82_FR_60432 82 FR 60190 - East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Lewis Creek Amendment Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

82 FR 60190 - East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Lewis Creek Amendment Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 242 (December 19, 2017)

Page Range60190-60193
FR Document2017-27223

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60190-60193]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27223]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-11-000]


East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Lewis Creek Amendment 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 Lewis Creek Amendment Project 
(Project). The Commission will use this EA in its decision-making 
process to

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determine whether the project is in the public convenience and 
necessity. East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC (East Cheyenne) is seeking 
authorization to amend the certificate previously issued in FERC Docket 
No. CP10-34-000 for the East Cheyenne Gas Storage Project in Logan 
County, Colorado. Specifically East Cheyenne seeks authorization to 
combine the working gas capacity and cushion gas capacity for the West 
Peetz and Lewis Creek Storage Fields and utilize the same maximum 
bottom-hole pressure, thus eliminating separately certified capacities 
for each field. East Cheyenne requests this amendment because recent 
(updated) geologic information shows that the West Peetz and Lewis 
Creek D-sands in the storage field are a single integrated reservoir. 
As part of this consolidation, East Cheyenne would reconfigure certain 
natural gas facilities in the Lewis Creek portion of the Project; and 
expand the buffer zone of the Project.
    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 January 8, 2018.
    If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the 
opening of this docket on October 27, 2017, you will need to file those 
comments in Docket No. CP18-11-000 to ensure they are considered as 
part of this proceeding.
    This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental 
mailing list for this project. State and local government 
representatives should notify their constituents of this proposed 
project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
    If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a pipeline company 
representative may contact you about the acquisition of an easement to 
construct, operate, and maintain the proposed facilities. The company 
would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. However, if 
the Commission approves the project, that approval conveys with it the 
right of eminent domain. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to 
produce an agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation 
proceedings where compensation would be determined in accordance with 
state law.
    East Cheyenne 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 website (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 website (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 website (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 
(CP18-11-000) 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

    East Cheyenne proposes to amend its current certificated Project 
by:
    1. Reconfiguring the Injection/Withdrawal (I/W) wells in the Lewis 
Creek portion of the Project by converting one existing non-
jurisdictional well to an I/W well (LC-D021) and collocating on the 
existing, non-jurisdictional well pad five directionally drilled I/W 
wells (LC-D022, LC-D023, LC-D024, LC-D025, and LC-D026).
    2. combining the certificated maximum working gas and cushion gas 
capacities of the West Peetz and Lewis Creek Storage Fields, 
eliminating the separate certificated West Peetz and Lewis Creek 
working and cushion gas capacities and reallocating cushion gas 
capacity as working gas capacity;
    3. decreasing the total cushion gas capacity to 12.1 billion cubic 
feet and increasing the total working gas capacity to 22.5 billion 
cubic feet; \1\
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    \1\ East Cheyenne states that there would be no changes proposed 
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    4. eliminating the currently certificated maximum bottom-hole 
pressure distinction between the West Peetz Storage Field (2,353 pounds 
per square inch absolute [PSIA]) and the Lewis Creek Storage Field 
(1,900 PSIA) and applying a maximum bottom-hole pressure of 2,353 PSIA 
uniformly across the single, integrated storage reservoir;
    5. reconfiguring the pipelines originally certificated for the 
Lewis Creek Storage Field by:
    a. Reducing the diameter of the previously authorized 20-inch-
diameter Lewis Creek natural gas mainline pipeline to a 16-inch-
diameter pipeline; and
    b. reconfigure the 16-inch-diameter Lewis Creek natural gas 
mainline and the 6-inch-diameter water disposal pipeline as the Lewis 
Creek produced water mainline to connect directly to the reconfigured 
I/W wells LC-D021 through LC-D026 on the single LC-D021 well pad.\2\
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    \2\ East Cheyenne would no longer require the unconstructed 
natural gas and produced water laterals.
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    6. reconfiguring the monitoring wells originally certificated for 
the Lewis Creek Storage Field. Eight monitoring wells are currently 
certificated in the Lewis Creek Storage Field: Two are existing and in 
service, (LC-M001 and LC-M002) and six are authorized but unconstructed 
(LC-M003, LC-M005 through LC-M009). LC-M003 would be relocated and 
installed as a new well (LC-M003 was previously authorized to be 
converted from an existing non-jurisdictional well). East Cheyenne 
would install one new monitoring well, LC-M004. There would be no 
change to monitoring wells LC-M005 and LC-M006. East Cheyenne would 
relocate and convert three existing non-jurisdictional wells to 
monitoring wells, LC-M007, LC-M008, LC-M009, for a total of nine wells 
to monitor the D-Sands in the Lewis Creek Storage Field; and

