83 FR 20802 - Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Adelphia Gateway Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Sessions

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 89 (May 8, 2018)

Page Range		20802-20804
FR Document		2018-09719

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20802-20804]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-09719]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-46-000]

Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Adelphia Gateway Project,
Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public
Scoping Sessions

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 Adelphia Gateway Project
involving construction and operation of facilities by Adelphia Gateway,
LLC (Adelphia) in Delaware, Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and Northampton
Counties, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware. 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 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
June 1, 2018.
If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the
opening of this docket on January 11, 2018, you will need to file those
comments in Docket No. CP18-46-000 to ensure they are considered as
part of this proceeding.
This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental
mailing list for this project. State and local government
representatives should notify their constituents of this proposed
project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a pipeline company
representative may contact you about the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the proposed facilities. The company
would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. However, if
the Commission approves the project, that approval conveys with it the
right of eminent domain. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to
produce an agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation
proceedings where compensation would be determined in accordance with
state law.
Adelphia 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 four methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide equal
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form
or provided verbally. The Commission encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258
or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 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;
(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
(CP18-46-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A,
Washington, DC 20426.
(4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the
Commission invites you to attend one of the public scoping sessions its
staff will conduct in the project area, scheduled as follows:

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Date and time Location
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 5:00-9:00 p.m. Homewood Suites by Hilton,
Allentown Bethlehem Center
Valley, 3350 Center Valley
Parkway, Center Valley, PA
18034, (610) 351-6400.
Thursday, May 31, 2018, 5:00-9:00 p.m.. Clarion Hotel Philadelphia
Airport, 76 Industrial
Highway, Route 291, Essington,
PA 19029, (610) 521-9600.
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The primary goal of these scoping sessions is to have you identify
the specific environmental issues and concerns that should be
considered in the EA to be prepared for this project. Individual verbal
comments will be taken on a one-on-one basis with a court reporter.
This format is designed to receive the maximum amount of verbal
comments, in a convenient way during the timeframe allotted.
Each scoping session is scheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. You may arrive at any time after 5:00 p.m. There will not
be a formal presentation by Commission staff when the session opens. If
you wish to speak, the Commission staff will hand out numbers in the
order of your arrival. Comments will be taken until 9:00 p.m. However,
if no additional numbers have been handed out and all individuals who
wish to provide comments have had an opportunity to do so, staff may
conclude the session at 8:00 p.m. Please see appendix 1 for additional
information on the session format and conduct.\1\
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\1\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in
the Federal Register. Copies of the 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. 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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Your scoping comments will be recorded by the court reporter (with
FERC staff or representative present) and become part of the public
record for this proceeding. Transcripts will be publicly available on
FERC's eLibrary system (see below for instructions on using eLibrary).
If a significant number of people are interested in providing verbal
comments in the one-on-one settings, a time limit of 5 minutes may be
implemented for each commenter.
It is important to note that verbal comments hold the same weight
as written or electronically submitted comments. Although there will
not be a formal presentation, Commission staff will be available
throughout the comment session to answer your questions about the
environmental review process.
Please note this is not your only public input opportunity; please
refer to the review process flow chart in appendix 2.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Adelphia proposes to acquire and convert an existing oil pipeline
and an existing dual-phase oil and natural gas pipeline to natural gas
only, and construct and operate new natural gas pipelines, compressor
stations, meter stations, and appurtenant facilities in Delaware,
Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania, and
New Castle County, Delaware. The Adelphia Gateway Project would provide
about 175 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day to the
greater Philadelphia industrial region with potential to serve
additional markets in the northeast.
Specifically, the Adelphia Gateway Project would consist of the
construction of the following facilities:
One new 5,625 horsepower (hp) compressor station in
Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Marcus Hook Compressor Station);
one new 5,625 hp compressor station in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania (Quakertown Compressor Station);
0.25 mile of new 16-inch-diameter pipeline lateral in
Delaware County, Pennsylvania and New Castle County, Delaware (Parkway
Lateral);
4.5 miles of new 16-inch-diameter pipeline lateral in
Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Tilghman Lateral);
one new interconnect each in Montgomery County and Bucks
County, Pennsylvania;
three new interconnects in New Castle County, Delaware;
three new interconnects in Delaware County, Pennsylvania;
eight new blowdown assemblies (one in Delaware County, two
in Montgomery County, and five in Chester County, Pennsylvania);
one new mainline valve in Delaware County, Pennsylvania;
and
one temporary wareyard in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Additionally, the Adelphia Gateway Project would require the
acquisition and use of the following existing facilities:
4.4 miles of existing 20-inch-diameter natural gas
pipeline in Northampton County, Pennsylvania;
84 miles of existing 18-inch-diameter pipeline (the
northern 34-mile segment was used to transport oil and natural gas, and
the southern 50-mile segment was used to transport fuel oil); and
four existing meter stations in Bucks, Delaware, and
Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania.
The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix
3.

