82_FR_40151 82 FR 39989 - WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Billy Creek Storage Field Abandonment Project, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

82 FR 39989 - WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Billy Creek Storage Field Abandonment Project, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 162 (August 23, 2017)

Page Range39989-39991
FR Document2017-17848

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39989-39991]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17848]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-469-000]


WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Billy Creek Storage Field 
Abandonment 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 Billy Creek Storage Field 
Abandonment Project involving construction and operation of facilities 
by WBI Energy Transmission, Inc (WBI) in Johnson County, Wyoming. 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 18, 2017.
    If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the 
opening of this docket on June 30, 2017, you will need to file those 
comments in Docket No. CP17-469-000 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.
    WBI 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 [email protected]. Please carefully follow 
these instructions so

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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 
(CP17-469-000) 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

    WBI proposes to abandon the Billy Creek Storage Field (Storage 
Field) and related facilities and recover and sell the Storage Field's 
cushion gas in Johnson County, Wyoming. WBI proposes to withdraw an 
estimated 2.4 billion cubic feet of cushion gas prior to abandonment of 
the Storage Field. Based on initial drawdown conditions, WBI proposes 
one method, or a combination of any of the following methods, to 
recover the remaining cushion gas:
     Utilize and/or modify existing storage facilities (Option 
1);
     install a 200 horsepower (or less) replacement compressor 
unit (Option 2);
     drill one new natural gas recovery well in one of two 
proposed locations (Option 3); or
     a combination of any of these methods.
    Following cushion gas withdrawal, WBI would abandon pipeline and 
aboveground facilities in-place or by removal, including the additional 
compressor unit or recovery well required in Options 2 and 3. WBI 
states that the Storage Field is no longer reliable due to water 
encroachment and that the firm storage deliverability previously 
provided by the Storage Field is now provided by another WBI storage 
field.
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 
1.\1\
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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

    Abandonment of the Storage Field through Options 1 or 2 would 
temporarily disturb approximately 11.7 acres. After withdrawal of the 
2.4 billion cubic feet of cushion gas, WBI would restore all 11.7 
acres. Option 3 would temporarily disturb an additional 3 or 4.2 acres, 
depending on which location is selected for well installation. The 
total temporary disturbance for Option 3 would be either 14.7 or 15.9 
acres, of which the entirety would be restored and no land would be 
required following abandonment.

The EA Process

    The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the 
Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could 
result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us 
\2\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about 
proposals. This process is referred to as ``scoping.'' The main goal of 
the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important 
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public 
comments on the scope of the issues to 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;
     water resources and wetlands;
     vegetation and wildlife;
     endangered and threatened species;
     cultural resources;
     land use;
     air quality and noise;
     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. We may also 
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 
Regulations, Part 1501.6.
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Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation 
Act

    In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's 
implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation 
with the applicable State Historic Preservation Office (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 SHPO 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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Environmental Mailing List

    The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local 
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; Native 
American Tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and 
newspapers. This list also includes all

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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 of the EA will be sent 
to the environmental mailing list for public review and comment. If you 
would prefer to receive a paper copy of the document instead of the CD 
version or would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please 
return the attached Information Request (appendix 1).

