81_FR_76789 81 FR 76576 - Spire STL Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Planned Spire STL Pipeline Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Sessions

81 FR 76576 - Spire STL Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Planned Spire STL Pipeline Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Sessions

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 213 (November 3, 2016)

Page Range76576-76578
FR Document2016-26592

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76576-76578]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26592]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PF16-9-000]


Spire STL Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment for the Planned Spire STL Pipeline Project, 
Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public 
Scoping Sessions

    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 Spire STL Pipeline Project 
(Project) involving construction and operation of facilities by Spire 
STL Pipeline Company, LLC (Spire) in Scott, Greene, and Jersey 
Counties, Illinois and St. Charles and St. Louis Counties, Missouri. 
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 November 25, 2016.
    If you sent comments on the Project to the Commission before the 
opening of this docket on July 22, 2016, you will need to file those 
comments in Docket No. PF16-9-000 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 planned 
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 planned 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.
    A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural 
Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?'' is available for 
viewing on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). 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.

Public Participation

    For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide equal 
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form 
or provided verbally. The Commission encourages electronic filing of 
comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-6652 
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 
(PF16-9-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    (4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the 
Commission invites you to attend one of the public scoping sessions its 
staff will conduct in the Project area, scheduled as follows.

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           Date and time                          Location
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Monday, November 14, 2016, 4:00-    North County Recreation Complex 2577
 8:00 p.m..                          Redman Rd., St. Louis, MO 63136.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 4:00-   Elsah Township Community Building
 8:00 p.m..                          14690 Fessler Rd., Dow, IL 62022.
                                     (at Fessler Rd. and Highway 3).
Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 4:00- Knights of Columbus Hall 1/2 mile
 8:00 p.m.                           south of Town of Carrollton on US
                                     67 Highway, Carrollton, IL 62016.
                                     (at U.S. 67 and Jack Pine Rd.,
                                     behind the Dollar General).
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    The primary goal of these scoping sessions is to have you identify 
the specific environmental issues and concerns that should be 
considered in the EA to be prepared for this Project. Individual verbal 
comments will be taken on a one-on-one basis with a court reporter. 
This format is designed to receive the maximum amount of verbal 
comments, in a convenient way during the timeframe allotted.
    Each scoping session is scheduled from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 
Central Standard Time. You may arrive at any time after 4:00 p.m. There 
will not be a formal presentation by Commission staff when the session 
opens. If you wish to speak, the Commission staff will hand out numbers 
in the order of your arrival; distribution of numbers will be 
discontinued at 7:30 p.m.
    Your verbal scoping comments will be recorded by the court reporter 
(with FERC staff or representative present) and become part of the 
public record for this proceeding. Transcripts will be publicly 
available on FERC's eLibrary system (see below for instructions on 
using eLibrary). If a significant number of people are interested in 
providing verbal comments in the one-on-one settings, a time limit of 5 
minutes may be implemented for each commentor.
    It is important to note that verbal comments hold the same weight 
as written or electronically submitted comments. Although there will 
not be a formal presentation, Commission staff will be available 
throughout the scoping

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session to answer your questions about the environmental review 
process. Representatives from Spire will also be present to answer 
project-specific questions.
    Please note this is not your only public input opportunity; please 
refer to the review process flow chart in appendix 1.\1\
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    \1\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in 
the Federal Register. Copies of the 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 page 7 of this notice.
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Summary of the Planned Project

    Spire plans to construct and operate a pipeline to transport 
natural gas from the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC pipeline in Scott 
County, Illinois to an interconnect with Laclede Gas Company's Line 
880. The Project would consist of the following facilities in Illinois 
and Missouri:
     Approximately 57.4 miles of new 24-inch-diameter pipeline 
in Scott, Greene, and Jersey Counties, Illinois and St. Charles and St. 
Louis Counties, Missouri;
     purchase of and modification of 7.6 miles of the existing 
20-inch-diameter Line 880 pipeline in St. Louis County, Missouri;
     three new meter and regulating stations in Scott County, 
Illinois and St. Louis County, Missouri;
     modifications at the existing Redman Delivery Station in 
St. Louis County; Missouri; and
     appurtenant underground and aboveground facilities.
    According to Spire, the Project would be designed to transport 
about 400,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas service. The general 
location of the Project facilities is shown in appendix 2.