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 42
acres of land for the proposed aboveground facilities and the
pipelines. Following construction, Adelphia would maintain about 9
acres for permanent operation of the project's facilities; the
remaining acreage would be restored and would revert to former uses.
The majority of the proposed right-of-way for the pipelines are
collocated with existing roads, power lines, and other pipeline rights-
of-way.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the
Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could
result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us
\2\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about
proposals. This process is referred to as scoping. The main goal of the
scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public
comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We will
consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA.
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\2\ We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff of the
Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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In the EA, we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of
the construction and operation of the proposed project under these
general headings:
Geology and soils;
water resources and wetlands;
fisheries, vegetation, and wildlife;
endangered and threatened species;
cultural resources;
socioeconomics;
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. We will
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.\3\ Agencies that would like to request cooperating agency status
should follow the instructions for filing comments provided under the
Public Participation section of this notice.
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\3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 1501.6.
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Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act

In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's
implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation
with the applicable State Historic Preservation Offices (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

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define the project-specific Area of Potential Effects (APE) in
consultation with the SHPOs 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. 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.
Copies of the EA will be sent to the environmental mailing list for
public review and comment. If you would prefer to receive a paper copy
of the document instead of the CD version or would like to remove your
name from the mailing list, please return the attached Information
Request (appendix 4).

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want
to become an ``intervenor'' which is an official party to the
Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the
process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard
by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling.
An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a
request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are in
the ``Document-less Intervention Guide'' under the ``e-filing'' link on
the Commission's 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-
46). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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: May 1, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m. comments to the Commission. The
Eastern Time on June 1, 2018. Commission will provide equal
Federal Energy Regulatory If you sent comments on this project consideration to all comments received,
Commission to the Commission before the opening of whether filed in written form or
this docket on January 11, 2018, you provided verbally. The Commission
[Docket No. CP18–46–000] will need to file those comments in encourages electronic filing of
Docket No. CP18–46–000 to ensure they comments and has expert staff available
Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Notice of are considered as part of this to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
Intent to Prepare an Environmental proceeding. FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please
Assessment for the Proposed Adelphia This notice is being sent to the carefully follow these instructions so
Gateway Project, Request for Commission’s current environmental
that your comments are properly
Comments on Environmental Issues, mailing list for this project. State and
recorded.
and Notice of Public Scoping Sessions local government representatives should
notify their constituents of this (1) You can file your comments
The staff of the Federal Energy proposed project and encourage them to electronically using the eComment
Regulatory Commission (FERC or comment on their areas of concern. feature on the Commission’s website
Commission) will prepare an If you are a landowner receiving this (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
environmental assessment (EA) that will notice, a pipeline company Documents and Filings. This is an easy
discuss the environmental impacts of representative may contact you about method for submitting brief, text-only
the Adelphia Gateway Project involving the acquisition of an easement to comments on a project;
construction and operation of facilities construct, operate, and maintain the (2) You can file your comments
by Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia) proposed facilities. The company would electronically by using the eFiling
in Delaware, Bucks, Chester, seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
feature on the Commission’s website
Montgomery, and Northampton agreement. However, if the Commission
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Counties, Pennsylvania, and New Castle approves the project, that approval
Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
County, Delaware. The Commission will conveys with it the right of eminent
domain. Therefore, if easement you can provide comments in a variety
use this EA in its decision-making of formats by attaching them as a file
process to determine whether the negotiations fail to produce an
agreement, the pipeline company could with your submission. New eFiling
project is in the public convenience and users must first create an account by
necessity. initiate condemnation proceedings
where compensation would be clicking on eRegister. If you are filing a
This notice announces the opening of determined in accordance with state comment on a particular project, please
the scoping process the Commission law. select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as the
will use to gather input from the public Adelphia provided landowners with a filing type;
and interested agencies on the project. fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled (3) You can file a paper copy of your
You can make a difference by providing ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On comments by mailing them to the
us with your specific comments or My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’ following address. Be sure to reference
concerns about the project. Your This fact sheet addresses a number of the project docket number (CP18–46–
comments should focus on the potential typically asked questions, including the 000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
environmental effects, reasonable use of eminent domain and how to Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
alternatives, and measures to avoid or participate in the Commission’s
lessen environmental impacts. Your Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
proceedings. It is also available for NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
input will help the Commission staff viewing on the FERC website
determine what issues they need to (www.ferc.gov). (4) In lieu of sending written or
evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your electronic comments, the Commission
comments are timely and properly Public Participation invites you to attend one of the public
recorded, please send your comments so For your convenience, there are four scoping sessions its staff will conduct in
that the Commission receives them in methods you can use to submit your the project area, scheduled as follows:

