82 FR 37447 - Rover Pipeline LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Majorsville Compressor Station Amendment and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 153 (August 10, 2017)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 153 (August 10, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-16878 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 37447-37448] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-16878] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP17-464-000] Rover Pipeline LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Majorsville Compressor Station Amendment 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 Amendment to the Rover Pipeline Project involving construction and operation of facilities by Rover Pipeline, LLC (Rover) in Marshall 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 September 4, 2017. If you sent comments on this amendment to the Commission before the opening of this docket on May 17, 2017, you will need to file those comments in Docket No. CP17-464-000 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. 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 [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 (CP17-464-000 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 Rover proposes to install a third 3,550 horsepower natural gas compressor unit at the Majorsville Compressor Station \1\ and a new equipment run at the Majorsville Meter Station in Marshall County, West Virginia. The new unit would bring the Majorsville Compressor Station to a total of 10,650 horsepower. The proposal would increase the point capacity of the Majorsville Compressor Station and the Majorsville Meter Station from 300 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) to 400 MMcf/ d. Rover would house the new unit (and the previously approved units) in a larger compressor building. Rover has not proposed to expand the station boundary beyond the previously approved limits. The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 1.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The Majorsville Compressor Station was approved by the Commission on February 2, 2017 in docket no. CP15-93-000 as a component of the Rover Pipeline Project and is currently under construction. \2\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Requirements for Construction Construction of the proposed facilities would occur at Rover's previously approved and under construction Majorsville Compressor Station. Following construction, Rover would maintain about the project's facilities as part of operations associated with the Rover Pipeline Project. 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 \3\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the EA we will discuss the environmental impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project. 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 [[Page 37448]] 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.\4\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1501.6. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environmental Mailing List The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; environmental and public interest groups; and other interested parties. This list also includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's regulations) who are within 0.5 mile of the Majorsville Compressor Station, 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- 464). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. Finally, any public sessions 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: August 4, 2017. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-16878 Filed 8-9-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Any person desiring to intervene or Washington, DC on or before September would bring the Majorsville Compressor
protest in any of the above proceedings 4, 2017. Station to a total of 10,650 horsepower.
must file in accordance with Rules 211 If you sent comments on this The proposal would increase the point
and 214 of the Commission’s amendment to the Commission before capacity of the Majorsville Compressor
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and the opening of this docket on May 17, Station and the Majorsville Meter
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 2017, you will need to file those Station from 300 million cubic feet per
time on the specified comment date. comments in Docket No. CP17–464–000 day (MMcf/d) to 400 MMcf/d. Rover
Protests may be considered, but to ensure they are considered as part of would house the new unit (and the
intervention is necessary to become a this proceeding. previously approved units) in a larger
party to the proceeding. This notice is being sent to the compressor building. Rover has not
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed Commission’s current environmental proposed to expand the station
information relating to filing mailing list for this project. State and boundary beyond the previously
requirements, interventions, protests, local government representatives should approved limits. The general location of
service, and qualifying facilities filings notify their constituents of this the project facilities is shown in
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ proposed project and encourage them to appendix 1.2
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For comment on their areas of concern.
Land Requirements for Construction
other information, call (866) 208–3676 Public Participation
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Construction of the proposed facilities
For your convenience, there are three would occur at Rover’s previously
Dated: August 4, 2017. methods you can use to submit your approved and under construction
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., comments to the Commission. The Majorsville Compressor Station.
Deputy Secretary. Commission encourages electronic filing Following construction, Rover would
[FR Doc. 2017–16877 Filed 8–9–17; 8:45 am] of comments and has expert staff maintain about the project’s facilities as
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 part of operations associated with the
or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please Rover Pipeline Project.
