82_FR_20553 82 FR 20470 - Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

82 FR 20470 - Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 83 (May 2, 2017)

Page Range20470-20472
FR Document2017-08797

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 83 (Tuesday, May 2, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 83 (Tuesday, May 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20470-20472]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08797]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-80-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Eastern Panhandle Expansion 
Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will 
discuss the environmental impacts of the Eastern Panhandle Expansion 
Project involving construction and operation of facilities by Columbia 
Gas Transmission, LLC (Columbia) in Fulton County, Pennsylvania; 
Washington County, Maryland; and Morgan County, West Virginia. 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 May 25, 2017.
    If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the 
opening of this docket on March 29, 2017, you will need to file those 
comments in Docket No. CP17-80-000 to ensure they are considered as 
part of this proceeding.
    This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental 
mailing list for this project. State and local government 
representatives should notify their constituents of this proposed 
project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
    If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a pipeline company 
representative may contact you about the acquisition of an easement to 
construct, operate, and maintain the proposed facilities. The company 
would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. However, if 
the Commission approves the project, that approval conveys with it the 
right of eminent domain. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to 
produce an agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation 
proceedings where compensation would be determined in accordance with 
state law.
    Columbia provided landowners with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC 
entitled ``An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I 
Need To Know?'' This fact sheet addresses a number of typically asked 
questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate 
in the Commission's proceedings. It is also available for viewing on 
the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov).

Public Participation

    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic 
filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist you at 
(202) 502-8258 or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 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 
(CP17-80-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426.

Summary of the Proposed Project

    Columbia proposes to construct, operation, and maintain the Eastern 
Panhandle Expansion Project (Project) in three counties and states 
(Fulton County, Pennsylvania; Washington County, Maryland; and Morgan 
County, West Virginia). The Project would provide an additional 47.5 
dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of capacity for firm transportation service 
to markets in West Virginia through Mountaineer Gas Company's 
(Mountaineer) gathering system.
    The Project will involve the construction and operation of the 
following facilities:
     Approximate 3.4 miles of new greenfield 8-inch-diameter 
pipeline;
     three main line valves (MLV); and
     two new tie-in assemblies.
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 
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    \1\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in 
the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to all those 
receiving this notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 
using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call 
(202) 502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to 
the last page of this notice.
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Land Requirements for Construction

    Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 61 
acres of land for the aboveground facilities and the pipeline. 
Following construction, Columbia would maintain about 26 acres for 
permanent operation of the facilities; the remaining acreage would be 
restored and revert to former uses.

Related Facilities

    We have already received comments regarding the Mountaineer Gas 
Pipeline. On November 17, 2016, Columbia's customer, Mountaineer Gas, 
received an order from the West Virginia Public Service Commission 
(PSC) authorizing construction of Phase 1 of its project which is a 24-
mile-long 10-inch-diameter gas pipeline that begins north of Berkley, 
Virginia and terminates in Martinsburg, West Virginia. It traverses 
Morgan and Berkley Counties in West Virginia. Mountaineer Gas intends 
to file an application with the PSC for authorization to construct 
Phases 2 and 3 of its project in 2019 which are still undergoing 
development. These related intrastate facilities are subject to state 
jurisdiction and would be non-jurisdictional to the FERC. Consequently, 
the Mountaineer Gas Pipeline will not be a part of the proposed action 
considered in the EA. However, we intend to disclose available resource 
impact information for the related project in the EA to inform 
stakeholders and decision makers.

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

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Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us 
\2\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about 
proposals. This process is referred to as ``scoping.'' The main goal of 
the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important 
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public 
comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We will 
consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA.
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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 proposed project under these 
general headings:
     Geology and soils;
     land use;
     water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
     cultural resources;
     vegetation and wildlife;
     air quality and noise;
     endangered and threatened species;
     public safety; and
     cumulative impacts.
    We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to 
lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
    The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA 
will be available in the public record through eLibrary. Depending on 
the comments received during the scoping process, we may also publish 
and distribute the EA to the public for an allotted comment period. We 
will consider all comments on the EA before making our recommendations 
to the Commission. To ensure we have the opportunity to consider and 
address your comments, please carefully follow the instructions in the 
Public Participation section, beginning on page 2.
    With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law 
and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues of 
this project to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
EA.\3\ Agencies that would like to request cooperating agency status 
should follow the instructions for filing comments provided under the 
Public Participation section of this notice.
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    \3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing 
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 
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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, compressor 
stations, and access roads). Our EA for this project will document our 
findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status 
of consultations under section 106.
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    \4\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations 
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those 
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or 
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in 
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic 
Places.
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Currently Identified Environmental Issues