Date and time Location

Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 5:00–9:00 p.m ............................................. Homewood Suites by Hilton, Allentown Bethlehem Center Valley, 3350
Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley, PA 18034, (610) 351–6400.
Thursday, May 31, 2018, 5:00–9:00 p.m ................................................. Clarion Hotel Philadelphia Airport, 76 Industrial Highway, Route 291,
Essington, PA 19029, (610) 521–9600.

The primary goal of these scoping Each scoping session is scheduled had an opportunity to do so, staff may
sessions is to have you identify the from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern conclude the session at 8:00 p.m. Please
specific environmental issues and Time. You may arrive at any time after see appendix 1 for additional
concerns that should be considered in 5:00 p.m. There will not be a formal information on the session format and
the EA to be prepared for this project. presentation by Commission staff when conduct.1
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Individual verbal comments will be the session opens. If you wish to speak,
1 The appendices referenced in this notice will
taken on a one-on-one basis with a court the Commission staff will hand out not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the
reporter. This format is designed to numbers in the order of your arrival. appendices were sent to all those receiving this
receive the maximum amount of verbal Comments will be taken until 9:00 p.m. notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
comments, in a convenient way during However, if no additional numbers have using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the
Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
the timeframe allotted. been handed out and all individuals Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502–
who wish to provide comments have 8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary,

