83_FR_52638 83 FR 52437 - Cheyenne Connector, LLC and Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review of the Cheyenne Connector Pipeline and Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Projects

83 FR 52437 - Cheyenne Connector, LLC and Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review of the Cheyenne Connector Pipeline and Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Projects

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 201 (October 17, 2018)

Page Range52437-52438
FR Document2018-22608

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52437-52438]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22608]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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


Cheyenne Connector, LLC and Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Notice 
of Schedule for Environmental Review of the Cheyenne Connector Pipeline 
and Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Projects

    On March 5, 2018, Cheyenne Connector, LLC and Rockies Express 
Pipeline LLC (``applicants'') filed an application in Docket Nos. CP18-
102-000 and CP18-103-000 requesting a Certificate of Public Convenience 
and Necessity pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to 
construct and operate certain natural gas pipeline facilities. The 
proposed projects are known as the Cheyenne Connector Pipeline and 
Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Projects (Projects), and would include new 
natural gas pipeline, metering, and compression facilities to transport 
about 600 million cubic feet per day.
    On March 19, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission or FERC) issued its Notice of Application for the Projects. 
Among other things, that notice alerted agencies issuing federal 
authorizations of the requirement to complete all necessary reviews and 
to reach a final decision on a request for a federal authorization 
within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Project. This instant notice 
identifies the FERC staff's planned schedule for the completion of the 
EA for the Project.

Schedule for Environmental Review

Issuance of EA December 18, 2018
90-day Federal Authorization Decision Deadline March 18, 2019

    If a schedule change becomes necessary, additional notice will be 
provided so that the relevant agencies are kept informed of the 
Projects' progress.

Project Description

    The Projects include approximately 70 miles of 36-inch-diameter 
pipeline, three associated mainline valves, and other ancillary 
facilities; five meter and regulating stations; one new approximately 
32,100 horsepower Cheyenne Hub Booster Compressor Station; and 
enhancements to modify the existing Cheyenne Hub interconnect 
facilities in Weld County, Colorado.

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Background

    On May 3, 2018, the Commission issued a 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 (NOI). The NOI was sent to affected landowners; 
federal, state, and local government agencies; elected officials; 
environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; other 
interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. In response to 
the NOI, the Commission received comments from: DCP Midstream, LP, 
Teamsters National Pipeline LMCP, Colorado Interstate Pipeline, L.L.C., 
Anadarko Energy Services Company, Cheyenne Connector, LLC, HLT Farms, 
LLLP, the Town of Kersey, two Native American tribes, and four 
individuals. The primary issues raised by the commentors are 
alternatives, Project construction affecting the Irons Lateral Ditch, 
cultural resources, public health and safety, land values, 
industrialization of agricultural land, and environmental justice. All 
substantive comments will be addressed in the EA.

Additional Information

    In order to receive notification of the issuance of the EA and to 
keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets, 
the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription. 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.
    Additional information about the Projects is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs at (866) 208-FERC or on the 
FERC website (www.ferc.gov). Using the eLibrary link, select General 
Search from the eLibrary menu, enter the selected date range and Docket 
Number excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP18-102 or CP18-103), 
and follow the instructions. For assistance with access to eLibrary, 
the helpline can be reached at (866) 208-3676, TTY (202) 502-8659, or 
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The eLibrary link on the FERC website 
also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the 
Commission, such as orders, notices, and rule makings.