    We have already received comments and identified issues that we 
think deserve attention based on a preliminary review of the proposed 
facilities and the environmental information provided by Columbia. This 
preliminary list of issues includes: Potential impacts on the Potomac 
River and the C&O Canal, and potential impacts associated with Karst 
features and groundwater in the area. The list may be changed based on 
your comments and our analysis.

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 update the environmental mailing list 
as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the information related 
to this environmental review to all individuals, organizations, and 
government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the 
proposed project.
    If we publish and distribute the EA, copies will be sent to the 
environmental mailing list for public review and comment. If you would 
prefer to receive a paper copy of the document instead of the CD 
version or would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please 
return the attached Information Request (appendix 2).

Becoming an Intervenor

    In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want 
to become an ``intervenor'' which is an official party to the 
Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the 
process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard 
by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling. 
An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a 
request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are in 
the ``Document-less Intervention Guide'' under the ``e-filing'' link on 
the Commission's Web site. Motions to intervene are more fully 
described at http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.

Additional Information

    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the 
FERC Web site at www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Click on the 
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number, 
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP17-
80. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the 
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, 
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission offers a free service called 
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances 
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time 
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with 
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to 
the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
    Finally, public sessions or site visits will be posted on the 
Commission's

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calendar located at www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 
with other related information.

