81 FR 67346 - Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review of the Shidler Line Abandonment Project
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 190 (September 30, 2016)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 190 (September 30, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-23678 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 67346-67347] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-23678] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP16-456-000] Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review of the Shidler Line Abandonment Project On May 6, 2016, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star) filed an application in Docket No. CP16-456-000 requesting authorization pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act to abandon certain natural gas pipeline facilities. The proposed project is known as the Shidler Line Abandonment Project (Project), and would abandon about 31.2 miles of 16-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline and remove certain pipeline and aboveground facilities in Osage County, Oklahoma. On May 19, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) issued its Notice of Application for the Project. Among other things, that notice alerted agencies issuing federal authorizations of the requirement to complete all necessary reviews and to reach a final decision on a request for a federal authorization within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Project. This instant notice identifies the FERC staff's planned schedule for the completion of the EA for the Project. Schedule for Environmental Review Issuance of EA--October 28, 2016 90-day Federal Authorization Decision Deadline--January 26, 2017 If a schedule change becomes necessary, an additional notice will be provided so that the relevant agencies are kept informed of the Project's progress. Project Description Southern Star proposes to abandon about 31.2 miles of 16-inch- diameter pipeline and appurtenant facilities of the Shidler Line (also referred to as ``Line ME'' or the ``Blackwell--Cotton Valley Line''), in Osage County, Oklahoma. The abandonment will require cutting and capping of the pipeline just east of the Shidler Town Border and slightly west of the Bowring Meter Station. The pipeline would be cut, capped, and abandoned in place by filling the pipe with grout at two improved road crossings. All associated aboveground facilities would be removed, including two mainline valve settings, three domestic taps, four rectifiers, 14 cathodic protection test stations, and the pipeline markers. The remainder of pipeline facilities would be abandoned in place. Background On June 9, 2016, the Commission issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Shidler Line Abandonment Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues (NOI). The NOI was sent to affected landowners; federal, state, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. In response to the NOI, the Commission received comment letters from the Oklahoma Archeological Survey, the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, and the Osage Nation. The letters provided occurrence records [[Page 67347]] for listed species, and requested cultural resources surveys and tribal consultations. Additional Information In order to receive notification of the issuance of the EA and to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription. 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. 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, select ``General Search'' from the eLibrary menu, enter the selected date range and ``Docket Number'' excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP16-456), and follow the instructions. For assistance with access to eLibrary, the helpline can be reached at (866) 208-3676, TTY (202) 502- 8659, or by email at [email protected]. The eLibrary link on the FERC Web site also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rule makings. Dated: September 26, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-23678 Filed 9-29-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Compressor Station in Atchison County, the date of issuance of the Commission On May 19, 2016, the Federal Energy
Kansas. Southern Star notes that is staff’s FEIS or EA. Regulatory Commission (Commission or
Atchison Compressor will continue to Persons who wish to comment only FERC) issued its Notice of Application
operate using Unit 5. Southern Star on the environmental review of this for the Project. Among other things, that
asserts that these units are not needed project should submit an original and notice alerted agencies issuing federal
operationally or to provide firm service, two copies of their comments to the authorizations of the requirement to
all as more fully set forth in the Secretary of the Commission. complete all necessary reviews and to
application which is on file with the Environmental commenter’s will be reach a final decision on a request for
Commission and open to public placed on the Commission’s a federal authorization within 90 days of
inspection. The filing may also be environmental mailing list, will receive the date of issuance of the Commission
viewed on the web at http:// copies of the environmental documents, staff’s Environmental Assessment (EA)
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. and will be notified of meetings for the Project. This instant notice
Enter the docket number excluding the associated with the Commission’s identifies the FERC staff’s planned
last three digits in the docket number environmental review process. schedule for the completion of the EA
field to access the document. For Environmental commenter’s will not be for the Project.
assistance, please contact FERC Online required to serve copies of filed Schedule for Environmental Review
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ documents on all other parties.
ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or However, the non-party commentary, Issuance of EA—October 28, 2016
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 90-day Federal Authorization Decision
will not receive copies of all documents
Any questions concerning this Deadline—January 26, 2017
filed by other parties or issued by the
application may be directed to Ronnie Commission (except for the mailing of If a schedule change becomes
C. Hensley II, Regulatory Compliance, environmental documents issued by the necessary, an additional notice will be
Manager, Southern Star Central Gas Commission) and will not have the right provided so that the relevant agencies
Pipeline, Inc., 4700 State Highway 56, to seek court review of the are kept informed of the Project’s
Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, by Commission’s final order. progress.
telephone at (270) 852–4658. Project Description
Any person or the Commission’s staff The Commission strongly encourages
may, within 60 days after issuance of electronic filings of comments, protests Southern Star proposes to abandon
the instant notice by the Commission, and interventions in lieu of paper using about 31.2 miles of 16-inch-diameter
file pursuant to Rule 214 of the the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http:// pipeline and appurtenant facilities of
Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file the Shidler Line (also referred to as
385.214) a motion to intervene or notice electronically should submit an original ‘‘Line ME’’ or the ‘‘Blackwell—Cotton
of intervention and pursuant to section and 7 copies of the protest or Valley Line’’), in Osage County,
157.205 of the regulations under the intervention to the Federal Energy Oklahoma. The abandonment will
NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the regulatory Commission, 888 First Street require cutting and capping of the
request. If no protest is filed within the NE., Washington, DC 20426. pipeline just east of the Shidler Town
time allowed therefore, the proposed Dated: September 23, 2016. Border and slightly west of the Bowring
activity shall be deemed to be Kimberly D. Bose, Meter Station. The pipeline would be
authorized effective the day after the Secretary. cut, capped, and abandoned in place by
time allowed for filing a protest. If a [FR Doc. 2016–23675 Filed 9–29–16; 8:45 am]
filling the pipe with grout at two
protest is filed and not withdrawn improved road crossings. All associated
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within 30 days after the allowed time aboveground facilities would be
for filing a protest, the instant request removed, including two mainline valve
shall be treated as an application for DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY settings, three domestic taps, four
authorization pursuant to section 7 of rectifiers, 14 cathodic protection test
the NGA. Federal Energy Regulatory stations, and the pipeline markers. The
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission remainder of pipeline facilities would
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, be abandoned in place.
within 90 days of this Notice the [Docket No. CP16–456–000]
Commission staff will either: Complete Background
its environmental assessment (EA) and Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, On June 9, 2016, the Commission
place it into the Commission’s public Inc.; Notice of Schedule for issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or Environmental Review of the Shidler Environmental Assessment for the
issue a Notice of Schedule for Line Abandonment Project Proposed Shidler Line Abandonment
Environmental Review. If a Notice of Project and Request for Comments on
Schedule for Environmental Review is On May 6, 2016, Southern Star Environmental Issues (NOI). The NOI
issued, it will indicate, among other Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. (Southern was sent to affected landowners; federal,
milestones, the anticipated date for the Star) filed an application in Docket No. state, and local government agencies;
Commission staff’s issuance of the final CP16–456–000 requesting authorization elected officials; environmental and
environmental impact statement (FEIS) pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural public interest groups; Native American
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the Gas Act to abandon certain natural gas tribes; other interested parties; and local
EA in the Commission’s public record pipeline facilities. The proposed project libraries and newspapers. In response to
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for this proceeding or the issuance of a is known as the Shidler Line the NOI, the Commission received
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Abandonment Project (Project), and comment letters from the Oklahoma
Review will serve to notify federal and would abandon about 31.2 miles of 16- Archeological Survey, the Oklahoma
state agencies of the timing for the inch-diameter natural gas pipeline and Natural Heritage Inventory, the
completion of all necessary reviews, and remove certain pipeline and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
the subsequent need to complete all aboveground facilities in Osage County, Conservation, and the Osage Nation.
federal authorizations within 90 days of Oklahoma. The letters provided occurrence records
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for listed species, and requested cultural concurrently, seeking public comment announced a public nomination period
resources surveys and tribal on two separate sets of materials. This from March 1, 2016, to March 31, 2016,
consultations. notice requests comments on the in the Federal Register (81 FR 10617;
interim list of peer review candidates March 1, 2016), during which members
Additional Information
and the draft charge for the expert peer of the public were able to nominate
In order to receive notification of the review panel, to be sent to EPA’s scientific experts whom have
issuance of the EA and to keep track of contractor, Versar, Inc. The comments knowledge and experience in one or
all formal issuances and submittals in will be considered to help inform the more of the following areas: (1)
specific dockets, the Commission offers final selection of expert panelists and Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic
a free service called eSubscription. This the development of the peer review (PBPK), physiologically-based
can reduce the amount of time you panel’s charge. A companion notice, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic
spend researching proceedings by published today, requests comments on (PBPK/PD) and/or Biologically Based
automatically providing you with draft materials to inform the EPA’s Safe Dose-Response (BBDR) modeling, (2)
notification of these filings, document Drinking Water Act decision making on fetal and neonatal thyroid
summaries, and direct links to the perchlorate; those materials are the draft endocrinology (clinical and
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- Biologically Based Dose-Response experimental), (3) iodide homeostasis,
filing/esubscription.asp. Model and an accompanying draft and (4) perchlorate toxicology and mode
Additional information about the model report entitled ‘‘Biologically of action or adverse outcome pathway.