    Dated: October 11, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-22608 Filed 10-16-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 17, 2018 / Notices 52437 i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, phone: concrete powerhouse containing two DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (202) 502–8969 or email at john.ramer@ new 24.6-foot-long, 13.5-foot-diameter ferc.gov. Archimedes Screw turbine-generator Federal Energy Regulatory j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, units, with a total installed capacity of Commission state, local, and tribal agencies with 420 kilowatts, each contained in a new jurisdiction and/or special expertise 15-foot-wide steel trough; (7) a new 50- [Docket Nos. CP18–102–000 and CP18–103– with respect to environmental issues foot-long concrete tailrace; (8) a new 000] that wish to cooperate in the step-up transformer and 500-foot-long, preparation of the environmental Cheyenne Connector, LLC and above-ground transmission line document should follow the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Notice connecting the project to the instructions for filing such requests of Schedule for Environmental Review described in item (l) below. Cooperating distribution system owned by of the Cheyenne Connector Pipeline agencies should note the Commission’s Narragansett Electric Company; (9) a and Cheyenne Hub Enhancement policy that agencies that cooperate in new access road; and (10) appurtenant Projects the preparation of the environmental facilities. The existing Albion Dam and document cannot also intervene. See 94 appurtenant works are owned by the On March 5, 2018, Cheyenne FERC 61,076 (2001). State of Rhode Island. Connector, LLC and Rockies Express k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of the NEHC proposes to operate the project Pipeline LLC (‘‘applicants’’) filed an Commission’s regulations, if any in a run-of-river mode with an estimated application in Docket Nos. CP18–102– resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person annual energy production of 000 and CP18–103–000 requesting a believes that an additional scientific Certificate of Public Convenience and approximately 2,034 megawatt-hours. study should be conducted in order to Necessity pursuant to Section 7(c) of the form an adequate factual basis for a o. A copy of the application is Natural Gas Act to construct and operate complete analysis of the application on available for review at the Commission certain natural gas pipeline facilities. its merit, the resource agency, Indian in the Public Reference Room or may be The proposed projects are known as the Tribe, or person must file a request for viewed on the Commission’s website at Cheyenne Connector Pipeline and a study with the Commission not later http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Projects than 60 days from the date of filing of link. Enter the docket number excluding (Projects), and would include new the application, and serve a copy of the the last three digits in the docket natural gas pipeline, metering, and request on the applicant. number field to access the document. compression facilities to transport about l. Deadline for filing additional study For assistance, contact FERC Online 600 million cubic feet per day. requests and requests for cooperating Support. A copy is also available for On March 19, 2018, the Federal agency status: December 10, 2018. inspection and reproduction at the Energy Regulatory Commission The Commission strongly encourages address in item h above. (Commission or FERC) issued its Notice electronic filing. Please file additional of Application for the Projects. Among study requests and requests for You may also register online at http:// other things, that notice alerted agencies cooperating agency status using the www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ issuing federal authorizations of the Commission’s eFiling system at http:// esubscription.asp to be notified via requirement to complete all necessary www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For email of new filings and issuances reviews and to reach a final decision on assistance, please contact FERC Online related to this or other pending projects. a request for a federal authorization Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ For assistance, contact FERC Online within 90 days of the date of issuance ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or Support. of the Commission staff’s Environmental (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of p. Procedural Schedule: The Assessment (EA) for the Project. This electronic filing, please send a paper application will be processed according instant notice identifies the FERC staff’s copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy to the following preliminary schedule. planned schedule for the completion of Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street the EA for the Project. Revisions to the schedule will be made NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first as appropriate (e.g., if there are no Schedule for Environmental Review page of any filing should include docket deficiencies and/or scoping is waived, number P–14633–001. Issuance of EA December 18, 2018 m. This application is not ready for the schedule would be shortened). environmental analysis at this time. 90-day Federal Authorization Decision n. The proposed Albion Dam Issue Deficiency/ January 2019. Deadline March 18, 2019 Hydroelectric Project would consist of: AIR Letter. If a schedule change becomes (1) An approximately 266-foot-long Issue Notice of Ac- April 2019. necessary, additional notice will be ceptance/Ready existing concrete gravity dam with an for Environ- provided so that the relevant agencies ogee spillway; (2) an existing 33.6-acre mental Analysis. are kept informed of the Projects’ impoundment with a normal storage Issue Notice of the August 2019. progress. capacity of 235 acre-feet at an operating Availability of Project Description elevation of approximately 87.0 feet Environmental North American Vertical Datum of 1988; Assessment. The Projects include approximately (3) a new 51-foot-long, 45.75-foot-wide 70 miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline, intake canal; (4) two new 14-foot-wide, Dated: October 11, 2018. three associated mainline valves, and daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES 10.4-foot-high hydraulically-powered Kimberly D. Bose, other ancillary facilities; five meter and sluice gates, equipped with a 29-foot- Secretary. regulating stations; one new wide, 12-foot-high steel trashrack with [FR Doc. 2018–22609 Filed 10–16–18; 8:45 am] approximately 32,100 horsepower 9-inch clear-bar spacing; (5) a new 30- BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Cheyenne Hub Booster Compressor foot-long, 32.5-foot-wide, 11.0-foot-high Station; and enhancements to modify concrete penstock; (6) a new 50-foot- the existing Cheyenne Hub interconnect long, 24-foot-wide, 18-foot-high facilities in Weld County, Colorado. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:46 Oct 16, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1

