83_FR_12059 83 FR 12006 - Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Sweden Valley Project, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

83 FR 12006 - Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Sweden Valley Project, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 53 (March 19, 2018)

Page Range12006-12008
FR Document2018-05494

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12006-12008]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05494]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-45-000]


Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare 
an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Sweden Valley 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 proposed Sweden Valley Project 
(Project). The Project involves the construction and operation of 
facilities by Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc. (Dominion) in Licking 
and Tuscarawas counties, Ohio and in Armstrong, Clinton and Greene 
counties in Pennsylvania. 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 April 13, 2018.
    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

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where compensation would be determined in accordance with state law.
    Dominion 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 (3) methods you can use to 
submit your comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide 
equal consideration to all comments received. The Commission encourages 
electronic filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist 
you at (202) 502-8258 or [email protected]. Please carefully 
follow these instructions so that your comments are properly recorded.
    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment 
feature on the Commission's 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 
(CP18-45-000) 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

    The Project is designed to provide 120,000 dekatherms per day of 
firm transportation service from an existing point of interconnection 
located on Dominion's Line TL-489 in Clinton County, Pennsylvania to a 
new point of interconnection between Dominion and Tennessee Gas 
Pipeline in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Dominion proposes to operate the 
following Facilities after construction or modifications:
     About 1.7 miles of 20-inch-diameter pipeline lateral south 
of Dominion's existing Gilmore Metering and Regulation (M&R) station in 
Tuscarawas County, Ohio;
     approximately 3.2 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline 
looping north of Dominion's existing Crayne Compressor Station in 
Greene County, Pennsylvania;
     re-wheel (optimize) the compressors on three existing 
centrifugal compression sets at Dominion's existing Newark Compressor 
Station in Licking County, Ohio;
     a new M&R site with associated equipment to measure gas 
and regulate pressure at the gas delivery point in Tuscarawas County, 
Ohio;
     regulation equipment at the South Bend Compressor Station 
to regulate pressure between existing Dominion pipelines in Armstrong 
County, Pennsylvania;
     M&R equipment to measure gas and regulate pressure at a 
new interconnect in Clinton County, Pennsylvania;
     a pig launcher/receiver south of the existing Gilmore M&R 
station and a new pig launcher/receiver at the new Port Washington M&R 
station in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; and
     new mainline valves at the northern terminus of the 
proposed TL-654 PA loop in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 
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    \1\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in 
the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to all those 
receiving this notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 
using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call 
(202) 502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to 
the last page of this notice.
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Land Requirements for Construction

    Constructing the proposed facilities would require the use of 
approximately 113.9 acres of land of which 28.3 acres are in Ohio and 
85.6 acres are in Pennsylvania. Following construction, Dominion would 
maintain about 45.4 acres for permanent operation of the Project's 
facilities, of which 12.0 acres would be in Ohio and 33.4 acres would 
be in Pennsylvania. In general, the pipeline facilities would require a 
permanent right-of-way width of 50 feet for each pipeline. An 
additional 25 feet of temporary workspace would be used during 
construction along the entire pipeline construction corridor and an 
additional temporary workspace of 25 feet would be used in areas where 
topsoil segregation is required or additional space is necessary to 
facilitate construction.

The EA Process

    The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the 
Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could 
result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us 
\2\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about 
proposals. This process is referred to as ``scoping.'' The main goal of 
the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important 
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public 
comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We will 
consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA.
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    \2\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff 
of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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    In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of 
the construction and operation of the proposed project under these 
general headings:
     Geology and soils;
     land use;
     water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
     cultural resources;
     vegetation and wildlife;
     air quality and noise;
     endangered and threatened species;
     public safety; and
     cumulative impacts.
    We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to 
lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
    The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA 
will be available in the public record through eLibrary. Depending on 
the comments received during the scoping process, we may also publish 
and distribute the EA to the public for an allotted comment period. We 
will consider all comments on the EA before making our recommendations 
to the Commission. To ensure we have the opportunity to consider and 
address your comments, please carefully follow the instructions in the 
Public Participation section.
    With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law 
and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues of 
this project to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
EA.\3\ Agencies that would like to request cooperating