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    7. Eliminating the currently certificated, but unconstructed 
produced water disposal well (LC-W002), well pad, and appurtenant 
facilities certificated for the Project.
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 
1.\3\
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    \3\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in 
the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to all those 
receiving this notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 
using the link called eLibrary or from the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call 
(202) 502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to 
the last page of this notice.
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Land Requirements for Construction

    The changes along with the pipelines, wells, well pads, and access 
roads that East Cheyenne no longer requires as a result of the 
reconfiguration of the Lewis Creek portion of the certificated Project, 
would result in a reduction in the overall land requirements for the 
Project on the order of 55 acres associated with construction and 35 
acres for operation. Land requirements for the amended Project would 
include land to be used temporarily for construction and land to be 
retained during operations as aboveground facility sites in the Lewis 
Creek storage field (well pads and access roads). The current land 
requirements for the amended Project is on the order of 53 acres for 
construction and 14 acres for operation.

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 
\4\ 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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    \4\ We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff of the 
Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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    In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of 
the construction and operation of the proposed project under these 
general headings:
     Geology and soils;
     water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
     vegetation and wildlife;
     endangered and threatened species;
     cultural resources;
     land use;
     air quality and noise;
     public safety; and
     cumulative impacts.
    We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to 
lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
    The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA 
will be available in the public record through eLibrary. 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.
    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.\5\ 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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    \5\ 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.\6\ 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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    \6\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations 
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those 
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or 
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in 
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic 
Places.
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Environmental Mailing List

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

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digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP18-11). 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: December 8, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
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                                                                                                                      1038TH—MEETING—Continued
                                                                                                                [Regular Meeting; December 21, 2017, 10:00 a.m.]

                                                 Item No.                             Docket No.                                                                        Company

                                                E–8 ........     ER17–1741–000 ..........................................      Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
                                                                 ER17–1741–001 ..........................................
                                                E–9 ........     ER17–426–000, ER17–426–002 ................                   Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
                                                E–10 ......      ER17–2097–001 ..........................................      Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
                                                E–11 ......      ER05–1056–010 ..........................................      Chehalis Power Generating, L.P.
                                                E–12 ......      ER17–192–002 ............................................     Northern Maine Independent System Administrator, Inc.
                                                E–13 ......      EL17–51–000, ER17–912–002 ...................                 Arizona Public Service Company.
                                                E–14 ......      EL16–116–000, ER16–277–008, ER16–                             Talen Energy Marketing, LLC.
                                                                   1456–009.
                                                                 ER10–2432–014 ..........................................      Bayonne Plant Holding, L.L.C.
                                                                 ER10–2435–014 ..........................................      Camden Plant Holding, L.L.C.
                                                                 ER10–2442–012 ..........................................      Elmwood Park Power, LLC.
                                                                 ER10–2444–014 ..........................................      Newark Bay Cogeneration Partnership, L.P.
                                                                 ER10–3272–004 ..........................................      Lower Mount Bethel Energy, LLC.
                                                                 ER10–2449–012 ..........................................      York Generation Company LLC.
                                                                 ER16–2438–002 ..........................................      Pedricktown Cogeneration Company LP.
                                                                 ER16–2439–002 ..........................................      H.A. Wagner LLC.
                                                                 ER16–2440–002 ..........................................      Brandon Shores LLC.

