83_FR_21381 83 FR 21291 - Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Cheyenne Connector Pipeline and Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Projects and Request for Comments On Environmental Issues: Cheyenne Connector, LLC; Rockies Express Pipeline LLC

83 FR 21291 - Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Cheyenne Connector Pipeline and Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Projects and Request for Comments On Environmental Issues: Cheyenne Connector, LLC; Rockies Express Pipeline LLC

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 90 (May 9, 2018)

Page Range21291-21293
FR Document2018-09858

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21291-21293]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09858]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP18-102-000 & CP18-103-000]


Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the 
Proposed Cheyenne Connector Pipeline and Cheyenne Hub Enhancement 
Projects and Request for Comments On Environmental Issues: Cheyenne 
Connector, LLC; Rockies Express Pipeline LLC

    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 construction and operation of 
facilities by Cheyenne Connector, LLC and Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 
(``applicants'') in Weld County, Colorado. The Commission will use this 
EA in its decision-making process to determine whether the applicants' 
projects are in the public convenience and necessity. According to the 
applicants, the proposed projects are being developed to work in tandem 
to deliver natural gas produced in Weld County to the Cheyenne Hub; 
therefore, the Commission is evaluating these two projects within a 
single EA.
    This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the 
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested 
agencies on the projects. You can make a difference by providing us 
with your specific comments or concerns about the projects. 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 June 4, 2018.
    If you sent comments on either of these projects to the Commission 
before the opening of this docket on March 5, 2018, you will need to 
file those comments in the appropriate docket number (i.e., CP18-102-
000 and/or CP18-103-000) to ensure they are considered as part of this 
proceeding.
    This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental 
mailing list for the projects. State and local government 
representatives should notify their constituents of these proposed 
projects 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 these projects, 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.
    The applicants provided landowners with a fact sheet prepared by 
the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What 
Do I Need To Know?'' This fact sheet addresses a number of typically 
asked questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to 
participate in the Commission's proceedings. It is also available for 
viewing on the FERC website (www.ferc.gov).

Public Participation

    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic 
filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist you at 
(202) 502-8258 or 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; or
    (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to 
the following address. Be sure to reference the appropriate docket 
number of concern (either CP18-102-000 or CP18-103-000) with your 
submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
    Please note this is not your only public input opportunity; refer 
to the review process flow chart in appendix 1.\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.
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Summary of the Proposed Projects

    The applicants propose to construct and operate new natural gas 
pipeline, metering, and compression facilities in Weld County, 
Colorado. The Cheyenne Connector Pipeline Project (Docket No. CP18-102-
000) would transport northward about 600,000 dekatherms per day of 
natural gas from natural gas processing plants to a delivery 
interconnect with Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (Rockies Express) at the 
Cheyenne Hub. The Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Project (Docket No. CP18-

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103-000) would include additional natural gas compression facilities at 
the existing Cheyenne Hub to enable deliveries between Rockies Express 
and other interconnected pipelines at the Cheyenne Hub. According to 
the applicants, their Cheyenne Connector Pipeline and Cheyenne Hub 
Enhancement Projects are needed to transport and move growing natural 
gas production originating in Weld County to national markets.
    The Cheyenne Connector Pipeline Project would consist of the 
following facilities:
     Approximately 70 miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline, 
including three associated mainline valves and other ancillary 
facilities; and
     Five meter and regulating stations.
    The Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Project would consist of the following 
facilities:
     One new approximately 32,100 horsepower ``Cheyenne Hub 
Booster Compressor Station''; and
     Enhancements to modify the existing Cheyenne Hub 
interconnect facilities, including installation of pipe, valves, 
fittings, filters, and ancillary equipment.
    The general locations of the projects' facilities are shown in 
appendix 2.

