82 FR 50864 - Florida Southeast Connection, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for The Proposed Okeechobee Lateral Pipeline Project, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 211 (November 2, 2017)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 211 (November 2, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-23881 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 211 (Thursday, November 2, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 50864-50866] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-23881] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP17-463-000] Florida Southeast Connection, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for The Proposed Okeechobee Lateral Pipeline 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 Okeechobee Lateral Pipeline Project (Project) involving construction and operation of facilities by Florida Southeast Connection, LLC (FSC) in Okeechobee County, Florida. 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 November 22, 2017. 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. FSC 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 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 CP17-463-000 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 FSC requests authorization to construct and operate approximately 5.2 miles of 20-inch-diameter natural gas transmission pipeline and associated facilities (inspection tool launcher and receiver and a meter station) in Okeechobee County, Florida. This pipeline would connect FSC's mainline system with the Florida Power & Light Company's Okeechobee Clean Energy Center (currently under construction) and would be capable of providing 400 million cubic feet per day of natural gas to this facility. FSC anticipates construction would require four to five months, beginning in mid-2018. The [[Page 50865]] general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 1.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Requirements for Construction Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 105 acres of land. Following construction, FSC would maintain about 30 acres of land for permanent operation of the project facilities. The remaining acreage would be restored and revert to former uses. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project under these general headings:Geology and soils; land use; water resources, fisheries, and wetlands; cultural resources; vegetation and wildlife; air quality and noise; endangered and threatened species; public safety; and cumulative impacts. We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas. The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA will be available in the public record through eLibrary. Depending on the comments received during the scoping process, we may also publish and distribute the EA to the public for an allotted comment period. We will consider all comments on the EA before making our recommendations to the Commission. To ensure we have the opportunity to consider and address your comments, please carefully follow the instructions in the Public Participation section. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1501.6. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environmental Mailing List The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits comments on the project. We will update the environmental mailing list as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the information related to this environmental review to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project. If we publish and distribute the EA, copies 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 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- 463). 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 [[Page 50866]] 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: October 24, 2017. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-23881 Filed 11-1-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FSC provided landowners with a fact
Docket Numbers: ER16–1766–002. sheet prepared by the FERC entitled
Federal Energy Regulatory ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On
Applicants: Midcontinent Commission My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’
Independent System Operator, Inc. This fact sheet addresses a number of
Description: Compliance filing: 2017– [Docket No. CP17–463–000]
typically asked questions, including the
10–27_Amendment to RSG Compliance Florida Southeast Connection, LLC; use of eminent domain and how to
filing to be effective 4/1/2011. Notice of Intent To Prepare an participate in the Commission’s
Filed Date: 10/27/17. Environmental Assessment for The proceedings. It is also available for
Accession Number: 20171027–5113 Proposed Okeechobee Lateral Pipeline viewing on the FERC Web site
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. Project, and Request for Comments on (www.ferc.gov).
Environmental Issues Public Participation
Docket Numbers: ER16–1958–000.
Applicants: Panda Patriot LLC. The staff of the Federal Energy For your convenience, there are three
Description: Report Filing: Refund Regulatory Commission (FERC or methods you can use to submit your
Report [EL16–103] to be effective N/A. Commission) will prepare an comments to the Commission. The
environmental assessment (EA) that will Commission encourages electronic filing
Filed Date: 10/27/17. discuss the environmental impacts of of comments and has expert staff
Accession Number: 20171027–5213. the Okeechobee Lateral Pipeline Project available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. (Project) involving construction and or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please
Docket Numbers: ER18–176–000. operation of facilities by Florida carefully follow these instructions so
Southeast Connection, LLC (FSC) in that your comments are properly
Applicants: Public Service Company
Okeechobee County, Florida. The recorded.
of Colorado.
