82 FR 60597 - Blue Mountain Midstream, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Blue Mountain Delivery Line Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 244 (December 21, 2017)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 244 (December 21, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-27494 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 60597-60599] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-27494] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP18-14-000] Blue Mountain Midstream, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Blue Mountain Delivery Line 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 Blue Mountain Delivery Line Project involving construction and operation of facilities by Blue Mountain Midstream, LLC (Blue Mountain) in Grady County, Oklahoma. The Commission will use this EA in its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity. This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested agencies on the project. You can make a difference by providing us with your specific comments or concerns about the project. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. Your input will help the Commission staff determine what issues they need to evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please send your comments so that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or before January 16, 2018. If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the opening of this docket on November 9, 2017, you will need to file those comments in Docket No. CP18-14-000 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 [[Page 60598]] 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. Blue Mountain 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 (CP18-14-000) 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 Blue Mountain proposes to construct and operate two natural gas pipelines totaling 9.57 miles and a metering and pigging facility in Grady County, Oklahoma.\1\ The Blue Mountain Deliver Line would provide about 225 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to markets in Oklahoma and neighboring states. According to Blue Mountain, its project would accommodate natural gas development in Grady County, Oklahoma. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ A ``pig'' is a tool that the pipeline company inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal inspections, or other purposes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Blue Mountain Delivery Line Project would consist of the following facilities:Two natural gas pipelines, the Enable Discharge Line #127 (Line 127) (4.4 miles) and Enable Discharge Line #128 (Line 128) (5.2 miles); and a metering and pigging facility. The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 1.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to all those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Requirements for Construction Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 80.7 acres of land for the aboveground facilities and the pipelines. Following construction, Blue Mountain would maintain about 37.9 acres for permanent operation of the project's facilities; the remaining acreage would be restored and revert to former uses. The EA Process The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us \3\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project under these general headings: Geology and soils; 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.\4\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1501.6. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation with the applicable State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on historic properties.\5\ We will define the [[Page 60599]] 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environmental Mailing List The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; Native American Tribes; 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 digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP18- 14). 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 15, 2017. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-27494 Filed 12-20-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Filed Date: 12/14/17. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Dated: December 15, 2017.
Accession Number: 20171214–5155. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Federal Energy Regulatory Deputy Secretary.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/4/18. Commission [FR Doc. 2017–27493 Filed 12–20–17; 8:45 am]
Docket Numbers: ER18–455–000. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Combined Notice of Filings #2
Applicants: ISO New England Inc.,
New England Power Pool Participants Take notice that the Commission
Committee. received the following electric rate DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: ISO– filings:
Federal Energy Regulatory
NE and NEPOOL Filing Re: CSO Docket Numbers: ER17–1138–002. Commission
Transfer Improvements to be effective Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C. [Docket No. CP18–14–000]
3/1/2018.
Description: Compliance filing:
Filed Date: 12/15/17. Compliance Filing Pursuant to the Nov. Blue Mountain Midstream, LLC; Notice
Accession Number: 20171215–5054. 17, 2017 Order in Docket No. ER17– of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
1138 to be effective 5/9/2017. Assessment for the Proposed Blue
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/18. Mountain Delivery Line Project and
Filed Date: 12/15/17.
Docket Numbers: ER18–456–000. Accession Number: 20171215–5111. Request for Comments on
Applicants: PJM Interconnection, Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/18. Environmental Issues
L.L.C. Docket Numbers: ER17–1864–001. The staff of the Federal Energy
Description: Tariff Cancellation: Applicants: Bayshore Solar A, LLC. Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Notice of Cancellation of 1st Rev. Description: Compliance filing: Commission) will prepare an
Service Agreement No. 2195, Queue No. Bayshore Solar A LLC MBR Tariff to be environmental assessment (EA) that will
X1–074 to be effective 1/13/2018. effective 8/19/2017. discuss the environmental impacts of
Filed Date: 12/15/17. the Blue Mountain Delivery Line Project
Filed Date: 12/15/17. Accession Number: 20171215–5073. involving construction and operation of
Accession Number: 20171215–5061. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/18. facilities by Blue Mountain Midstream,
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/18. Docket Numbers: ER17–1909–001. LLC (Blue Mountain) in Grady County,
Applicants: Bayshore Solar C, LLC. Oklahoma. The Commission will use
Docket Numbers: ER18–457–000. Description: Compliance filing: this EA in its decision-making process
Applicants: Gainesville Renewable Bayshore Solar C LLC MBR Tariff to be to determine whether the project is in
Energy Center, LLC. effective 8/26/2017. the public convenience and necessity.