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agency status should follow the instructions for filing comments 
provided under the Public Participation section of this notice. 
Currently no agencies has expressed their intention to participate as a 
cooperating agency in the preparation of the EA to satisfy their NEPA 
responsibilities related to the Project.
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    \3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing 
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations, Part 1501.6.
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Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation 
Act

    In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's 
implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation 
with the applicable State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and to 
solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested 
Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on 
historic properties.\4\ We will define the project-specific Area of 
Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as the project 
develops. On natural gas facility projects, the APE at a minimum 
encompasses all areas subject to ground disturbance (examples include 
construction right-of-way, contractor/pipe storage yards, compressor 
stations, and access roads). Our EA for this project will document our 
findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status 
of consultations under section 106.
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    \4\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations 
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those 
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or 
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in 
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic 
Places.
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Environmental Mailing List

    The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local 
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; 
environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other 
interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also 
includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's 
regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property 
may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within 
certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits 
comments on the project. We will update the environmental mailing list 
as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the information related 
to this environmental review to all individuals, organizations, and 
government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the 
proposed project.

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-
45). 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: March 13, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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                                                for the project. Further, if an intervenor              Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                files comments or documents with the                    In determining the appropriate action to
                                                Commission relating to the merits of an                 take, the Commission will consider all                Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                issue that may affect the responsibilities              protests or other comments filed, but                 Commission
                                                of a particular resource agency, they                   only those who file a motion to                       [Docket No. CP18–45–000]
                                                must also serve a copy of the document                  intervene in accordance with the
                                                on that resource agency.                                Commission’s Rules may become a                       Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.;
                                                   k. Description of Request: The                       party to the proceeding. Any comments,                Notice of Intent To Prepare an
                                                Alabama Power Company (licensee)                                                                              Environmental Assessment for the
                                                                                                        motions to intervene, or protests must
                                                requests Commission approval for an                                                                           Proposed Sweden Valley Project, and
                                                                                                        be received on or before the specified
                                                amendment to its current license to                                                                           Request for Comments on
                                                replace the existing automatic spillway                 comment date for the particular
                                                                                                        application.                                          Environmental Issues
                                                crest gates with Obermeyer gates at the
                                                project’s Thurlow Dam and install a                        o. Filing and Service of Responsive                   The staff of the Federal Energy
                                                trash boom. The licensee states the                     Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in                Regulatory Commission (FERC or
                                                proposed work is to eliminate safety                    all capital letters the title                         Commission) will prepare an
                                                hazards to personnel and more                           ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or                         environmental assessment (EA) that will
                                                effectively manage reservoir levels and                 ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ (2) set                      discuss the environmental impacts of
                                                spill during flood events.                                                                                    the proposed Sweden Valley Project
                                                                                                        forth in the heading, the name of the
                                                   In order to install the Obermeyer gates                                                                    (Project). The Project involves the
                                                                                                        applicant and the project number of the
                                                and trash boom, the licensee also                                                                             construction and operation of facilities
                                                                                                        application to which the filing                       by Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.
                                                requests a temporary variance from the                  responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
                                                normal reservoir elevations for the                                                                           (Dominion) in Licking and Tuscarawas
                                                                                                        and telephone number of the person                    counties, Ohio and in Armstrong,
                                                Thurlow impoundment as required by
                                                                                                        protesting or intervening; and (4)                    Clinton and Greene counties in
                                                Article 402 of the license. Article 402
                                                requires, in part, the licensee to operate              otherwise comply with the requirements                Pennsylvania. The Commission will use
                                                the project so the maximum drawdown                     of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.                  this EA in its decision-making process