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-
469). 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, 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 17, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-17848 Filed 8-22-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.                          Docket Numbers: RD17–6–000.                        will use to gather input from the public
                                                      Docket Numbers: ER15–1644–002.                           Applicants: North American Electric                and interested agencies on the project.
                                                      Applicants: Dynegy Lee II, LLC.                       Reliability Corporation.                              You can make a difference by providing
                                                      Description: Compliance filing:                          Description: Revisions to the                      us with your specific comments or
                                                    Informational Filing Regarding the                      Violation Risk Factors for Reliability                concerns about the project. Your
                                                    Planned Indirect Transfer of Control to                 Standard BAL–002–2 of the North                       comments should focus on the potential
                                                    be effective N/A.                                       American Electric Reliability                         environmental effects, reasonable
                                                      Filed Date: 8/17/17.                                  Corporation.                                          alternatives, and measures to avoid or
                                                      Accession Number: 20170817–5112.                         Filed Date: 8/14/17.                               lessen environmental impacts. Your
                                                                                                               Accession Number: 20170814–5191.                   input will help the Commission staff
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/7/17.                          Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/18/17.
                                                      Docket Numbers: ER17–2041–001.                                                                              determine what issues they need to
                                                                                                               The filings are accessible in the                  evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your
                                                      Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,                     Commission’s eLibrary system by
                                                    Inc.                                                                                                          comments are timely and properly
                                                                                                            clicking on the links or querying the                 recorded, please send your comments so
                                                      Description: Tariff Amendment: 3334                   docket number.
                                                    Associated Electric Cooperative NITSA                                                                         that the Commission receives them in
                                                                                                               Any person desiring to intervene or                Washington, DC on or before September
                                                    and NOA to be effective 6/1/2017.                       protest in any of the above proceedings
                                                      Filed Date: 8/17/17.                                                                                        18, 2017.
                                                                                                            must file in accordance with Rules 211
                                                      Accession Number: 20170817–5060.                                                                               If you sent comments on this project
                                                                                                            and 214 of the Commission’s
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/7/17.                                                                             to the Commission before the opening of
                                                                                                            Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
                                                      Docket Numbers: ER17–2319–000.                        385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern               this docket on June 30, 2017, you will
                                                      Applicants: Idaho Power Company.                      time on the specified comment date.                   need to file those comments in Docket
                                                      Description: Idaho Power Company                      Protests may be considered, but                       No. CP17–469–000 to ensure they are
                                                    submits Average System Cost Filing for                  intervention is necessary to become a                 considered as part of this proceeding.
                                                    Sales of Electric Power to the Bonneville               party to the proceeding.                                 This notice is being sent to the
                                                    Power Administration, FY 2018–2019.                        eFiling is encouraged. More detailed               Commission’s current environmental
                                                      Filed Date: 8/17/17.                                  information relating to filing                        mailing list for this project. State and
                                                      Accession Number: 20170817–5021.                      requirements, interventions, protests,                local government representatives should
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/7/17.                       service, and qualifying facilities filings            notify their constituents of this
                                                                                                            can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/                 proposed project and encourage them to
                                                      Docket Numbers: ER17–2320–000.
                                                                                                            docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For               comment on their areas of concern.
                                                      Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
                                                    L.L.C.                                                  other information, call (866) 208–3676                   If you are a landowner receiving this
                                                      Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                    (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.            notice, a pipeline company
                                                    Revisions to OATT and OA RE: Pseudo-                      Dated: August 17, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                                  representative may contact you about
                                                    Tie Settlement Changes to be effective                                                                        the acquisition of an easement to