Filed Date: 12/15/17. This notice announces the opening of
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Accession Number: 20171215–5072. the scoping process the Commission
Cancellation of MBR Tariff to be Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/18.
effective 12/18/2017. will use to gather input from the public
Docket Numbers: ER18–458–000. and interested agencies on the project.
Filed Date: 12/15/17. Applicants: Midcontinent You can make a difference by providing
Accession Number: 20171215–5069. Independent System Operator, Inc., us with your specific comments or
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/18. Ameren Illinois Company. concerns about the project. Your
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: comments should focus on the potential
The filings are accessible in the 2017–12–15_SA 2880 Attachment A environmental effects, reasonable
Commission’s eLibrary system by Project Specs No. 2 (Ameren-Wabash alternatives, and measures to avoid or
clicking on the links or querying the Valley UCA) to be effective 11/30/2017. lessen environmental impacts. Your
docket number. Filed Date: 12/15/17. input will help the Commission staff
Any person desiring to intervene or Accession Number: 20171215–5103. determine what issues they need to
protest in any of the above proceedings Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/18. evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your
must file in accordance with Rules 211 The filings are accessible in the comments are timely and properly
and 214 of the Commission’s Commission’s eLibrary system by recorded, please send your comments so
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and clicking on the links or querying the that the Commission receives them in
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern docket number. Washington, DC on or before January 16,
time on the specified comment date. Any person desiring to intervene or 2018.
Protests may be considered, but protest in any of the above proceedings If you sent comments on this project
intervention is necessary to become a must file in accordance with Rules 211 to the Commission before the opening of
party to the proceeding. and 214 of the Commission’s this docket on November 9, 2017, you
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and will need to file those comments in
information relating to filing 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Docket No. CP18–14–000 to ensure they
requirements, interventions, protests, time on the specified comment date. are considered as part of this
service, and qualifying facilities filings Protests may be considered, but proceeding.
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ intervention is necessary to become a This notice is being sent to the
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For party to the proceeding. Commission’s current environmental
other information, call (866) 208–3676 eFiling is encouraged. More detailed mailing list for this project. State and
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. information relating to filing local government representatives should
requirements, interventions, protests, notify their constituents of this
Dated: December 15, 2017.
service, and qualifying facilities filings proposed project and encourage them to
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ comment on their areas of concern.
Deputy Secretary. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For If you are a landowner receiving this
[FR Doc. 2017–27492 Filed 12–20–17; 8:45 am] other information, call (866) 208–3676 notice, a pipeline company
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. representative may contact you about
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project-specific Area of Potential Effects Commission’s Office of External Affairs, proposed interim decisions, EPA is
(APE) in consultation with the SHPO as at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC releasing and obtaining public comment
the project develops. On natural gas website at www.ferc.gov using the on these two benefits assessments at an
facility projects, the APE at a minimum ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary earlier stage of the registration review
encompasses all areas subject to ground link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and process. These benefits assessments will
disturbance (examples include enter the docket number, excluding the help EPA evaluate the impacts of
construction right-of-way, contractor/ last three digits in the Docket Number potential measures to reduce certain
pipe storage yards, compressor stations, field (i.e., CP18–14). Be sure you have risks to pollinators identified in
and access roads). Our EA for this selected an appropriate date range. For previously issued preliminary pollinator
project will document our findings on assistance, please contact FERC Online risk assessments. EPA is not proposing
the impacts on historic properties and Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov any mitigation at this stage, and
summarize the status of consultations or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for anticipates that early input and
under section 106. TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The information from the public on the
Environmental Mailing List eLibrary link also provides access to the benefits of these compounds will be
texts of formal documents issued by the helpful as EPA evaluates and considers
The environmental mailing list Commission, such as orders, notices, the risks and the benefits of the
includes federal, state, and local and rulemakings. neonicotinoid insecticides. Finally, EPA
government representatives and In addition, the Commission offers a is releasing a response to public
agencies; elected officials; Native free service called eSubscription which comments on the Agency’s 2014
American Tribes; and local libraries and allows you to keep track of all formal assessment of the benefits of
newspapers. This list also includes all issuances and submittals in specific neonicotinoid seed treatments to
affected landowners (as defined in the dockets. This can reduce the amount of soybean production. This assessment
Commission’s regulations) who are time you spend researching proceedings and associated comments are available
potential right-of-way grantors, whose by automatically providing you with in docket EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0737.