                                                at the Thurlow impoundment does not                     All comments, motions to intervene, or                to determine whether the Project is in
                                                exceed 1 foot below the normal pool                     protests must set forth their evidentiary             the public convenience and necessity.
                                                elevation of 288.7 feet mean sea level                  basis and otherwise comply with the                      This notice announces the opening of
                                                (msl). The licensee proposes to                         requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).                       the scoping process the Commission
                                                temporarily draw down the Thurlow                       Agencies may obtain copies of the                     will use to gather input from the public
                                                impoundment to an approximate                           application directly from the applicant.              and interested agencies on the project.
                                                elevation of 278.7 feet msl for a five-                 A copy of any protest or motion to                    You can make a difference by providing
                                                month period from June 1, 2018 through                  intervene must be served upon each                    us with your specific comments or
                                                October 31, 2018, and from June 1, 2019                 representative of the applicant specified             concerns about the project. Your
                                                through October 31, 2019.                               in the particular application. If an                  comments should focus on the potential
                                                   l. Locations of the Application: A                   intervener files comments or documents                environmental effects, reasonable
                                                copy of the application is available for                with the Commission relating to the                   alternatives, and measures to avoid or
                                                inspection and reproduction at the                      merits of an issue that may affect the                lessen environmental impacts. Your
                                                Commission’s Public Reference Room,                                                                           input will help the Commission staff
                                                                                                        responsibilities of a particular resource
                                                located at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A,                                                                      determine what issues they need to
                                                                                                        agency, they must also serve a copy of
                                                Washington, DC 20426, or by calling                                                                           evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your
                                                                                                        the document on that resource agency.
                                                (202) 502–8371. This filing may also be                                                                       comments are timely and properly
                                                viewed on the Commission’s website at                   A copy of all other filings in reference              recorded, please send your comments so
                                                http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                        to this application must be accompanied               that the Commission receives them in
                                                elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number                   by proof of service on all persons listed             Washington, DC on or before April 13,
                                                excluding the last three digits in the                  in the service list prepared by the                   2018.
                                                docket number field to access the                       Commission in this proceeding, in                        This notice is being sent to the
                                                document. You may also register online                  accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and                    Commission’s current environmental
                                                at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                     385.2010.                                             mailing list for this project. State and
                                                esubscription.asp to be notified via                      Dated: March 13, 2018.                              local government representatives should
                                                email of new filings and issuances                      Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                                                                                                                              notify their constituents of this
                                                related to this or other pending projects.                                                                    proposed project and encourage them to
                                                                                                        Secretary.                                            comment on their areas of concern.
                                                For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2018–05492 Filed 3–16–18; 8:45 am]              If you are a landowner receiving this
                                                email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for
                                                TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                notice, a pipeline company
                                                available for inspection and                                                                                  representative may contact you about
                                                reproduction at the address in item (h)                                                                       the acquisition of an easement to
                                                above.                                                                                                        construct, operate, and maintain the
                                                   m. Individuals desiring to be included                                                                     proposed facilities. The company would
                                                                                                                                                              seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
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                                                on the Commission’s mailing list should
                                                so indicate by writing to the Secretary                                                                       agreement. However, if the Commission
                                                of the Commission.                                                                                            approves the project, that approval
                                                   n. Comments, Motions to Intervene, or                                                                      conveys with it the right of eminent
                                                Protests: Anyone may submit                                                                                   domain. Therefore, if easement
                                                comments, a motion to intervene, or a                                                                         negotiations fail to produce an
                                                protest in accordance with the                                                                                agreement, the pipeline company could
                                                requirements of Rules of Practice and                                                                         initiate condemnation proceedings


