81_FR_74624 81 FR 74417 - Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Transco to Charleston Project

81 FR 74417 - Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Transco to Charleston Project

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 207 (October 26, 2016)

Page Range74417-74418
FR Document2016-25792

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74417-74418]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25792]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP16-98-000]


Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability 
of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Transco to Charleston 
Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 
Transco to Charleston Project (Project), proposed by Dominion Carolina 
Gas Transmission, LLC (Dominion) in the above-referenced docket. 
Dominion requests authorization to construct and operate new pipeline 
and compressor station facilities in South Carolina.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the 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 proposed Project includes the following facilities:
     Approximately 55 miles of 12-inch-diameter pipeline in 
Spartanburg, Laurens, Newberry, and Greenwood Counties (Moore to 
Chappells Pipeline);
     approximately 5 miles of 4-inch-diameter pipeline in 
Dillon County (Dillon Pipeline);
     installation of two new 1,400-horsepower (hp) compressor 
units at the existing Moore Compressor Station in Spartanburg County;
     construction of a new 3,150-hp compressor station in 
Dorchester County (Dorchester Compressor Station);
     conversion of an existing 1,050-hp compressor unit from 
standby to base load at the existing Southern Compressor Station in 
Aiken County;
     upgrades to the existing Charleston Town Border Station in 
Charleston County and to the existing Greenwood Town Border Station in 
Greenwood County; and
     associated pipeline support facilities (metering and 
regulating stations, pig launcher and receiver assemblies, valves, and 
pipeline interconnects).
    The FERC staff mailed copies of the EA to federal, state, and local 
government representatives and

