81 FR 59208 - Tennessee Gas Transmission, L.L.C.; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Orion Project
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 167 (August 29, 2016)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 167 (August 29, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-20623 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 59208-59209] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-20623] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP16-4-000] Tennessee Gas Transmission, L.L.C.; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Orion Project The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the Orion Project, proposed by Tennessee Gas Transmission, L.L.C. (Tennessee Gas) in the above-referenced docket. Tennessee Gas requests authorization to construct and operate pipeline facilities, to add new tie-in facilities, and to modify an existing compressor station in Wayne and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania, which would deliver an additional 135,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas to meet needs of three contracted shippers in the northeast United States. The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the Orion Project in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers participated as a cooperating agency in the preparation of the EA. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by the proposal and participate in the NEPA analysis. The proposed Orion Project includes the following facilities:Approximately 12.9 miles of new 36-inch-diameter looping \1\ pipeline in Wayne and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- a new internal pipeline inspection (``pig'') \2\ launcher, crossover, and connecting facilities at the beginning of the proposed pipeline loop in Wayne County; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ A ``pig'' is a tool that the pipeline company inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal inspections, or other purposes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- a new pig receiver, crossover, and connecting facilities at the end of the proposed pipeline loop in Pike County; and modifications at Tennessee Gas's existing Compressor Station 323, including rewheeling/restaging of an existing compressor and other piping and appurtenant modifications. The FERC staff mailed copies of the EA to federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; potentially affected landowners and other interested individuals and groups; newspapers and libraries in the project area; and parties to this proceeding. In addition, the EA is available for public viewing on the FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502- 8371. Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that the Commission has the opportunity to consider your comments prior to making its decision on this project, it is important that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or before September 22, 2016. For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the project docket number (CP16-4-000) with your submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or [email protected]. (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief, text-only comments on a project; (2) You can also file your comments electronically using the eFiling feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on ``eRegister.'' You must select the type of filing you are making. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select ``Comment on a Filing''; or (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\3\ Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision. The Commission grants affected landowners and others with environmental concerns intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can adequately represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See the previous discussion on the methods for filing comments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 59209]] Additional information about the project is available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search,'' and enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP16- 4). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. Dated: August 23, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-20623 Filed 8-26-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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interventions in lieu of paper, using the The EA assesses the potential alternatives, and measures to avoid or
FERC Online links at http:// environmental effects of the lessen environmental impacts. The more
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic construction and operation of the Orion specific your comments, the more useful
service, persons with Internet access Project in accordance with the they will be. To ensure that the
who will eFile a document and/or be requirements of the National Commission has the opportunity to
listed as a contact for an intervenor Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The consider your comments prior to
must create and validate an FERC staff concludes that approval of making its decision on this project, it is
eRegistration account using the the proposed project, with appropriate important that we receive your
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling mitigating measures, would not comments in Washington, DC on or
link to log on and submit the constitute a major federal action before September 22, 2016.
intervention or protests. significantly affecting the quality of the For your convenience, there are three
Persons unable to file electronically human environment. methods you can use to file your
should submit an original and 5 copies The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers comments to the Commission. In all
of the intervention or protest to the participated as a cooperating agency in instances, please reference the project
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the preparation of the EA. Cooperating docket number (CP16–4–000) with your
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC agencies have jurisdiction by law or submission. The Commission
20426. special expertise with respect to encourages electronic filing of
The filings in the above-referenced resources potentially affected by the comments and has expert staff available
proceeding are accessible in the proposal and participate in the NEPA to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
Commission’s eLibrary system by analysis. efiling@ferc.gov.