                                                                                                            Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                    11/1/2017.                                                                                                    construct, operate, and maintain the
                                                                                                            Deputy Secretary.
                                                      Filed Date: 8/17/17.                                                                                        proposed facilities. The company would
                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2017–17845 Filed 8–22–17; 8:45 am]           seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
                                                      Accession Number: 20170817–5023.
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/7/17.
                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                agreement. However, if the Commission
                                                                                                                                                                  approves the project, that approval
                                                      Docket Numbers: ER17–2321–000.                                                                              conveys with it the right of eminent
                                                      Applicants: Dynegy Lee II, LLC.                       DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  domain. Therefore, if easement
                                                      Description: Request for Waiver of                                                                          negotiations fail to produce an
                                                    Dynegy Lee II, LLC.                                     Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                                                                            Commission                                            agreement, the pipeline company could
                                                      Filed Date: 8/16/17.
                                                                                                                                                                  initiate condemnation proceedings
                                                      Accession Number: 20170816–5152.                      [Docket No. CP17–469–000]                             where compensation would be
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/6/17.
                                                                                                                                                                  determined in accordance with state
                                                      Docket Numbers: ER17–2322–000.                        WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice                 law.
                                                      Applicants: Nexus Energy Inc.                         of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
                                                                                                                                                                     WBI provided landowners with a fact
                                                      Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:                 Assessment for the Proposed Billy
                                                                                                                                                                  sheet prepared by the FERC entitled
                                                    Nexus Energy Market-based Rate Tariff                   Creek Storage Field Abandonment
                                                                                                                                                                  ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On
                                                    v2 to be effective 11/1/2017.                           Project, and Request for Comments on
                                                                                                                                                                  My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’
                                                      Filed Date: 8/17/17.                                  Environmental Issues
                                                                                                                                                                  This fact sheet addresses a number of
                                                      Accession Number: 20170817–5047.                        The staff of the Federal Energy                     typically asked questions, including the
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/7/17.                       Regulatory Commission (FERC or                        use of eminent domain and how to
                                                      Docket Numbers: ER17–2323–000.                        Commission) will prepare an                           participate in the Commission’s
                                                      Applicants: Midcontinent                              environmental assessment (EA) that will               proceedings. It is also available for
                                                    Independent System Operator, Inc.,                      discuss the environmental impacts of                  viewing on the FERC Web site
                                                    Ameren Illinois Company.                                the Billy Creek Storage Field                         (www.ferc.gov).
                                                      Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                    Abandonment Project involving
                                                    2017–08–17_Filing to revise Ameren                                                                            Public Participation
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                                                                                                            construction and operation of facilities
                                                    Attachment O Formula Rate Templates                     by WBI Energy Transmission, Inc (WBI)                   For your convenience, there are three
                                                    to be effective 1/1/2018.                               in Johnson County, Wyoming. The                       methods you can use to submit your
                                                      Filed Date: 8/17/17.                                  Commission will use this EA in its                    comments to the Commission. The
                                                      Accession Number: 20170817–5058.                      decision-making process to determine                  Commission encourages electronic filing
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/7/17.                       whether the project is in the public                  of comments and has expert staff
                                                      Take notice that the Commission                       convenience and necessity.                            available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
                                                    received the following electric                           This notice announces the opening of                or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please
                                                    reliability filings:                                    the scoping process the Commission                    carefully follow these instructions so


