82_FR_40154 82 FR 39992 - Pomelo Connector, LLC, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review of the Pomelo Connector Pipeline and South Texas Expansion Projects

82 FR 39992 - Pomelo Connector, LLC, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review of the Pomelo Connector Pipeline and South Texas Expansion Projects

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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

Page Range39992-39993
FR Document2017-17847

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39992-39993]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17847]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP17-26-000; CP15-499-000; CP15-499-001]


Pomelo Connector, LLC, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of 
Schedule for Environmental Review of the Pomelo Connector Pipeline and 
South Texas Expansion Projects

    On May 22, 2015 and December 30, 2016 Texas Eastern Transmission, 
LP (Texas Eastern) filed an application and supplements/amendments in 
Docket No. CP15-499-000/CP15-499-001 and Pomelo Connector, LLC (Pomelo) 
filed an application on December 22, 2016 in Docket No. CP17-26-000 
requesting a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity pursuant 
to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to abandon, construct, modify, 
and operate gas pipeline facilities in Texas. Pomelo's project known as 
the Pomelo Connector Pipeline Project (Pomelo Connector Pipeline) would 
provide up to 400,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of firm transportation 
service from an interconnection with Texas Eastern at the proposed 
Pomelo Petronila Compressor Station in Nueces County, Texas, to the 
Nueces Header pipeline system. Texas Eastern's project, known as the 
South Texas Expansion Project (STEP), would provide approximately 
396,000 Dth/d of firm natural gas transportation service to an 
interconnection with the Nueces Header. Collectively, the STEP and 
Pomelo Connector Pipeline projects are referred to as the Projects.
    On June 5, 2015, and January 4, 2017 the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission or FERC) issued its Notice of Applications for 
the Projects. Among other things, that notice alerted agencies issuing 
federal authorizations of the requirement to complete all necessary 
reviews and to reach a final decision on a request for a federal 
authorization within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission 
staff's Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Projects. This instant 
notice identifies the FERC staff's planned schedule for the completion 
of the EA for the Projects.

Schedule for Environmental Review

Issuance of EA--September 18, 2017
90-day Federal Authorization Decision Deadline--December 17, 2017

    If a schedule change becomes necessary, additional notice will be 
provided so that the relevant agencies are kept informed of the 
Project's progress.

Project Description

    Pomelo Connector Pipeline consists of construction and operation of 
approximately 14 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline, a new 5,000 
horsepower (hp) compressor station, approximately 0.2 mile of new 30-
inch-diameter pipeline, and associated aboveground facilities in Nueces 
County, Texas. Pomelo would engage in certain construction, operation, 
maintenance, and abandonment activities under blanket construction 
certificate authorization, and abandon all of the capacity of the 
Pomelo Connector Pipeline upon the in-service date by lease to Texas 
Eastern. STEP consists of construction and operation of a new 8,400 hp 
gas turbine unit in Nueces County, Texas; piping modifications at its 
existing Angleton Station property in Brazoria County, Texas; a new 
8,400 hp gas turbine unit at its existing Blessing Compressor Station 
in Matagorda County, Texas; clean burn emission work and piping 
modifications at its existing Mont Belvieu Compressor Station in 
Chambers County, Texas; and piping modifications at its existing Vidor 
Compressor Station in Orange County, Texas.

Background

    On April 6, 2017, the Commission issued a Notice of Intent to 
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Projects and 
Request for Comments on Environmental Issues (NOI). The NOI was sent to 
affected landowners; Federal, state, and local government agencies; 
elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native 
American tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and 
newspapers. In response to the NOI, the Commission received a total of 
five comment letters from the following: The Texas Parks and Wildlife 
Department, Union Pacific Railroad, Gary Pyraon--an adjacent landowner 
to the proposed Petronila Compressor Station site, John Young--an 
individual, and the Teamsters National Pipeline Labor Management 
Cooperation Trust. The comments addressed related and non-
jurisdictional facilities, air quality/greenhouse gas emissions, 
alternatives, biological resources, migratory birds, habitat and 
wildlife, water resources, hazards/safety concerns, stormwater, and 
general support for the Projects.