                                                                                                                                          GAS

                                                G–1   ........   RP18–183–000 ............................................     Enterprise Products Operating LLC and Tenaska Marketing Ventures.
                                                G–2   ........   RP17–851–000 ............................................     Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP.
                                                G–3   ........   RP17–848–000 ............................................     Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC.
                                                G–4   ........   PR17–28–000 ..............................................    Bay Gas Storage Company, Ltd.
                                                G–5   ........   RP17–806–000 ............................................     Discovery Gas Transmission LLC.
                                                G–6   ........   RP17–990–000 ............................................     Northern Natural Gas Company.
                                                G–7   ........   RP18–167–000 ............................................     Energy Corporation of America and Greylock Production, LLC.
                                                G–8   ........   OR17–21–000 .............................................     Grieve Pipeline, LLC.

                                                                                                                                         HYDRO

                                                H–1   ........   RM16–19–000 .............................................     Annual Charges for Use of Government Lands in Alaska.
                                                H–2   ........   P–2660–029 ................................................   Woodland Pulp LLC.
                                                H–3   ........   P–14796–000 ..............................................    GreenGenStorage LLC.
                                                H–4   ........   P–14837–001 ..............................................    Advanced Hydropower, Inc.
                                                H–5   ........   P–1256–032 ................................................   Loup River Public Power District.
                                                H–6   ........   P–1971–122 ................................................   Idaho Power Company.

                                                                                                                                     CERTIFICATES

                                                C–1 ........     CP16–33–000 ..............................................    Town of Walnut, Mississippi.
                                                C–2 ........     CP13–83–000 ..............................................    Arlington Storage Company, LLC.
                                                C–3 ........     CP16–9–003 ................................................   Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC.
                                                                 CP16–9–005, CP16–9–006, CP16–9–007                            Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.



                                                  Dated: December 14, 2017.                                          Immediately following the conclusion                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                Kimberly D. Bose,                                                 of the Commission Meeting, a press
                                                Secretary.                                                        briefing will be held in the Commission                Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                                                                                  Meeting Room. Members of the public                    Commission
                                                   A free webcast of this event is
                                                                                                                  may view this briefing in the designated               [Docket No. CP18–11–000]
                                                available through http://
                                                                                                                  overflow room. This statement is
                                                ferc.capitolconnection.org/. Anyone                                                                                      East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC;
                                                                                                                  intended to notify the public that the
                                                with internet access who desires to view                                                                                 Notice of Intent To Prepare an
                                                this event can do so by navigating to                             press briefings that follow Commission
                                                                                                                  meetings may now be viewed remotely                    Environmental Assessment for the
                                                www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and                                                                                    Proposed Lewis Creek Amendment
                                                locating this event in the Calendar. The                          at Commission headquarters, but will
                                                                                                                  not be telecast through the Capitol                    Project and Request for Comments on
                                                event will contain a link to its webcast.                                                                                Environmental Issues
                                                The Capitol Connection provides                                   Connection service.
                                                technical support for the free webcasts.                                                                                   The staff of the Federal Energy
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                                                                                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–27371 Filed 12–15–17; 11:15 am]
                                                It also offers access to this event via                           BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                 Regulatory Commission (FERC or
                                                television in the DC area and via phone                                                                                  Commission) will prepare an
                                                bridge for a fee. If you have any                                                                                        environmental assessment (EA) that will
                                                questions, visit http://                                                                                                 discuss the environmental impacts of
                                                ferc.capitolconnection.org/ or contact                                                                                   the Lewis Creek Amendment Project
                                                Danelle Springer or David Reininger at                                                                                   (Project). The Commission will use this
                                                703–993–3100.                                                                                                            EA in its decision-making process to


