                                                                             • cultural resources;                               project will document our findings on
                                                  Summary of the Proposed Project                            • vegetation and wildlife;                          the impacts on historic properties and
                                                    National Fuel seeks authorization to                     • air quality and noise;                            summarize the status of consultations
                                                  abandon by sale all of its facilities                      • endangered and threatened species;                under section 106.
                                                  comprising its Queen Storage Field,                        • public safety; and                                Currently Identified Environmental
                                                  including the base gas in the field, its                   • cumulative impacts.                               Issues
                                                  Queen Compressor Station, and a                            We will also evaluate reasonable
                                                  segment of its Line Q, approximately 5.5                alternatives to the proposed project or                  We have already identified an issue
                                                  miles in length, beginning at the Queen                 portions of the project, and make                      we think deserves attention based on a
                                                  Compressor Station and traversing                       recommendations on how to lessen or                    preliminary review of the proposed
                                                  northwest to a location just south of the               avoid impacts on the various resource                  facilities and the environmental
                                                  Allegheny River (the ‘‘Line Q                           areas.                                                 information provided by National Fuel.
                                                  Segment’’). Also, National Fuel seeks                      The EA will present our independent                 The proposed replacement of Line Q
                                                  authorization to construct and operate                  analysis of the issues. The EA will be                 and installation of Line QP would
                                                  approximately 5 miles of new 4-inch-                    available in the public record through                 involve an open cut crossing of the
                                                  diameter plastic pipeline (‘‘Line QP’’)                 eLibrary. Depending on the comments                    Allegheny River in segments that may
                                                  beginning at a point just north of the                  received during the scoping process, we                contain sensitive freshwater mussels.
                                                  Allegheny River, and traversing                         may also publish and distribute the EA                 We encourage comments on this issue
                                                  southeast along or adjacent to the                      to the public for an allotted comment                  as well as other issues you feel should
                                                  existing Line Q right-of-way, to a point                period. We will consider all comments                  be addressed in the EA.
                                                  approximately 2,000 feet west of the                    on the EA before making our
                                                  Queen Compressor Station.                               recommendations to the Commission.                       3 The Council on Environmental Quality

                                                                                                                                                                 regulations addressing cooperating agency
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                                                    The general location of the project                   To ensure we have the opportunity to
                                                                                                                                                                 responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
                                                  facilities is shown in appendix 1.1                     consider and address your comments,                    Regulations, Part 1501.6.
                                                                                                                                                                   4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                    1 The appendices referenced in this notice will       Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)        regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal
                                                  not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of           502–8371. For instructions on connecting to            Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define
                                                  appendices were sent to all those receiving this        eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.       historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                  notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov      2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the           district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                                  using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the          environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of      in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
                                                  Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First           Energy Projects.                                       of Historic Places.



