82_FR_56815 82 FR 56587 - Northwest Pipeline, LLC; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Amended North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

82 FR 56587 - Northwest Pipeline, LLC; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Amended North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 228 (November 29, 2017)

Page Range56587-56594
FR Document2017-25727

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 228 (Wednesday, November 29, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56587-56594]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25727]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-441-001]


Northwest Pipeline, LLC; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare 
an Environmental Assessment for the Amended North Seattle Lateral 
Upgrade Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

    As previously noticed on June 21, 2017, the staff of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) announced that it 
will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) to evaluate and discuss 
the environmental impacts of the North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project 
involving construction and operation of facilities by Northwest 
Pipeline, LLC (Northwest) in Snohomish County, Washington. The 
Commission will use this EA in its decision-making process to determine 
whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity.
    On October 23, 2017, Northwest filed an amendment to its current 
FERC application that proposes changes to the project facilities. 
Northwest now proposes to reduce the length of the upgraded pipeline 
facilities from 6.8 miles to 5.8 miles and to reroute a portion of its 
system off its existing right-of-way to avoid construction on the 
Fritch Forest Products mill site. This reroute was presented as a 
possible alternative to the originally filed project in the 
Commission's June 21, 2017 Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 
Assessment for the Proposed North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project, 
Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public 
Scoping Session, which was mailed to the environmental mailing list at 
that time.
    This supplemental notice announces the re-opening of the scoping 
process the Commission will use to gather input from the public and 
interested agencies on the project (see appendix 1). 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 December 21, 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 law.
    Northwest 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 will provide equal 
consideration to all comments received. 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; or
    (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

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    (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 
(CP17-441-001) 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

    Northwest proposes to remove approximately 5.8 miles of the 8-inch-
diameter North Seattle Lateral pipeline and replace it with 20-inch-
diameter pipeline, primarily in the same trench. The project is in 
Snohomish County, Washington. According to Northwest, the proposed 
facilities would increase service reliability and enable Northwest to 
provide an incremental approximate 160 million cubic feet of natural 
gas per day of firm capacity to serve Puget Sound Energy.
    The amended North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project would consist of 
the following facilities:
     Replace 5.8-miles of 8-inch-diameter pipeline with 20-
inch-diameter pipeline;
     rebuild the existing North Seattle/Everett meter station 
in order to accommodate the increased delivery capacity of the North 
Seattle Lateral;
     abandon and relocate approximately 0.1 mile of 16-inch-
diameter pipeline;
     relocate an existing 8-inch pig launcher and a 20-inch pig 
receiver \1\ to project milepost 7.76; and
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pushes through the pipeline for cleaning the pipeline, conducting 
internal inspections, or other purposes.
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     replace an existing 8-inch mainline valve with a 20-inch 
valve.
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 
2, and the reroute around the Fritch Mill is shown in appendix 3.

Land Requirements for Construction

    Construction activities related to the Upgrade Project would 
disturb about 88 acres of land for the pipeline replacement and 
aboveground facilities. With the exception of the proposed 0.15 mile 
reroute around the Fritch Mill, the new pipeline would be installed 
within Northwest's existing easement. Following construction, Northwest 
would maintain 43 acres of easement area for permanent operation of the 
project facilities; the remaining 45 acres of construction work space 
would be restored and revert to former uses. The entire existing right-
of-way in which the replacements would be made parallels existing 
pipeline, utility, or road rights-of-way.

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;
     land use;
     water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
     vegetation and wildlife;
     endangered and threatened species;
     cultural resources;
     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. 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, beginning on page 2 of this Notice.
    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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Currently Identified Environmental Issues

    We have already identified two issues that we think deserve 
attention based on a preliminary review of the proposed facilities and 
the environmental information provided by Northwest. This preliminary 
list of issues may be changed based on your comments and our analysis.
     Effects of construction on residential properties
     Impacts on sensitive fish species during in-stream 
construction activities

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

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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 4).