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                                                    that your comments are properly                           The general location of the project                  available in the public record through
                                                    recorded.                                               facilities is shown in appendix 1.1                    eLibrary. We may also distribute the EA
                                                       (1) You can file your comments                                                                              to the public for an allotted comment
                                                                                                            Land Requirements for Construction
                                                    electronically using the eComment                                                                              period. We will consider all comments
                                                                                                               Abandonment of the Storage Field                    on the EA before making our
                                                    feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                                                                            through Options 1 or 2 would                           recommendations to the Commission.
                                                    (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                                                                            temporarily disturb approximately 11.7                 To ensure we have the opportunity to
                                                    Documents and Filings. This is an easy
                                                                                                            acres. After withdrawal of the 2.4 billion             consider and address your comments,
                                                    method for submitting brief, text-only
                                                                                                            cubic feet of cushion gas, WBI would                   please carefully follow the instructions
                                                    comments on a project;
                                                                                                            restore all 11.7 acres. Option 3 would                 in the Public Participation section,
                                                       (2) You can file your comments                       temporarily disturb an additional 3 or                 beginning on page 2.
                                                    electronically by using the eFiling                     4.2 acres, depending on which location                   With this notice, we are asking
                                                    feature on the Commission’s Web site                    is selected for well installation. The                 agencies with jurisdiction by law and/
                                                    (www.ferc.gov) under the link to                        total temporary disturbance for Option 3               or special expertise with respect to the
                                                    Documents and Filings. With eFiling,                    would be either 14.7 or 15.9 acres, of                 environmental issues of this project to
                                                    you can provide comments in a variety                   which the entirety would be restored                   formally cooperate with us in the
                                                    of formats by attaching them as a file                  and no land would be required                          preparation of the EA.3 Agencies that
                                                    with your submission. New eFiling                       following abandonment.                                 would like to request cooperating
                                                    users must first create an account by                                                                          agency status should follow the
                                                    clicking on eRegister. If you are filing a              The EA Process
                                                                                                                                                                   instructions for filing comments
                                                    comment on a particular project, please                    The National Environmental Policy                   provided under the Public Participation
                                                    select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as the                   Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to                  section of this notice.
                                                    filing type; or                                         take into account the environmental
                                                                                                            impacts that could result from an action               Consultations Under Section 106 of the
                                                       (3) You can file a paper copy of your
                                                                                                            whenever it considers the issuance of a                National Historic Preservation Act
                                                    comments by mailing them to the
                                                    following address. Be sure to reference                 Certificate of Public Convenience and                    In accordance with the Advisory
                                                    the project docket number (CP17–469–                    Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to                  Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                    000) with your submission: Kimberly D.                  discover and address concerns the                      implementing regulations for section
                                                    Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy                         public may have about proposals. This                  106 of the National Historic
                                                    Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street                 process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The             Preservation Act, we are using this
                                                    NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.                     main goal of the scoping process is to                 notice to initiate consultation with the
                                                                                                            focus the analysis in the EA on the                    applicable State Historic Preservation
                                                    Summary of the Proposed Project                         important environmental issues. By this                Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views
                                                                                                            notice, the Commission requests public                 and those of other government agencies,
                                                      WBI proposes to abandon the Billy
                                                                                                            comments on the scope of the issues to                 interested Indian tribes, and the public
                                                    Creek Storage Field (Storage Field) and
                                                                                                            address in the EA. We will consider all                on the project’s potential effects on
                                                    related facilities and recover and sell the
                                                                                                            filed comments during the preparation                  historic properties.4 We will define the
                                                    Storage Field’s cushion gas in Johnson                  of the EA.                                             project-specific Area of Potential Effects
                                                    County, Wyoming. WBI proposes to                           In the EA we will discuss impacts that              (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as
                                                    withdraw an estimated 2.4 billion cubic                 could occur as a result of the                         the project develops. On natural gas
                                                    feet of cushion gas prior to                            construction and operation of the                      facility projects, the APE at a minimum
                                                    abandonment of the Storage Field.                       proposed project under these general                   encompasses all areas subject to ground
                                                    Based on initial drawdown conditions,                   headings:                                              disturbance (examples include
                                                    WBI proposes one method, or a                              • Geology and soils;                                construction right-of-way, contractor/
                                                    combination of any of the following                        • water resources and wetlands;                     pipe storage yards, compressor stations,
                                                    methods, to recover the remaining                          • vegetation and wildlife;                          and access roads). Our EA for this
                                                    cushion gas:                                               • endangered and threatened species;
                                                                                                               • cultural resources;                               project will document our findings on
                                                      • Utilize and/or modify existing                                                                             the impacts on historic properties and
                                                    storage facilities (Option 1);                             • land use;
                                                                                                               • air quality and noise;                            summarize the status of consultations
                                                      • install a 200 horsepower (or less)                     • public safety; and                                under section 106.
                                                    replacement compressor unit (Option 2);                    • cumulative impacts.                               Environmental Mailing List
                                                      • drill one new natural gas recovery                     We will also evaluate reasonable
                                                    well in one of two proposed locations                   alternatives to the proposed project or                  The environmental mailing list
                                                    (Option 3); or                                          portions of the project, and make                      includes federal, state, and local
                                                                                                            recommendations on how to lessen or                    government representatives and
                                                      • a combination of any of these                                                                              agencies; elected officials; Native
                                                    methods.                                                avoid impacts on the various resource
                                                                                                            areas.                                                 American Tribes; other interested
                                                      Following cushion gas withdrawal,                        The EA will present our independent                 parties; and local libraries and
                                                    WBI would abandon pipeline and                          analysis of the issues. The EA will be                 newspapers. This list also includes all
                                                    aboveground facilities in-place or by
                                                    removal, including the additional
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                                                                                                              1 The appendices referenced in this notice will        3 The Council on Environmental Quality