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                                                determine whether the project is in the                 negotiations fail to produce an                       D022, LC–D023, LC–D024, LC–D025,
                                                public convenience and necessity. East                  agreement, the pipeline company could                 and LC–D026).
                                                Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC (East                         initiate condemnation proceedings                       2. combining the certificated
                                                Cheyenne) is seeking authorization to                   where compensation would be                           maximum working gas and cushion gas
                                                amend the certificate previously issued                 determined in accordance with state                   capacities of the West Peetz and Lewis
                                                in FERC Docket No. CP10–34–000 for                      law.                                                  Creek Storage Fields, eliminating the
                                                the East Cheyenne Gas Storage Project                     East Cheyenne provided landowners                   separate certificated West Peetz and
                                                in Logan County, Colorado. Specifically                 with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC                Lewis Creek working and cushion gas
                                                East Cheyenne seeks authorization to                    entitled An Interstate Natural Gas                    capacities and reallocating cushion gas
                                                combine the working gas capacity and                    Facility On My Land? What Do I Need                   capacity as working gas capacity;
                                                cushion gas capacity for the West Peetz                 To Know? This fact sheet addresses a                    3. decreasing the total cushion gas
                                                and Lewis Creek Storage Fields and                      number of typically asked questions,                  capacity to 12.1 billion cubic feet and
                                                utilize the same maximum bottom-hole                    including the use of eminent domain                   increasing the total working gas capacity
                                                pressure, thus eliminating separately                   and how to participate in the                         to 22.5 billion cubic feet; 1
                                                certified capacities for each field. East               Commission’s proceedings. It is also                    4. eliminating the currently
                                                Cheyenne requests this amendment                        available for viewing on the FERC                     certificated maximum bottom-hole
                                                because recent (updated) geologic                       website (www.ferc.gov).                               pressure distinction between the West
                                                information shows that the West Peetz                                                                         Peetz Storage Field (2,353 pounds per
                                                and Lewis Creek D-sands in the storage                  Public Participation
                                                                                                                                                              square inch absolute [PSIA]) and the
                                                field are a single integrated reservoir. As                For your convenience, there are three              Lewis Creek Storage Field (1,900 PSIA)
                                                part of this consolidation, East                        methods you can use to submit your                    and applying a maximum bottom-hole
                                                Cheyenne would reconfigure certain                      comments to the Commission. The                       pressure of 2,353 PSIA uniformly across
                                                natural gas facilities in the Lewis Creek               Commission encourages electronic filing               the single, integrated storage reservoir;
                                                portion of the Project; and expand the                  of comments and has expert staff                        5. reconfiguring the pipelines
                                                buffer zone of the Project.                             available to assist you at (202) 502–8258             originally certificated for the Lewis
                                                   This notice announces the opening of                 or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please                 Creek Storage Field by:
                                                the scoping process the Commission                      carefully follow these instructions so                  a. Reducing the diameter of the
                                                will use to gather input from the public                that your comments are properly                       previously authorized 20-inch-diameter
                                                and interested agencies on the project.                 recorded.                                             Lewis Creek natural gas mainline
                                                You can make a difference by providing                     (1) You can file your comments                     pipeline to a 16-inch-diameter pipeline;
                                                us with your specific comments or                       electronically using the eComment                     and
                                                concerns about the project. Your                        feature on the Commission’s website                     b. reconfigure the 16-inch-diameter
                                                comments should focus on the potential                  (www.ferc.gov) under the link to                      Lewis Creek natural gas mainline and
                                                environmental effects, reasonable                       Documents and Filings. This is an easy                the 6-inch-diameter water disposal
                                                alternatives, and measures to avoid or                  method for submitting brief, text-only                pipeline as the Lewis Creek produced
                                                lessen environmental impacts. Your                      comments on a project;                                water mainline to connect directly to
