81 FR 59615 - Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed St. Charles Parish Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 168 (August 30, 2016)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 168 (August 30, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-20752 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 59615-59617] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-20752] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP16-478-000] Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed St. Charles Parish Expansion 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 St. Charles Parish Expansion Project (Project) involving construction and operation of natural gas pipeline and compression facilities by Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf South) in St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes, Louisiana. The Commission will use this EA in its decision-making process to determine whether the Project is in the public convenience and. 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 September 23, 2016. If you sent comments on this Project to the Commission before the opening of this docket July 11, 2016, you will need to file those comments in Docket No. CP16-478-000 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. Gulf South 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). 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 (CP16-478-000) 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 Gulf South plans to begin construction of the Project in the fall of 2017 and place the facilities in-service by September 1, 2018. The Project purpose is to provide 133,333 dekatherms per day to serve Entergy Louisiana, LLC's proposed natural gas-fired power plant facility located near Montz, Louisiana. Specifically, Gulf South proposes to construct:A new 5,000 horsepower compressor station near Montz, Louisiana (Montz Compressor Station); about 900 feet of new 16-inch-diameter pipeline; and auxiliary facilities. The proposed Montz Compressor Station would be on the border of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes and would include two CAT G3608 A4 engines and Erial JGK/6 compressor units, housed in a permanent building. The proposed pipeline would commence at the Montz Compressor Station, extend approximately 900 feet southeast, and terminate at Gulf South's existing Index 270-94 Lateral in St. [[Page 59616]] Charles Parish, Louisiana. Gulf South would co-locate the proposed 16- inch-pipeline with its existing Index 270 pipeline right-of-way. Installation of the proposed pipeline would utilize a 135-foot-wide temporary construction right-of-way. Following construction, Gulf South proposes to maintain a 35-foot-wide permanent right-of-way along the pipeline route, adjacent to the existing Index 270 permanent right-of- way. The general location of the Project facilities is shown in appendix 1.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to all those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Requirements for Construction Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 13.9 acres of land for the aboveground facilities, pipeline, and two permanent access roads. Following construction, Gulf South would maintain about 3.5 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed Project under these general headings: Geology and soils; land use; water resources, fisheries, and wetlands; cultural resources; vegetation and wildlife; air quality and noise; endangered and threatened species; public safety; socioeconomics; 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1501.6. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation with the applicable State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested Indian tribes, and the public on the Project's potential effects on historic properties.\4\ We will define the project-specific Area of Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as the Project develops. On natural gas facility projects, the APE at a minimum encompasses all areas subject to ground disturbance (examples include construction right-of-way, contractor/pipe storage yards, compressor stations, and access roads). Our EA for this Project will document our findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status of consultations under section 106. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 [[Page 59617]] field (i.e., CP16-478). 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: August 24, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-20752 Filed 8-29-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Docket Numbers: ER16–2475–000. Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf South) in Public Participation
Applicants: Gulf Power Company. St. Charles and St. John the Baptist For your convenience, there are three
Description: Tariff Cancellation: Parishes, Louisiana. The Commission methods you can use to submit your
Termination of UPS Agreements to be will use this EA in its decision-making comments to the Commission. The
effective 12/31/2011. process to determine whether the Commission encourages electronic filing
Filed Date: 8/24/16. Project is in the public convenience of comments and has expert staff
Accession Number: 20160824–5170. and. available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/16. This notice announces the opening of or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully
Docket Numbers: ER16–2476–000. the scoping process the Commission follow these instructions so that your
Applicants: Mississippi Power will use to gather input from the public comments are properly recorded.
