83 FR 12749 - Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Rivervale South to Market Project
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 57 (March 23, 2018)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 57 (March 23, 2018)
| Page Range | 12749-12750 | |
| FR Document | 2018-05967 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 12749-12750] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-05967] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP17-490-000] Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Rivervale South to Market Project The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared this environmental assessment (EA) for the Rivervale South to Market Project (Project) proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the above- referenced docket. Transco requests authorization to construct and operate natural gas pipeline facilities in Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. The Project would enable Transco to transport an additional 190 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. The Project would involve the following activities in the specified counties in New Jersey:Construct 0.61 mile of 42-inch-diameter pipeline loop \1\ along Transco's Mainline A, from milepost 1825.80 to 1826.41 (Bergen County); --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ A loop is a segment of pipe that is usually installed adjacent to an existing pipeline and connected to it at both ends. The loop allows more gas to be moved through the system. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uprate 10.35 miles of existing 24-inch-diameter-pipeline (North New Jersey Extension) from a maximum allowable operating pressure of 650 pounds per square inch gauge to 812 pounds per square inch gauge from the Paramus Meter and Regulation Station (M&R) to the Orange and Rockland M&R (Bergen County); Upgrade the existing valves, including overpressure protection valves, and yard piping at the Central Manhattan M&R (Hudson County) and Orange and Rockland M&R (Bergen County); Construct regulation and overpressure protection valves and upgrade yard piping at the Emerson M&R and Paramus M&R (Bergen County); and Construct additional facilities, such as mainline valves, cathodic protection, pig \2\ launchers and receivers, communication equipment, and related appurtenant underground and aboveground facilities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ 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 FERC staff mailed copies of the EA to federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; potentially affected landowners and other interested individuals and groups; and local media in the Project area. In addition, the EA is available for public viewing on the FERC's website (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Conference Room, 888 First Street NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371. Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that your comments are properly recorded and considered prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is important that the FERC receives your comments in Washington, DC on or before April 16, 2018. For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the Project docket number (CP17-490-000) with your submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has dedicated eFiling expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or [email protected]. (1) You may file your comments electronically by using the eComment feature, which is located on the Commission's website at www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings. An eComment is an easy method for interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project; (2) You may file your comments electronically by using the eFiling feature, which is located 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 [[Page 12750]] attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on eRegister. You will be asked to select the type of filing you are making. A comment on a particular project is considered a Comment on a Filing; or (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\3\ Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision. The Commission grants affected landowners and others with environmental concerns intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can adequately represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See the previous discussion on the methods for filing comments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional information about the Project is available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the FERC website (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on General Search, and enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP17- 490). 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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-05967 Filed 3-22-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/ DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY • Construct additional facilities, such
04-24-18-speaker-form.asp. as mainline valves, cathodic protection,
Federal Energy Regulatory pig 2 launchers and receivers,
The technical conference will be
Commission communication equipment, and related
transcribed and will be part of the
record in these proceedings. Transcripts appurtenant underground and
[Docket No. CP17–490–000]
aboveground facilities.
will be available for a fee from Ace-
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line The FERC staff mailed copies of the
Federal Reports, Inc. (202–347–3700).
Company, LLC; Notice of Availability EA to federal, state, and local
There will be a free webcast of the government representatives and
conference. The webcast will allow of the Environmental Assessment for
the Proposed Rivervale South to agencies; elected officials;
persons to listen to the technical environmental and public interest
conference, but not participate. Anyone Market Project
groups; Native American tribes;
with internet access who wants to listen The staff of the Federal Energy potentially affected landowners and
to the conference can do so by Regulatory Commission (FERC or other interested individuals and groups;
navigating to the Calendar of Events at Commission) has prepared this and local media in the Project area. In
www.ferc.gov and locating the technical environmental assessment (EA) for the addition, the EA is available for public
conference in the Calendar. The Rivervale South to Market Project viewing on the FERC’s website
technical conference listing on the (Project) proposed by Transcontinental (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link.
calendar will contain a link to its Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) A limited number of copies of the EA
webcast. in the above-referenced docket. Transco are available for distribution and public
The Capitol Connection provides requests authorization to construct and inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory
operate natural gas pipeline facilities in Commission, Public Conference Room,
technical support for the webcast and
Bergen and Hudson Counties, New 888 First Street NE, Room 2A,
offers the option of listening to the
Jersey. The Project would enable Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371.
meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. The
Transco to transport an additional 190 Any person wishing to comment on
phone bridge must be requested at least million cubic feet of natural gas per day. the EA may do so. Your comments
24 hours in advance of the meeting. If The EA assesses the potential should focus on the potential
you have any questions, visit environmental effects of the environmental effects, reasonable
www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703– construction and operation of the alternatives, and measures to avoid or
993–3100. The webcast will be available Project in accordance with the National lessen environmental impacts. The more
on the Calendar of Events on the Environmental Policy Act. The FERC specific your comments, the more useful
Commission’s website www.ferc.gov for staff concludes that approval of the they will be. To ensure that your
three months after the conference. proposed Project, with appropriate comments are properly recorded and
Commission conferences are mitigating measures, would not considered prior to a Commission
accessible under section 508 of the constitute a major federal action decision on the proposal, it is important
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For significantly affecting the quality of the that the FERC receives your comments
accessibility accommodations, please human environment. in Washington, DC on or before April
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov The Project would involve the 16, 2018.
or call toll free (866) 208–3372 (voice) following activities in the specified For your convenience, there are three
or (202) 502–8659 (TTY), or send a FAX counties in New Jersey: methods you can use to submit your
• Construct 0.61 mile of 42-inch- comments to the Commission. In all
to (202) 208–2106 with the required
diameter pipeline loop 1 along Transco’s instances, please reference the Project
accommodations.
Mainline A, from milepost 1825.80 to docket number (CP17–490–000) with
For more information about this 1826.41 (Bergen County); your submission. The Commission
technical conference, please contact: • Uprate 10.35 miles of existing 24- encourages electronic filing of
Sarah McKinley (Logistical Issues), inch-diameter-pipeline (North New comments and has dedicated eFiling
Office of External Affairs, 202–502– Jersey Extension) from a maximum expert staff available to assist you at
allowable operating pressure of 650 (202) 502–8258 or FercOnlineSupport@
8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov
pounds per square inch gauge to 812 ferc.gov.
John Riehl (Technical Issues), Office of pounds per square inch gauge from the (1) You may file your comments
Energy Market Regulation, 202–502– Paramus Meter and Regulation Station electronically by using the eComment
6026, john.riehl@ferc.gov (M&R) to the Orange and Rockland M&R feature, which is located on the
Noah Monick (Legal Issues), Office of (Bergen County); Commission’s website at www.ferc.gov
General Counsel, 202–502–8299, • Upgrade the existing valves, under the link to Documents and
noah.monick@ferc.gov including overpressure protection Filings. An eComment is an easy
valves, and yard piping at the Central method for interested persons to submit
Dated: March 16, 2018. Manhattan M&R (Hudson County) and brief, text-only comments on a project;
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Orange and Rockland M&R (Bergen (2) You may file your comments
Deputy Secretary. County); electronically by using the eFiling
[FR Doc. 2018–05948 Filed 3–22–18; 8:45 am] • Construct regulation and feature, which is located on the
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P overpressure protection valves and Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov)
upgrade yard piping at the Emerson under the link to Documents and
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M&R and Paramus M&R (Bergen Filings. With eFiling, you can provide
County); and comments in a variety of formats by
1 A loop is a segment of pipe that is usually 2 A pig is a tool that the pipeline company inserts
installed adjacent to an existing pipeline and into and pushes through the pipeline for cleaning
connected to it at both ends. The loop allows more the pipeline, conducting internal inspections, or
gas to be moved through the system. other purposes.
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attaching them as a file with your DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Commission staff’s issuance of the EA
submission. New eFiling users must for this proposal. The filing of the EA
first create an account by clicking on Federal Energy Regulatory in the Commission’s public record for
eRegister. You will be asked to select Commission this proceeding or the issuance of a
the type of filing you are making. A [Docket No. CP18–103–000] Notice of Schedule for Environmental
comment on a particular project is Review will serve to notify federal and
considered a Comment on a Filing; or Notice of Application; Rockies Express state agencies of the timing for the
(3) You can file a paper copy of your Pipeline LLC completion of all necessary reviews, and
comments by mailing them to the the subsequent need to complete all
following address: Kimberly D. Bose, On March 5, 2018, Rockies Express federal authorizations within 90 days of
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Pipeline LLC (Rockies Express), 370 Van the date of issuance of the Commission
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room Gordon Street, Lakewood, Colorado staff’s EA.