Land Requirements for Construction

    Construction of the planned facilities would disturb about 920.3 
acres of land for the new pipeline, modifications to the existing Line 
880, and aboveground facilities. Spire would maintain about 352.2 acres 
for permanent operation of the Spire Project's facilities following 
construction; the remaining acreage would be restored and revert to 
former uses. Modifications at the existing Redman Delivery Station 
would occur within the boundary of the facility.

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 be addressed 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 planned project under these 
general headings: Geology and soils; land use; water resources, 
fisheries, and wetlands; cultural resources; socioeconomics; vegetation 
and wildlife, including migratory birds; air quality and noise; 
endangered and threatened species; public safety; and cumulative 
impacts.
    We will also evaluate possible alternatives to the planned Project 
or portions of the Project, and make recommendations on how to lessen 
or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
    Although no formal application has been filed, we have already 
initiated our NEPA review under the Commission's pre-filing process. 
The purpose of the pre-filing process is to encourage early involvement 
of interested stakeholders and to identify and resolve issues before 
the FERC receives an application. As part of our pre-filing review, we 
have begun to contact some federal and state agencies to discuss their 
involvement in the scoping process and the preparation of the EA.
    The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues and 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 we make 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 
related to 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. Currently, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Illinois 
Department of Agriculture have expressed their intention to participate 
as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EA to satisfy their 
NEPA responsibilities related to this Project.
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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 Offices (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 SHPOs 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, meter and 
regulating 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 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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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 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

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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 planned project.
    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 (see appendix 3).

Becoming an Intervenor

    Once Spire files its application with the Commission, 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. Motions to intervene are more fully described at 
http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. Instructions 
for becoming an intervenor are in the ``Document-less Intervention 
Guide'' under the ``e-filing'' link on the Commission's Web site. 
Please note that the Commission will not accept requests for intervenor 
status at this time. You must wait until the Commission receives a 
formal application for the Project.

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 (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., PF16-
9). 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) 502-6652. 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: October 26, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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                                                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    Washington, DC on or before November                  comments to the Commission. The
                                                                                                          25, 2016.                                             Commission will provide equal
                                                  Federal Energy Regulatory                                 If you sent comments on the Project                 consideration to all comments received,
                                                  Commission                                              to the Commission before the opening of               whether filed in written form or
                                                  [Docket No. PF16–9–000]
                                                                                                          this docket on July 22, 2016, you will                provided verbally. The Commission
                                                                                                          need to file those comments in Docket                 encourages electronic filing of
                                                  Spire STL Pipeline Company, LLC;                        No. PF16–9–000 to ensure they are                     comments and has expert staff available
                                                  Notice of Intent To Prepare an                          considered as part of this proceeding.                to assist you at (202) 502–6652 or
                                                  Environmental Assessment for the                          This notice is being sent to the                    ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov. Please
                                                  Planned Spire STL Pipeline Project,                     Commission’s current environmental                    carefully follow these instructions so
                                                  Request for Comments on                                 mailing list for this Project. State and              that your comments are properly
                                                  Environmental Issues, and Notice of                     local government representatives should               recorded.
                                                  Public Scoping Sessions                                 notify their constituents of this planned                (1) You can file your comments
                                                                                                          project and encourage them to comment                 electronically using the eComment
                                                     The staff of the Federal Energy                      on their areas of concern.                            feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                  Regulatory Commission (FERC or                            If you are a landowner receiving this               (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                  Commission) will prepare an                             notice, a pipeline company                            Documents and Filings. This is an easy
                                                  environmental assessment (EA) that will                 representative may contact you about                  method for submitting brief, text-only
                                                  discuss the environmental impacts of                    the acquisition of an easement to                     comments on a project;
                                                  the Spire STL Pipeline Project (Project)                construct, operate, and maintain the
                                                  involving construction and operation of                                                                          (2) You can file your comments
                                                                                                          planned facilities. The company would
                                                  facilities by Spire STL Pipeline                                                                              electronically by using the eFiling
                                                                                                          seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
                                                  Company, LLC (Spire) in Scott, Greene,                                                                        feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                                                                          agreement. However, if the Commission
                                                  and Jersey Counties, Illinois and St.                                                                         (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                                                                          approves the Project, that approval
                                                  Charles and St. Louis Counties,                                                                               Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
                                                                                                          conveys with it the right of eminent
                                                  Missouri. The Commission will use this                                                                        you can provide comments in a variety
                                                                                                          domain. Therefore, if easement
                                                  EA in its decision-making process to                                                                          of formats by attaching them as a file
                                                                                                          negotiations fail to produce an
                                                  determine whether the Project is in the                                                                       with your submission. New eFiling
                                                                                                          agreement, the pipeline company could
                                                  public convenience and necessity.                                                                             users must first create an account by
                                                                                                          initiate condemnation proceedings
                                                     This notice announces the opening of                                                                       clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing
                                                                                                          where compensation would be
                                                  the scoping process the Commission                                                                            a comment on a particular project,
                                                                                                          determined in accordance with state
                                                  will use to gather input from the public                                                                      please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as
                                                                                                          law.
                                                  and interested agencies on the Project.                                                                       the filing type; or
                                                                                                            A fact sheet prepared by the FERC
                                                  You can make a difference by providing                  entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas                     (3) You can file a paper copy of your
                                                  us with your specific comments or                       Facility On My Land? What Do I Need                   comments by mailing them to the
                                                  concerns about the Project. Your                        To Know?’’ is available for viewing on                following address. Be sure to reference
                                                  comments should focus on the potential                  the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This                the Project docket number (PF16–9–000)
                                                  environmental effects, reasonable                       fact sheet addresses a number of                      with your submission: Kimberly D.
                                                  alternatives, and measures to avoid or                  typically asked questions, including the              Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
                                                  lessen environmental impacts. Your                      use of eminent domain and how to                      Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
                                                  input will help the Commission staff                    participate in the Commission’s                       NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
                                                  determine what issues they need to                      proceedings.                                             (4) In lieu of sending written or
                                                  evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your                                                                       electronic comments, the Commission
                                                  comments are timely and properly                        Public Participation                                  invites you to attend one of the public
                                                  recorded, please send your comments so                    For your convenience, there are four                scoping sessions its staff will conduct in
                                                  that the Commission receives them in                    methods you can use to submit your                    the Project area, scheduled as follows.