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                                                where compensation would be                               • About 1.7 miles of 20-inch-diameter                The EA Process
                                                determined in accordance with state                     pipeline lateral south of Dominion’s                      The National Environmental Policy
                                                law.                                                    existing Gilmore Metering and                          Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
                                                   Dominion provided landowners with                    Regulation (M&R) station in Tuscarawas                 take into account the environmental
                                                a fact sheet prepared by the FERC                       County, Ohio;                                          impacts that could result from an action
                                                entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas                      • approximately 3.2 miles of 24-inch-                whenever it considers the issuance of a
                                                Facility On My Land? What Do I Need                     diameter pipeline looping north of                     Certificate of Public Convenience and
                                                To Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a                  Dominion’s existing Crayne Compressor                  Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to
                                                number of typically asked questions,                    Station in Greene County, Pennsylvania;                discover and address concerns the
                                                including the use of eminent domain                       • re-wheel (optimize) the                            public may have about proposals. This
                                                and how to participate in the                           compressors on three existing
                                                Commission’s proceedings. It is also                                                                           process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The
                                                                                                        centrifugal compression sets at                        main goal of the scoping process is to
                                                available for viewing on the FERC                       Dominion’s existing Newark
                                                website (www.ferc.gov).                                                                                        focus the analysis in the EA on the
                                                                                                        Compressor Station in Licking County,                  important environmental issues. By this
                                                Public Participation                                    Ohio;                                                  notice, the Commission requests public
                                                                                                          • a new M&R site with associated                     comments on the scope of the issues to
                                                   For your convenience, there are three                equipment to measure gas and regulate
                                                (3) methods you can use to submit your                                                                         address in the EA. We will consider all
                                                                                                        pressure at the gas delivery point in                  filed comments during the preparation
                                                comments to the Commission. The                         Tuscarawas County, Ohio;
                                                Commission will provide equal                                                                                  of the EA.
                                                                                                          • regulation equipment at the South                     In the EA we will discuss impacts that
                                                consideration to all comments received.                 Bend Compressor Station to regulate
                                                The Commission encourages electronic                                                                           could occur as a result of the
                                                                                                        pressure between existing Dominion                     construction and operation of the
                                                filing of comments and has expert staff                 pipelines in Armstrong County,
                                                available to assist you at (202) 502–8258                                                                      proposed project under these general
                                                                                                        Pennsylvania;                                          headings:
                                                or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please                     • M&R equipment to measure gas and
                                                carefully follow these instructions so                                                                            • Geology and soils;
                                                                                                        regulate pressure at a new interconnect                   • land use;
                                                that your comments are properly                         in Clinton County, Pennsylvania;
                                                recorded.                                                                                                         • water resources, fisheries, and
                                                                                                          • a pig launcher/receiver south of the               wetlands;
                                                   (1) You can file your comments                       existing Gilmore M&R station and a new
                                                electronically using the eComment                                                                                 • cultural resources;
                                                                                                        pig launcher/receiver at the new Port                     • vegetation and wildlife;
                                                feature on the Commission’s website                     Washington M&R station in Tuscarawas
                                                (www.ferc.gov) under the link to                                                                                  • air quality and noise;
                                                                                                        County, Ohio; and                                         • endangered and threatened species;
                                                Documents and Filings. This is an easy                    • new mainline valves at the northern
                                                method for submitting brief, text-only                                                                            • public safety; and
                                                                                                        terminus of the proposed TL–654 PA                        • cumulative impacts.
                                                comments on a project;                                  loop in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
                                                   (2) You can file your comments                                                                                 We will also evaluate reasonable
                                                                                                          The general location of the project                  alternatives to the proposed project or
                                                electronically by using the eFiling
                                                                                                        facilities is shown in appendix 1.1                    portions of the project, and make
                                                feature on the Commission’s website
                                                (www.ferc.gov) under the link to                        Land Requirements for Construction                     recommendations on how to lessen or
                                                Documents and Filings. With eFiling,                                                                           avoid impacts on the various resource
                                                                                                          Constructing the proposed facilities
                                                you can provide comments in a variety                                                                          areas.
                                                                                                        would require the use of approximately
                                                of formats by attaching them as a file                                                                            The EA will present our independent
                                                                                                        113.9 acres of land of which 28.3 acres
                                                with your submission. New eFiling                                                                              analysis of the issues. The EA will be
                                                                                                        are in Ohio and 85.6 acres are in
                                                users must first create an account by                                                                          available in the public record through
                                                                                                        Pennsylvania. Following construction,
                                                clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing                                                                   eLibrary. Depending on the comments
                                                                                                        Dominion would maintain about 45.4
                                                a comment on a particular project,                                                                             received during the scoping process, we
                                                                                                        acres for permanent operation of the
                                                please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as                                                                       may also publish and distribute the EA
                                                                                                        Project’s facilities, of which 12.0 acres
                                                the filing type; or                                                                                            to the public for an allotted comment
                                                                                                        would be in Ohio and 33.4 acres would
                                                   (3) You can file a paper copy of your                                                                       period. We will consider all comments
                                                                                                        be in Pennsylvania. In general, the
                                                comments by mailing them to the                                                                                on the EA before making our
                                                                                                        pipeline facilities would require a
                                                following address. Be sure to reference                                                                        recommendations to the Commission.
                                                                                                        permanent right-of-way width of 50 feet
                                                the project docket number (CP18–45–                                                                            To ensure we have the opportunity to
                                                                                                        for each pipeline. An additional 25 feet
                                                000) with your submission: Kimberly D.                                                                         consider and address your comments,
                                                                                                        of temporary workspace would be used
                                                Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy                                                                                please carefully follow the instructions
                                                                                                        during construction along the entire
                                                Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street                                                                        in the Public Participation section.
                                                                                                        pipeline construction corridor and an
                                                NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.                                                                                With this notice, we are asking
                                                                                                        additional temporary workspace of 25
                                                                                                                                                               agencies with jurisdiction by law and/
                                                Summary of the Proposed Project                         feet would be used in areas where
                                                                                                                                                               or special expertise with respect to the
                                                   The Project is designed to provide                   topsoil segregation is required or
                                                                                                                                                               environmental issues of this project to
                                                120,000 dekatherms per day of firm                      additional space is necessary to
                                                                                                                                                               formally cooperate with us in the
                                                transportation service from an existing                 facilitate construction.
                                                                                                                                                               preparation of the EA.3 Agencies that
                                                point of interconnection located on
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                                                                                                          1 The appendices referenced in this notice will      would like to request cooperating
                                                Dominion’s Line TL–489 in Clinton                       not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of
                                                County, Pennsylvania to a new point of                  appendices were sent to all those receiving this         2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the