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-
441). 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: November 21, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
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                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    Dr.                 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                     This notice is being sent to the
                                                Kit Dahl, Pacific Council; telephone:                                                                         Commission’s current environmental
                                                (503) 820–2422.                                         Federal Energy Regulatory                             mailing list for this project. State and
                                                                                                        Commission                                            local government representatives should
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:        The                                                                         notify their constituents of this
                                                purpose of this webinar is for the EWG                  [Docket No. CP17–441–001]
                                                                                                                                                              proposed project and encourage them to
                                                to discuss work associated with the                     Northwest Pipeline, LLC; Supplemental                 comment on their areas of concern.
                                                Climate Change and Communities                          Notice of Intent To Prepare an                           If you are a landowner receiving this
                                                Initiative, which the Council has                       Environmental Assessment for the                      notice, a pipeline company
                                                decided to embark upon. Two tasks                       Amended North Seattle Lateral                         representative may contact you about
                                                have been assigned to the EWG as initial                Upgrade Project and Request for                       the acquisition of an easement to
                                                steps in this initiative. First, the EWG is             Comments on Environmental Issues                      construct, operate, and maintain the
                                                organizing a series of briefings for the                                                                      proposed facilities. The company would
                                                Council family on the potential effects                    As previously noticed on June 21,                  seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
                                                                                                        2017, the staff of the Federal Energy                 agreement. However, if the Commission
                                                of climate change on the California
                                                                                                        Regulatory Commission (FERC or                        approves the project, that approval
                                                Current Ecosystem including fishing
                                                                                                        Commission) announced that it will                    conveys with it the right of eminent
                                                communities. Second, the EWG will                       prepare an environmental assessment
                                                draft a report on major Council decision                                                                      domain. Therefore, if easement
                                                                                                        (EA) to evaluate and discuss the                      negotiations fail to produce an
                                                types that may benefit from information                 environmental impacts of the North                    agreement, the pipeline company could
                                                on climate change impacts. This                         Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project                       initiate condemnation proceedings
                                                webinar in an opportunity for the EWG                   involving construction and operation of               where compensation would be
                                                to discuss progress on these tasks and                  facilities by Northwest Pipeline, LLC                 determined in accordance with state
                                                plan their completion. Public comments                  (Northwest) in Snohomish County,                      law.
                                                during the webinar will be received                     Washington. The Commission will use                      Northwest provided landowners with
                                                from attendees at the discretion of the                 this EA in its decision-making process                a fact sheet prepared by the FERC
                                                EWG chair.                                              to determine whether the project is in                entitled An Interstate Natural Gas
                                                   Although non-emergency issues not                    the public convenience and necessity.                 Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
                                                                                                           On October 23, 2017, Northwest filed               To Know? This fact sheet addresses a
                                                contained in the meeting agenda may be
                                                                                                        an amendment to its current FERC                      number of typically asked questions,
                                                discussed, those issues may not be the
                                                                                                        application that proposes changes to the              including the use of eminent domain
                                                subject of formal action during this                    project facilities. Northwest now
                                                meeting. Action will be restricted to                                                                         and how to participate in the
                                                                                                        proposes to reduce the length of the                  Commission’s proceedings. It is also
                                                those issues specifically listed in this                upgraded pipeline facilities from 6.8                 available for viewing on the FERC Web
                                                document and any issues arising after                   miles to 5.8 miles and to reroute a                   site (www.ferc.gov).
                                                publication of this document that                       portion of its system off its existing
                                                require emergency action under section                  right-of-way to avoid construction on                 Public Participation
                                                305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery                  the Fritch Forest Products mill site. This               For your convenience, there are three
                                                Conservation and Management Act,                        reroute was presented as a possible                   methods you can use to submit your
                                                provided the public has been notified of                alternative to the originally filed project           comments to the Commission. The
                                                the intent to take final action to address              in the Commission’s June 21, 2017                     Commission will provide equal
                                                the emergency.                                          Notice of Intent to Prepare an                        consideration to all comments received.
                                                                                                        Environmental Assessment for the                      The Commission encourages electronic
                                                Special Accommodations                                  Proposed North Seattle Lateral Upgrade                filing of comments and has expert staff
                                                  This meeting is physically accessible                 Project, Request for Comments on                      available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
                                                to people with disabilities. Requests for               Environmental Issues, and Notice of                   or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please
                                                sign language interpretation or other                   Public Scoping Session, which was                     carefully follow these instructions so
                                                auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr.                mailed to the environmental mailing list              that your comments are properly
                                                                                                        at that time.                                         recorded.
                                                Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820–2411 at                        This supplemental notice announces                    (1) You can file your comments
                                                least 10 business days prior to the                     the re-opening of the scoping process                 electronically using the eComment
                                                meeting date.                                           the Commission will use to gather input               feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                  Dated: November 24, 2017.                             from the public and interested agencies               (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                Tracey L. Thompson,                                     on the project (see appendix 1). You can              Documents and Filings. This is an easy
                                                Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable           make a difference by providing us with                method for submitting brief, text-only
                                                Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.           your specific comments or concerns                    comments on a project; or
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–25765 Filed 11–28–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        about the project. Your comments                         (2) You can file your comments
                                                                                                        should focus on the potential                         electronically by using the eFiling
                                                BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
                                                                                                        environmental effects, reasonable                     feature on the Commission’s Web site
                                                                                                        alternatives, and measures to avoid or                (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                                                                        lessen environmental impacts. Your                    Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
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                                                                                                        input will help the Commission staff                  you can provide comments in a variety
                                                                                                        determine what issues they need to                    of formats by attaching them as a file
                                                                                                        evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your               with your submission. New eFiling
                                                                                                        comments are timely and properly                      users must first create an account by
                                                                                                        recorded, please send your comments so                clicking on eRegister. If you are filing a
                                                                                                        that the Commission receives them in                  comment on a particular project, please
                                                                                                        Washington, DC on or before December                  select Comment on a Filing as the filing
                                                                                                        21, 2017.                                             type; or