                                                                     Date and time                                                                         Location

                                                  Monday, November 14, 2016, 4:00–8:00 p.m. ...            North County Recreation Complex 2577 Redman Rd., St. Louis, MO 63136.
                                                  Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 4:00–8:00 p.m. ..            Elsah Township Community Building 14690 Fessler Rd., Dow, IL 62022. (at Fessler Rd. and
                                                                                                             Highway 3).
                                                  Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 4:00–8:00                  Knights of Columbus Hall 1/2 mile south of Town of Carrollton on US 67 Highway, Carrollton,
                                                   p.m.                                                      IL 62016. (at U.S. 67 and Jack Pine Rd., behind the Dollar General).



                                                     The primary goal of these scoping                    Standard Time. You may arrive at any                  publicly available on FERC’s eLibrary
                                                  sessions is to have you identify the                    time after 4:00 p.m. There will not be a              system (see below for instructions on
                                                  specific environmental issues and                       formal presentation by Commission staff               using eLibrary). If a significant number
                                                  concerns that should be considered in                   when the session opens. If you wish to                of people are interested in providing
                                                  the EA to be prepared for this Project.                 speak, the Commission staff will hand                 verbal comments in the one-on-one
                                                  Individual verbal comments will be                      out numbers in the order of your arrival;             settings, a time limit of 5 minutes may
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                                                  taken on a one-on-one basis with a court                distribution of numbers will be                       be implemented for each commentor.
                                                  reporter. This format is designed to                    discontinued at 7:30 p.m.                               It is important to note that verbal
                                                  receive the maximum amount of verbal                      Your verbal scoping comments will be                comments hold the same weight as
                                                  comments, in a convenient way during                    recorded by the court reporter (with                  written or electronically submitted
                                                  the timeframe allotted.                                 FERC staff or representative present)                 comments. Although there will not be a
                                                     Each scoping session is scheduled                    and become part of the public record for              formal presentation, Commission staff
                                                  from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Central                     this proceeding. Transcripts will be                  will be available throughout the scoping