                                                interconnection between Dominion and                    notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov   environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of
                                                Tennessee Gas Pipeline in Tuscarawas                    using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the         Energy Projects.
                                                                                                        Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First            3 The Council on Environmental Quality
                                                County, Ohio. Dominion proposes to                      Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502–    regulations addressing cooperating agency
                                                operate the following Facilities after                  8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary,      responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
                                                construction or modifications:                          refer to the last page of this notice.                 Regulations, Part 1501.6.



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                                                agency status should follow the                           Becoming an Intervenor                               DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                instructions for filing comments
                                                provided under the Public Participation                      In addition to involvement in the EA              Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                section of this notice. Currently no                      scoping process, you may want to                     Commission
                                                agencies has expressed their intention to                 become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an
                                                                                                                                                               [Project No. 14867–000]
                                                participate as a cooperating agency in                    official party to the Commission’s
                                                the preparation of the EA to satisfy their                proceeding. Intervenors play a more                  Scott’s Mill Hydro, LLC; Notice of
                                                NEPA responsibilities related to the                      formal role in the process and are able              Intent To File License Application,
                                                Project.                                                  to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be           Filing of Pre-Application Document,
                                                Consultations Under Section 106 of the                    heard by the courts if they choose to                Approving Use of the Traditional
                                                National Historic Preservation Act                        appeal the Commission’s final ruling.                Licensing Process
                                                                                                          An intervenor formally participates in
                                                  In accordance with the Advisory                         the proceeding by filing a request to                  a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
                                                Council on Historic Preservation’s                                                                             File License Application and Request to
                                                                                                          intervene. Instructions for becoming an
                                                implementing regulations for section                                                                           Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
                                                                                                          intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less                  b. Project No.: 14867–000.
                                                106 of the National Historic
                                                Preservation Act, we are using this                       Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’            c. Date Filed: January 11, 2018.
                                                notice to initiate consultation with the                  link on the Commission’s website.                      d. Submitted By: Scott’s Mill Hydro,
                                                applicable State Historic Preservation                    Motions to intervene are more fully                  LLC.
                                                Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views                 described at http://www.ferc.gov/                      e. Name of Project: Scott’s Mill
                                                and those of other government agencies,                   resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.               Hydroelectric Project.
                                                interested Indian tribes, and the public                                                                         f. Location: On the James River, in
                                                                                                          Additional Information
                                                on the project’s potential effects on                                                                          Amherst and Bedford Counties,
                                                historic properties.4 We will define the                     Additional information about the                  Virginia. No federal lands are occupied
                                                project-specific Area of Potential Effects                project is available from the                        by the project works or located within
                                                (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as                    Commission’s Office of External Affairs,             the project boundary.
                                                the project develops. On natural gas                      at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC                      g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the
                                                facility projects, the APE at a minimum                                                                        Commission’s regulations.
                                                                                                          website at www.ferc.gov using the
                                                encompasses all areas subject to ground                                                                          h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mark
                                                                                                          ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary
                                                disturbance (examples include                                                                                  Fendig, Scott’s Mill Hydro, LLC., P.O.
                                                                                                          link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and                Box 13, Coleman Falls, VA 24536; (540)
                                                construction right-of-way, contractor/                    enter the docket number, excluding the
                                                pipe storage yards, compressor stations,                                                                       320–6762; email—mfendig@aisva.net.
                                                                                                          last three digits in the Docket Number                 i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan at