1A, Washington, DC 20426. 80228, filed an application pursuant to There are two ways to become
Any person seeking to become a party section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act involved in the Commission’s review of
to the proceeding must file a motion to (NGA) and Part 157 of the Federal this project. First, any person wishing to
intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Energy Regulatory Commission’s obtain legal status by becoming a party
Commission’s Rules of Practice and (Commission) regulations requesting a to the proceedings for this project
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).3 Only certificate of public convenience and should, on or before the comment date
intervenors have the right to seek necessity authorizing the construction stated below file with the Federal
rehearing of the Commission’s decision. and operation of certain booster Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
The Commission grants affected compression units and ancillary First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
landowners and others with facilities located at the Cheyenne Hub, a motion to intervene in accordance
environmental concerns intervenor in Weld County, Colorado to enable with the requirements of the
status upon showing good cause by Rockies Express to provide a new hub Commission’s Rules of Practice and
stating that they have a clear and direct service allowing for firm receipts and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
interest in this proceeding which no deliveries between Rockies Express and and the Regulations under the NGA (18
other party can adequately represent. other interconnected pipelines at the CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
Simply filing environmental comments Cheyenne Hub, all as more fully set status will be placed on the service list
will not give you intervenor status, but forth in the application, which is open maintained by the Secretary of the
you do not need intervenor status to to the public for inspection. The filing Commission and will receive copies of
have your comments considered. may also be viewed on the web at http:// all documents filed by the applicant and
Additional information about the www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. by all other parties. A party must submit
Project is available from the Enter the docket number excluding the 7 copies of filings made in the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs, last three digits in the docket number proceeding with the Commission and
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC field to access the document. For must mail a copy to the applicant and
website (www.ferc.gov) using the assistance, contact FERC at to every other party. Only parties to the
eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call proceeding can ask for court review of
click on General Search, and enter the toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) Commission orders in the proceeding.
docket number excluding the last three 502–8659. However, a person does not have to
digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., Any questions regarding Rockies intervene in order to have comments
CP17–490). Be sure you have selected Express’ application should be directed considered. The second way to
an appropriate date range. For to David Haag, Vice President and Chief participate is by filing with the
assistance, please contact FERC Online Compliance Officer, Cheyenne Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov Connector, LLC, 370 Van Gordon Street, possible, an original and two copies of
or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for Lakewood, Colorado 80228–1519, or comments in support of or in opposition
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The phone (303) 763–3258 or by email to this project. The Commission will
eLibrary link also provides access to the david.haag@tallgrassenergylp.com. consider these comments in
Specifically, Rockies Express states determining the appropriate action to be
texts of formal documents issued by the
that the proposed facilities will enable taken, but the filing of a comment alone
Commission, such as orders, notices,
Rockies Express to receive up to 600,000 will not serve to make the filer a party
and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission offers a dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of natural to the proceeding. The Commission’s
free service called eSubscription which gas from Cheyenne Connector, LLC rules require that persons filing
allows you to keep track of all formal which filed an application under CP18– comments in opposition to the project
issuances and submittals in specific 102–000 for authorization to construct, provide copies of their protests only to
dockets. This can reduce the amount of own and operate a new natural gas the party or parties directly involved in
time you spend researching proceedings pipeline system capable of transporting the protest.
up to 600,000 Dth/d. Persons who wish to comment only
by automatically providing you with
Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the on the environmental review of this
notification of these filings, document
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, project should submit an original and
summaries, and direct links to the
within 90 days of this Notice the two copies of their comments to the
documents. Go to http://www.ferc.gov/
Commission staff will either: Complete Secretary of the Commission.
docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
its environmental assessment (EA) and Environmental commentors will be
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Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., place it into the Commission’s public placed on the Commission’s
Deputy Secretary. record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or environmental mailing list, will receive
[FR Doc. 2018–05967 Filed 3–22–18; 8:45 am] issue a Notice of Schedule for copies of the environmental documents,
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Environmental Review. If a Notice of and will be notified of meetings
Schedule for Environmental Review is associated with the Commission’s
3 See the previous discussion on the methods for issued, it will indicate, among other environmental review process.
filing comments. milestones, the anticipated date for the Environmental commentors will not be
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