clicking on the appropriate link in the The proposed Orion Project includes
(1) You can file your comments
above list. They are also available for the following facilities:
electronically using the eComment
electronic review in the Commission’s • Approximately 12.9 miles of new
36-inch-diameter looping 1 pipeline in feature on the Commission’s Web site
Public Reference Room in Washington, (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
DC. There is an eSubscription link on Wayne and Pike Counties,
Pennsylvania; Documents and Filings. This is an easy
the Web site that enables subscribers to method for submitting brief, text-only
• a new internal pipeline inspection
receive email notification when a comments on a project;
(‘‘pig’’) 2 launcher, crossover, and
document is added to a subscribed (2) You can also file your comments
connecting facilities at the beginning of
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC electronically using the eFiling feature
the proposed pipeline loop in Wayne
Online service, please email on the Commission’s Web site
County;
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call • a new pig receiver, crossover, and (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call connecting facilities at the end of the Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
(202) 502–8659. proposed pipeline loop in Pike County; you can provide comments in a variety
Dated: August 23, 2016. and of formats by attaching them as a file
Kimberly D. Bose, • modifications at Tennessee Gas’s with your submission. New eFiling
Secretary. existing Compressor Station 323, users must first create an account by
[FR Doc. 2016–20630 Filed 8–26–16; 8:45 am] including rewheeling/restaging of an clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select
existing compressor and other piping the type of filing you are making. If you
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and appurtenant modifications. are filing a comment on a particular
The FERC staff mailed copies of the project, please select ‘‘Comment on a
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY EA to federal, state, and local Filing’’; or
government representatives and (3) You can file a paper copy of your
Federal Energy Regulatory agencies; elected officials; comments by mailing them to the
Commission environmental and public interest following address: Kimberly D. Bose,
groups; Native American tribes; Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
[Docket No. CP16–4–000]
potentially affected landowners and Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room
Tennessee Gas Transmission, L.L.C.; other interested individuals and groups; 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Notice of Availability of the newspapers and libraries in the project Any person seeking to become a party
Environmental Assessment for the area; and parties to this proceeding. In to the proceeding must file a motion to
Proposed Orion Project addition, the EA is available for public intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the
viewing on the FERC’s Web site Commission’s Rules of Practice and
The staff of the Federal Energy (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).3 Only
Regulatory Commission (FERC or A limited number of copies of the EA intervenors have the right to seek
Commission) has prepared an are available for distribution and public rehearing of the Commission’s decision.
environmental assessment (EA) for the inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory The Commission grants affected
Orion Project, proposed by Tennessee Commission, Public Reference Room, landowners and others with
Gas Transmission, L.L.C. (Tennessee 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, environmental concerns intervenor
Gas) in the above-referenced docket. Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. status upon showing good cause by
Tennessee Gas requests authorization to Any person wishing to comment on stating that they have a clear and direct
construct and operate pipeline facilities, the EA may do so. Your comments interest in this proceeding which no
to add new tie-in facilities, and to should focus on the potential
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other party can adequately represent.
modify an existing compressor station environmental effects, reasonable Simply filing environmental comments
in Wayne and Pike Counties, will not give you intervenor status, but
Pennsylvania, which would deliver an 1 A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed
you do not need intervenor status to
additional 135,000 dekatherms per day parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
2 A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that the pipeline company
have your comments considered.
of natural gas to meet needs of three inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for
contracted shippers in the northeast cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal 3 See the previous discussion on the methods for
United States. inspections, or other purposes. filing comments.
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Additional information about the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY communication, and may request that
project is available from the the Commission place the prohibited
Commission’s Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory communication and responses thereto
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web Commission in the decisional record. The
site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary Commission will grant such a request
[Docket No. RM98–1–000] only when it determines that fairness so
link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on
‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the docket Records Governing Off-the-Record requires. Any person identified below as
number excluding the last three digits in Communications; Public Notice having made a prohibited off-the-record
the Docket Number field (i.e., CP16–4). communication shall serve the
Be sure you have selected an This constitutes notice, in accordance document on all parties listed on the
appropriate date range. For assistance, with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt official service list for the applicable
please contact FERC Online Support at of prohibited and exempt off-the-record proceeding in accordance with Rule
communications. 2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, Exempt off-the-record
at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact
September 22, 1999) requires communications are included in the
(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also Commission decisional employees, who decisional record of the proceeding,
provides access to the texts of formal make or receive a prohibited or exempt unless the communication was with a
documents issued by the Commission, off-the-record communication relevant cooperating agency as described by 40
such as orders, notices, and to the merits of a contested proceeding, CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
rulemakings. to deliver to the Secretary of the 385.2201(e)(1)(v).