Company. and interested agencies on the Project. (1) You can file your comments
Description: Tariff Cancellation: You can make a difference by providing electronically using the eComment
Termination of UPS Agreements to be us with your specific comments or feature on the Commission’s Web site
effective 12/31/2011. concerns about the Project. Your (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Filed Date: 8/24/16. comments should focus on the potential Documents and Filings. This is an easy
Accession Number: 20160824–5173. environmental effects, reasonable method for submitting brief, text-only
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/14/16. alternatives, and measures to avoid or comments on a project;
The filings are accessible in the lessen environmental impacts. Your (2) You can file your comments
Commission’s eLibrary system by input will help the Commission staff electronically by using the eFiling
clicking on the links or querying the determine what issues they need to feature on the Commission’s Web site
docket number. evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Any person desiring to intervene or comments are timely and properly Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
protest in any of the above proceedings recorded, please send your comments so you can provide comments in a variety
must file in accordance with Rules 211 that the Commission receives them in of formats by attaching them as a file
and 214 of the Commission’s Washington, DC on or before September with your submission. New eFiling
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 23, 2016. users must first create an account by
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern If you sent comments on this Project clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing
time on the specified comment date. to the Commission before the opening of a comment on a particular project,
Protests may be considered, but this docket July 11, 2016, you will need please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as
intervention is necessary to become a to file those comments in Docket No. the filing type; or
party to the proceeding. CP16–478–000 to ensure they are (3) You can file a paper copy of your
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed considered as part of this proceeding. comments by mailing them to the
information relating to filing following address. Be sure to reference
requirements, interventions, protests, This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental the project docket number (CP16–478–
service, and qualifying facilities filings 000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ mailing list for this Project. State and
local government representatives should Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
other information, call (866) 208–3676 notify their constituents of this
proposed Project and encourage them to NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
comment on their areas of concern. Summary of the Proposed Project
Dated: August 24, 2016.
If you are a landowner receiving this Gulf South plans to begin
Kimberly D. Bose,
notice, a pipeline company construction of the Project in the fall of
Secretary.
representative may contact you about 2017 and place the facilities in-service
[FR Doc. 2016–20756 Filed 8–29–16; 8:45 am] the acquisition of an easement to by September 1, 2018. The Project
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P construct, operate, and maintain the purpose is to provide 133,333
proposed facilities. The company would dekatherms per day to serve Entergy
seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable Louisiana, LLC’s proposed natural gas-
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY agreement. However, if the Commission fired power plant facility located near
Federal Energy Regulatory approves the Project, that approval Montz, Louisiana.
Commission conveys with it the right of eminent Specifically, Gulf South proposes to
domain. Therefore, if easement construct:
[Docket No. CP16–478–000] negotiations fail to produce an • A new 5,000 horsepower
agreement, the pipeline company could compressor station near Montz,
Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; initiate condemnation proceedings
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Louisiana (Montz Compressor Station);
where compensation would be • about 900 feet of new 16-inch-
Environmental Assessment for the determined in accordance with state
Proposed St. Charles Parish diameter pipeline; and
law. • auxiliary facilities.
Expansion Project and Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues Gulf South provided landowners with The proposed Montz Compressor
a fact sheet prepared by the FERC Station would be on the border of St.
The staff of the Federal Energy entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes
Regulatory Commission (FERC or Facility On My Land? What Do I Need and would include two CAT G3608 A4
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Commission) will prepare an To Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a engines and Erial JGK/6 compressor
environmental assessment (EA) that will number of typically asked questions, units, housed in a permanent building.
discuss the environmental impacts of including the use of eminent domain The proposed pipeline would
the St. Charles Parish Expansion Project and how to participate in the commence at the Montz Compressor
(Project) involving construction and Commission’s proceedings. It is also Station, extend approximately 900 feet
operation of natural gas pipeline and available for viewing on the FERC Web southeast, and terminate at Gulf South’s
compression facilities by Gulf South site (www.ferc.gov). existing Index 270–94 Lateral in St.
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field (i.e., CP16–478). Be sure you have Description: Request of the North November 10, 2016, 10:00 a.m.–5:00
selected an appropriate date range. For American Electric Reliability p.m. (EST)
assistance, please contact FERC Online Corporation for Acceptance of its 2017 Doubletree Hotel, 5400 Computer Drive,
Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov Business Plan and Budget. Westborough, MA 01581
or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for Filed Date: 8/23/16.
Accession Number: 20160823–5166. December 2, 2016, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/13/16. (EST)
eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the The filings are accessible in the Colonnade Seaport Hotel, 120
Commission, such as orders, notices, Commission’s eLibrary system by Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116
and rulemakings. clicking on the links or querying the Further information may be found at
In addition, the Commission offers a docket number. www.nepool.com/IMAPP.php.
free service called eSubscription which Any person desiring to intervene or The discussion at the meeting
allows you to keep track of all formal protest in any of the above proceedings described above may address matters at
issuances and submittals in specific must file in accordance with Rules 211 issue in the following proceedings:
dockets. This can reduce the amount of and 214 of the Commission’s
time you spend researching proceedings Docket Nos. EL13–33 and EL 14–86,
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
by automatically providing you with Environment Northeast et al. v.