                                                input will help the Commission staff                       (2) You can file your comments                     the reconfigured I/W wells LC–D021
                                                determine what issues they need to                      electronically by using the eFiling                   through LC–D026 on the single LC–
                                                evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your                 feature on the Commission’s website                   D021 well pad.2
                                                comments are timely and properly                        (www.ferc.gov) under the link to                        6. reconfiguring the monitoring wells
                                                recorded, please send your comments so                  Documents and Filings. With eFiling,                  originally certificated for the Lewis
                                                that the Commission receives them in                    you can provide comments in a variety                 Creek Storage Field. Eight monitoring
                                                Washington, DC on or before January 8,                  of formats by attaching them as a file                wells are currently certificated in the
                                                2018.                                                   with your submission. New eFiling
                                                   If you sent comments on this project                                                                       Lewis Creek Storage Field: Two are
                                                                                                        users must first create an account by                 existing and in service, (LC–M001 and
                                                to the Commission before the opening of                 clicking on eRegister. If you are filing a
                                                this docket on October 27, 2017, you                                                                          LC–M002) and six are authorized but
                                                                                                        comment on a particular project, please               unconstructed (LC–M003, LC–M005
                                                will need to file those comments in                     select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as the
                                                Docket No. CP18–11–000 to ensure they                                                                         through LC–M009). LC–M003 would be
                                                                                                        filing type; or                                       relocated and installed as a new well
                                                are considered as part of this                             (3) You can file a paper copy of your
                                                proceeding.                                                                                                   (LC–M003 was previously authorized to
                                                                                                        comments by mailing them to the
                                                   This notice is being sent to the                                                                           be converted from an existing non-
                                                                                                        following address. Be sure to reference
                                                Commission’s current environmental                                                                            jurisdictional well). East Cheyenne
                                                                                                        the project docket number (CP18–11–
                                                mailing list for this project. State and                                                                      would install one new monitoring well,
                                                                                                        000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
                                                local government representatives should                                                                       LC–M004. There would be no change to
                                                                                                        Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
                                                notify their constituents of this                                                                             monitoring wells LC–M005 and LC–
                                                                                                        Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
                                                proposed project and encourage them to                                                                        M006. East Cheyenne would relocate
                                                                                                        NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
                                                comment on their areas of concern.                                                                            and convert three existing non-
                                                   If you are a landowner receiving this                Summary of the Proposed Project                       jurisdictional wells to monitoring wells,
                                                notice, a pipeline company                                East Cheyenne proposes to amend its                 LC–M007, LC–M008, LC–M009, for a
                                                representative may contact you about                    current certificated Project by:                      total of nine wells to monitor the D-
                                                the acquisition of an easement to                         1. Reconfiguring the Injection/                     Sands in the Lewis Creek Storage Field;
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                                                construct, operate, and maintain the                    Withdrawal (I/W) wells in the Lewis                   and
                                                proposed facilities. The company would                  Creek portion of the Project by
                                                seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable                 converting one existing non-                             1 East Cheyenne states that there would be no