                                                and access roads). Our EA for this                        field (i.e., CP18–45). Be sure you have
                                                project will document our findings on                                                                          (202) 502–8278; or email at
                                                                                                          selected an appropriate date range. For              jody.callihan@ferc.gov.
                                                the impacts on historic properties and
                                                                                                          assistance, please contact FERC Online                 j. Scott’s Mill Hydro, LLC filed its
                                                summarize the status of consultations
                                                                                                          Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov                request to use the Traditional Licensing
                                                under section 106.
                                                                                                          or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for               Process on January 11, 2018. Scott’s Mill
                                                Environmental Mailing List                                TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The                     Hydro, LLC provided public notice of its
                                                   The environmental mailing list                         eLibrary link also provides access to the            request on January 27, 2018. In a letter
                                                includes federal, state, and local                        texts of formal documents issued by the              dated March 13, 2018, the Director of
                                                government representatives and                            Commission, such as orders, notices,                 the Division of Hydropower Licensing
                                                agencies; elected officials;                              and rulemakings.                                     approved Scott’s Mill Hydro, LLC’s
                                                environmental and public interest                                                                              request to use the Traditional Licensing
                                                                                                             In addition, the Commission offers a
                                                groups; Native American Tribes; other                                                                          Process.
                                                                                                          free service called eSubscription which                k. With this notice, we are initiating
                                                interested parties; and local libraries                   allows you to keep track of all formal
                                                and newspapers. This list also includes                                                                        informal consultation with the U.S. Fish
                                                                                                          issuances and submittals in specific                 and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA
                                                all affected landowners (as defined in
                                                                                                          dockets. This can reduce the amount of               Fisheries under section 7 of the
                                                the Commission’s regulations) who are
                                                                                                          time you spend researching proceedings               Endangered Species Act and the joint
                                                potential right-of-way grantors, whose
                                                                                                          by automatically providing you with                  agency regulations thereunder at 50
                                                property may be used temporarily for
                                                project purposes, or who own homes                        notification of these filings, document              CFR, Part 402; NOAA Fisheries under
                                                within certain distances of aboveground                   summaries, and direct links to the                   section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens
                                                facilities, and anyone who submits                        documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                  Fishery Conservation and Management
                                                comments on the project. We will                          filing/esubscription.asp.                            Act and implementing regulations at 50
                                                update the environmental mailing list as                     Finally, public sessions or site visits           CFR 600.920. We are also initiating
                                                the analysis proceeds to ensure that we                   will be posted on the Commission’s                   consultation with the Virginia State
                                                send the information related to this                      calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                    Historic Preservation Officer, as
                                                environmental review to all individuals,                  EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                  required by section 106 of the National
                                                organizations, and government entities                    with other related information.                      Historic Preservation Act and the
                                                interested in and/or potentially affected                                                                      implementing regulations at 36 CFR
                                                                                                            Dated: March 13, 2018.
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                                                by the proposed project.                                                                                       800.2.
                                                                                                          Kimberly D. Bose,                                      l. With this notice, we are designating
                                                  4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s       Secretary.                                           Scott’s Mill Hydro, LLC as the
                                                regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal              [FR Doc. 2018–05494 Filed 3–16–18; 8:45 am]          Commission’s non-federal
                                                Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define                                                                representative for carrying out informal
                                                historic properties as any prehistoric or historic        BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                                                                                                                                               consultation pursuant to section 7 of the
                                                in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register                                                          Endangered Species Act and section
                                                of Historic Places.                                                                                            305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation83 FR 12006 

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