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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 November 
18, 2016.
    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file 
your comments with the Commission. In all instances please reference 
the Project docket number (CP16-98-000) 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 located 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 at 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).\1\ 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.
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    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-
98). 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: October 19, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-25792 Filed 10-25-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 26, 2016 / Notices 74417 Description: Application under Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Section 203 of the Federal Power Act, et Quarterly Filing of City and County of al. of Empire Generating Co, LLC, et al. San Francisco’s WDT SA 275 for Q3 Federal Energy Regulatory Filed Date: 10/18/16. 2016 to be effective 9/30/2016. Commission Accession Number: 20161018–5110. Filed Date: 10/18/16. [Docket No. CP16–98–000] Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/8/16. Accession Number: 20161018–5000. Take notice that the Commission Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/8/16. Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission, received the following exempt LLC; Notice of Availability of the wholesale generator filings: Docket Numbers: ER17–132–000. Environmental Assessment for the Docket Numbers: EG17–14–000. Applicants: Portland General Electric Proposed Transco to Charleston Applicants: ESS Rabbit Hill Project, Company. Project LLC. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Description: Notice of Self- PGE11 MBR Sec 6 waiver revision to be The staff of the Federal Energy Certification of Exempt Wholesale effective 8/29/2016. Regulatory Commission (FERC or Generator Status of ESS Rabbit Hill Filed Date: 10/18/16. Commission) has prepared an Project, LLC. environmental assessment (EA) for the Accession Number: 20161018–5002. Filed Date: 10/17/16. Transco to Charleston Project (Project), Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/8/16. proposed by Dominion Carolina Gas Accession Number: 20161017–5177. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/7/16. Docket Numbers: ER17–133–000. Transmission, LLC (Dominion) in the Applicants: PJM Interconnection, above-referenced docket. Dominion Take notice that the Commission L.L.C. requests authorization to construct and received the following electric rate Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: ISA operate new pipeline and compressor filings: No. 4541, Queue W1–124/AA2–049, station facilities in South Carolina. Docket Numbers: ER10–2564–007; The EA assesses the potential Notice of Cancellation of 2840, 2926, ER10–2600–007; ER10–2289–007. environmental effects of the 3061 to be effective 5/10/2011. Applicants: Tucson Electric Power construction and operation of the Company, UNS Electric, Inc., UniSource Filed Date: 10/18/16. Accession Number: 20161018–5054. Project in accordance with the Energy Development Company. requirements of the National Description: Notification of Changes Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/8/16. Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The in Status of Tucson Electric Power Docket Numbers: ER17–134–000. FERC staff concludes that approval of Company, et al. Applicants: American Transmission the proposed Project, with appropriate Filed Date: 10/17/16. Systems, Incorporation, PJM mitigating measures, would not Accession Number: 20161017–5179. Interconnection, L.L.C. constitute a major federal action Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/7/16. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: significantly affecting the quality of the Docket Numbers: ER10–2794–020; American Transmission Systems, Inc. human environment. ER14–2672–005; ER12–1825–018. Submits ECSA No. 4553 to be effective The proposed Project includes the Applicants: EDF Trading North 12/9/2016. following facilities: America, LLC, EDF Energy Services, • Approximately 55 miles of 12-inch- Filed Date: 10/18/16. LLC, EDF Industrial Power Services diameter pipeline in Spartanburg, (CA), LLC. Accession Number: 20161018–5105. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/8/16. Laurens, Newberry, and Greenwood Description: Notice of Non-Material Counties (Moore to Chappells Pipeline); Change in Status of EDF Trading North The filings are accessible in the • approximately 5 miles of 4-inch- America, LLC, et al. Commission’s eLibrary system by diameter pipeline in Dillon County Filed Date: 10/17/16. clicking on the links or querying the (Dillon Pipeline); Accession Number: 20161017–5178. docket number. • installation of two new 1,400- Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/7/16. Any person desiring to intervene or horsepower (hp) compressor units at the Docket Numbers: ER16–1483–004. protest in any of the above proceedings existing Moore Compressor Station in Applicants: California Independent must file in accordance with Rules 211 Spartanburg County; System Operator Corporation. and 214 of the Commission’s • construction of a new 3,150-hp Description: Compliance filing: 2016– Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and compressor station in Dorchester 10–17 Compliance Filing with Sept. 16 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern County (Dorchester Compressor Order Frequency Response to be time on the specified comment date. Station); effective 8/15/2016. Protests may be considered, but • conversion of an existing 1,050-hp Filed Date: 10/17/16. intervention is necessary to become a compressor unit from standby to base Accession Number: 20161017–5138. party to the proceeding. load at the existing Southern Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/7/16. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed Compressor Station in Aiken County; Docket Numbers: ER17–114–001. information relating to filing • upgrades to the existing Charleston Applicants: California Independent requirements, interventions, protests, Town Border Station in Charleston System Operator Corporation. service, and qualifying facilities filings County and to the existing Greenwood Description: Compliance filing: 2016– can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ Town Border Station in Greenwood 10–17 Errata to Order 827 Order 828 asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For County; and Compliance Filing to be effective 9/21/ other information, call (866) 208–3676 • associated pipeline support 2016. (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. facilities (metering and regulating Filed Date: 10/17/16. stations, pig launcher and receiver Accession Number: 20161017–5141. Dated: October 18, 2016. assemblies, valves, and pipeline Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/7/16. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., interconnects). Docket Numbers: ER17–131–000. Deputy Secretary. The FERC staff mailed copies of the Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric [FR Doc. 2016–25876 Filed 10–25–16; 8:45 am] EA to federal, state, and local Company. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P government representatives and VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:25 Oct 25, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26OCN1.SGM 26OCN1