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
notification of these filings, document Bangor Hydro-Electric Company et al.
time on the specified comment date.
summaries, and direct links to the Protests may be considered, but Docket No. EL16–19, ISO New England
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- intervention is necessary to become a Inc. Participating Transmission
filing/esubscription.asp. party to the proceeding. Owners Administrative Committee
Finally, public meetings or site visits eFiling is encouraged. More detailed Docket No. EL16–38, Dominion Energy
will be posted on the Commission’s information relating to filing Marketing, Inc. et al. v. ISO New
calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ requirements, interventions, protests, England Inc.
EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along service, and qualifying facilities filings Docket No. EL16–93, NextEra Energy
with other related information. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ Resources, LLC and PSEG Companies
Dated: August 24, 2016. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For v. ISO New England Inc.
Kimberly D. Bose, other information, call (866) 208–3676 Docket No. RP16–618, Algonquin Gas
Secretary. (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Transmission, LLC
[FR Doc. 2016–20752 Filed 8–29–16; 8:45 am] Dated: August 24, 2016. Docket No. ER12–1650, Emera Maine
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Kimberly D. Bose, Docket No. ER14–1409, ISO New
Secretary. England Inc.
[FR Doc. 2016–20751 Filed 8–29–16; 8:45 am] Docket No. ER14–1639, ISO New
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BILLING CODE 6717–01–P England Inc. and New England Power
Pool Participants Committee
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Docket No. ER13–2266, ISO New
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY England Inc.
Combined Notice of Filings #2 Docket No. ER15–1429, Emera Maine
Federal Energy Regulatory
Take notice that the Commission Commission Docket No. ER16–551, ISO New England
received the following exempt Inc.
wholesale generator filings: Notice of Commission Staff Docket No. ER16–1301, ISO New
Docket Numbers: EG16–140–000. Attendance England Inc. and Emera Maine
Applicants: Astra Wind LLC. The Federal Energy Regulatory Docket No. ER16–1041, ISO New
Description: Self-Certification of EG of Commission (Commission) hereby gives England Inc.
Astra Wind LLC. notice that members of the Docket No. ER16–1904, ISO New
Filed Date: 8/22/16. Commission’s staff may attend the England Inc.
Accession Number: 20160822–5275. Docket No. ER16–2126, ISO New
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/16. following meetings related to the
wholesale markets of ISO New England England Inc. and New England Power
Take notice that the Commission Pool Participants Committee
Inc.:
received the following electric rate
Integrating Markets and Public Policy Docket No. ER16–2215, ISO New
filings:
England Inc.
Docket Numbers: ER16–2453–000. August 30, 2016, 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Applicants: Brady Interconnection, Docket No. ER16–2283, Genbright LLC
(EST)
LLC. Docket No. ER16–2451, ISO New
Seaport Hotel, One Seaport Lane,
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: England Inc. and New England Power
Boston, MA 02110
Brady Interconnection, LLC Application Pool Participants Committee
for market-Based Rates to be effective September 14, 2016, 10:00 a.m.–5:00
p.m. (EST) For more information, contact
10/18/2016. Michael Cackoski, Office of Energy
Filed Date: 8/19/16. Doubletree Hotel, 5400 Computer Drive,
Westborough, MA 01581 Market Regulation, Federal Energy
Accession Number: 20160819–5300.
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Regulatory Commission at (202) 502–
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/16. October 6, 2016, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
6169 or Michael.Cackoski@ferc.gov.
Take notice that the Commission (EST)
received the following electric Doubletree Hotel, 5400 Computer Drive, Dated: August 24, 2016.
reliability filings: Westborough, MA 01581 Kimberly D. Bose,
Docket Numbers: RR16–6–000. October 21, 2016, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Secretary.
Applicants: North American Electric (EST) [FR Doc. 2016–20754 Filed 8–29–16; 8:45 am]
Reliability Corporation. Location to be determined. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
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