                                                agreement. However, if the Commission                   jurisdictional well to an I/W well (LC–               changes proposed to the injection and withdrawal
                                                                                                                                                              capacities for the Project.
                                                approves the project, that approval                     D021) and collocating on the existing,                   2 East Cheyenne would no longer require the
                                                conveys with it the right of eminent                    non-jurisdictional well pad five                      unconstructed natural gas and produced water
                                                domain. Therefore, if easement                          directionally drilled I/W wells (LC–                  laterals.



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                                                  7. Eliminating the currently                             • cultural resources;                                  pipe storage yards, compressor stations,
                                                certificated, but unconstructed                            • land use;                                            and access roads). Our EA for this
                                                produced water disposal well (LC–                          • air quality and noise;                               project will document our findings on
                                                W002), well pad, and appurtenant                           • public safety; and                                   the impacts on historic properties and
                                                facilities certificated for the Project.                   • cumulative impacts.                                  summarize the status of consultations
                                                  The general location of the project                      We will also evaluate reasonable                       under section 106.
                                                facilities is shown in appendix 1.3                     alternatives to the proposed project or
                                                                                                        portions of the project, and make                         Environmental Mailing List
                                                Land Requirements for Construction                      recommendations on how to lessen or                          The environmental mailing list
                                                   The changes along with the pipelines,                avoid impacts on the various resource                     includes federal, state, and local
                                                wells, well pads, and access roads that                 areas.                                                    government representatives and
                                                East Cheyenne no longer requires as a                      The EA will present our independent                    agencies; elected officials; Native
                                                result of the reconfiguration of the                    analysis of the issues. The EA will be                    American Tribes; other interested
                                                Lewis Creek portion of the certificated                 available in the public record through                    parties; and local libraries and
                                                Project, would result in a reduction in                 eLibrary. Depending on the comments                       newspapers. This list also includes all
                                                the overall land requirements for the                   received during the scoping process, we                   affected landowners (as defined in the
                                                Project on the order of 55 acres                        may also publish and distribute the EA                    Commission’s regulations) who are
                                                associated with construction and 35                     to the public for an allotted comment                     potential right-of-way grantors, whose
                                                acres for operation. Land requirements                  period. We will consider all comments                     property may be used temporarily for
                                                for the amended Project would include                   on the EA before making our                               project purposes, or who own homes
                                                land to be used temporarily for                         recommendations to the Commission.                        within certain distances of aboveground
                                                construction and land to be retained                    To ensure we have the opportunity to                      facilities, and anyone who submits
                                                during operations as aboveground                        consider and address your comments,                       comments on the project. We will
                                                facility sites in the Lewis Creek storage               please carefully follow the instructions                  update the environmental mailing list as
                                                field (well pads and access roads). The                 in the Public Participation section,                      the analysis proceeds to ensure that we
                                                current land requirements for the                       beginning on page 2.                                      send the information related to this
                                                amended Project is on the order of 53                      With this notice, we are asking                        environmental review to all individuals,
                                                acres for construction and 14 acres for                 agencies with jurisdiction by law and/                    organizations, and government entities
                                                operation.                                              or special expertise with respect to the                  interested in and/or potentially affected
                                                                                                        environmental issues of this project to                   by the proposed project.
                                                The EA Process                                          formally cooperate with us in the                            If we publish and distribute the EA,
                                                   The National Environmental Policy                    preparation of the EA.5 Agencies that                     copies will be sent to the environmental
                                                Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to                   would like to request cooperating                         mailing list for public review and
                                                take into account the environmental                     agency status should follow the                           comment. If you would prefer to receive
                                                impacts that could result from an action                instructions for filing comments                          a paper copy of the document instead of
                                                whenever it considers the issuance of a                 provided under the Public Participation                   the CD version or would like to remove
                                                Certificate of Public Convenience and                   section of this notice.                                   your name from the mailing list, please
                                                Necessity. NEPA also requires us 4 to                   Consultations Under Section 106 of the                    return the attached Information Request
                                                discover and address concerns the                       National Historic Preservation Act                        (appendix 2).
                                                public may have about proposals. This
                                                                                                          In accordance with the Advisory                         Becoming an Intervenor
                                                process is referred to as scoping. The
                                                main goal of the scoping process is to                  Council on Historic Preservation’s                           In addition to involvement in the EA
                                                focus the analysis in the EA on the                     implementing regulations for section                      scoping process, you may want to
                                                important environmental issues. By this                 106 of the National Historic                              become an intervenor which is an
                                                notice, the Commission requests public                  Preservation Act, we are using this                       official party to the Commission’s
                                                comments on the scope of the issues to                  notice to initiate consultation with the                  proceeding. Intervenors play a more
                                                address in the EA. We will consider all                 applicable State Historic Preservation                    formal role in the process and are able
                                                filed comments during the preparation                   Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views                 to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be
                                                of the EA.                                              and those of other government agencies,                   heard by the courts if they choose to
                                                   In the EA we will discuss impacts that               interested Indian tribes, and the public                  appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
                                                could occur as a result of the                          on the project’s potential effects on                     An intervenor formally participates in
                                                construction and operation of the                       historic properties.6 We will define the                  the proceeding by filing a request to
                                                proposed project under these general                    project-specific Area of Potential Effects                intervene. Instructions for becoming an
                                                headings:                                               (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as                    intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less
                                                   • Geology and soils;                                 the project develops. On natural gas                      Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’
                                                   • water resources, fisheries, and                    facility projects, the APE at a minimum                   link on the Commission’s website.
                                                wetlands;                                               encompasses all areas subject to ground                   Motions to intervene are more fully
                                                   • vegetation and wildlife;                           disturbance (examples include                             described at http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                   • endangered and threatened species;                 construction right-of-way, contractor/                    resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.
                                                  3 The appendices referenced in this notice will         5 The Council on Environmental Quality                  Additional Information
                                                not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of           regulations addressing cooperating agency                    Additional information about the
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                                                appendices were sent to all those receiving this        responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
                                                notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov    Regulations, Part 1501.6.                                 project is available from the
                                                using the link called eLibrary or from the                6 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s       Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
                                                Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First           regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal              at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC
                                                Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502–     Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define           website at www.ferc.gov using the
                                                8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary,       historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                refer to the last page of this notice.                  district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                                                                                                                                                  eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link,
                                                  4 We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff    in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register     click on General Search and enter the
                                                of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects.          of Historic Places.                                       docket number, excluding the last three