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                                                  (3) You can file a paper copy of your                 The EA Process                                         agency status should follow the
                                                comments by mailing them to the                            The National Environmental Policy                   instructions for filing comments
                                                following address. Be sure to reference                 Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to                  provided under the Public Participation
                                                the project docket number (CP17–441–                    take into account the environmental                    section of this notice.
                                                001) with your submission: Kimberly D.                  impacts that could result from an action
                                                Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy                                                                                Consultations Under Section 106 of the
                                                                                                        whenever it considers the issuance of a                National Historic Preservation Act
                                                Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street                 Certificate of Public Convenience and
                                                NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.                                                                              In accordance with the Advisory
                                                                                                        Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to
                                                                                                                                                               Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                Summary of the Proposed Project                         discover and address concerns the
                                                                                                                                                               implementing regulations for section
                                                  Northwest proposes to remove                          public may have about proposals. This
                                                                                                                                                               106 of the National Historic
                                                approximately 5.8 miles of the 8-inch-                  process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The
                                                                                                                                                               Preservation Act, we are using this
                                                diameter North Seattle Lateral pipeline                 main goal of the scoping process is to
                                                                                                                                                               notice to initiate consultation with the
                                                and replace it with 20-inch-diameter                    focus the analysis in the EA on the
                                                                                                                                                               applicable State Historic Preservation
                                                pipeline, primarily in the same trench.                 important environmental issues. By this
                                                                                                                                                               Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views
                                                The project is in Snohomish County,                     notice, the Commission requests public
                                                                                                                                                               and those of other government agencies,
                                                Washington. According to Northwest,                     comments on the scope of the issues to
                                                                                                                                                               interested Indian tribes, and the public
                                                the proposed facilities would increase                  address in the EA. We will consider all
                                                                                                                                                               on the project’s potential effects on
                                                service reliability and enable Northwest                filed comments during the preparation
                                                                                                                                                               historic properties.4 We will define the
                                                to provide an incremental approximate                   of the EA.
                                                                                                                                                               project-specific Area of Potential Effects
                                                160 million cubic feet of natural gas per                  In the EA we will discuss impacts that
                                                                                                                                                               (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as
                                                day of firm capacity to serve Puget                     could occur as a result of the
                                                                                                                                                               the project develops. On natural gas
                                                Sound Energy.                                           construction and operation of the
                                                                                                                                                               facility projects, the APE at a minimum
                                                  The amended North Seattle Lateral                     proposed project under these general
                                                                                                                                                               encompasses all areas subject to ground
                                                Upgrade Project would consist of the                    headings:
                                                                                                                                                               disturbance (examples include
                                                following facilities:                                      • Geology and soils;
                                                                                                                                                               construction right-of-way, contractor/
                                                  • Replace 5.8-miles of 8-inch-                           • land use;
                                                                                                           • water resources, fisheries, and                   pipe storage yards, compressor stations,
                                                diameter pipeline with 20-inch-                                                                                and access roads). Our EA for this
                                                diameter pipeline;                                      wetlands;
                                                                                                           • vegetation and wildlife;                          project will document our findings on
                                                  • rebuild the existing North Seattle/
                                                                                                           • endangered and threatened species;                the impacts on historic properties and
                                                Everett meter station in order to
                                                                                                           • cultural resources;                               summarize the status of consultations
                                                accommodate the increased delivery
                                                                                                           • air quality and noise;                            under section 106.
                                                capacity of the North Seattle Lateral;