carefully follow these instructions so
that your comments are properly The EA Process
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
recorded. The National Environmental Policy
Federal Energy Regulatory (1) You can file your comments Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
Commission electronically using the eComment take into account the environmental
[Docket No. CP17–464–000] feature on the Commission’s Web site impacts that could result from an action
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to whenever it considers the issuance of a
Rover Pipeline LLC; Notice of Intent To Documents and Filings. This is an easy Certificate of Public Convenience and
Prepare an Environmental Assessment method for submitting brief, text-only Necessity. NEPA also requires us 3 to
for the Proposed Majorsville comments on a project; discover and address concerns the
Compressor Station Amendment and (2) You can file your comments public may have about proposals. This
Request for Comments on electronically by using the eFiling process is referred to as scoping. The
Environmental Issues feature on the Commission’s Web site main goal of the scoping process is to
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to focus the analysis in the EA on the
The staff of the Federal Energy Documents and Filings. With eFiling, important environmental issues. By this
Regulatory Commission (FERC or you can provide comments in a variety notice, the Commission requests public
Commission) will prepare an of formats by attaching them as a file comments on the scope of the issues to
environmental assessment (EA) that will with your submission. New eFiling address in the EA. We will consider all
discuss the environmental impacts of users must first create an account by filed comments during the preparation
the Amendment to the Rover Pipeline clicking on eRegister. If you are filing a of the EA.
Project involving construction and comment on a particular project, please In the EA we will discuss the
operation of facilities by Rover Pipeline, select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as the environmental impacts that could occur
LLC (Rover) in Marshall County, West filing type; or as a result of the construction and
Virginia. The Commission will use this (3) You can file a paper copy of your operation of the proposed project. We
EA in its decision-making process to comments by mailing them to the will also evaluate reasonable
determine whether the project is in the following address. Be sure to reference alternatives to the proposed project or
public convenience and necessity. the project docket number (CP17–464– portions of the project, and make
This notice announces the opening of 000 with your submission: Kimberly D. recommendations on how to lessen or
the scoping process the Commission Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy avoid impacts on the various resource
will use to gather input from the public Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street areas.
and interested agencies on the project. NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. The EA will present our independent
You can make a difference by providing analysis of the issues. The EA will be
Summary of the Proposed Project available in the public record through
us with your specific comments or
concerns about the project. Your Rover proposes to install a third 3,550 eLibrary. Depending on the comments
comments should focus on the potential horsepower natural gas compressor unit
environmental effects, reasonable at the Majorsville Compressor Station 1 2 The appendices referenced in this notice will
alternatives, and measures to avoid or and a new equipment run at the not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of
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appendices were sent to all those receiving this
lessen environmental impacts. Your Majorsville Meter Station in Marshall notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
input will help the Commission staff County, West Virginia. The new unit using the link called eLibrary or from the
determine what issues they need to Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your 1 The Majorsville Compressor Station was Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)
approved by the Commission on February 2, 2017 502–8371. For instructions on connecting to
comments are timely and properly in docket no. CP15–93–000 as a component of the eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.
recorded, please send your comments so Rover Pipeline Project and is currently under 3 We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff
that the Commission receives them in construction. of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects.
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received during the scoping process, we intervene. Instructions for becoming an application in Docket Nos. CP17–56–
may also publish and distribute the EA intervenor are in the Document-less 000 and CP17–57–000 requesting a
to the public for an allotted comment Intervention Guide under the e-filing Certificate of Public Convenience and
period. We will consider all comments link on the Commission’s Web site. Necessity pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
on the EA before making our Motions to intervene are more fully Natural Gas Act to construct and operate
recommendations to the Commission. described at http://www.ferc.gov/ certain natural gas pipeline facilities.
To ensure we have the opportunity to resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. The proposed project is known as the
consider and address your comments, Stratton Ridge Expansion Project
please carefully follow the instructions Additional Information
(Project), and is designed to provide the
in the Public Participation section, Additional information about the capacity necessary for Texas Eastern to
beginning on page 2. project is available from the transport up to 322,000 dekatherms per
With this notice, we are asking Commission’s Office of External Affairs, day of natural gas on a firm basis from
agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web Texas Eastern’s existing
or special expertise with respect to the site at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary interconnections to a delivery point on
environmental issues of this project to link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on the BIG Pipeline near Stratton Ridge,
formally cooperate with us in the General Search and enter the docket Texas.