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                                                digits in the Docket Number field (i.e.,                   Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/21/17.                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                CP18–11). Be sure you have selected an                     Docket Numbers: ER18–414–000.
                                                appropriate date range. For assistance,                    Applicants: Midcontinent                           Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                please contact FERC Online Support at                   Independent System Operator, Inc.                     Commission
                                                FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free                    Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
                                                at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact                                                                        Combined Notice of Filings #1
                                                                                                        2017–12–08_SA 3067 ATC–UMERC GIA
                                                (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also                  (J703) to be effective 11/30/2017.                       Take notice that the Commission
                                                provides access to the texts of formal                     Filed Date: 12/8/17.                               received the following electric rate
                                                documents issued by the Commission,                        Accession Number: 20171208–5074.                   filings:
                                                such as orders, notices, and                               Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/29/17.
                                                rulemakings.                                                                                                     Docket Numbers: ER10–1946–014.
                                                                                                           Docket Numbers: ER18–415–000.                         Applicants: Broad River Energy LLC.
                                                   In addition, the Commission offers a
                                                free service called eSubscription which                    Applicants: El Paso Electric Company.                 Description: Updated Market Power
                                                allows you to keep track of all formal                     Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Rate            Analysis for the Southeast Region of
                                                issuances and submittals in specific                    Schedule No. 113 Agreement on Cost                    Broad River Energy LLC.
                                                dockets. This can reduce the amount of                  Responsibility for Wire Interconnection                  Filed Date: 12/7/17.
                                                time you spend researching proceedings                  to be effective 12/9/2017.                               Accession Number: 20171207–5139.
                                                by automatically providing you with                        Filed Date: 12/8/17.                                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 02/05/18.
                                                notification of these filings, document                    Accession Number: 20171208–5113.                      Docket Numbers: ER17–1769–001.
                                                summaries, and direct links to the                         Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/29/17.                     Applicants: Solar Star Oregon II, LLC.
                                                documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                        Docket Numbers: ER18–416–000.                         Description: Supplement to October
                                                filing/esubscription.asp.                                  Applicants: San Diego Gas & Electric               20, 2017 Notice of Change in Status of
                                                   Finally, public sessions or site visits              Company.                                              Solar Star Oregon II, LLC.
                                                will be posted on the Commission’s                         Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 2018               Filed Date: 12/7/17.
                                                calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                       SDGE TACBAA update to Transmission                       Accession Number: 20171207–5159.
                                                EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                     Owner Tariff Filing to be effective 1/1/                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/17.
                                                with other related information.                         2018.                                                    Docket Numbers: ER18–407–000.
                                                                                                           Filed Date: 12/8/17.                                  Applicants: Wildwood Lessee, LLC.
                                                  Dated: December 8, 2017.
                                                                                                           Accession Number: 20171208–5117.                      Description: Compliance filing:
                                                Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                                                                           Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/29/17.                  Certificate of Concurrence Filing to be
                                                Secretary.                                                                                                    effective 12/10/2017.
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–27223 Filed 12–18–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                           Docket Numbers: ER18–417–000.
                                                                                                           Applicants: Wisconsin Public Service                  Filed Date: 12/7/17.
                                                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                                                                           Accession Number: 20171207–5123.
                                                                                                        Corporation.
                                                                                                                                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/17.
                                                                                                           Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
                                                                                                        Filing of a Wholesale Distribution                       Docket Numbers: ER18–408–000.
                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                                                                             Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
                                                                                                        Agreement w/CWP to be effective 1/1/
                                                Federal Energy Regulatory                               2018.                                                 Company.
                                                Commission                                                 Filed Date: 12/8/17.                                  Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