                                                  • abandon and relocate                                   • public safety; and                                Currently Identified Environmental
                                                approximately 0.1 mile of 16-inch-                         • cumulative impacts.                               Issues
                                                diameter pipeline;                                         We will also evaluate reasonable
                                                                                                                                                                 We have already identified two issues
                                                  • relocate an existing 8-inch pig                     alternatives to the proposed project or
                                                                                                                                                               that we think deserve attention based on
                                                launcher and a 20-inch pig receiver 1 to                portions of the project, and make
                                                                                                                                                               a preliminary review of the proposed
                                                project milepost 7.76; and                              recommendations on how to lessen or
                                                  • replace an existing 8-inch mainline                                                                        facilities and the environmental
                                                                                                        avoid impacts on the various resource
                                                valve with a 20-inch valve.                                                                                    information provided by Northwest.
                                                                                                        areas.
                                                  The general location of the project                                                                          This preliminary list of issues may be
                                                                                                           The EA will present our independent
                                                facilities is shown in appendix 2, and                                                                         changed based on your comments and
                                                                                                        analysis of the issues. The EA will be
                                                the reroute around the Fritch Mill is                                                                          our analysis.
                                                                                                        available in the public record through
                                                shown in appendix 3.                                                                                             • Effects of construction on
                                                                                                        eLibrary. Depending on the comments
                                                                                                                                                               residential properties
                                                Land Requirements for Construction                      received during the scoping process, we                  • Impacts on sensitive fish species
                                                                                                        may also publish and distribute the EA                 during in-stream construction activities
                                                  Construction activities related to the                to the public for an allotted comment
                                                Upgrade Project would disturb about 88                  period. We will consider all comments                  Environmental Mailing List
                                                acres of land for the pipeline                          on the EA before making our
                                                replacement and aboveground facilities.                                                                           The environmental mailing list
                                                                                                        recommendations to the Commission.                     includes federal, state, and local
                                                With the exception of the proposed 0.15                 To ensure we have the opportunity to
                                                mile reroute around the Fritch Mill, the                                                                       government representatives and
                                                                                                        consider and address your comments,                    agencies; elected officials;
                                                new pipeline would be installed within                  please carefully follow the instructions
                                                Northwest’s existing easement.                                                                                 environmental and public interest
                                                                                                        in the Public Participation section,                   groups; Native American Tribes; other
                                                Following construction, Northwest                       beginning on page 2 of this Notice.
                                                would maintain 43 acres of easement                                                                            interested parties; and local libraries
                                                                                                           With this notice, we are asking                     and newspapers. This list also includes
                                                area for permanent operation of the                     agencies with jurisdiction by law and/
                                                project facilities; the remaining 45 acres                                                                     all affected landowners (as defined in
                                                                                                        or special expertise with respect to the               the Commission’s regulations) who are
                                                of construction work space would be                     environmental issues of this project to
                                                restored and revert to former uses. The                                                                        potential right-of-way grantors, whose
                                                                                                        formally cooperate with us in the                      property may be used temporarily for
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                                                entire existing right-of-way in which the               preparation of the EA.3 Agencies that
                                                replacements would be made parallels                                                                           project purposes, or who own homes
                                                                                                        would like to request cooperating
                                                existing pipeline, utility, or road rights-                                                                      4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                of-way.                                                   2 We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff   regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal
                                                                                                        of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects.         Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define
                                                  1 A pig is a tool that the pipeline company inserts     3 The Council on Environmental Quality               historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                into and pushes through the pipeline for cleaning       regulations addressing cooperating agency              district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                                the pipeline, conducting internal inspections, or       responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal      in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
                                                other purposes.                                         Regulations, Part 1501.6.                              of Historic Places.