Project is available from the Based Dose-Response Models for the On June 3, 2016, the Agency
Commission’s Office of External Affairs Effect of Perchlorate on Thyroid announced in the Federal Register (81
at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC Web Hormones in the Infant, Breast Feeding FR 35760) that, to achieve efficiency, it
site (www.ferc.gov). Using the Mother, Pregnant Mother, and Fetus: was expanding the scope of the peer
‘‘eLibrary’’ link, select ‘‘General Search’’ Model Development, Revision, and review announced in March to include
from the eLibrary menu, enter the Preliminary Dose-Response Analyses.’’ review of a draft approach for
selected date range and ‘‘Docket Versar, Inc., will consider the comments application of the draft BBDR model, to
Number’’ excluding the last three digits received on this notice in selecting the inform the development of a perchlorate
(i.e., CP16–456), and follow the final peer review panel, which will MCLG. EPA has reevaluated that
instructions. For assistance with access collectively provide appropriate approach in response to concerns that a
to eLibrary, the helpline can be reached expertise spanning the subject matter simultaneous review of a methodology
at (866) 208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, areas covered by the draft model and to applying the model to develop a
or by email at FERCOnlineSupport@ draft report and, to the extent feasible, perchlorate MCLG would not allow the
ferc.gov. The eLibrary link on the FERC best provide a balance of perspectives. Agency or peer reviews to consider peer
Web site also provides access to the reviewer comments on the draft BBDR
DATES: Comments on the draft peer
texts of formal documents issued by the model prior to evaluating the alternative
review panel charge questions and
Commission, such as orders, notices, methodologies to applying the model to
interim list of peer review candidates
and rule makings. derive an MCLG. Today’s notice
must be received on or before October
therefore seeks input only on the peer
Dated: September 26, 2016. 21, 2016.
review of the model, not its application.
Kimberly D. Bose, ADDRESSES: Submit your comments on EPA will seek input on a second peer
Secretary. the interim list of peer review review of methods for applying the
[FR Doc. 2016–23678 Filed 9–29–16; 8:45 am] candidates and draft charge to Versar, model to inform development of a
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Inc., no later than October 21, 2016 by perchlorate MCLG in a future notice.
one of the following methods: Versar, Inc., also conducted an
• Email: perchlorate@versar.com independent search for scientific
(subject line: Perchlorate Peer Review). experts to augment the list of publically-
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION • Mail: Versar, Inc., 6850 Versar
AGENCY nominated candidates. In total, the
Center, Springfield, VA 22151 (ATTN: contractor evaluated 35 candidates,
[EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0439; FRL–9953–43– David Bottimore). including those nominated during the
OW] Please be advised that public public nomination periods and those
comments are subject to release under identified by the contractor.
Request for Public Comments To Be the Freedom of Information Act.
Sent to Versar, Inc., on an Interim List FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Selection Process
of Perchlorate in Drinking Water Expert Questions concerning the interim list of Versar, Inc., considered and screened
Peer Reviewers and Draft Peer Review expert peer review candidates and draft all candidates against the selection
Charge Questions peer review charge questions should be criteria described in the March 1, 2016
AGENCY: Environmental Protection directed to Versar, Inc., at 6850 Versar Federal Register notice (81 FR 10617),
Agency (EPA). Center, Springfield, VA 22151; by email which included the candidates being
ACTION: Notice of request for public
perchlorate@versar.com (subject line: free of any conflict of interest and being
comment. Perchlorate Peer Review); or by phone: available to participate in-person in the
(703) 642–6815 (ask for David peer review meeting in the Washington,
SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Bottimore). DC area, which will be open to the
Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing public, projected to occur in late 2016
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
the release of materials for public (exact date to be determined). Following
comment that relate to the expert peer I. Process of Obtaining Candidate the screening process, the contractor
review of documents intended to Reviewers narrowed the list of potential reviewers
support the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Versar, Inc., will assemble a panel of to 19 candidates. EPA is now soliciting
Act decision making for perchlorate. scientific experts to evaluate the draft comments on this list. EPA requests that
This request is one of two Federal BBDR model and draft report. As part of the public provide relevant information
Register notices being published the peer review process, EPA or documentation on the experts that
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