                                                    compressor unit or recovery well                        not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of          regulations addressing cooperating agency
                                                    required in Options 2 and 3. WBI states                 appendices were sent to all those receiving this       responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
                                                                                                            notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov   Regulations, Part 1501.6.
                                                    that the Storage Field is no longer                     using the link called eLibrary or from the               4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                    reliable due to water encroachment and                  Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First          regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal
                                                    that the firm storage deliverability                    Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)        Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define
                                                    previously provided by the Storage                      502–8371. For instructions on connecting to            historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                                                                            eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.       district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                                    Field is now provided by another WBI                      2 We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff   in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
                                                    storage field.                                          of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects.         of Historic Places.



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                                                    affected landowners (as defined in the                  issuances and submittals in specific                     Description: Tariff Amendment:
                                                    Commission’s regulations) who are                       dockets. This can reduce the amount of                Response to Deficiency Notice to be
                                                    potential right-of-way grantors, whose                  time you spend researching proceedings                effective 7/18/2017.
                                                    property may be used temporarily for                    by automatically providing you with                      Filed Date: 8/14/17.
                                                    project purposes, or who own homes                      notification of these filings, document                  Accession Number: 20170814–5154.
                                                    within certain distances of aboveground                 summaries, and direct links to the                       Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.
                                                    facilities, and anyone who submits                      documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                      Docket Numbers: ER17–1717–001.
                                                    comments on the project. We will                        filing/esubscription.asp.                                Applicants: Dynegy Conesville, LLC.
                                                    update the environmental mailing list as                   Finally, public sessions or site visits               Description: Tariff Amendment:
                                                    the analysis proceeds to ensure that we                 will be posted on the Commission’s                    Response to Deficiency Letter to be
                                                    send the information related to this                    calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                     effective 5/9/2017.
                                                    environmental review to all individuals,                EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                      Filed Date: 8/14/17.
                                                    organizations, and government entities                  with other related information.                          Accession Number: 20170814–5169.
                                                    interested in and/or potentially affected                 Dated: August 17, 2017.                                Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.
                                                    by the proposed project.                                                                                         Docket Numbers: ER17–1718–001.
                                                                                                            Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                       If we publish and distribute the EA,                                                                          Applicants: Dynegy Dicks Creek, LLC.
                                                    copies of the EA will be sent to the                    Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                                     Description: Tariff Amendment:
                                                    environmental mailing list for public                   [FR Doc. 2017–17848 Filed 8–22–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                  Response to Deficiency Letter to be
                                                    review and comment. If you would                        BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                  effective 8/1/2017.
                                                    prefer to receive a paper copy of the                                                                            Filed Date: 8/14/17.
                                                    document instead of the CD version or                                                                            Accession Number: 20170814–5175.
                                                    would like to remove your name from                     DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                                                                                     Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.
                                                    the mailing list, please return the                                                                              Docket Numbers: ER17–1719–001.
                                                    attached Information Request (appendix                  Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                                                                            Commission                                               Applicants: Dynegy Killen, LLC.
                                                    1).                                                                                                              Description: Tariff Amendment:
                                                    Becoming an Intervenor                                  Combined Notice of Filings #1                         Response to Deficiency Letter to be
                                                       In addition to involvement in the EA                                                                       effective 8/1/2017.
                                                                                                               Take notice that the Commission                       Filed Date: 8/14/17.
                                                    scoping process, you may want to                        received the following electric corporate                Accession Number: 20170814–5176.
                                                    become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an                    filings:                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.
                                                    official party to the Commission’s                         Docket Numbers: EC17–158–000.