Land Requirements for Construction

    Construction of the proposed aboveground and pipeline facilities 
would disturb about 1,720.3 acres of land. Following construction, the 
applicants would maintain about 470.5 acres for permanent operation of 
the projects' facilities; the remaining acreage would be restored and 
revert to former uses. About 46 percent of the proposed pipeline route 
parallels existing 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 be addressed 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 projects 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;
     socioeconomics;
     public safety; and
     cumulative impacts.
    We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
projects or portions of the projects, 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 
these projects 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 Colorado State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and to 
solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested 
Indian tribes, and the public on the projects' potential effects on 
historic properties.\4\ We will define the project-specific Area of 
Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as the projects 
develop. 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 these projects 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 a 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 projects.
    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 3).

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.

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Motions to intervene are more fully described at http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.

Additional Information

    Additional information about the projects 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-
102 or CP18-103). 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 3, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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                                             information type in a top center header of              being developed to work in tandem to                  Public Participation
                                             each page of the document in the following              deliver natural gas produced in Weld
                                             format: CUI//[Information Type]/[Additional                                                                      For your convenience, there are three
                                                                                                     County to the Cheyenne Hub; therefore,                methods you can use to submit your
                                             Information Type], e.g., CUI//CEII/PRIV.                the Commission is evaluating these two                comments to the Commission. The
                                                For information that is CEII, filers are             projects within a single EA.                          Commission encourages electronic filing
                                             reminded that they must clearly                            This notice announces the opening of               of comments and has expert staff
                                             segregate those portions of the                         the scoping process the Commission                    available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
                                             documents that contain CEII, and                        will use to gather input from the public              or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please
                                             indicate how long the CEII label should                 and interested agencies on the projects.              carefully follow these instructions so
                                             apply (not to exceed five years unless                  You can make a difference by providing                that your comments are properly
                                             redesignated by the CEII Coordinator).                  us with your specific comments or                     recorded.
                                             See Fixing America’s Surface                            concerns about the projects. Your                        (1) You can file your comments
                                             Transportation Act, Public Law 114–94,                  comments should focus on the potential                electronically using the eComment
                                             61,003, 129 Stat. 1312, 1773–1779                       environmental effects, reasonable                     feature on the Commission’s website
                                             (2015); see also 18 CFR 388.113(d)(1)(i–                alternatives, and measures to avoid or                (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                             ii).                                                    lessen environmental impacts. Your                    Documents and Filings. This is an easy
                                                For information that is privileged or                input will help the Commission staff                  method for submitting brief, text-only
                                             within the scope of a protective order or               determine what issues they need to                    comments on a project;
                                             agreement, filers are reminded that they                evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your                  (2) You can file your comments
                                             also need to clearly identify within the                comments are timely and properly                      electronically by using the eFiling
                                             document those specific portions of the                 recorded, please send your comments so                feature on the Commission’s website
                                             document (i.e., lines or individual                     that the Commission receives them in                  (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                             words or numbers)—containing such                       Washington, DC on or before June 4,                   Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
                                             material. See 18 CFR 388.112(b).                        2018.                                                 you can provide comments in a variety
                                                This notice supersedes and clarifies                                                                       of formats by attaching them as a file
                                                                                                        If you sent comments on either of
                                             an earlier notice issued April 14, 2017.                                                                      with your submission. New eFiling
                                                                                                     these projects to the Commission before
                                             (See Notice of Document Labelling                                                                             users must first create an account by
                                                                                                     the opening of this docket on March 5,
                                             Guidance for Documents Submitted to                                                                           clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing
                                                                                                     2018, you will need to file those
                                             or Filed with the Commission or                                                                               a comment on a particular project,
                                                                                                     comments in the appropriate docket
                                             Commission Staff, April 14, 2017)                                                                             please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as
                                                                                                     number (i.e., CP18–102–000 and/or
                                               Dated: May 3, 2018.                                   CP18–103–000) to ensure they are                      the filing type; or
                                             Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                considered as part of this proceeding.                   (3) You can file a paper copy of your
                                             Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                           comments by mailing them to the
                                                                                                        This notice is being sent to the                   following address. Be sure to reference
                                             [FR Doc. 2018–09856 Filed 5–8–18; 8:45 am]              Commission’s current environmental                    the appropriate docket number of
                                             BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  mailing list for the projects. State and              concern (either CP18–102–000 or CP18–
                                                                                                     local government representatives should               103–000) with your submission:
                                                                                                     notify their constituents of these                    Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
                                             DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    proposed projects and encourage them                  Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
                                                                                                     to comment on their areas of concern.                 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington,
                                             Federal Energy Regulatory
                                             Commission                                                 If you are a landowner receiving this              DC 20426.
                                                                                                     notice, a pipeline company                               Please note this is not your only
                                             [Docket Nos. CP18–102–000 & CP18–103–                   representative may contact you about                  public input opportunity; refer to the
                                             000]                                                    the acquisition of an easement to                     review process flow chart in appendix
                                                                                                     construct, operate, and maintain the                  1.1
                                             Notice of Intent to Prepare an                          proposed facilities. The company would
                                             Environmental Assessment for the                        seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable               Summary of the Proposed Projects
                                             Proposed Cheyenne Connector                             agreement. However, if the Commission                   The applicants propose to construct
                                             Pipeline and Cheyenne Hub                               approves these projects, that approval                and operate new natural gas pipeline,
                                             Enhancement Projects and Request for                    conveys with it the right of eminent                  metering, and compression facilities in
                                             Comments On Environmental Issues:                       domain. Therefore, if easement                        Weld County, Colorado. The Cheyenne
                                             Cheyenne Connector, LLC; Rockies                        negotiations fail to produce an                       Connector Pipeline Project (Docket No.
                                             Express Pipeline LLC                                    agreement, the pipeline company could                 CP18–102–000) would transport
                                                The staff of the Federal Energy                      initiate condemnation proceedings                     northward about 600,000 dekatherms
                                             Regulatory Commission (FERC or                          where compensation would be                           per day of natural gas from natural gas
                                             Commission) will prepare an                             determined in accordance with state                   processing plants to a delivery
                                             environmental assessment (EA) that will                 law.                                                  interconnect with Rockies Express
                                             discuss the environmental impacts of                       The applicants provided landowners                 Pipeline LLC (Rockies Express) at the
                                             the construction and operation of                       with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC                Cheyenne Hub. The Cheyenne Hub
                                             facilities by Cheyenne Connector, LLC                   entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas                  Enhancement Project (Docket No. CP18–
                                             and Rockies Express Pipeline LLC                        Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
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                                                                                                                                                             1 The appendices referenced in this notice will
                                             (‘‘applicants’’) in Weld County,                        To Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a                not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the
                                             Colorado. The Commission will use this                  number of typically asked questions,                  appendices were sent to all those receiving this
                                             EA in its decision-making process to                    including the use of eminent domain                   notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
                                             determine whether the applicants’                       and how to participate in the                         using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the
                                                                                                                                                           Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
                                             projects are in the public convenience                  Commission’s proceedings. It is also                  Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502–
                                             and necessity. According to the                         available for viewing on the FERC                     8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary,
                                             applicants, the proposed projects are                   website (www.ferc.gov).                               refer to the last page of this notice.



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                                             103–000) would include additional                       consider all filed comments during the                project-specific Area of Potential Effects
                                             natural gas compression facilities at the               preparation of the EA.                                (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as
                                             existing Cheyenne Hub to enable                            In the EA we will discuss impacts that             the projects develop. On natural gas
                                             deliveries between Rockies Express and                  could occur as a result of the                        facility projects, the APE at a minimum
                                             other interconnected pipelines at the                   construction and operation of the                     encompasses all areas subject to ground
                                             Cheyenne Hub. According to the                          proposed projects under these general                 disturbance (examples include
                                             applicants, their Cheyenne Connector                    headings:                                             construction right-of-way, contractor/
                                             Pipeline and Cheyenne Hub                                  • Geology and soils;                               pipe storage yards, compressor stations,
                                             Enhancement Projects are needed to                         • land use;                                        and access roads). Our EA for these
                                             transport and move growing natural gas                     • water resources, fisheries, and                  projects will document our findings on
                                             production originating in Weld County                   wetlands;                                             the impacts on historic properties and
                                             to national markets.                                       • cultural resources;                              summarize the status of consultations
                                                The Cheyenne Connector Pipeline                         • vegetation and wildlife;                         under section 106.
                                             Project would consist of the following                     • air quality and noise;
                                                                                                        • endangered and threatened species;               Environmental Mailing List
                                             facilities:
                                                                                                        • socioeconomics;                                     The environmental mailing list
                                                • Approximately 70 miles of 36-inch-                    • public safety; and                               includes federal, state, and local
                                             diameter pipeline, including three                         • cumulative impacts.                              government representatives and
                                             associated mainline valves and other                       We will also evaluate reasonable                   agencies; elected officials;
                                             ancillary facilities; and                               alternatives to the proposed projects or              environmental and public interest
                                                • Five meter and regulating stations.                portions of the projects, and make                    groups; Native American Tribes; other
                                                The Cheyenne Hub Enhancement                         recommendations on how to lessen or                   interested parties; and local libraries
                                             Project would consist of the following                  avoid impacts on the various resource                 and newspapers. This list also includes
                                             facilities:                                             areas.                                                all affected landowners (as defined in
                                                • One new approximately 32,100                          The EA will present our independent                the Commission’s regulations) who are
                                             horsepower ‘‘Cheyenne Hub Booster                       analysis of the issues. The EA will be                potential right-of-way grantors, whose
                                             Compressor Station’’; and                               available in the public record through                property may be used temporarily for
                                                • Enhancements to modify the                         eLibrary. We will publish and distribute              project purposes, or who own homes
                                             existing Cheyenne Hub interconnect                      the EA to the public for an allotted                  within certain distances of aboveground
                                             facilities, including installation of pipe,             comment period. We will consider all                  facilities, and anyone who submits
                                             valves, fittings, filters, and ancillary                comments on the EA before making our                  comments on a project. We will update
                                             equipment.                                              recommendations to the Commission.                    the environmental mailing list as the
                                                The general locations of the projects’               To ensure we have the opportunity to                  analysis proceeds to ensure that we
                                             facilities are shown in appendix 2.                     consider and address your comments,                   send the information related to this
                                                                                                     please carefully follow the instructions              environmental review to all individuals,
                                             Land Requirements for Construction                      in the Public Participation section,                  organizations, and government entities
                                               Construction of the proposed                          beginning on page 2.                                  interested in and/or potentially affected
                                             aboveground and pipeline facilities                        With this notice, we are asking                    by the proposed projects.
                                             would disturb about 1,720.3 acres of                    agencies with jurisdiction by law and/                   Copies of the EA will be sent to the
                                             land. Following construction, the                       or special expertise with respect to the              environmental mailing list for public
                                             applicants would maintain about 470.5                   environmental issues of these projects to             review and comment. If you would
                                             acres for permanent operation of the                    formally cooperate with us in the                     prefer to receive a paper copy of the
                                             projects’ facilities; the remaining                     preparation of the EA.3 Agencies that                 document instead of the CD version or
                                             acreage would be restored and revert to                 would like to request cooperating                     would like to remove your name from
                                             former uses. About 46 percent of the                    agency status should follow the                       the mailing list, please return the
                                             proposed pipeline route parallels                       instructions for filing comments                      attached Information Request (appendix
                                             existing pipeline rights-of-way.                        provided under the Public Participation               3).
                                                                                                     section of this notice.                               Becoming an Intervenor
                                             The EA Process
                                                                                                     Consultations Under Section 106 of the                   In addition to involvement in the EA
                                               The National Environmental Policy                     National Historic Preservation Act
                                             Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to                                                                         scoping process, you may want to
                                             take into account the environmental                       In accordance with the Advisory                     become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an
                                             impacts that could result from an action                Council on Historic Preservation’s                    official party to the Commission’s
                                             whenever it considers the issuance of a                 implementing regulations for section                  proceeding. Intervenors play a more
                                             Certificate of Public Convenience and                   106 of the National Historic                          formal role in the process and are able
                                             Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to                   Preservation Act, we are using this                   to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be
                                                                                                     notice to initiate consultation with the              heard by the courts if they choose to
                                             discover and address concerns the
                                                                                                     Colorado State Historic Preservation                  appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
                                             public may have about proposals. This
                                                                                                     Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views             An intervenor formally participates in
                                             process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The
                                                                                                     and those of other government agencies,               the proceeding by filing a request to
                                             main goal of the scoping process is to
                                                                                                     interested Indian tribes, and the public              intervene. Instructions for becoming an
                                             focus the analysis in the EA on the
                                                                                                     on the projects’ potential effects on                 intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less
                                             important environmental issues. By this
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                                                                                                     historic properties.4 We will define the              Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’
                                             notice, the Commission requests public
                                                                                                                                                           link on the Commission’s website.
                                             comments on the scope of the issues to                    3 The Council on Environmental Quality
                                             be addressed in the EA. We will                         regulations addressing cooperating agency             Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define
                                                                                                     responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal     historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                               2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the            Regulations, Part 1501.6.                             district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                             environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of         4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s   in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
                                             Energy Projects.                                        regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal          of Historic Places.



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                                             Motions to intervene are more fully                        The refund effective date in Docket                cannot be discussed at this meeting. An
                                             described at http://www.ferc.gov/                       No. EL18–136–000, established                         agenda of the meeting is attached.
                                             resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.                  pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA,                   Due to the nature of the discussion,
                                                                                                     will be the date of publication of this               those interested in participating are
                                             Additional Information
                                                                                                     notice in the Federal Register.                       encouraged to attend in person. All
                                                Additional information about the                        Any interested person desiring to be               interested persons (whether attending in
                                             projects is available from the                          heard in Docket No. EL18–136–000                      person or via webcast) are asked to
                                             Commission’s Office of External Affairs,                must file a notice of intervention or                 register online at http://www.ferc.gov/
                                             at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC                       motion to intervene, as appropriate,                  whats-new/registration/06-05-18-
                                             website at www.ferc.gov using the                       with the Federal Energy Regulatory                    form.asp. There is no registration fee.
                                             ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary                Commission, 888 First Street, NE,                     Anyone with internet access can listen
                                             link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and                   Washington, DC 20426, in accordance                   to the meeting by navigating to
                                             enter the docket number, excluding the                  with Rule 214 of the Commission’s                     www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events,
                                             last three digits in the Docket Number                  Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR               locating the EQR Users Group Meeting
                                             field (i.e., CP18–102 or CP18–103). Be                  385.214, within 21 days of the date of                on the Calendar, and clicking on the
                                             sure you have selected an appropriate                   issuance of the order.                                link to the webcast. The webcast will
                                             date range. For assistance, please                                                                            allow persons to listen to the technical
                                             contact FERC Online Support at                            Dated: May 3, 2018.
                                                                                                                                                           conference and send questions during
                                             FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free                 Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                                                                                                                           the meeting to EQRUsersGroup@
                                             at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact                  Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                           ferc.gov. In the event you would also
                                             (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also                  [FR Doc. 2018–09852 Filed 5–8–18; 8:45 am]            like to participate in the meeting
                                             provides access to the texts of formal                  BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                dialogue by phone please select the
                                             documents issued by the Commission,                                                                           telephone option when registering. If
                                             such as orders, notices, and                                                                                  you have already registered for the
                                             rulemakings.                                            DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  meeting, and would like to participate
                                                In addition, the Commission offers a                                                                       by phone, please re-register and select
                                             free service called eSubscription which                 Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                                                                     Commission                                            the telephone option.
                                             allows you to keep track of all formal                                                                           Commission conferences are
                                             issuances and submittals in specific                    [Docket No. AD18–9–000]                               accessible under section 508 of the
                                             dockets. This can reduce the amount of                                                                        Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For
                                             time you spend researching proceedings                  Notice of Electric Quarterly Report                   accessibility accommodations, please
                                             by automatically providing you with                     Users Group Meeting                                   send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov
                                             notification of these filings, document                                                                       or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice)
                                             summaries, and direct links to the                         On March 6, 2018 the Federal Energy
                                                                                                     Regulatory Commission (Commission)                    or 202–208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX
                                             documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                                                                           to 202–208–2106 with the required
                                             filing/esubscription.asp.                               issued a notice that Commission staff
                                                                                                     will hold an Electric Quarterly Report                accommodations.
                                                Finally, public sessions or site visits                                                                       For more information about the EQR
                                             will be posted on the Commission’s                      (EQR) Users Group meeting on June 5,
                                                                                                     2018. The meeting will take place from                Users Group meeting, please contact Jeff
                                             calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                                                                             Sanders of the Commission’s Office of
                                             EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                     1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST), in the
                                                                                                     Commission Meeting Room at 888 First                  Enforcement at (202) 502–6455, or send
                                             with other related information.
                                                                                                     Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. All                  an email to EQRUsersGroup@ferc.gov.
                                               Dated: May 3, 2018.
                                                                                                     interested persons are invited to attend.               Dated: May 3, 2018.
                                             Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                                                                     For those unable to attend in person,                 Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                             Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                     access to the meeting will be available               Deputy Secretary.
                                             [FR Doc. 2018–09858 Filed 5–8–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                     via webcast.
                                             BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                                                                        Agenda
                                                                                                        Commission staff is hereby
                                                                                                     supplementing the March 6, 2018 notice                EQR Users Group Meeting Commission
                                                                                                     with the agenda for discussion. During                Meeting Room
                                             DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                     the meeting, Commission staff and EQR                 Tuesday, June 5, 2018
                                             Federal Energy Regulatory                               users will discuss potential                          1:00–1:15 p.m.
                                             Commission                                              improvements to the EQR program and                     Welcome, Introductions, and Logistics
                                                                                                     the EQR filing process. Recent meetings                 —Agenda Review
                                             [Docket No. EL18–136–000]                               have focused on issues pertaining                       —Ex Parte Limitations
                                                                                                     primarily to EQR filers. However, in the                —Meeting Rules for Comments and
                                             Notice of Institution of Section 206                                                                              Questions
                                                                                                     upcoming meeting, staff will also
                                             Proceeding and Refund Effective Date;                                                                         1:15–1:45 p.m.
                                                                                                     include sessions for those accessing and
                                             NRG Wholesale Generation LP                                                                                     Updates Since Last Meeting
                                                                                                     using EQR data. While discussion topics                 —New Frequently Asked Questions posted
                                                On May 3, 2018, the Commission                       to be considered for the formal agenda                    to EQR website
                                             issued an order in Docket No. EL18–                     were due by April 16, 2018, feedback                    —RTO/ISO Data Alignment Project Update
                                             136–000, pursuant to section 206 of the                 may be emailed to EQRUsersGroup@                      1:45–2:30 p.m.
                                             Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.                      ferc.gov.                                               Common EQR Audit Findings
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                                             824e (2012), instituting an investigation                  Commission staff will discuss and                  2:30–3:15 p.m.
                                             into whether NRG Wholesale                              seek feedback on common EQR audit                       EQR Data Access
                                                                                                                                                             —Methods for accessing EQR data
                                             Generation LP’s rates for Reactive                      findings, techniques for accessing EQR                  —Feedback from EQR users on accessing
                                             Service may be unjust and                               data, and examples of how EQR data is                     EQR data
                                             unreasonable. NRG Wholesale                             used and interpreted. Please note that                3:15–3:30 p.m.
                                             Generation LP, 163 FERC ¶ 61,086                        matters pending before the Commission                   Break
                                             (2018).                                                 and subject to ex parte limitations                   3:30–4:15 p.m.



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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation83 FR 21291 

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