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                                                  session to answer your questions about                  impacts that could result from an action              the preparation of the EA.3 Agencies
                                                  the environmental review process.                       whenever it considers the issuance of a               that would like to request cooperating
                                                  Representatives from Spire will also be                 Certificate of Public Convenience and                 agency status should follow the
                                                  present to answer project-specific                      Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to                 instructions for filing comments
                                                  questions.                                              discover and address concerns the                     provided under the Public Participation
                                                    Please note this is not your only                     public may have about proposals. This                 section of this notice. Currently, the
                                                  public input opportunity; please refer to               process is referred to as scoping. The                U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and
                                                  the review process flow chart in                        main goal of the scoping process is to                Illinois Department of Agriculture have
                                                  appendix 1.1                                            focus the analysis in the EA on the                   expressed their intention to participate
                                                                                                          important environmental issues. By this               as cooperating agencies in the
                                                  Summary of the Planned Project
                                                                                                          notice, the Commission requests public                preparation of the EA to satisfy their
                                                     Spire plans to construct and operate                 comments on the scope of the issues to                NEPA responsibilities related to this
                                                  a pipeline to transport natural gas from                be addressed in the EA. We will                       Project.
                                                  the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC                        consider all filed comments during the
                                                  pipeline in Scott County, Illinois to an                                                                      Consultations Under Section 106 of the
                                                                                                          preparation of the EA.                                National Historic Preservation Act
                                                  interconnect with Laclede Gas                              In the EA we will discuss impacts that
                                                  Company’s Line 880. The Project would                   could occur as a result of the                           In accordance with the Advisory
                                                  consist of the following facilities in                  construction and operation of the                     Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                  Illinois and Missouri:                                  planned project under these general                   implementing regulations for Section
                                                     • Approximately 57.4 miles of new                    headings: Geology and soils; land use;                106 of the National Historic
                                                  24-inch-diameter pipeline in Scott,                     water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;             Preservation Act, we are using this
                                                  Greene, and Jersey Counties, Illinois and               cultural resources; socioeconomics;                   notice to initiate consultation with the
                                                  St. Charles and St. Louis Counties,                     vegetation and wildlife, including                    applicable State Historic Preservation
                                                  Missouri;                                               migratory birds; air quality and noise;               Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their
                                                     • purchase of and modification of 7.6                endangered and threatened species;                    views and those of other government
                                                  miles of the existing 20-inch-diameter                  public safety; and cumulative impacts.                agencies, interested Indian tribes, and
                                                  Line 880 pipeline in St. Louis County,                     We will also evaluate possible                     the public on the Project’s potential
                                                  Missouri;                                               alternatives to the planned Project or                effects on historic properties.4 We will
                                                     • three new meter and regulating                     portions of the Project, and make                     define the project-specific Area of
                                                  stations in Scott County, Illinois and St.              recommendations on how to lessen or                   Potential Effects (APE) in consultation
                                                  Louis County, Missouri;                                 avoid impacts on the various resource                 with the SHPOs as the Project develops.
                                                     • modifications at the existing                                                                            On natural gas facility projects, the APE
                                                                                                          areas.
                                                  Redman Delivery Station in St. Louis                       Although no formal application has                 at a minimum encompasses all areas
                                                  County; Missouri; and                                   been filed, we have already initiated our             subject to ground disturbance (examples
                                                     • appurtenant underground and                                                                              include construction right-of-way,
                                                                                                          NEPA review under the Commission’s
                                                  aboveground facilities.                                                                                       contractor/pipe storage yards, meter and
                                                                                                          pre-filing process. The purpose of the
                                                     According to Spire, the Project would                                                                      regulating stations, and access roads).