                                                    proceeding. Intervenors play a more                                                                              Docket Numbers: ER17–1720–001.
                                                                                                               Applicants: CPV Towantic, LLC,                        Applicants: Dynegy Miami Fort, LLC.
                                                    formal role in the process and are able                 Towantic Energy Holdings, LLC,
                                                    to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be                                                                       Description: Tariff Amendment:
                                                                                                            Aircraft Services Corporation.                        Response to Deficiency Letter to be
                                                    heard by the courts if they choose to                      Description: Application for
                                                    appeal the Commission’s final ruling.                                                                         effective 8/1/2017.
                                                                                                            Authorization under Section 203 of the                   Filed Date: 8/14/17.
                                                    An intervenor formally participates in                  Federal Power Act and Request for                        Accession Number: 20170814–5177.
                                                    the proceeding by filing a request to                   Waivers, Confidential Treatment,                         Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.
                                                    intervene. Instructions for becoming an                 Expedited Action and Shortened
                                                    intervenor are in the Document-less                                                                              Docket Numbers: ER17–1721–001.
                                                                                                            Comment Period of CPV Towantic, LLC,                     Applicants: Dynegy Stuart, LLC.
                                                    Intervention Guide under the e-filing                   et al.
                                                    link on the Commission’s Web site.                                                                               Description: Tariff Amendment:
                                                                                                               Filed Date: 8/15/17.                               Response to Deficiency Letter to be
                                                    Motions to intervene are more fully                        Accession Number: 20170815–5095.
                                                    described at http://www.ferc.gov/                                                                             effective 8/1/2017.
                                                                                                               Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.                       Filed Date: 8/14/17.
                                                    resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.                     Take notice that the Commission                       Accession Number: 20170814–5182.
                                                    Additional Information                                  received the following electric rate                     Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.
                                                       Additional information about the                     filings:                                                 Docket Numbers: ER17–1722–001.
                                                    project is available from the                              Docket Numbers: ER11–4506–002.                        Applicants: Dynegy Zimmer, LLC.
                                                    Commission’s Office of External Affairs,                   Applicants: Devonshire Energy LLC.                    Description: Tariff Amendment:
                                                    at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web                      Description: Notification of Change in             Response to Deficiency Letter to be
                                                    site at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary                 Status of Devonshire Energy LLC.                      effective 8/1/2017.
                                                    link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on                 Filed Date: 8/14/17.                                  Filed Date: 8/14/17.
                                                    General Search and enter the docket                        Accession Number: 20170814–5205.                      Accession Number: 20170814–5184.
                                                    number, excluding the last three digits                    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.                       Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.
                                                    in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP17–                    Docket Numbers: ER17–1315–002;                        Docket Numbers: ER17–2307–000.
                                                    469). Be sure you have selected an                      ER17–1318–001; ER17–1316–001.                            Applicants: Midcontinent
                                                    appropriate date range. For assistance,                    Applicants: Meadow Lake Wind Farm                  Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                                    please contact FERC Online Support at                   V LLC, Redbed Plains Wind Farm LLC,                      Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
                                                    FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free                 Quilt Block Wind Farm LLC.                            2017–08–15_Termination of SA 2758
                                                                                                               Description: Notice of Non-Material                NSP-Trishe Wind E&P Agreement (J288)
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                                                    at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact
                                                    (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also                  Change in Status of Meadow Lake Wind                  to be effective 8/16/2017.
                                                    provides access to the texts of formal                  Farm V LLC, et. al.                                      Filed Date: 8/15/17.
                                                    documents issued by the Commission,                        Filed Date: 8/14/17.                                  Accession Number: 20170815–5000.
                                                    such as orders, notices, and                               Accession Number: 20170814–5203.                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.
                                                    rulemakings.                                               Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.                       Docket Numbers: ER17–2308–000.
                                                       In addition, the Commission offers a                    Docket Numbers: ER17–1619–001.                        Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
                                                    free service called eSubscription which                    Applicants: PJM Interconnection,                      Description: Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
                                                    allows you to keep track of all formal                  L.L.C.                                                submits Average System Cost Filing for


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation82 FR 39989 

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