    Dated: April 25, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
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                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    conveys with it the right of eminent                  per day (Dth/d) of capacity for firm
                                                                                                        domain. Therefore, if easement                        transportation service to markets in
                                                Federal Energy Regulatory                               negotiations fail to produce an                       West Virginia through Mountaineer Gas
                                                Commission                                              agreement, the pipeline company could                 Company’s (Mountaineer) gathering
                                                [Docket No. CP17–80–000]                                initiate condemnation proceedings                     system.
                                                                                                        where compensation would be                              The Project will involve the
                                                Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;                         determined in accordance with state                   construction and operation of the
                                                Notice of Intent To Prepare an                          law.                                                  following facilities:
                                                Environmental Assessment for the                           Columbia provided landowners with                     • Approximate 3.4 miles of new
                                                Proposed Eastern Panhandle                              a fact sheet prepared by the FERC                     greenfield 8-inch-diameter pipeline;
                                                Expansion Project and Request for                       entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas                     • three main line valves (MLV); and
                                                Comments on Environmental Issues                        Facility On My Land? What Do I Need                      • two new tie-in assemblies.
                                                                                                        To Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a                   The general location of the project
                                                   The staff of the Federal Energy                      number of typically asked questions,                  facilities is shown in appendix 1.1
                                                Regulatory Commission (FERC or                          including the use of eminent domain                   Land Requirements for Construction
                                                Commission) will prepare an                             and how to participate in the
                                                environmental assessment (EA) that will                                                                         Construction of the proposed facilities
                                                                                                        Commission’s proceedings. It is also
                                                discuss the environmental impacts of                                                                          would disturb about 61 acres of land for
                                                                                                        available for viewing on the FERC Web
                                                the Eastern Panhandle Expansion                                                                               the aboveground facilities and the
                                                                                                        site (www.ferc.gov).
                                                Project involving construction and                                                                            pipeline. Following construction,
                                                operation of facilities by Columbia Gas                 Public Participation                                  Columbia would maintain about 26
                                                Transmission, LLC (Columbia) in Fulton                     For your convenience, there are three              acres for permanent operation of the
                                                County, Pennsylvania; Washington                        methods you can use to submit your                    facilities; the remaining acreage would
                                                County, Maryland; and Morgan County,                    comments to the Commission. The                       be restored and revert to former uses.
                                                West Virginia. The Commission will use                  Commission encourages electronic filing               Related Facilities
                                                this EA in its decision-making process                  of comments and has expert staff                         We have already received comments
                                                to determine whether the project is in                  available to assist you at (202) 502–8258             regarding the Mountaineer Gas Pipeline.
                                                the public convenience and necessity.                   or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please
                                                   This notice announces the opening of                                                                       On November 17, 2016, Columbia’s
                                                                                                        carefully follow these instructions so                customer, Mountaineer Gas, received an
                                                the scoping process the Commission                      that your comments are properly
                                                will use to gather input from the public                                                                      order from the West Virginia Public
                                                                                                        recorded.                                             Service Commission (PSC) authorizing
                                                and interested agencies on the project.                    (1) You can file your comments
                                                You can make a difference by providing                                                                        construction of Phase 1 of its project
                                                                                                        electronically using the eComment
                                                us with your specific comments or                                                                             which is a 24-mile-long 10-inch-
                                                                                                        feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                concerns about the project. Your                                                                              diameter gas pipeline that begins north
                                                                                                        (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                comments should focus on the potential                                                                        of Berkley, Virginia and terminates in