                                                                                                          pre-filing process is to encourage early
                                                  be designed to transport about 400,000                                                                        Our EA for this Project will document
                                                                                                          involvement of interested stakeholders
                                                  dekatherms per day of natural gas                                                                             our findings on the impacts on historic
                                                                                                          and to identify and resolve issues before
                                                  service. The general location of the                                                                          properties and summarize the status of
                                                                                                          the FERC receives an application. As
                                                  Project facilities is shown in appendix                                                                       consultations under Section 106.
                                                                                                          part of our pre-filing review, we have
                                                  2.
                                                                                                          begun to contact some federal and state               Environmental Mailing List
                                                  Land Requirements for Construction                      agencies to discuss their involvement in                 The environmental mailing list
                                                    Construction of the planned facilities                the scoping process and the preparation               includes federal, state, and local
                                                  would disturb about 920.3 acres of land                 of the EA.                                            government representatives and
                                                  for the new pipeline, modifications to                     The EA will present our independent
                                                                                                                                                                agencies; elected officials;
                                                  the existing Line 880, and aboveground                  analysis of the issues and will be
                                                                                                                                                                environmental and public interest
                                                  facilities. Spire would maintain about                  available in the public record through
                                                                                                                                                                groups; Native American Tribes; other
                                                  352.2 acres for permanent operation of                  eLibrary. Depending on the comments
                                                                                                                                                                interested parties; and local libraries
                                                  the Spire Project’s facilities following                received during the scoping process, we               and newspapers. This list also includes
                                                  construction; the remaining acreage                     may also publish and distribute the EA                all affected landowners (as defined in
                                                  would be restored and revert to former                  to the public for an allotted comment                 the Commission’s regulations) who are
                                                  uses. Modifications at the existing                     period. We will consider all comments                 potential right-of-way grantors, whose
                                                  Redman Delivery Station would occur                     on the EA before we make our                          property may be used temporarily for
                                                  within the boundary of the facility.                    recommendations to the Commission.                    project purposes, or who own homes
                                                                                                          To ensure we have the opportunity to                  within certain distances of aboveground
                                                  The EA Process                                          consider and address your comments,                   facilities, and anyone who submits
                                                    The National Environmental Policy                     please carefully follow the instructions              comments on the Project. We will
                                                  Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to                   in the Public Participation section,
                                                  take into account the environmental                     beginning on page 2.                                    3 The Council on Environmental Quality
                                                                                                             With this notice, we are asking                    regulations addressing cooperating agency
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                                                    1 The appendices referenced in this notice will       agencies with jurisdiction by law and/                responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
                                                  not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the       or special expertise with respect to the              Regulations, Part 1501.6.
                                                  appendices were sent to all those receiving this        environmental issues related to this                    4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                                                  notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov                                                          regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal
                                                  using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the          Project to formally cooperate with us in              Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define
                                                  Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First                                                                 historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                  Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)           2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the          district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                                  502–8371. For instructions on connecting to             environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of     in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
                                                  eLibrary, refer to page 7 of this notice.               Energy Projects.                                      of Historic Places.