preparation of the EA.4 Agencies that number, excluding the last three digits On February 16, 2017, the Federal
would like to request cooperating in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP17– Energy Regulatory Commission
agency status should follow the 464). Be sure you have selected an (Commission or FERC) issued its Notice
instructions for filing comments appropriate date range. For assistance, of Application for the Project. Among
provided under the Public Participation please contact FERC Online Support at other things, that notice alerted agencies
section of this notice. FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free issuing federal authorizations of the
Environmental Mailing List at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact requirement to complete all necessary
(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also reviews and to reach a final decision on
The environmental mailing list provides access to the texts of formal a request for a federal authorization
includes federal, state, and local documents issued by the Commission, within 90 days of the date of issuance
government representatives and such as orders, notices, and of the Commission staff’s Environmental
agencies; environmental and public rulemakings. Assessment (EA) for the Project. This
interest groups; and other interested In addition, the Commission offers a instant notice identifies the FERC staff’s
parties. This list also includes all free service called eSubscription which planned schedule for the completion of
affected landowners (as defined in the allows you to keep track of all formal the EA for the Project.
Commission’s regulations) who are issuances and submittals in specific
within 0.5 mile of the Majorsville Schedule for Environmental Review
dockets. This can reduce the amount of
Compressor Station, and anyone who Issuance of EA—October 5, 2017
time you spend researching proceedings
submits comments on the project. We 90-day Federal Authorization Decision
by automatically providing you with
will update the environmental mailing Deadline—January 3, 2018
notification of these filings, document
list as the analysis proceeds to ensure If a schedule change becomes
summaries, and direct links to the
that we send the information related to necessary, additional notice will be
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
this environmental review to all provided so that the relevant agencies
filing/esubscription.asp.
individuals, organizations, and are kept informed of the Project’s
Finally, any public sessions or site
government entities interested in and/or
visits will be posted on the progress.
potentially affected by the proposed
project. Commission’s calendar located at Project Description
If we publish and distribute the EA, www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/
EventsList.aspx along with other related The Stratton Ridge Project would
copies will be sent to the environmental consist of:
mailing list for public review and information.
• A new Angleton Compressor
comment. If you would prefer to receive Dated: August 4, 2017. Station, consisting of a 12,500
a paper copy of the document instead of Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., horsepower electric motor-driven
the CD version or would like to remove Deputy Secretary. compressor in Brazoria County, Texas;
your name from the mailing list, please [FR Doc. 2017–16878 Filed 8–9–17; 8:45 am] • a new 0.5 mile, 30-inch-diameter
return the attached Information Request BILLING CODE 6717–01–P pipeline lateral in Brazoria County,
(appendix 2). Texas to interconnect with the BIG
Becoming an Intervenor intrastate pipeline system;
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY • installation of Clean Burn
In addition to involvement in the EA
Equipment at the Mont Belvieu
scoping process, you may want to Federal Energy Regulatory Compressor Station in Chambers
become an intervenor which is an Commission County, Texas; and
official party to the Commission’s • installation of minor auxiliary and
proceeding. Intervenors play a more [Docket Nos. CP17–56–000; CP17–57–000]
support facilities (e.g. launcher and
formal role in the process and are able receiver modification, valves, piping
to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P,
Brazoria Interconnector Gas Pipeline, modification) at existing Texas Eastern
heard by the courts if they choose to
facilities in San Jacinto, Lavaca, Waller,
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appeal the Commission’s final ruling. LLC; Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review of the Stratton and Shelby Counties, Texas.
An intervenor formally participates in
the proceeding by filing a request to Ridge Expansion Project Background
4 The Council on Environmental Quality
On February 3, 2017, Texas Eastern On March 24, 2017, the Commission
regulations addressing cooperating agency
Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) and issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an
responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Brazoria Interconnector Gas Pipeline, Environmental Assessment for the
Regulations, Part 1501.6. LLC (BIG Pipeline) filed jointly an Proposed Stratton Ridge Project and
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