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                                                within certain distances of aboveground                 to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be            (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also
                                                facilities, and anyone who submits                      heard by the courts if they choose to                 provides access to the texts of formal
                                                comments on the project. We will                        appeal the Commission’s final ruling.                 documents issued by the Commission,
                                                update the environmental mailing list as                An intervenor formally participates in                such as orders, notices, and
                                                the analysis proceeds to ensure that we                 the proceeding by filing a request to                 rulemakings.
                                                send the information related to this                    intervene. Instructions for becoming an
                                                                                                                                                                 In addition, the Commission offers a
                                                environmental review to all individuals,                intervenor are in the Document-less
                                                organizations, and government entities                  Intervention Guide under the e-filing                 free service called eSubscription which
                                                interested in and/or potentially affected               link on the Commission’s Web site.                    allows you to keep track of all formal
                                                by the proposed project.                                Motions to intervene are more fully                   issuances and submittals in specific
                                                   If we publish and distribute the EA,                 described at http://www.ferc.gov/                     dockets. This can reduce the amount of
                                                copies of the EA will be sent to the                    resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.                time you spend researching proceedings
                                                environmental mailing list for public                                                                         by automatically providing you with
                                                review and comment. If you would                        Additional Information                                notification of these filings, document
                                                prefer to receive a paper copy of the                      Additional information about the                   summaries, and direct links to the
                                                document instead of the CD version or                   project is available from the                         documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
                                                would like to remove your name from                     Commission’s Office of External Affairs,              filing/esubscription.asp.
                                                the mailing list, please return the                     at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
                                                                                                        site at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary                  Finally, public sessions or site visits
                                                attached Information Request (appendix
                                                                                                        link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on            will be posted on the Commission’s
                                                4).
                                                                                                        General Search and enter the docket                   calendar located at www.ferc.gov/
                                                Becoming an Intervenor                                  number, excluding the last three digits               EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
                                                  In addition to involvement in the EA                  in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP17–               with other related information.
                                                scoping process, you may want to                        441). Be sure you have selected an                      Dated: November 21, 2017.
                                                become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an                    appropriate date range. For assistance,               Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                official party to the Commission’s                      please contact FERC Online Support at
                                                                                                                                                              Secretary.
                                                proceeding. Intervenors play a more                     FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free
                                                formal role in the process and are able                 at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
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                                                                         Proposed Realignment Around Fritch Mill
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                                                                                                          INFORMATION REQUEST