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                                                  76578                      Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 213 / Thursday, November 3, 2016 / Notices

                                                  update the environmental mailing list as                notification of these filings, document               (ID) number for the specific pesticide of
                                                  the analysis proceeds to ensure that we                 summaries, and direct links to the                    interest provided in the table in Unit
                                                  send the information related to this                    documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                   III.A., by one of the following methods:
                                                  environmental review to all individuals,                filing/esubscription.asp.                                • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                                  organizations, and government entities                     Finally, public meetings or site visits            www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
                                                  interested in and/or potentially affected               will be posted on the Commission’s                    instructions for submitting comments.
                                                  by the planned project.                                 calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                     Do not submit electronically any
                                                     Copies of the EA will be sent to the                 EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                   information you consider to be
                                                  environmental mailing list for public                   with other related information.                       Confidential Business Information (CBI)
                                                  review and comment. If you would                                                                              or other information whose disclosure is
                                                                                                            Dated: October 26, 2016.
                                                  prefer to receive a paper copy of the                                                                         restricted by statute.
                                                                                                          Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                  document instead of the CD version or                                                                            • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
                                                  would like to remove your name from                     Deputy Secretary.                                     Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
                                                  the mailing list, please return the                     [FR Doc. 2016–26592 Filed 11–2–16; 8:45 am]           DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
                                                  attached Information Request (see                       BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.
                                                  appendix 3).                                                                                                     • Hand Delivery: To make special
                                                  Becoming an Intervenor                                                                                        arrangements for hand delivery or
                                                                                                          ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                              delivery of boxed information, please
                                                     Once Spire files its application with                AGENCY                                                follow the instructions at http://
                                                  the Commission, you may want to                                                                               www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
                                                  become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an                    [EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0762; FRL–9953–06]                      Additional instructions on
                                                  official party to the Commission’s                                                                            commenting or visiting the docket,
                                                  proceeding. Intervenors play a more                     Registration Review; Conventional,
                                                                                                                                                                along with more information about
                                                  formal role in the process and are able                 Biopesticide and Antimicrobial
                                                                                                                                                                dockets generally, is available at http://
                                                  to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be              Pesticides Dockets Opened for Review
                                                                                                                                                                www.epa.gov/dockets.
                                                  heard by the courts if they choose to                   and Comment
                                                                                                                                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                                  appeal the Commission’s final ruling.                   AGENCY: Environmental Protection                      pesticide specific information contact:
                                                  An intervenor formally participates in                  Agency (EPA).                                         The person identified as a contact in the
                                                  the proceeding by filing a request to                                                                         table in Unit III.A. Also include the
                                                                                                          ACTION: Notice.
                                                  intervene. Motions to intervene are                                                                           docket ID number listed in the table in
                                                  more fully described at http://                         SUMMARY:    With this document, EPA is                Unit III.A. for the pesticide of interest.
                                                  www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/                   opening the public comment period for                    For general information contact:
                                                  intervene.asp. Instructions for becoming                several registration reviews for the list             Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
                                                  an intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less                of chemicals identified in the table in               Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
                                                  Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’             Unit III. Registration review is EPA’s                Programs, Environmental Protection
                                                  link on the Commission’s Web site.                      periodic review of pesticide                          Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
                                                  Please note that the Commission will                    registrations to ensure that each                     Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
                                                  not accept requests for intervenor status               pesticide continues to satisfy the                    number: (703) 308–8015; fax number:
                                                  at this time. You must wait until the                   statutory standard for registration, that             (703) 308–8090; email address:
                                                  Commission receives a formal                            is, the pesticide can perform its                     dumas.richard@epa.gov.
                                                  application for the Project.                            intended function without unreasonable                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  Additional Information                                  adverse effects on human health or the
                                                                                                          environment. Registration review                      I. General Information
                                                     Additional information about the
                                                                                                          dockets contain information that will                 A. Does this action apply to me?
                                                  Project is available from the
                                                                                                          assist the public in understanding the
                                                  Commission’s Office of External Affairs,                                                                         This action is directed to the public
                                                                                                          types of information and issues that the
                                                  at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web                                                                         in general, and may be of interest to a
                                                                                                          Agency may consider during the course
                                                  site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary                                                                        wide range of stakeholders including
                                                                                                          of registration reviews. Through this
                                                  link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on                                                                    environmental, human health,
                                                                                                          program, EPA is ensuring that each
                                                  ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket                                                                       farmworker, and agricultural advocates;
                                                                                                          pesticide’s registration is based on
                                                  number, excluding the last three digits                                                                       the chemical industry; pesticide users;
                                                                                                          current scientific and other knowledge,
                                                  in the Docket Number field (i.e., PF16–                                                                       and members of the public interested in
                                                                                                          including its effects on human health
                                                  9). Be sure you have selected an                                                                              the sale, distribution, or use of
                                                                                                          and the environment. This document
                                                  appropriate date range. For assistance,                                                                       pesticides. Since others also may be
                                                                                                          also announces that the Agency has
                                                  please contact FERC Online Support at                                                                         interested, the Agency has not
                                                                                                          closed the registration review case for
                                                  FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free                                                                       attempted to describe all the specific
                                                                                                          bromine chloride (case 5008) and that it
                                                  at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact                                                                        entities that may be affected by this
                                                                                                          will not be opening registration review
                                                  (202) 502–6652. The eLibrary link also                                                                        action.
                                                                                                          dockets for the following cases: Xylene
                                                  provides access to the texts of formal
                                                                                                          (aromatic solvents, case 3020);                       B. What should I consider as I prepare
                                                  documents issued by the Commission,
                                                                                                          butafenacil (case 7261), naptalam (case               my comments for EPA?
                                                  such as orders, notices, and
                                                                                                          0183); spiroxamine (case 7040);                         1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
                                                  rulemakings.
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                                                     In addition, the Commission offers a                 polyethoxylated alcohols &                            information to EPA through
                                                  free service called eSubscription which                 polyethoxylated aliphatic alcohols (case              regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
                                                  allows you to keep track of all formal                  3119); and carbofuran (case 0101).                    the part or all of the information that
                                                  issuances and submittals in specific                    DATES: Comments must be received on                   you claim to be CBI. For CBI
                                                  dockets. This can reduce the amount of                  or before January 3, 2017.                            information in a disk or CD–ROM that
                                                  time you spend researching proceedings                  ADDRESSES: Submit your comments                       you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
                                                  by automatically providing you with                     identified by the docket identification               disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation81 FR 76576 

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