Commission will use this EA in its (1) You can file your comments
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: decision-making process to determine electronically using the eComment
20171027_Rush Creek Production Filing whether the project is in the public feature on the Commission’s Web site
to be effective 1/1/2018. convenience and necessity. (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Filed Date: 10/27/17. This notice announces the opening of Documents and Filings. This is an easy
Accession Number: 20171027–5127. the scoping process the Commission method for submitting brief, text-only
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. will use to gather input from the public comments on a project;
and interested agencies on the project. (2) You can file your comments
Docket Numbers: ER18–177–000. You can make a difference by providing electronically by using the eFiling
Applicants: Liberty Utilities (CalPeco us with your specific comments or feature on the Commission’s Web site
Electric) LLC. concerns about the project. Your (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Description: Compliance filing: comments should focus on the potential Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
Resolution of Billing Error Refile to be environmental effects, reasonable you can provide comments in a variety
effective N/A. alternatives, and measures to avoid or of formats by attaching them as a file
Filed Date: 10/27/17. lessen environmental impacts. Your with your submission. New eFiling
Accession Number: 20171027–5201. input will help the Commission staff users must first create an account by
determine what issues they need to clicking on eRegister. If you are filing a
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17.
evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your comment on a particular project, please
The filings are accessible in the comments are timely and properly select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as the
Commission’s eLibrary system by recorded, please send your comments so filing type; or
clicking on the links or querying the that the Commission receives them in (3) You can file a paper copy of your
docket number. Washington, DC on or before November comments by mailing them to the
Any person desiring to intervene or 22, 2017. following address. Be sure to reference
protest in any of the above proceedings This notice is being sent to the the project docket number CP17–463–
must file in accordance with Rules 211 Commission’s current environmental 000 with your submission: Kimberly D.
and 214 of the Commission’s mailing list for this project. State and Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and local government representatives should Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern notify their constituents of this NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
time on the specified comment date. proposed project and encourage them to
comment on their areas of concern. Summary of the Proposed Project
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a If you are a landowner receiving this FSC requests authorization to
party to the proceeding. notice, a pipeline company construct and operate approximately 5.2
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed representative may contact you about miles of 20-inch-diameter natural gas
information relating to filing the acquisition of an easement to transmission pipeline and associated
requirements, interventions, protests, construct, operate, and maintain the facilities (inspection tool launcher and
service, and qualifying facilities filings proposed facilities. The company would receiver and a meter station) in
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable Okeechobee County, Florida. This
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docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For agreement. However, if the Commission pipeline would connect FSC’s mainline
other information, call (866) 208–3676 approves the project, that approval system with the Florida Power & Light
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. conveys with it the right of eminent Company’s Okeechobee Clean Energy
domain. Therefore, if easement Center (currently under construction)
Dated: October 27, 2017. negotiations fail to produce an and would be capable of providing 400
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., agreement, the pipeline company could million cubic feet per day of natural gas
Deputy Secretary. initiate condemnation proceedings to this facility. FSC anticipates
[FR Doc. 2017–23850 Filed 11–1–17; 8:45 am] where compensation would be construction would require four to five
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by automatically providing you with Rate Filing (TO2018) to be effective 1/ Any person desiring to intervene or
notification of these filings, document 1/2018. protest in any of the above proceedings
summaries, and direct links to the Filed Date: 10/27/17. must file in accordance with Rules 211
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- Accession Number: 20171027–5004. and 214 of the Commission’s
filing/esubscription.asp. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
Finally, public sessions or site visits Docket Numbers: ER18–170–000. 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
will be posted on the Commission’s Applicants: Midcontinent time on the specified comment date.
calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ Independent System Operator, Inc. Protests may be considered, but
EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along Description: Limited Waiver Request intervention is necessary to become a
with other related information. of Midcontinent Independent System party to the proceeding.
Dated: October 24, 2017. Operator, Inc. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Filed Date: 10/26/17. information relating to filing
Accession Number: 20171026–5310. requirements, interventions, protests,
Deputy Secretary.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/16/17. service, and qualifying facilities filings
[FR Doc. 2017–23881 Filed 11–1–17; 8:45 am]
Docket Numbers: ER18–171–000. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
Inc. other information, call (866) 208–3676
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
2236R9 Golden Spread Electric Dated: October 27, 2017.