Additional Information

    In order to receive notification of the issuance of the EA and to 
keep track of

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all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets, the Commission 
offers a free service called eSubscription. 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.
    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, select 
``General Search'' from the eLibrary menu, enter the selected date 
range and Docket Number excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP17-26 
and CP15-499), and follow the instructions. For assistance with access 
to eLibrary, the helpline can be reached at (866) 208-3676, TTY (202) 
502-8659, or at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The eLibrary link on the 
FERC Web site also provides access to the texts of formal documents 
issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rule makings.

    Dated: August 17, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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                                                    Sales of Electric Power to the Bonneville               DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  are kept informed of the Project’s
                                                    Power Administration, FY 2018–2019.                                                                           progress.
                                                      Filed Date: 8/15/17.                                  Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                                                                            Commission                                            Project Description
                                                      Accession Number: 20170815–5085.                                                                               Pomelo Connector Pipeline consists of
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.                       [Docket Nos. CP17–26–000; CP15–499–000;               construction and operation of
                                                      Docket Numbers: ER17–2309–000.
                                                                                                            CP15–499–001]                                         approximately 14 miles of 30-inch-
                                                                                                                                                                  diameter pipeline, a new 5,000
                                                      Applicants: PJM Interconnection,                      Pomelo Connector, LLC, Texas                          horsepower (hp) compressor station,
                                                    L.L.C.                                                  Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of                   approximately 0.2 mile of new 30-inch-
                                                      Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                    Schedule for Environmental Review of                  diameter pipeline, and associated
                                                    Amendment to WMPA No. 4054; Queue                       the Pomelo Connector Pipeline and                     aboveground facilities in Nueces
                                                    Z2–030 to be effective 11/25/2014.                      South Texas Expansion Projects                        County, Texas. Pomelo would engage in
                                                      Filed Date: 8/15/17.                                     On May 22, 2015 and December 30,                   certain construction, operation,
                                                      Accession Number: 20170815–5094.                      2016 Texas Eastern Transmission, LP                   maintenance, and abandonment
                                                                                                            (Texas Eastern) filed an application and              activities under blanket construction
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.                                                                             certificate authorization, and abandon
                                                                                                            supplements/amendments in Docket
                                                      Docket Numbers: ER17–2310–000.                        No. CP15–499–000/CP15–499–001 and                     all of the capacity of the Pomelo
                                                      Applicants: PJM Interconnection,                                                                            Connector Pipeline upon the in-service
                                                                                                            Pomelo Connector, LLC (Pomelo) filed
                                                    L.L.C.                                                                                                        date by lease to Texas Eastern. STEP
                                                                                                            an application on December 22, 2016 in
                                                                                                                                                                  consists of construction and operation
                                                      Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                    Docket No. CP17–26–000 requesting a
                                                                                                                                                                  of a new 8,400 hp gas turbine unit in
                                                    Wholesale Market Participation                          Certificate of Public Convenience and
                                                                                                                                                                  Nueces County, Texas; piping
                                                    Agreement No. 4772; Queue AC1–013 to                    Necessity pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
                                                                                                                                                                  modifications at its existing Angleton
                                                    be effective 8/14/2017.                                 Natural Gas Act to abandon, construct,
                                                                                                                                                                  Station property in Brazoria County,
                                                      Filed Date: 8/15/17.                                  modify, and operate gas pipeline
                                                                                                                                                                  Texas; a new 8,400 hp gas turbine unit
                                                                                                            facilities in Texas. Pomelo’s project
                                                      Accession Number: 20170815–5101.                                                                            at its existing Blessing Compressor
                                                                                                            known as the Pomelo Connector
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.                                                                             Station in Matagorda County, Texas;
                                                                                                            Pipeline Project (Pomelo Connector
                                                                                                                                                                  clean burn emission work and piping
                                                      Docket Numbers: ER17–2311–000.                        Pipeline) would provide up to 400,000
                                                                                                                                                                  modifications at its existing Mont