                                                                                                           Accession Number: 20171208–5121.                   TACBAA and RSBA Charge Update
                                                Combined Notice of Filings #2                              Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/29/17.                  2018 to be effective 3/1/2018.
                                                                                                                                                                 Filed Date: 12/7/17.
                                                   Take notice that the Commission                         The filings are accessible in the                     Accession Number: 20171207–5125.
                                                received the following electric rate                    Commission’s eLibrary system by                          Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/17.
                                                filings:                                                clicking on the links or querying the
                                                                                                                                                                 Docket Numbers: ER18–409–000.
                                                   Docket Numbers: ER17–1561–001.                       docket number.
                                                                                                                                                                 Applicants: Southern California
                                                   Applicants: New York Independent                        Any person desiring to intervene or
                                                                                                                                                              Edison Company.
                                                System Operator, Inc.                                   protest in any of the above proceedings
                                                                                                                                                                 Description: Tariff Cancellation:
                                                   Description: Compliance filing:                      must file in accordance with Rules 211
                                                                                                                                                              Notice of Cancellation LGIA Puente
                                                Compliance Order No. 831 Offer Caps to                  and 214 of the Commission’s
                                                                                                                                                              Power Project to be effective 2/8/2018.
                                                be effective 12/31/9998.                                Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and                          Filed Date: 12/8/17.
                                                   Filed Date: 12/8/17.                                 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern                  Accession Number: 20171208–5000.
                                                   Accession Number: 20171208–5056.                     time on the specified comment date.                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/29/17.
                                                   Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/29/17.                    Protests may be considered, but
                                                                                                        intervention is necessary to become a                    Docket Numbers: ER18–410–000.
                                                   Docket Numbers: ER17–1871–001.                                                                                Applicants: Southern California
                                                                                                        party to the proceeding.
                                                   Applicants: Bayshore Solar B, LLC.                                                                         Edison Company.
                                                                                                           eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
                                                   Description: Compliance filing:                                                                               Description: Tariff Cancellation:
                                                                                                        information relating to filing
                                                Bayshore Solar B LLC MBR Tariff to be                                                                         Notices of Cancellation GIA and Service
                                                                                                        requirements, interventions, protests,
                                                effective 8/20/2017.                                                                                          Agreement Santa Paula ES Project to be
                                                                                                        service, and qualifying facilities filings
                                                   Filed Date: 12/8/17.                                                                                       effective 2/15/2018.
                                                                                                        can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                   Accession Number: 20171208–5084.                                                                              Filed Date: 12/8/17.
                                                                                                        docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
                                                   Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/29/17.                                                                             Accession Number: 20171208–5001.
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                                                                                                        other information, call (866) 208–3676
                                                   Docket Numbers: ER17–2471–001.                                                                                Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/29/17.
                                                                                                        (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
                                                   Applicants: ORNI 43 LLC.                                                                                      Docket Numbers: ER18–411–000.
                                                   Description: Second Amendment to                       Dated: December 8, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                                 Applicants: Southern California
                                                September 14, 2017 ORNI 43 LLC tariff                   Kimberly D. Bose,                                     Edison Company.
                                                filing.                                                 Secretary.                                               Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
                                                   Filed Date: 12/7/17.                                 [FR Doc. 2017–27222 Filed 12–18–17; 8:45 am]          LGIA for Peak Valley Solar Farm Project
                                                   Accession Number: 20171207–5127.                     BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                SA No. 198 to be effective 2/8/2018.


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation82 FR 60190 

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