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                                                  Environmental Mailing List                              Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov                  385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                                     The environmental mailing list                       or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for                 time on the specified comment date.
                                                  federal, state, and local government                    TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The                       Protests may be considered, but
                                                  representatives and agencies; elected                   eLibrary link also provides access to the              intervention is necessary to become a
                                                  officials; environmental and public                     texts of formal documents issued by the                party to the proceeding.
                                                  interest groups; Native American Tribes;                Commission, such as orders, notices,                      eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
                                                  other interested parties; and local                     and rulemakings.                                       information relating to filing
                                                                                                             In addition, the Commission offers a                requirements, interventions, protests,
                                                  libraries and newspapers. This list also
                                                                                                          free service called eSubscription which                service, and qualifying facilities filings
                                                  includes all affected landowners (as
                                                                                                          allows you to keep track of all formal                 can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                  defined in the Commission’s
                                                                                                          issuances and submittals in specific                   docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
                                                  regulations) who are potential right-of-
                                                                                                          dockets. This can reduce the amount of                 other information, call (866) 208–3676
                                                  way grantors, whose property may be
                                                                                                          time you spend researching proceedings                 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
                                                  used temporarily for project purposes,
                                                                                                          by automatically providing you with                      Dated: January 14, 2016.
                                                  or who own homes within certain
                                                                                                          notification of these filings, document
                                                  distances of aboveground facilities, and                                                                       Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                                                                          summaries, and direct links to the
                                                  anyone who submits comments on the                                                                             Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                          documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
                                                  project. We will update the                                                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–01454 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          filing/esubscription.asp.
                                                  environmental mailing list as the
                                                                                                             Finally, public meetings or site visits             BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                  analysis proceeds to ensure that we
                                                                                                          will be posted on the Commission’s
                                                  send the information related to this
                                                                                                          calendar located at www.ferc.gov/
                                                  environmental review to all individuals,                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                          EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
                                                  organizations, and government entities
                                                                                                          with other related information.                        Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                  interested in and/or potentially affected
                                                  by the proposed project.                                  Dated: January 20, 2016.                             Commission
                                                     If we publish and distribute the EA,                 Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                                                                                                                                 [Docket No. CD16–5–000]
                                                  copies of the EA will be sent to the                    Deputy Secretary.
                                                  environmental mailing list for public                   [FR Doc. 2016–01464 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am]            Thoreson Family Ranch, LLC; Notice
                                                  review and comment. If you would                        BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                 of Preliminary Determination of a
                                                  prefer to receive a paper copy of the                                                                          Qualifying Conduit Hydropower
                                                  document instead of the CD version or                                                                          Facility and Soliciting Comments and
                                                  would like to remove your name from                     DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                   Motions To Intervene
                                                  the mailing list, please return the
                                                  attached Information Request (appendix                  Federal Energy Regulatory                                On January 5, 2016, as supplemented
                                                  2).                                                     Commission                                             on January 14 and 15, 2016, Thoreson
                                                                                                                                                                 Family Ranch, LLC, filed a notice of
                                                  Becoming an Intervenor                                  Combined Notice of Filings                             intent to construct a qualifying conduit
                                                     In addition to involvement in the EA                   Take notice that the Commission has                  hydropower facility, pursuant to section
                                                  scoping process, you may want to                        received the following Natural Gas                     30 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as
                                                  become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an                    Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:               amended by section 4 of the
                                                  official party to the Commission’s                                                                             Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act
                                                  proceeding. Intervenors play a more                     Filings Instituting Proceedings                        of 2013 (HREA). The proposed Thoreson
                                                  formal role in the process and are able                    Docket Numbers: RP16–381–000.                       Family Ranch Project would have an
                                                  to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be                 Applicants: Transcontinental Gas                    installed capacity of 2 kilowatts (kW),
                                                  heard by the courts if they choose to                   Pipe Line Company.                                     and would be located at the end of an
                                                  appeal the Commission’s final ruling.                      Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:              existing 6-inch-diameter irrigation
                                                  An intervenor formally participates in                  LSS and SS–2 Tracker Effective                         pipeline. The project would be located
                                                  the proceeding by filing a request to                   November 1, 2015 to be effective 11/1/                 near Cottage Grove, in Lane County,
                                                  intervene. Instructions for becoming an                 2015.                                                  Oregon.
                                                  intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less                      Filed Date: 1/13/16.                                  Applicant Contact: Stephen Joel
                                                  Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’                Accession Number: 20160113–5104.                    Thoreson, 319 North 20th Street,
                                                  link on the Commission’s Web site.                         Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/25/16.                    Cottage Grove, Oregon 97424, Phone No.
                                                  Motions to intervene are more fully                        Docket Numbers: RP16–382–000.                       (541) 942–7407.
                                                  described at http://www.ferc.gov/                          Applicants: Alliance Pipeline L.P.                    FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney,
                                                  resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.                     Description: Section 4(d) Rate Filing:              Phone No. (202) 502–6778, email:
                                                                                                          Contract 1000591 Correction & Others to                christopher.chaney@ferc.gov.
                                                  Additional Information                                  be effective 12/1/2015.                                  Qualifying Conduit Hydropower
                                                     Additional information about the                        Filed Date: 1/13/16.                                Facility Description: The proposed
                                                  project is available from the                              Accession Number: 20160113–5246.                    project would consist of: (1) An existing
                                                  Commission’s Office of External Affairs,                   Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/25/16.                    pump house, approximately 8 feet by 10
                                                  at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web                      The filings are accessible in the                   feet, at the end of an existing 6-inch-
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                                                  site at www.ferc.gov using the                          Commission’s eLibrary system by                        diameter irrigation pipeline; (2) one
                                                  ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary                clicking on the links or querying the                  turbine/generator unit with an installed
                                                  link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and                   docket number.                                         capacity of 2 kW; (3) an approximately
                                                  enter the docket number, excluding the                     Any person desiring to intervene or                 5-foot-long tailrace, discharging to
                                                  last three digits in the Docket Number                  protest in any of the above proceedings                Damewood Creek; and (4) appurtenant
                                                  field (i.e., CP16–28). Be sure you have                 must file in accordance with Rules 211                 facilities.
                                                  selected an appropriate date range. For                 and 214 of the Commission’s                              The proposed project would have a
                                                  assistance, please contact FERC Online                  Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and                        total installed capacity of 2 kW.


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation81 FR 4276 

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