                                                                                                            dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of firm
                                                      Applicants: California Independent                                                                          Belvieu Compressor Station in
                                                                                                            transportation service from an
                                                    System Operator Corporation.                                                                                  Chambers County, Texas; and piping
                                                                                                            interconnection with Texas Eastern at
                                                      Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                                                                          modifications at its existing Vidor
                                                                                                            the proposed Pomelo Petronila
                                                    2017–08–15 Certificate of Concurrence                                                                         Compressor Station in Orange County,
                                                                                                            Compressor Station in Nueces County,
                                                    for the UC Regents LGIA to be effective                                                                       Texas.
                                                                                                            Texas, to the Nueces Header pipeline
                                                    7/27/2017.                                              system. Texas Eastern’s project, known                Background
                                                      Filed Date: 8/15/17.                                  as the South Texas Expansion Project                     On April 6, 2017, the Commission
                                                      Accession Number: 20170815–5119.                      (STEP), would provide approximately                   issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an
                                                                                                            396,000 Dth/d of firm natural gas                     Environmental Assessment for the
                                                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/17.
                                                                                                            transportation service to an                          Proposed Projects and Request for
                                                       The filings are accessible in the                    interconnection with the Nueces                       Comments on Environmental Issues
                                                    Commission’s eLibrary system by                         Header. Collectively, the STEP and                    (NOI). The NOI was sent to affected
                                                    clicking on the links or querying the                   Pomelo Connector Pipeline projects are                landowners; Federal, state, and local
                                                    docket number.                                          referred to as the Projects.                          government agencies; elected officials;
                                                       Any person desiring to intervene or                     On June 5, 2015, and January 4, 2017               environmental and public interest
                                                    protest in any of the above proceedings                 the Federal Energy Regulatory                         groups; Native American tribes; other
                                                    must file in accordance with Rules 211                  Commission (Commission or FERC)                       interested parties; and local libraries
                                                    and 214 of the Commission’s                             issued its Notice of Applications for the             and newspapers. In response to the NOI,
                                                    Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and                         Projects. Among other things, that                    the Commission received a total of five
                                                    385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern                 notice alerted agencies issuing federal               comment letters from the following: The
                                                    time on the specified comment date.                     authorizations of the requirement to                  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department,
                                                    Protests may be considered, but                         complete all necessary reviews and to                 Union Pacific Railroad, Gary Pyraon—
                                                    intervention is necessary to become a                   reach a final decision on a request for               an adjacent landowner to the proposed
                                                    party to the proceeding.                                a federal authorization within 90 days of             Petronila Compressor Station site, John
                                                       eFiling is encouraged. More detailed                 the date of issuance of the Commission                Young—an individual, and the
                                                    information relating to filing                          staff’s Environmental Assessment (EA)                 Teamsters National Pipeline Labor
                                                    requirements, interventions, protests,                  for the Projects. This instant notice                 Management Cooperation Trust. The
                                                    service, and qualifying facilities filings              identifies the FERC staff’s planned                   comments addressed related and non-
                                                    can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/                   schedule for the completion of the EA                 jurisdictional facilities, air quality/
                                                                                                            for the Projects.
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                                                    docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For                                                                       greenhouse gas emissions, alternatives,
                                                    other information, call (866) 208–3676                  Schedule for Environmental Review                     biological resources, migratory birds,
                                                    (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.                                                                    habitat and wildlife, water resources,
                                                                                                            Issuance of EA—September 18, 2017                     hazards/safety concerns, stormwater,
                                                      Dated: August 15, 2017.                               90-day Federal Authorization Decision                 and general support for the Projects.
                                                    Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                   Deadline—December 17, 2017
                                                    Deputy Secretary.                                          If a schedule change becomes                       Additional Information
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–17800 Filed 8–22–17; 8:45 am]             necessary, additional notice will be                     In order to receive notification of the
                                                    BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  provided so that the relevant agencies                issuance of the EA and to keep track of


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