82 FR 21225 - ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Wisconsin South Expansion Project

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 86 (May 5, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 86 (Friday, May 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21225-21226]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09104]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. Cp17-9-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental 
Assessment for the Proposed Wisconsin South Expansion Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission 
or FERC) prepared this environmental assessment (EA) to assess the 
environmental effects of the Wisconsin South Expansion Project 
(Project) involving replacement and expansion of existing aboveground 
facilities by ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) in the area west and southwest 
of Lake Michigan. The Project would enable ANR to expand delivery by 
230,950 dekatherm per day (Dth/d) into the Northern Illinois and 
Wisconsin market areas to meet growing natural gas demand.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed Project in accordance with 
the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 
FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with 
appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    ANR proposes to install one new 6,130-horsepower (HP) Solar Centaur 
50 compressor unit at ANR's existing Sandwich Compressor Station in 
Kendall County, Illinois; increase capacity of the existing Hampshire 
Meter Station in Kane County, Illinois from the current 320 million 
cubic feet per day (MMCFD) to 500 MMCFD; abandon by removal the 
existing 0.54-mile-long 16-inch-diameter Line 332 Lateral located in 
Kane County, Illinois, and replaced in the same ditch with a new 24-
inch-diameter pipeline to increase flow capacity from the Hampshire 
Meter Station to Nicor; increase the capacity of ANR's existing Tiffany 
East Meter Station in Rock County, Wisconsin from the current 118 MMCFD 
to 237 MMCFD; and re-stage an existing Saturn 10 turbine compressor 
unit at ANR's Kewaskum Compressor Station in Sheboygan County, 
Wisconsin.
    The FERC staff mailed copies of the EA to Federal, State, and local 
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; 
environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; 
potentially affected landowners and other interested individuals and 
groups; newspapers and libraries in the project area; and parties to 
this proceeding. In addition, the EA is available for public viewing on 
the FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited 
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public 
inspection at:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 
First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371

    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments 
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable 
alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 
The more

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specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that 
the Commission has the opportunity to consider your comments prior to 
making its decision on this Project, it is important that we receive 
your comments in Washington, DC on or before May 30, 2017.
    For your convenience, there are three methods which you can use to 
file your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please 
reference the project docket numbers (CP17-9-000) with your submission. 
The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert 
staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or 
[email protected].
    (1) You may 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 may also file your comments electronically 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.'' You must select the type of filing you are making. If 
you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select 
``Comment on a Filing''; or
    (3) You may file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to 
the following address:

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First St. NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426

    Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a 
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\1\ Only intervenors have the 
right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision. The Commission 
grants affected landowners and others with environmental concerns 
intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a 
clear and direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can 
adequately represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not 
give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to 
have your comments considered.
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    Additional information about the Project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the 
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the 
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search,'' and enter the docket number 
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP17-
9-000). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the 
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, 
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission now 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/esubscribenow.htm.

    Dated: April 27, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-09104 Filed 5-4-17; 8:45 am]
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