property may be used temporarily for notification of these filings, document Copies of all of the benefits assessments
project purposes, or who own homes summaries, and direct links to the will be placed in the individual
within certain distances of aboveground documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- chemical dockets for each of the four
facilities, and anyone who submits filing/esubscription.asp. neonicotinoid insecticides listed in
comments on the project. We will Finally, public sessions or site visits Table 1 of Unit III.
update the environmental mailing list as will be posted on the Commission’s DATES: Comments must be received on
the analysis proceeds to ensure that we calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ or before February 20, 2018.
send the information related to this EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
environmental review to all individuals, with other related information.
organizations, and government entities identified by the docket identification
Dated: December 15, 2017. (ID) number for the specific pesticide of
interested in and/or potentially affected
by the proposed project. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., interest provided in Table 1 of Unit III,
If we publish and distribute the EA, Deputy Secretary. by one of the following methods:
copies will be sent to the environmental [FR Doc. 2017–27494 Filed 12–20–17; 8:45 am] • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
mailing list for public review and BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
comment. If you would prefer to receive instructions for submitting comments.
a paper copy of the document instead of Do not submit electronically any
the CD version or would like to remove ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION information you consider to be
your name from the mailing list, please AGENCY Confidential Business Information (CBI)
return the attached Information Request or other information whose disclosure is
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0011; FRL–9970–95] restricted by statute.
(appendix 2).
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Becoming an Intervenor Registration Review; Neonicotinoid Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
Risk Assessments; Neonicotinoid DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
In addition to involvement in the EA
Benefits Assessments; Notice of NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001.
scoping process, you may want to
Availability • Hand Delivery: To make special
become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an
official party to the Commission’s AGENCY: Environmental Protection arrangements for hand delivery or
proceeding. Intervenors play a more Agency (EPA). delivery of boxed information, please
formal role in the process and are able ACTION: Notice.
follow the instructions at http://
to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
heard by the courts if they choose to SUMMARY: This notice announces the Additional instructions on
appeal the Commission’s final ruling. availability of EPA’s (or Agency) draft commenting or visiting the docket,
An intervenor formally participates in ecological non-pollinator risk along with more information about
the proceeding by filing a request to assessment for the registration review of dockets generally, is available at http://
intervene. Instructions for becoming an imidacloprid, along with draft human www.epa.gov/dockets.
intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less health and non-pollinator ecological FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’ risk assessments for the registration For pesticide specific information
link on the Commission’s website. review of clothianidin, thiamethoxam, contact: The Chemical Review Manager
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Motions to intervene are more fully and dinotefuran, and opens a public for the pesticide of interest identified in
described at http://www.ferc.gov/ comment period on these assessments. Table 1 of Unit III.
resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. This notice also announces the For general questions on the
availability of assessments of benefits of registration review program, contact:
Additional Information neonicotinoid insecticide use in cotton Dana Friedman, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Additional information about the and citrus. While EPA typically releases Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
project is available from the benefits assessments along with the Programs, Environmental Protection
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