In addition, the Commission offers a Commission, a copy of the The following is a list of off-the-
free service called eSubscription which communication, if written, or a record communications recently
allows you to keep track of all formal summary of the substance of any oral received by the Secretary of the
issuances and submittals in specific communication. Commission. The communications
dockets. This can reduce the amount of Prohibited communications are listed are grouped by docket numbers in
time you spend researching proceedings included in a public, non-decisional file ascending order. These filings are
by automatically providing you with associated with, but not a part of, the available for electronic review at the
notification of these filings, document decisional record of the proceeding. Commission in the Public Reference
summaries, and direct links to the Unless the Commission determines that Room or may be viewed on the
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- the prohibited communication and any Commission’s Web site at http://
responses thereto should become a part www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link.
filing/esubscription.asp.
of the decisional record, the prohibited Enter the docket number, excluding the
Dated: August 23, 2016. off-the-record communication will not last three digits, in the docket number
Kimberly D. Bose, be considered by the Commission in field to access the document. For
Secretary. reaching its decision. Parties to a assistance, please contact FERC Online
[FR Doc. 2016–20623 Filed 8–26–16; 8:45 am] proceeding may seek the opportunity to Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
respond to any facts or contentions ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or
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made in a prohibited off-the-record for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.
Docket No. File date Presenter or requester
Prohibited:
1. IS16–61–000 .......................................................................... 8–4–2016 R. Gordan Gooch.
2. CP15–558–000 ....................................................................... 8–8–2016 Roy Christman.
3. CP15–558–000 ....................................................................... 8–8–2016 Roy Christman.
4. CP16–10–000 ......................................................................... 8–8–2016 Susan Richmond-Steitz.
5. CP15–88–000 ......................................................................... 8–11–2016 Ann Hall McHenry.
6. CP15–558–000 ....................................................................... 8–12–2016 Marilyn Cummings.
7. CP15–558–000 ....................................................................... 8–12–2016 Roy Christman.
8. CP15–558–000 ....................................................................... 8–12–2016 Alan Scott.
9. CP15–558–000 ....................................................................... 8–12–2016 Fiona Scott.
10. CP15–558–000 ..................................................................... 8–15–2016 Hunt Stockwell.
11. CP15–558–000 ..................................................................... 8–15–2016 Roy Christman.
12. CP15–554–000, CP16–10–000 ........................................... 8–16–2016 John Stella.
13. CP14–96–000 ....................................................................... 8–16–2016 Pat Abeyta.
14. CP16–21–000 ....................................................................... 8–18–2016 Mike Hughson.
Kathy Hughson.
Exempt:
1. P–14241–000 ......................................................................... 8–4–2016 State of Alaska Governor Bill Walker.
2. P–553–000 ............................................................................. 8–5–2016 Upper Skagit Indian Tribe.
3. P–1494–000 ........................................................................... 8–8–2016 U.S. Senator James M. Inhofe.
4. CP15–558–000 ....................................................................... 8–9–2016 U.S. House Representative Leonard Lance.
5. P–1494–433 ........................................................................... 8–10–2016 FERC Staff.1
6. P–1494–433 ........................................................................... 8–11–2016 FERC Staff.2
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7. P–1494–433 ........................................................................... 8–11–2016 FERC Staff.3
8. CP16–10–000 ......................................................................... 8–17–2016 U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner.
9. P–13753–002, P–13762–002, P–13771–002, P–13763–002, 8–19–2016 FERC Staff.4
P–13766–002, P–13767–002.
1 Memo reporting phone call on July 26, 2016 with Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma.
2 Memo reporting phone call on July 28, 2016 with Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma.
3 Memo reporting phone call on July 26, 2016 with Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma.
4 Telephone Record for phone call on August 16, 2016 with Rick McCorkle of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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