                                                                                                   North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project

                                                                                                                          CP17-441-001



                                                                     Name
                                                                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Agency_____________________________________________________________________________

                                                                     Address__________________________________________________________________________

                                                                     City_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.State___ Zip Code_ _ __


                                                                     D          Please send me a paper copy of the published NEPA document


                                                                     D          Please remove my name from the mailing list




                                                      FROM________________




                                                                                         ATTN: OEP- Gas Branch 4; PJ- 11.4
                                                                                             Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
                                                                                             888 First Street NE
                                                                                             Washington, DC 20426
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                                                56594                    Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 228 / Wednesday, November 29, 2017 / Notices

                                                [FR Doc. 2017–25727 Filed 11–28–17; 8:45 am]             Users Group Meeting on the Calendar,                  a new cryogenic gas processing plant in
                                                BILLING CODE 6717–01–C                                   and clicking on the link to the webcast.              Grady County,1 Oklahoma, with an
                                                                                                            The webcast will allow persons to                  approximate inlet capacity of 250,000
                                                                                                         view and listen to the meeting.                       dekatherms per day (Dth/d). Southern
                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                     Questions during the meeting can be                   Star’s proposed project will receive up
                                                                                                         sent to EQRUsersGroup@ferc.gov.                       to 150,000 Dth/d of gas processed by
                                                Federal Energy Regulatory                                   Commission conferences are                         this production facility for transport on
                                                Commission                                               accessible under section 508 of the                   its system. Of this volume, Southern
                                                                                                         Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For                       Star has contractual commitments for
                                                Notice of Electric Quarterly Report                      accessibility accommodations, please                  firm transportation with Blue Mountain
                                                Users Group Meeting                                      send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov               for a minimum delivery of 45,000 Dth/
                                                                                                         or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice)              d to a proposed delivery point on
                                                                                      Docket Nos.
                                                                                                         or 202–208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX                  Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
                                                Electric Quarterly Report       AD18–4–000               to 202–208–2106 with the required                     America (NGPL) in Carter County,
                                                   User Group Meeting.                                   accommodations.                                       Oklahoma. The remaining capacity will
                                                Filing Requirements for         RM01–8–000                  To increase administrative efficiency,             enhance gas supply for existing
                                                   Electric Utility Service                              issuances related to future EQR user                  customers on Southern Star’s system.
                                                   Agreements.                                           group meetings will not be assigned to                Southern Star and Blue Mountain have
                                                Electricity Market Trans-       RM10–12–000              Docket Nos. RM01–8–000, RM10–12–                      entered into a precedent agreement,
                                                   parency Provisions of                                 000, RM12–3–000 and ER02–2001–000.                    interconnect agreement and will enter
                                                   Section 220 of the Fed-                               For more information about the EQR
                                                   eral Power Act.                                                                                             into an FTS Agreement, and Southern
                                                                                                         Users Group meeting, please contact Jeff              Star and NGPL have entered into an
                                                Revisions to Electric           RM12–3–000
                                                   Quarterly Report Filing                               Sanders of the Commission’s Office of                 interconnect agreement.
                                                   Process.                                              Enforcement at (202) 502–6455, or send                   The filing may also be viewed on the
                                                Electric Quarterly Reports      ER02–2001–000            an email to EQRUsersGroup@ferc.gov.                   web at http://www.ferc.gov using the
                                                                                                           Dated: November 21, 2017.                           eLibrary link. Enter the docket number
                                                   On October 17, 2017, the Federal                      Kimberly D. Bose,                                     excluding the last three digits in the
                                                Energy Regulatory Commission                             Secretary.                                            docket number field to access the
                                                (Commission) issued a notice that                                                                              document. For assistance, contact FERC
                                                                                                         [FR Doc. 2017–25726 Filed 11–28–17; 8:45 am]
                                                Commission staff will hold an Electric                                                                         at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