52438 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 17, 2018 / Notices Background Dated: October 11, 2018. Dated: October 11, 2018. Kimberly D. Bose, Kimberly D. Bose, On May 3, 2018, the Commission Secretary. Secretary. issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an [FR Doc. 2018–22608 Filed 10–16–18; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2018–22612 Filed 10–16–18; 8:45 am] Environmental Assessment for the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Proposed Cheyenne Connector Pipeline and Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Projects and Request for Comments on DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Environmental Issues (NOI). The NOI was sent to affected landowners; federal, Federal Energy Regulatory Federal Energy Regulatory state, and local government agencies; Commission Commission elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American [Project No. 12790–007] Combined Notice of Filings tribes; other interested parties; and local Take notice that the Commission has libraries and newspapers. In response to Andrew Peklo, III, Pomperaug Hydro received the following Natural Gas the NOI, the Commission received LLC; Notice of Application for Transfer Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: comments from: DCP Midstream, LP, of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Filings Instituting Proceedings Teamsters National Pipeline LMCP, Colorado Interstate Pipeline, L.L.C., Docket Numbers: RP19–36–001. On September 24, 2018, Andrew Applicants: Dominion Energy Questar Anadarko Energy Services Company, Peklo, III (transferor) and Pomperaug Pipeline, LLC. Cheyenne Connector, LLC, HLT Farms, Hydro LLC (transferee) filed an Description: Tariff Amendment: LLLP, the Town of Kersey, two Native application for the transfer of license of Withdrawal of Filing to be effective 10/ American tribes, and four individuals. the Pomperaug Hydro Project No. 8/2018. The primary issues raised by the 12790. The project is located on the Filed Date: 10/9/18. commentors are alternatives, Project Pomperaug River in Litchfield County, Accession Number: 20181009–5007. construction affecting the Irons Lateral Connecticut. The project does not Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/22/18. Ditch, cultural resources, public health occupy Federal lands. Docket Numbers: RP19–48–000. and safety, land values, The applicants seek Commission Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline industrialization of agricultural land, approval to transfer the license for the Company, L.L.C. and environmental justice. All Pomperaug Hydro Project from the Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: substantive comments will be addressed transferor to the transferee. Volume No. 2—Neg Rate Agmt— in the EA. Applicants Contact: For transferor: NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC Mr. Andrew Peklo, III, 29 Pomperaug SP324013 to be effective 11/1/2018. Additional Information Filed Date: 10/10/18. Road, Woodbury, CT 06798, Phone: Accession Number: 20181010–5042. In order to receive notification of the 203–263–4566, Email: themill@ Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/22/18. issuance of the EA and to keep track of charter.net. Docket Numbers: RP19–49–000. all formal issuances and submittals in For transferee: Mr. Paul V. Nolan, Applicants: Iroquois Gas specific dockets, the Commission offers Esq., 5515 17th Street North, Arlington, Transmission System, L.P. a free service called eSubscription. This VA 22205–2722, Phone: (703) 534–5905, Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 101018 can reduce the amount of time you Email: pvnpvndiver@gmail.com. Negotiated Rates—Castleton spend researching proceedings by FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis, (202) Commodities Merchant Trading L.P. H– automatically providing you with 502–8735, patricia.gillis@ferc.gov. 4010–89 to be effective 11/1/2018. notification of these filings, document Deadline for filing comments, motions Filed Date: 10/10/18. summaries, and direct links to the to intervene, and protests: 30 days from Accession Number: 20181010–5083. documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- the date that the Commission issues this Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/22/18. filing/esubscription.asp. notice. The Commission strongly The filings are accessible in the encourages electronic filing. Please file Commission’s eLibrary system by Additional information about the comments, motions to intervene, and clicking on the links or querying the Projects is available from the protests using the Commission’s eFiling docket number. Commission’s Office of External Affairs system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs- Any person desiring to intervene or at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can protest in any of the above proceedings website (www.ferc.gov). Using the submit brief comments up to 6,000 must file in accordance with Rules 211 eLibrary link, select General Search characters, without prior registration, and 214 of the Commission’s from the eLibrary menu, enter the using the eComment system at http:// Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and selected date range and Docket Number www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern excluding the last three digits (i.e., ecomment.asp. You must include your time on the specified comment date. CP18–102 or CP18–103), and follow the name and contact information at the end Protests may be considered, but instructions. For assistance with access of your comments. For assistance, intervention is necessary to become a to eLibrary, the helpline can be reached please contact FERC Online Support at party to the proceeding. at (866) 208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) eFiling is encouraged. More detailed daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES or at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 information relating to filing eLibrary link on the FERC website also (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please requirements, interventions, protests, provides access to the texts of formal send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal service, and qualifying facilities filings documents issued by the Commission, Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ such as orders, notices, and rule First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For The first page of any filing should other information, call (866) 208–3676 makings. include docket number P–12790–007. (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:46 Oct 16, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1


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