74418 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 26, 2016 / Notices agencies; elected officials; intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Docket No. CP17–1–000 a prior notice environmental and public interest Commission’s Rules of Practice and request pursuant to sections 157.205, groups; Native American tribes; Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).1 Only 157.208 and 157.210 of the potentially affected landowners and intervenors have the right to seek Commission’s regulations under the other interested individuals and groups; rehearing of the Commission’s decision. Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Equitrans’ newspapers and libraries in the Project The Commission grants affected blanket certificate issued in Docket No. area; and parties to this proceeding. In landowners and others with CP96–352–000, to construct and operate addition, the EA is available for public environmental concerns intervenor its H–125 Uprate Project for system viewing on the FERC’s Web site status upon showing good cause by flexibility and reliability. Equitrans (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. stating that they have a clear and direct requests authorization to retest certain A limited number of copies of the EA interest in this proceeding which no portions and increase the Maximum are available for distribution and public other party can adequately represent. Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP) inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Simply filing environmental comments of its existing H–125 pipeline in Commission, Public Reference Room, will not give you intervenor status, but Washington County, Pennsylvania, as 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, you do not need intervenor status to well as replace, remove or modify Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. have your comments considered. appurtenant facilities located in Any person wishing to comment on Additional information about the Allegheny and Washington Counties, the EA may do so. Your comments Project is available from the Pennsylvania. Equitrans states that the should focus on the potential Commission’s Office of External Affairs, proposed project will result in an environmental effects, reasonable at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web increase in MAOP of the H–125 pipeline alternatives, and measures to avoid or site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary from 328 pounds per square inch gauge lessen environmental impacts. The more link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on (psig) to 546 psig. Equitrans asserts that specific your comments, the more useful ‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the docket this modifications will allow for more they will be. To ensure that the number excluding the last three digits in flexibility for its customers to better Commission has the opportunity to the Docket Number field (i.e., CP16–98). serve Pittsburgh and surrounding consider your comments prior to Be sure you have selected an markets, and that the proposed uprate is making its decision on this Project, it is appropriate date range. For assistance, not intended to increase or decrease important that we receive your please contact FERC Online Support at available capacity on its system. comments in Washington, DC on or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free Equitrans estimates the cost of the before November 18, 2016. at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact project to be $3,750,685, all as more For your convenience, there are three (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also fully set forth in the application which methods you can use to file your provides access to the texts of formal is on file with the Commission and open comments with the Commission. In all documents issued by the Commission, to public inspection. The filing may also instances please reference the Project such as orders, notices, and be viewed on the web at http:// docket number (CP16–98–000) with rulemakings. www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. your submission. The Commission In addition, the Commission offers a Enter the docket number excluding the encourages electronic filing of free service called eSubscription which last three digits in the docket number comments and has expert staff available allows you to keep track of all formal field to access the document. For to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or issuances and submittals in specific assistance, please contact FERC Online efiling@ferc.gov. dockets. This can reduce the amount of (1) You can file your comments Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ time you spend researching proceedings electronically using the eComment ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or by automatically providing you with feature located on the Commission’s TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. notification of these filings, document Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link summaries, and direct links to the Any questions concerning this to Documents and Filings. This is an documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- application may be directed to Paul W. easy method for submitting brief, text- filing/esubscription.asp. Diehl, Counsel—Midstream, Equitrans, only comments on a project; LP, 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Dated: October 19, 2016. Pittsburgh, PA 15222, by telephone at (2) You can also file your comments Kimberly D. Bose, (412) 395–5540, by facsimile at (412) electronically using the eFiling feature Secretary. 553–7781, or by email at pdiehl@ on the Commission’s Web site at www.ferc.gov under the link to [FR Doc. 2016–25792 Filed 10–25–16; 8:45 am] eqt.com. Documents and Filings. With eFiling, BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Any person or the Commission’s staff you can provide comments in a variety may, within 60 days after issuance of of formats by attaching them as a file the instant notice by the Commission, with your submission. New eFiling DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY file pursuant to Rule 214 of the users must first create an account by Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR Federal Energy Regulatory clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select 385.214) a motion to intervene or notice Commission the type of filing you are making. If you of intervention and pursuant to section are filing a comment on a particular [Docket No. CP17–1–000] 157.205 of the regulations under the project, please select ‘‘Comment on a NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the Equitrans, LP; Notice of Request request. If no protest is filed within the asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Filing’’; or (3) You can file a paper copy of your Under Blanket Authorization time allowed therefore, the proposed comments by mailing them to the Take notice that on October 13, 2016, activity shall be deemed to be following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Equitrans, LP (Equitrans), 625 Liberty authorized effective the day after the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, time allowed for filing a protest. If a Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room Pennsylvania 15222–3111, filed in protest is filed and not withdrawn 1A, Washington, DC 20426. within 30 days after the allowed time Any person seeking to become a party 1 See the previous discussion on the methods for for filing a protest, the instant request to the proceeding must file a motion to filing comments. shall be treated as an application for VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:25 Oct 25, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26OCN1.SGM 26OCN1


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