                                                                                                         BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                Quarterly Report (EQR) Users Group                                                                             toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)
                                                meeting on December 5, 2017. The                                                                               502–8659.
                                                meeting will take place from 1:00 p.m.                   DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                     Any questions regarding this
                                                to 5:00 p.m. (EST) in the Commission                                                                           application should be directed to Cindy
                                                Meeting Room at 888 First Street NE.,                    Federal Energy Regulatory                             C. Thompson, Manager, Regulatory,
                                                Washington, DC 20426. All interested                     Commission                                            Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.,
                                                persons are invited to attend. For those                                                                       4700 Highway 56, Owensboro,
                                                unable to attend in person, access to the                [Docket No. CP18–17–000]
                                                                                                                                                               Kentucky 42301 or call (270) 852–4655,
                                                meeting will be available via webcast.                                                                         or email to Cindy.C.Thompson@
                                                   Staff is hereby supplementing the                     Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,
                                                                                                         Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket                 sscgp.com.
                                                October 17, 2017, notice with the                                                                                 Any person or the Commission’s staff
                                                agenda for discussion. During the                        Authorization
                                                                                                                                                               may, within 60 days after issuance of
                                                meeting, Commission staff and the EQR                       Take notice that on November 14,                   the instant notice by the Commission,
                                                users will discuss potential                             2017, Southern Star Central Gas                       file pursuant to Rule 214 of the
                                                improvements to the EQR program and                      Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), 4700                  Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR
                                                EQR filing process, including: (1)                       State Highway 56, Owensboro,                          385.214) a motion to intervene or notice
                                                Progress since the last user group                       Kentucky 42301, filed a prior notice                  of intervention and pursuant to Section
                                                meeting; (2) EQR resources and Web site                  application pursuant to sections                      157.205 of the regulations under the
                                                updates; (3) EQR validations and error                   157.205, and 157.216(b) of the Federal                NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the
                                                messages; and (4) use of ‘‘Other’’ as a                  Energy Regulatory Commission’s                        request. If no protest is filed within the
                                                Product Name and Product Type Name.                      (Commission) regulations under the                    time allowed therefore, the proposed
                                                Please note that matters pending before                  Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Columbia’s                 activity shall be deemed to be
                                                the Commission and subject to ex parte                   blanket certificate issued in Docket No.              authorized effective the day after the
                                                limitations cannot be discussed at this                  CP82–479–000. Southern Star requests                  time allowed for filing a protest. If a
                                                meeting. An agenda of the meeting is                     authorization to construct, own and                   protest is filed and not withdrawn
                                                attached.                                                operate the Blue Mountain Chisholm                    within 30 days after the allowed time
                                                   Those interested in participating in                  Trail Project located in Grady and Carter             for filing a protest, the instant request
                                                the discussion are encouraged to attend                  Counties, Oklahoma. The proposed                      shall be treated as an application for
                                                in person. All interested persons                        project consists of approximately 4.67                authorization pursuant to section 7 of
                                                (whether attending in person or via                      miles of 12-inch diameter pipeline,                   the NGA.
                                                webcast) are asked to register online at                 associated above-ground facilities, a                    Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
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                                                http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/                           booster compression site utilizing rental             Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
                                                registration/12-05-17-form.asp. There is                 compressor units and a lateral to the                 within 90 days of this Notice the
                                                no registration fee. Anyone with                         delivery point, at a cost of $20,881,158,             Commission staff will either: complete
                                                Internet access can listen to the meeting                all as more fully set forth in the                    its environmental assessment (EA) and
                                                by navigating to https://www.ferc.gov/                   application which is open to the public               place it into the Commission’s public
                                                EventCalendar/                                           for inspection.
                                                EventsList.aspx?View=listview for FERC                      Blue Mountain Midstream LLC (Blue                    1 See application filed November 9, 2017, in

                                                Calendar of Events, locating the EQR                     Mountain) has proposed construction of                Docket No. CP18–14–000.



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