Federal Energy Regulatory Cooperative, Inc. NITSA NOA to be Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Commission effective 10/1/2017.
Deputy Secretary.
Filed Date: 10/27/17.
[FR Doc. 2017–23849 Filed 11–1–17; 8:45 am]
Combined Notice of Filings #1 Accession Number: 20171027–5042.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Take notice that the Commission
Docket Numbers: ER18–172–000.
received the following electric corporate Applicants: NorthWestern
filings: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Corporation.
Docket Numbers: EC18–9–000. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: RS Federal Energy Regulatory
Applicants: Thunder Ranch Wind 39–SD—Concurrence to Big Stone Plant Commission
Project, LLC. Transmission Facilities Agreement to be
Description: Application for effective 9/29/2010. [Docket No. OR18–1–000]
Authorization Under Section 203 of the Filed Date: 10/27/17.
Federal Power Act, Request for Accession Number: 20171027–5050. CVR Logistics, LLC; Notice of Request
Expedited Consideration and Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. for Temporary Waiver
Confidential Treatment of Thunder Docket Numbers: ER18–173–000. Take notice that on October 19, 2017,
Ranch Wind Project, LLC. Applicants: New York Independent pursuant to Rule 204 of the Federal
Filed Date: 10/26/17. System Operator, Inc. Energy Regulatory Commission’s
Accession Number: 20171026–5331. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: (Commission) Rules of Practice and
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/16/17. NYISO 205 re: Accepted Revision to Procedure, 18 CFR 385.204, CVR
Docket Numbers: EC18–10–000. correct data entry in Contract 218 OATT Logistics, LLC filed a petition for
Applicants: MATEP LLC. Att L to be effective 12/27/2017. temporary waiver of the tariff filing and
Description: Application for Filed Date: 10/27/17. reporting requirements applicable to
Authorization Under Section 203 of the Accession Number: 20171027–5063. interstate oil pipelines under Sections 6
Federal Power Act and Requests for Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. and 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act
Waiver of Filing Requirements and for Docket Numbers: ER18–174–000. and Parts 341 and 357 of the
Privileged and Confidential Treatment Applicants: NorthWestern Commission’s regulations. This request
of MATEP LLC. Corporation. pertains to certain oil pipeline facilities
Filed Date: 10/26/17. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: RS and its associated appurtenances to be
Accession Number: 20171026–5338. 40–SD—Concurrence to Coyote 1 operated by Applicant within the States
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/16/17. Station Transmission Facilities of Kansas and Oklahoma, as more fully
Take notice that the Commission Agreement to be effective 9/29/2010. explained in the petition.
received the following electric rate Filed Date: 10/27/17. Any person desiring to intervene or to
filings: Accession Number: 20171027–5069. protest this filing must file in
Docket Numbers: ER17–2162–001; Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
ER17–2163–001. Docket Numbers: ER18–175–000. the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Applicants: SunE Beacon Site 2 LLC, Applicants: PJM Interconnection, Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214.
SunE Beacon Site 5 LLC. L.L.C. Protests will be considered by the
Description: Notice of Non-Material Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Commission in determining the
Change in Status of SunE Beacon Site 2 Filing to Correct Parameters in Tariff appropriate action to be taken, but will
LLC, et al. section 204.3A filed in ER16–2518 to be
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not serve to make protestants parties to
Filed Date: 10/26/17. effective 12/26/2017. the proceeding. Any person wishing to
Accession Number: 20171026–5318. Filed Date: 10/27/17. become a party must file a notice of
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/16/17. Accession Number: 20171027–5072. intervention or motion to intervene, as
Docket Numbers: ER18–169–000. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/17/17. appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
Applicants: Southern California The filings are accessible in the protests must be filed on or before the
Edison Company. Commission’s eLibrary system by comment date. Anyone filing a motion
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: SCE clicking on the links or querying the to intervene or protest must serve a copy
Transmission Owner Tariff Formula docket number. of that document on the Petitioner.
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