                                                                                                        Documents and Filings. This is an easy
                                                environmental effects, reasonable                                                                             Martinsburg, West Virginia. It traverses
                                                                                                        method for submitting brief, text-only
                                                alternatives, and measures to avoid or                                                                        Morgan and Berkley Counties in West
                                                                                                        comments on a project;
                                                lessen environmental impacts. Your                         (2) You can file your comments                     Virginia. Mountaineer Gas intends to
                                                input will help the Commission staff                    electronically by using the eFiling                   file an application with the PSC for
                                                determine what issues they need to                      feature on the Commission’s Web site                  authorization to construct Phases 2 and
                                                evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your                 (www.ferc.gov) under the link to                      3 of its project in 2019 which are still
                                                comments are timely and properly                        Documents and Filings. With eFiling,                  undergoing development. These related
                                                recorded, please send your comments so                  you can provide comments in a variety                 intrastate facilities are subject to state
                                                that the Commission receives them in                    of formats by attaching them as a file                jurisdiction and would be non-
                                                Washington, DC on or before May 25,                     with your submission. New eFiling                     jurisdictional to the FERC.
                                                2017.                                                   users must first create an account by                 Consequently, the Mountaineer Gas
                                                   If you sent comments on this project                 clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing          Pipeline will not be a part of the
                                                to the Commission before the opening of                 a comment on a particular project,                    proposed action considered in the EA.
                                                this docket on March 29, 2017, you will                 please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as              However, we intend to disclose
                                                need to file those comments in Docket                   the filing type; or                                   available resource impact information
                                                No. CP17–80–000 to ensure they are                         (3) You can file a paper copy of your              for the related project in the EA to
                                                considered as part of this proceeding.                  comments by mailing them to the                       inform stakeholders and decision
                                                   This notice is being sent to the                     following address. Be sure to reference               makers.
                                                Commission’s current environmental                      the project docket number (CP17–80–                   The EA Process
                                                mailing list for this project. State and                000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
                                                local government representatives should                                                                         The National Environmental Policy
                                                                                                        Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
                                                notify their constituents of this                                                                             Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
                                                                                                        Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
                                                proposed project and encourage them to                                                                        take into account the environmental
                                                                                                        NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
                                                comment on their areas of concern.                                                                            impacts that could result from an action
                                                   If you are a landowner receiving this                Summary of the Proposed Project                       whenever it considers the issuance of a
                                                notice, a pipeline company                                Columbia proposes to construct,
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                                                                                                                                                                1 The appendices referenced in this notice will
                                                representative may contact you about                    operation, and maintain the Eastern                   not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of
                                                the acquisition of an easement to                       Panhandle Expansion Project (Project)                 appendices were sent to all those receiving this
                                                construct, operate, and maintain the                    in three counties and states (Fulton                  notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
                                                proposed facilities. The company would                  County, Pennsylvania; Washington                      using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the
                                                                                                                                                              Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
                                                seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable                 County, Maryland; and Morgan County,                  Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)
                                                agreement. However, if the Commission                   West Virginia). The Project would                     502–8371. For instructions on connecting to
                                                approves the project, that approval                     provide an additional 47.5 dekatherms                 eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.