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Your scoping comments will be • three new interconnects in New construction and operation of the
recorded by the court reporter (with Castle County, Delaware; proposed project under these general
FERC staff or representative present) • three new interconnects in headings:
and become part of the public record for Delaware County, Pennsylvania; • Geology and soils;
this proceeding. Transcripts will be • eight new blowdown assemblies • water resources and wetlands;
publicly available on FERC’s eLibrary (one in Delaware County, two in • fisheries, vegetation, and wildlife;
system (see below for instructions on Montgomery County, and five in Chester • endangered and threatened species;
using eLibrary). If a significant number County, Pennsylvania); • cultural resources;
of people are interested in providing • one new mainline valve in • socioeconomics;
verbal comments in the one-on-one Delaware County, Pennsylvania; and • land use;
settings, a time limit of 5 minutes may • one temporary wareyard in • air quality and noise;
be implemented for each commenter. Delaware County, Pennsylvania. • public safety; and
It is important to note that verbal Additionally, the Adelphia Gateway • cumulative impacts
comments hold the same weight as Project would require the acquisition We will also evaluate reasonable
written or electronically submitted and use of the following existing alternatives to the proposed project or
comments. Although there will not be a facilities: portions of the project, and make
formal presentation, Commission staff • 4.4 miles of existing 20-inch- recommendations on how to lessen or
will be available throughout the diameter natural gas pipeline in avoid impacts on the various resource
comment session to answer your Northampton County, Pennsylvania; areas.
questions about the environmental • 84 miles of existing 18-inch- The EA will present our independent
review process. diameter pipeline (the northern 34-mile analysis of the issues. The EA will be
Please note this is not your only segment was used to transport oil and available in the public record through
public input opportunity; please refer to natural gas, and the southern 50-mile eLibrary. We will publish and distribute
the review process flow chart in segment was used to transport fuel oil); the EA to the public for an allotted
appendix 2. and comment period. We will consider all
• four existing meter stations in comments on the EA before making our
Summary of the Proposed Project Bucks, Delaware, and Northampton recommendations to the Commission.
Adelphia proposes to acquire and Counties, Pennsylvania. To ensure we have the opportunity to
convert an existing oil pipeline and an The general location of the project consider and address your comments,
existing dual-phase oil and natural gas facilities is shown in appendix 3. please carefully follow the instructions
pipeline to natural gas only, and Land Requirements for Construction in the Public Participation section,
construct and operate new natural gas beginning on page 2.
pipelines, compressor stations, meter Construction of the proposed facilities
With this notice, we are asking
stations, and appurtenant facilities in would disturb about 42 acres of land for
agencies with jurisdiction by law and/
Delaware, Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, the proposed aboveground facilities and
or special expertise with respect to the
and Northampton Counties, the pipelines. Following construction,
environmental issues of this project to
Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Adelphia would maintain about 9 acres
formally cooperate with us in the
Delaware. The Adelphia Gateway for permanent operation of the project’s
preparation of the EA.3 Agencies that
Project would provide about 175 million facilities; the remaining acreage would
would like to request cooperating
standard cubic feet of natural gas per be restored and would revert to former
agency status should follow the
day to the greater Philadelphia uses. The majority of the proposed right-
instructions for filing comments
industrial region with potential to serve of-way for the pipelines are collocated
provided under the Public Participation
additional markets in the northeast. with existing roads, power lines, and
section of this notice.
Specifically, the Adelphia Gateway other pipeline rights-of-way.
Project would consist of the Consultations Under Section 106 of the
The EA Process
construction of the following facilities: National Historic Preservation Act
• One new 5,625 horsepower (hp) The National Environmental Policy
In accordance with the Advisory
compressor station in Delaware County, Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
Council on Historic Preservation’s
Pennsylvania (Marcus Hook Compressor take into account the environmental
implementing regulations for section
Station); impacts that could result from an action
106 of the National Historic
• one new 5,625 hp compressor whenever it considers the issuance of a
Preservation Act, we are using this
station in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Certificate of Public Convenience and
notice to initiate consultation with the
(Quakertown Compressor Station); Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to
applicable State Historic Preservation
• 0.25 mile of new 16-inch-diameter discover and address concerns the
Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their
pipeline lateral in Delaware County, public may have about proposals. This
views and those of other government
Pennsylvania and New Castle County, process is referred to as scoping. The
agencies, interested Indian tribes, and
Delaware (Parkway Lateral); main goal of the scoping process is to
the public on the project’s potential
• 4.5 miles of new 16-inch-diameter focus the analysis in the EA on the
effects on historic properties.4 We will
pipeline lateral in Delaware County, important environmental issues. By this
Pennsylvania (Tilghman Lateral); notice, the Commission requests public 3 The Council on Environmental Quality

• one new interconnect each in comments on the scope of the issues to regulations addressing cooperating agency
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Montgomery County and Bucks County, address in the EA. We will consider all responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
Pennsylvania; filed comments during the preparation Regulations, Part 1501.6.
of the EA. 4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s

In the EA, we will discuss impacts regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal
refer to the last page of this notice. Public Reference Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define
Room, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, that could occur as a result of the historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
or call (202) 502–8371. For instructions on district, site, building, structure, or object included
connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this 2 We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
notice. of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. of Historic Places.

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83 FR 20802 - Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Adelphia Gateway Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Sessions

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 89 (May 8, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission