83_FR_27710 83 FR 27596 - Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed El Paso Natural Gas Company, LLC. South Mainline Expansion Project, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

83 FR 27596 - Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed El Paso Natural Gas Company, LLC. South Mainline Expansion Project, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 114 (June 13, 2018)

Page Range27596-27598
FR Document2018-12667

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 114 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27596-27598]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12667]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-332-000]


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the 
Proposed El Paso Natural Gas Company, LLC. South Mainline Expansion 
Project, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will 
discuss the environmental impacts of the South Mainline Expansion 
Project involving construction and operation of facilities by El Paso 
Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. (EPNG) in Hudspeth and El Paso Counties, 
Texas; Luna County, New Mexico; and Cochise County, Arizona. 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 Daylight Time on July 9, 2018.
    If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the 
opening of this docket on April 27, 2018, you will need to file those 
comments in Docket No. CP18-332-000 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.
    EPNG 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 project docket number 
(CP18-332-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426.

Summary of the Proposed Project

    EPNG's project would consist of:
     Construction of an approximately 17-mile-long, 30-inch-
diameter loop line \1\ adjacent to existing EPNG Line No. 1100 and Line 
No. 1103 between mileposts 174.5 and 191.5 in El Paso and Hudspeth 
Counties, Texas.
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    \1\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to 
an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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     Construction of the new 13,220-horsepower Red Mountain 
Compressor Station at approximate milepost 301.2 of Line No. 1100 and 
Line No. 1103 in Luna County, New Mexico.
     Construction of the new 13,220-horsepower Dragoon 
Compressor Station to be co-located with EPNG's existing Willcox 
Compressor Station at approximate milepost 406.9 of Line No. 1100 and 
Line No. 1103 in Cochise County, Arizona.
    Appendix 1 shows the general location of the project facilities.\2\
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    \2\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in 
the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to all those 
receiving this notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 
using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call 
(202) 502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to 
the last page of this notice.
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Land Requirements for Construction

    The three project locations proposed by EPNG include approximately 
418.4 combined acres of land, all of which

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would be temporarily disturbed during construction. Operational and 
maintenance areas (permanent disturbances) for these three locations 
would be approximately 162.0 acres. Land requirements for each proposed 
facility are summarized below:

Pipeline Loop

    Most of the centerline of the proposed new 17-mile-long pipeline 
loop would be sited 30 feet south of EPNG's existing Line No. 1100, in 
an expanded easement. From mileposts (MP) 189.2 to 191.5 (within the 
Homestead Meadows residential area), the pipeline would be sited 20 
feet south of Line 1100, wholly within the existing EPNG easement. 
During construction, EPNG would use a typical construction work area of 
approximately 80 feet in width. However, to account for the additional 
pipeline depth and workspace requirements in the sand dune area (MP 
188.5 to MP 189.2), EPNG proposes a construction area 190 feet in 
width. No additional construction work area outside of the existing 
easement is proposed in the residential area. The total area disturbed 
during pipeline construction, including contractor yards and staging 
areas, would be 279.0 acres. For operation of the loop, EPNG proposes 
to maintain a 60-foot-wide permanent right-of-way for most of its 
length, except in the area of the sand dunes, where a 100-foot-wide 
permanent right-of-way would be maintained.

Red Mountain Compressor Station

    The proposed Red Mountain Compressor Station would be entirely 
within the EPNG-owned land parcel which also contains the previously 
abandoned Deming Compressor Station. Construction of the new compressor 
facilities would temporarily disturb approximately 78.2 acres within 
the existing site, with 6.2 acres being permanently maintained for the 
new aboveground facilities.

Dragoon Compressor Station

    The proposed Dragoon Compressor station and its access road would 
be on the same site that currently contains EPNG's existing Willcox 
Compressor Station. Construction of the new compressor facilities would 
temporarily disturb approximately 61.2 acres within the existing site, 
with approximately 6.4 acres being permanently maintained for the new 
aboveground facilities.

The EA Process

    The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the 
Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could 
result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us 
\3\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about 
proposals. This process is referred to as scoping. The main goal of the 
scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important 
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public 
comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We will 
consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA.
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    \3\ We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff of the 
Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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    In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of 
the construction and operation of the proposed project under these 
general headings:
     Geology and soils;
     land use;
     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 
project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to 
lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
    The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA 
will be available in the public record through eLibrary. Depending on 
the comments received during the scoping process, we may also publish 
and distribute the EA to the public for an allotted comment period. We 
will consider all comments on the EA before making our recommendations 
to the Commission. To ensure we have the opportunity to consider and 
address your comments, please carefully follow the instructions in the 
Public Participation section, beginning on page 2 of this notice.
    With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law 
and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues of 
this project to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
EA.\4\ Agencies that would like to request cooperating agency status 
should follow the instructions for filing comments provided under the 
Public Participation section of this notice.
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    \4\ 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.\5\
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    \5\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations 
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those 
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or 
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in 
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic 
Places.
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    We will 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.

Environmental Mailing List

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

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attached Information Request (appendix 2).

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-
332). 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: June 7, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-12667 Filed 6-12-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                 Applicants: Cheniere Corpus Christi                     This notice announces the opening of                carefully follow these instructions so
                                              Pipeline, LP.                                           the scoping process the Commission                     that your comments are properly
                                                 Description: Cheniere Corpus Christi                 will use to gather input from the public               recorded.
                                              Pipeline, LP submits tariff filing per:                 and interested agencies on the project.                   (1) You can file your comments
                                              Section 157.20(c)(2) Compliance in                      You can make a difference by providing                 electronically using the eComment
                                              Docket Nos. CP12–508–000, et al.—Eff                    us with your specific comments or                      feature on the Commission’s website
                                              6/1/18 to be effective N/A.                             concerns about the project. Your                       (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                 Filed Date: 6/7/18.                                  comments should focus on the potential                 Documents and Filings. This is an easy
                                                 Accession Number: 20180607–5020.                     environmental effects, reasonable                      method for submitting brief, text-only
                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/19/18.                     alternatives, and measures to avoid or                 comments on a project;
                                                 The filings are accessible in the                    lessen environmental impacts.                             (2) You can file your comments
                                              Commission’s eLibrary system by                            Your input will help the Commission                 electronically by using the eFiling
                                              clicking on the links or querying the                   staff determine what issues they need to               feature on the Commission’s website
                                              docket number.                                          evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your                (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
                                                 Any person desiring to intervene or                  comments are timely and properly                       Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
                                              protest in any of the above proceedings                 recorded, please send your comments so                 you can provide comments in a variety
                                              must file accordance with Rules 211 and                 that the Commission receives them in                   of formats by attaching them as a file
                                              214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18                 Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m.                  with your submission. New eFiling
                                              CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before                   Eastern Daylight Time on July 9, 2018.                 users must first create an account by
                                              5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified                    If you sent comments on this project                clicking on eRegister. If you are filing a
                                              comment date. Protests may be                           to the Commission before the opening of                comment on a particular project, please
                                              considered, but intervention is                         this docket on April 27, 2018, you will                select Comment on a Filing as the filing
                                              necessary to become a party to the                      need to file those comments in Docket                  type; or
                                              proceeding.                                             No. CP18–332–000 to ensure they are                       (3) You can file a paper copy of your
                                                 eFiling is encouraged. More detailed                 considered as part of this proceeding.                 comments by mailing them to the
                                                                                                         This notice is being sent to the                    following address. Be sure to reference
                                              information relating to filing
                                                                                                      Commission’s current environmental                     the project docket number (CP18–332–
                                              requirements, interventions, protests,
                                                                                                      mailing list for this project. State and               000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
                                              service, and qualifying facilities filings
                                                                                                      local government representatives should                Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
                                              can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                                                                      notify their constituents of this                      Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
                                              docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
                                                                                                      proposed project and encourage them to                 NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
                                              other information, call (866) 208–3676
                                                                                                      comment on their areas of concern.
                                              (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.                 If you are a landowner receiving this               Summary of the Proposed Project
                                                Dated: June 7, 2018.                                  notice, a pipeline company                                EPNG’s project would consist of:
                                              Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                representative may contact you about                      • Construction of an approximately
                                              Deputy Secretary.                                       the acquisition of an easement to                      17-mile-long, 30-inch-diameter loop
                                              [FR Doc. 2018–12665 Filed 6–12–18; 8:45 am]             construct, operate, and maintain the                   line 1 adjacent to existing EPNG Line
                                              BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  proposed facilities. The company would                 No. 1100 and Line No. 1103 between
                                                                                                      seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable                mileposts 174.5 and 191.5 in El Paso
                                                                                                      agreement. However, if the Commission                  and Hudspeth Counties, Texas.
                                              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    approves the project, that approval                       • Construction of the new 13,220-
                                                                                                      conveys with it the right of eminent                   horsepower Red Mountain Compressor
                                              Federal Energy Regulatory                               domain. Therefore, if easement                         Station at approximate milepost 301.2 of
                                              Commission                                              negotiations fail to produce an                        Line No. 1100 and Line No. 1103 in
                                              [Docket No. CP18–332–000]                               agreement, the pipeline company could                  Luna County, New Mexico.
                                                                                                      initiate condemnation proceedings                         • Construction of the new 13,220-
                                              Notice of Intent To Prepare an                          where compensation would be                            horsepower Dragoon Compressor
                                              Environmental Assessment for the                        determined in accordance with state                    Station to be co-located with EPNG’s
                                              Proposed El Paso Natural Gas                            law.                                                   existing Willcox Compressor Station at
                                              Company, LLC. South Mainline                               EPNG provided landowners with a                     approximate milepost 406.9 of Line No.
                                              Expansion Project, and Request for                      fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled               1100 and Line No. 1103 in Cochise
                                              Comments on Environmental Issues                        An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On                  County, Arizona.
                                                                                                      My Land? What Do I Need To Know?                          Appendix 1 shows the general
                                                The staff of the Federal Energy                       This fact sheet addresses a number of                  location of the project facilities.2
                                              Regulatory Commission (FERC or                          typically asked questions, including the
                                              Commission) will prepare an                                                                                    Land Requirements for Construction
                                                                                                      use of eminent domain and how to
                                              environmental assessment (EA) that will                 participate in the Commission’s                          The three project locations proposed
                                              discuss the environmental impacts of                    proceedings. It is also available for                  by EPNG include approximately 418.4
                                              the South Mainline Expansion Project                    viewing on the FERC website                            combined acres of land, all of which
                                              involving construction and operation of                 (www.ferc.gov).
                                              facilities by El Paso Natural Gas                                                                                1 A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed

                                              Company, L.L.C. (EPNG) in Hudspeth                      Public Participation                                   parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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                                                                                                                                                               2 The appendices referenced in this notice will
                                              and El Paso Counties, Texas; Luna                         For your convenience, there are three                not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of
                                              County, New Mexico; and Cochise                         methods you can use to submit your                     appendices were sent to all those receiving this
                                              County, Arizona. The Commission will                    comments to the Commission. The                        notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
                                              use this EA in its decision-making                      Commission encourages electronic filing                using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the
                                                                                                                                                             Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
                                              process to determine whether the                        of comments and has expert staff                       Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502–
                                              project is in the public convenience and                available to assist you at (202) 502–8258              8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary,
                                              necessity.                                              or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please                  refer to the last page of this notice.



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                                              would be temporarily disturbed during                   impacts that could result from an action               Consultations Under Section 106 of the
                                              construction. Operational and                           whenever it considers the issuance of a                National Historic Preservation Act
                                              maintenance areas (permanent                            Certificate of Public Convenience and                     In accordance with the Advisory
                                              disturbances) for these three locations                 Necessity. NEPA also requires us 3 to                  Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                              would be approximately 162.0 acres.                     discover and address concerns the                      implementing regulations for section
                                              Land requirements for each proposed                     public may have about proposals. This                  106 of the National Historic
                                              facility are summarized below:                          process is referred to as scoping. The                 Preservation Act, we are using this
                                                                                                      main goal of the scoping process is to                 notice to initiate consultation with the
                                              Pipeline Loop
                                                                                                      focus the analysis in the EA on the                    applicable State Historic Preservation
                                                 Most of the centerline of the proposed               important environmental issues. By this                Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their
                                              new 17-mile-long pipeline loop would                    notice, the Commission requests public                 views and those of other government
                                              be sited 30 feet south of EPNG’s existing               comments on the scope of the issues to                 agencies, interested Indian tribes, and
                                              Line No. 1100, in an expanded                           address in the EA. We will consider all                the public on the project’s potential
                                              easement. From mileposts (MP) 189.2 to                  filed comments during the preparation                  effects on historic properties.5
                                              191.5 (within the Homestead Meadows                     of the EA.                                                We will define the project-specific
                                              residential area), the pipeline would be                   In the EA we will discuss impacts that              Area of Potential Effects (APE) in
                                              sited 20 feet south of Line 1100, wholly                could occur as a result of the                         consultation with the SHPOs as the
                                              within the existing EPNG easement.                      construction and operation of the                      project develops. On natural gas facility
                                              During construction, EPNG would use a                   proposed project under these general                   projects, the APE at a minimum
                                              typical construction work area of                       headings:                                              encompasses all areas subject to ground
                                              approximately 80 feet in width.                            • Geology and soils;                                disturbance (examples include
                                              However, to account for the additional                     • land use;                                         construction right-of-way, contractor/
                                              pipeline depth and workspace                                                                                   pipe storage yards, compressor stations,
                                                                                                         • cultural resources;
                                              requirements in the sand dune area (MP                                                                         and access roads). Our EA for this
                                              188.5 to MP 189.2), EPNG proposes a                        • vegetation and wildlife;
                                                                                                                                                             project will document our findings on
                                              construction area 190 feet in width. No                    • air quality and noise;
                                                                                                                                                             the impacts on historic properties and
                                              additional construction work area                          • endangered and threatened species;                summarize the status of consultations
                                              outside of the existing easement is                        • socioeconomics;                                   under section 106.
                                              proposed in the residential area. The                      • public safety; and
                                              total area disturbed during pipeline                       • cumulative impacts.                               Environmental Mailing List
                                              construction, including contractor yards                   We will also evaluate reasonable                       The environmental mailing list
                                              and staging areas, would be 279.0 acres.                alternatives to the proposed project or                includes federal, state, and local
                                              For operation of the loop, EPNG                         portions of the project, and make                      government representatives and
                                              proposes to maintain a 60-foot-wide                     recommendations on how to lessen or                    agencies; elected officials;
                                              permanent right-of-way for most of its                  avoid impacts on the various resource                  environmental and public interest
                                              length, except in the area of the sand                  areas.                                                 groups; Native American Tribes; other
                                              dunes, where a 100-foot-wide                               The EA will present our independent                 interested parties; and local libraries
                                              permanent right-of-way would be                         analysis of the issues. The EA will be                 and newspapers. This list also includes
                                              maintained.                                             available in the public record through                 all affected landowners (as defined in
                                                                                                      eLibrary. Depending on the comments                    the Commission’s regulations) who are
                                              Red Mountain Compressor Station                                                                                potential right-of-way grantors, whose
                                                                                                      received during the scoping process, we
                                                The proposed Red Mountain                             may also publish and distribute the EA                 property may be used temporarily for
                                              Compressor Station would be entirely                    to the public for an allotted comment                  project purposes, or who own homes
                                              within the EPNG-owned land parcel                       period. We will consider all comments                  within certain distances of aboveground
                                              which also contains the previously                      on the EA before making our                            facilities, and anyone who submits
                                              abandoned Deming Compressor Station.                    recommendations to the Commission.                     comments on the project.
                                              Construction of the new compressor                      To ensure we have the opportunity to                      We will update the environmental
                                              facilities would temporarily disturb                    consider and address your comments,                    mailing list as the analysis proceeds to
                                              approximately 78.2 acres within the                     please carefully follow the instructions               ensure that we send the information
                                              existing site, with 6.2 acres being                     in the Public Participation section,                   related to this environmental review to
                                              permanently maintained for the new                      beginning on page 2 of this notice.                    all individuals, organizations, and
                                              aboveground facilities.                                                                                        government entities interested in and/or
                                                                                                         With this notice, we are asking
                                                                                                                                                             potentially affected by the proposed
                                              Dragoon Compressor Station                              agencies with jurisdiction by law and/
                                                                                                                                                             project.
                                                The proposed Dragoon Compressor                       or special expertise with respect to the
                                                                                                                                                                If we publish and distribute the EA,
                                              station and its access road would be on                 environmental issues of this project to
                                                                                                                                                             copies of the EA will be sent to the
                                              the same site that currently contains                   formally cooperate with us in the
                                                                                                                                                             environmental mailing list for public
                                              EPNG’s existing Willcox Compressor                      preparation of the EA.4 Agencies that
                                                                                                                                                             review and comment. If you would
                                              Station. Construction of the new                        would like to request cooperating                      prefer to receive a paper copy of the
                                              compressor facilities would temporarily                 agency status should follow the                        document instead of the CD version or
                                              disturb approximately 61.2 acres within                 instructions for filing comments                       would like to remove your name from
                                              the existing site, with approximately 6.4               provided under the Public Participation                the mailing list, please return the
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                                              acres being permanently maintained for                  section of this notice.
                                              the new aboveground facilities.                                                                                  5 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                                                                        3 We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff   regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal
                                              The EA Process                                          of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects.         Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define
                                                                                                        4 The Council on Environmental Quality               historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                The National Environmental Policy                     regulations addressing cooperating agency              district, site, building, structure, or object included
                                              Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to                   responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal      in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
                                              take into account the environmental                     Regulations, Part 1501.6.                              of Historic Places.



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                                              attached Information Request (appendix                     Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: GIA                 Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
                                              2).                                                     and Distribution Service Agmt O.L.S.                   2018–06–07_Termination of SA 2933
                                                                                                      Energy-Chino SA No. 1025–1026 to be                    ITC Transmission-Michigan Wind 3 GIA
                                              Additional Information
                                                                                                      effective 7/1/2018.                                    (J321) to be effective 5/9/2018.
                                                 Additional information about the                        Filed Date: 6/7/18.                                    Filed Date: 6/7/18.
                                              project is available from the                              Accession Number: 20180607–5001.                       Accession Number: 20180607–5052.
                                              Commission’s Office of External Affairs,                   Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18.
                                              at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC                                                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18.
                                                                                                         Docket Numbers: ER18–1752–000.
                                              website at www.ferc.gov using the                          Applicants: PJM Interconnection,                      Docket Numbers: ER18–1759–000.
                                              eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link,              L.L.C.                                                   Applicants: Southern California
                                              click on General Search and enter the                      Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: First            Edison Company.
                                              docket number, excluding the last three                 Revised ISA SA No. 4138; Queue No.                       Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: First
                                              digits in the Docket Number field (i.e.,                AC1–072 to be effective 5/8/2018.                      Amended LGIA Palen SEGS II, LLC
                                              CP18–332). Be sure you have selected                       Filed Date: 6/7/18.                                 Almasol Generating Station SA No. 98
                                              an appropriate date range.                                 Accession Number: 20180607–5004.                    to be effective 6/1/2018.
                                                 For assistance, please contact FERC                     Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18.                      Filed Date: 6/7/18.
                                              Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@                       Docket Numbers: ER18–1753–000.                        Accession Number: 20180607–5066.
                                              ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or                Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
                                              for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The                    Inc.                                                     Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18.
                                              eLibrary link also provides access to the                  Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                     Docket Numbers: ER18–1760–000.
                                              texts of formal documents issued by the                 2827R4 Kansas Power Pool & Westar                         Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
                                              Commission, such as orders, notices,                    Meter Agent Agreement to be effective                  L.L.C.
                                              and rulemakings.                                        6/1/2018.                                                 Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
                                                 In addition, the Commission offers a                    Filed Date: 6/7/18.                                 Revised ISA SA No. 4355; Queue No.
                                              free service called eSubscription which                    Accession Number: 20180607–5031.                    Z2–011/AD1–109 to be effective
                                              allows you to keep track of all formal                     Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18.                    5/10/2018.
                                              issuances and submittals in specific                       Docket Numbers: ER18–1754–000.                         Filed Date: 6/7/18.
                                              dockets. This can reduce the amount of                     Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
                                              time you spend researching proceedings                                                                            Accession Number: 20180607–5071.
                                                                                                      L.L.C.
                                              by automatically providing you with                        Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                     Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18.
                                              notification of these filings, document                 Original WMPA SA No. 5108; Queue                          Docket Numbers: ER18–1761–000.
                                              summaries, and direct links to the                      No. AC2–175 to be effective 10/28/2017.                   Applicants: Allegheny Energy Supply
                                              documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                        Filed Date: 6/7/18.                                 Company, LLC.
                                              filing/esubscription.asp.                                  Accession Number: 20180607–5036.                       Description: Tariff Cancellation:
                                                 Finally, public sessions or site visits                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18.                    Cancel Rate schedule FERC No. 3 to be
                                              will be posted on the Commission’s                         Docket Numbers: ER18–1755–000.                      effective 5/3/2018.
                                              calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                          Applicants: Duke Energy Progress,
                                              EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                                                                               Filed Date: 6/7/18.
                                                                                                      LLC.
                                              with other related information.                            Description: Petition of Duke Energy                   Accession Number: 20180607–5081.
                                                Dated: June 7, 2018.                                  Progress, LLC for Waiver of Tariff                        Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18.
                                              Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                Provisions.                                               The filings are accessible in the
                                              Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                         Filed Date: 6/6/18.                                 Commission’s eLibrary system by
                                                                                                         Accession Number: 20180606–5160.                    clicking on the links or querying the
                                              [FR Doc. 2018–12667 Filed 6–12–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                         Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/18.                    docket number.
                                              BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                         Docket Numbers: ER18–1756–000.                         Any person desiring to intervene or
                                                                                                         Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,                   protest in any of the above proceedings
                                              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    Inc.                                                   must file in accordance with Rules 211
                                                                                                         Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                  and 214 of the Commission’s
                                              Federal Energy Regulatory                               Removal of Requirement to Perform                      Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
                                              Commission                                              Stand Alone Scenario in DISIS to be                    385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                                                                                      effective 8/7/2018.                                    time on the specified comment date.
                                              Combined Notice of Filings #1                              Filed Date: 6/7/18.                                 Protests may be considered, but
                                                                                                         Accession Number: 20180607–5041.                    intervention is necessary to become a
                                                 Take notice that the Commission                         Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18.
                                              received the following electric rate                                                                           party to the proceeding.
                                                                                                         Docket Numbers: ER18–1757–000.                         eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
                                              filings:                                                   Applicants: NextEra Energy
                                                 Docket Numbers: ER18–1708–000.                                                                              information relating to filing
                                                                                                      Transmission Southwest, LLC,                           requirements, interventions, protests,
                                                 Applicants: Copenhagen Wind Farm,                    Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
                                              LLC.                                                                                                           service, and qualifying facilities filings
                                                                                                         Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                  can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
                                                 Description: Supplement to May 31,                   NextEra Energy Transmission
                                              2018 Copenhagen Wind Farm, LLC tariff                                                                          docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
                                                                                                      Southwest Formula Rate to be effective                 other information, call (866) 208–3676
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                                              filing.                                                 12/31/9998.                                            (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
                                                 Filed Date: 6/6/18.                                     Filed Date: 6/7/18.
                                                 Accession Number: 20180606–5151.                        Accession Number: 20180607–5051.                      Dated: June 7, 2018.
                                                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/18.                        Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18.                    Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                 Docket Numbers: ER18–1751–000.                          Docket Numbers: ER18–1758–000.                      Deputy Secretary.
                                                 Applicants: Southern California                         Applicants: Midcontinent                            [FR Doc. 2018–12664 Filed 6–12–18; 8:45 am]
                                              Edison Company.                                         Independent System Operator, Inc.                      BILLING CODE 6717–01–P




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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation83 FR 27596 

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