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                                                Certificate of Public Convenience and                   Consultations Under Section 106 of the                    the analysis proceeds to ensure that we
                                                Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to                   National Historic Preservation Act                        send the information related to this
                                                discover and address concerns the                          In accordance with the Advisory                        environmental review to all individuals,
                                                public may have about proposals. This                   Council on Historic Preservation’s                        organizations, and government entities
                                                process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The              implementing regulations for section                      interested in and/or potentially affected
                                                main goal of the scoping process is to                  106 of the National Historic                              by the proposed project.
                                                focus the analysis in the EA on the                     Preservation Act, we are using this                         If we publish and distribute the EA,
                                                important environmental issues. By this                 notice to initiate consultation with the                  copies will be sent to the environmental
                                                notice, the Commission requests public                  applicable State Historic Preservation                    mailing list for public review and
                                                comments on the scope of the issues to                  Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their                      comment. If you would prefer to receive
                                                address in the EA. We will consider all                 views and those of other government                       a paper copy of the document instead of
                                                filed comments during the preparation                   agencies, interested Indian tribes, and                   the CD version or would like to remove
                                                of the EA.                                              the public on the project’s potential                     your name from the mailing list, please
                                                   In the EA we will discuss impacts that               effects on historic properties.4 We will                  return the attached Information Request
                                                could occur as a result of the                          define the project-specific Area of                       (appendix 2).
                                                construction and operation of the                       Potential Effects (APE) in consultation                   Becoming an Intervenor
                                                proposed project under these general                    with the SHPOs as the project develops.                      In addition to involvement in the EA
                                                headings:                                               On natural gas facility projects, the APE                 scoping process, you may want to
                                                   • Geology and soils;                                 at a minimum encompasses all areas                        become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an
                                                   • land use;                                          subject to ground disturbance (examples                   official party to the Commission’s
                                                   • water resources, fisheries, and                    include construction right-of-way,                        proceeding. Intervenors play a more
                                                wetlands;                                               contractor/pipe storage yards,                            formal role in the process and are able
                                                   • cultural resources;                                compressor stations, and access roads).                   to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be
                                                                                                        Our EA for this project will document
                                                   • vegetation and wildlife;                                                                                     heard by the courts if they choose to
                                                                                                        our findings on the impacts on historic
                                                   • air quality and noise;                             properties and summarize the status of
                                                                                                                                                                  appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
                                                   • endangered and threatened species;                 consultations under section 106.
                                                                                                                                                                  An intervenor formally participates in
                                                   • public safety; and                                                                                           the proceeding by filing a request to
                                                   • cumulative impacts.                                Currently Identified Environmental                        intervene. Instructions for becoming an
                                                                                                        Issues                                                    intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less
                                                   We will also evaluate reasonable
                                                                                                          We have already received comments                       Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’
                                                alternatives to the proposed project or
                                                                                                        and identified issues that we think                       link on the Commission’s Web site.
                                                portions of the project, and make
                                                                                                        deserve attention based on a                              Motions to intervene are more fully
                                                recommendations on how to lessen or
                                                                                                        preliminary review of the proposed                        described at http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                avoid impacts on the various resource
                                                                                                        facilities and the environmental                          resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.
                                                areas.
                                                   The EA will present our independent                  information provided by Columbia. This                    Additional Information
                                                analysis of the issues. The EA will be                  preliminary list of issues includes:
                                                                                                        Potential impacts on the Potomac River                       Additional information about the
                                                available in the public record through                                                                            project is available from the
                                                eLibrary. Depending on the comments                     and the C&O Canal, and potential
                                                                                                        impacts associated with Karst features                    Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
                                                received during the scoping process, we                                                                           at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
                                                may also publish and distribute the EA                  and groundwater in the area. The list
                                                                                                        may be changed based on your                              site at www.ferc.gov using the
                                                to the public for an allotted comment                                                                             ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary
                                                period. We will consider all comments                   comments and our analysis.
                                                                                                                                                                  link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and
                                                on the EA before making our                             Environmental Mailing List                                enter the docket number, excluding the
                                                recommendations to the Commission.                         The environmental mailing list                         last three digits in the Docket Number
                                                To ensure we have the opportunity to                    includes federal, state, and local                        field (i.e., CP17–80. Be sure you have
                                                consider and address your comments,                     government representatives and                            selected an appropriate date range. For
                                                please carefully follow the instructions                agencies; elected officials;                              assistance, please contact FERC Online
                                                in the Public Participation section,                    environmental and public interest                         Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov
                                                beginning on page 2.                                    groups; Native American Tribes; other                     or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for
                                                   With this notice, we are asking                      interested parties; and local libraries                   TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The
                                                agencies with jurisdiction by law and/                  and newspapers. This list also includes                   eLibrary link also provides access to the
                                                or special expertise with respect to the                all affected landowners (as defined in                    texts of formal documents issued by the
                                                environmental issues of this project to                 the Commission’s regulations) who are                     Commission, such as orders, notices,
                                                formally cooperate with us in the                       potential right-of-way grantors, whose                    and rulemakings.
                                                preparation of the EA.3 Agencies that                   property may be used temporarily for                         In addition, the Commission offers a
                                                would like to request cooperating                       project purposes, or who own homes                        free service called eSubscription which
                                                agency status should follow the                         within certain distances of aboveground                   allows you to keep track of all formal
                                                instructions for filing comments                        facilities, and anyone who submits                        issuances and submittals in specific
                                                provided under the Public Participation                 comments on the project. We will                          dockets. This can reduce the amount of
                                                section of this notice.
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                                                                                                        update the environmental mailing list as                  time you spend researching proceedings
                                                                                                                                                                  by automatically providing you with
                                                  2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the              4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s       notification of these filings, document
                                                environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of       regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal              summaries, and direct links to the
                                                Energy Projects.                                        Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define
                                                  3 The Council on Environmental Quality
                                                                                                                                                                  documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
                                                                                                        historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                regulations addressing cooperating agency               district, site, building, structure, or object included   filing/esubscription.asp.
                                                responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal       in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register        Finally, public sessions or site visits
                                                Regulations, Part 1501.6.                               of Historic Places.                                       will be posted on the Commission’s


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                                                calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                         Dated: April 20, 2017.                              385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                                EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                     Kimberly D. Bose,                                     time on the specified comment date.
                                                with other related information.                         Secretary.                                            Protests may be considered, but
                                                  Dated: April 25, 2017.                                [FR Doc. 2017–08801 Filed 5–1–17; 8:45 am]            intervention is necessary to become a
                                                Kimberly D. Bose,                                       BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                party to the proceeding.
                                                                                                                                                                 eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
                                                Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                              information relating to filing
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–08797 Filed 5–1–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  requirements, interventions, protests,
                                                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                                                                        service, and qualifying facilities filings
                                                                                                        Federal Energy Regulatory                             can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                                                                        Commission                                            docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                                                                              other information, call (866) 208–3676
                                                                                                        Combined Notice of Filings #2                         (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
                                                Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                Commission                                                 Take notice that the Commission                      Dated: April 25, 2017.
                                                                                                        received the following electric rate                  Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                Combined Notice of Filings                              filings:                                              Secretary.
                                                  Take notice that the Commission has                      Docket Numbers: ER10–3145–008;                     [FR Doc. 2017–08796 Filed 5–1–17; 8:45 am]
                                                received the following Natural Gas                      ER10–3116–008; ER10–3120–008;                         BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:                ER11–2036–008; ER13–1544–005;
                                                                                                        ER10–3128–008; ER10–1800–009;
                                                Filings Instituting Proceedings                         ER10–3136–008; ER11–2701–010;                         DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                        ER10–1728–008; ER16–930–002.
                                                   Docket Numbers: RP17–663–000.                                                                              Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                                                                           Applicants: AES Alamitos, LLC, AES
                                                   Applicants: Midcontinent Express                     Energy Storage, LLC, AES Huntington                   Commission
                                                Pipeline LLC.                                           Beach, L.L.C., AES Laurel Mountain,
                                                   Description: Midcontinent Express                    LLC, AES ES Tait, LLC, AES Redondo                    Combined Notice of Filings
                                                Pipeline LLC submits tariff filing per                  Beach, L.L.C., Indianapolis Power &                     Take notice that the Commission has
                                                154.204: Fuel Tracker Filing 04/19/17 to                Light Company, Mountain View Power                    received the following Natural Gas
                                                be effective 6/1/2017.                                  Partners, LLC, Mountain View Power                    Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
                                                   Filed Date: 04/19/2017.                              Partners IV, LLC, The Dayton Power and
                                                   Accession Number: 20170419–5008.                     Light Company, AES Ohio Generation,                   Filings Instituting Proceedings
                                                   Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern                      LLC.                                                     Docket Numbers: RP17–665–000.
                                                Time on Monday, May 01, 2017.                              Description: Supplement to December                   Applicants: Dominion Transmission,
                                                                                                        21, 2016 Triennial Market Power                       Inc.
                                                   Docket Numbers: RP17–664–000.                        Analysis for Northeast Region of AES                     Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: DTI—
                                                   Applicants: Elba Express Company,                    MBR Affiliates.                                       April 20, 2017 Gas Quality Revisions to
                                                L.L.C.                                                     Filed Date: 4/25/17.                               be effective 6/1/2017.
                                                   Description: Elba Express Company,                      Accession Number: 20170425–5206.                      Filed Date: 4/20/17.
                                                L.L.C. submits tariff filing per 154.204:                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/16/17.                      Accession Number: 20170420–5065.
                                                Fuel Tracker Filing–2017 to be effective                   Docket Numbers: ER17–1469–000.                        Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/2/17.
                                                6/1/2017.                                                  Applicants: Northern States Power
                                                                                                                                                                 Docket Numbers: RP17–666–000.
                                                   Filed Date: 04/20/2017.                              Company, a Wisconsin corporation.
                                                                                                           Description: Notice of cancellation of                Applicants: Stingray Pipeline
                                                   Accession Number: 20170420–5020.                                                                           Company, L.L.C.
                                                   Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern                      Transmission Line Coordinating
                                                                                                        Agreement No. 57 of Northern States                      Description: Compliance filing
                                                Time on Tuesday, May 02, 2017.                                                                                Stingray Pre-Filing Settlement.
                                                                                                        Power Company, a Wisconsin
                                                   The filings are accessible in the                    corporation.                                             Filed Date: 4/21/17.
                                                Commission’s eLibrary system by                            Filed Date: 4/25/17.                                  Accession Number: 20170421–5033.
                                                clicking on the links or querying the                      Accession Number: 20170425–5145.                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/17.
                                                docket number.                                             Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/16/17.                      Docket Numbers: RP17–667–000.
                                                   Any person desiring to intervene or                     Docket Numbers: ER17–1470–000.                        Applicants: UGI Storage Company.
                                                protest in any of the above proceedings                    Applicants: Duke Energy Progress,                     Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
                                                must file in accordance with Rules 211                  LLC.                                                  Operational Sales Filing to be effective
                                                and 214 of the Commission’s                                Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: DEP-            5/22/2017.
                                                Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and                         Revised PPAs RS Nos. 174–177 to be                       Filed Date: 4/21/17.
                                                385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern                 effective 7/1/2017.                                      Accession Number: 20170421–5240.
                                                time on the specified comment date.                        Filed Date: 4/25/17.                                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/17.
                                                Protests may be considered, but                            Accession Number: 20170425–5246.                      The filings are accessible in the
                                                intervention is necessary to become a                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/16/17.                   Commission’s eLibrary system by
                                                party to the proceeding.                                   The filings are accessible in the                  clicking on the links or querying the
                                                   eFiling is encouraged. More detailed                                                                       docket number.
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                                                                                                        Commission’s eLibrary system by
                                                information relating to filing                          clicking on the links or querying the                    Any person desiring to intervene or
                                                requirements, interventions, protests,                  docket number.                                        protest in any of the above proceedings
                                                service, and qualifying facilities filings                 Any person desiring to intervene or                must file in accordance with Rules 211
                                                can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/                   protest in any of the above proceedings               and 214 of the Commission’s
                                                docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For                 must file in accordance with Rules 211                Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
                                                other information, call (866) 208–3676                  and 214 of the Commission’s                           § 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                                (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.              Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and                       time on the specified comment date.


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation82 FR 20470 

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