83 FR 60842 - Gulf South Pipeline, LP; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Petal III Compression Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 228 (November 27, 2018)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 228 (November 27, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-25805 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 60842-60844] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-25805] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP19-3-000] Gulf South Pipeline, LP; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Petal III Compression 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 Petal III Compression Project involving construction and operation of facilities by Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf South) in Forrest County, Mississippi. 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 about issues regarding the project. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from its action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires the Commission to discover 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. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please submit your comments so that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 20, 2018. You can make a difference by submitting 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. Commission staff will consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA. If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the opening of this docket on October 9, 2018, you will need to file those comments in Docket [[Page 60843]] No. CP19-3-000 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 easement agreement. You are not required to enter into an agreement. However, if the Commission approves the project, that approval conveys with it the right of eminent domain. Therefore, if you and the company do not reach an easement agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation proceedings in court. In such instances, compensation would be determined by a judge in accordance with state law. Gulf South 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) at https://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/gas/gas.pdf. Public Participation The Commission offers a free service called eSubscription which makes it easy to stay informed of all issuances and submittals regarding the dockets/projects to which you subscribe. These instant email notifications are the fastest way to receive notification and provide a link to the document files which can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings. To sign up go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. 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 staff available to assist you at (866) 208- 3676 or [email protected]. Please carefully follow these instructions so that your comments are properly recorded. (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature, which is located on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. Using eComment 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, which is located on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on ``eRegister.'' You will be asked to select the type of filing you are making; a comment on a particular project is considered a ``Comment on a Filing''; or (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP19-3-000) 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 Gulf South proposes to construct, operate, and maintain two new electric-driven 5,000 horsepower compressor units, one dehydration unit, one thermal oxidizer, and other auxiliary appurtenant facilities within the existing Petal III Compressor Station in Forrest County, Mississippi. The project would increase the injection capability from 1,488 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d) to 1,738 MMscf/d, and modify the withdrawal capability from 1,945 to 2,495 MMscf/d. According to Gulf South, the project would enhance operational flexibility, allow for the continued provision of reliable natural gas storage service, and increase the number of injection and withdrawal cycles to satisfy the needs of new customers desiring service from the Petal Gas Storage facilities (Petal Complex). The Petal Complex includes eight salt caverns and four compressor stations. The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 1.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Requirements for Construction Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 18.8 acres of land for the workspaces, access roads, and aboveground facilities. However, 6.6 acres of this disturbed land during construction would occur within the Petal III Compressor Station. Following construction, Gulf South would maintain about 5.5 acres for the permanent storage yard and dehydration unit; the remaining acreage would be restored and revert to former uses. The EA Process The EA will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project under these general headings:Geology and soils; water resources and wetlands; vegetation and wildlife; threatened and endangered species; cultural resources; land use; air quality and noise; public safety; and cumulative impacts Commission staff 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 Commission staffs' independent analysis of the issues. The EA will be available in electronic format in the public record through eLibrary \2\ and the Commission's website (https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/enviro/eis.asp). If eSubscribed, you will receive instant email notification when the EA is issued. The EA may be issued for an allotted public comment period. Commission staff will consider all comments on the EA before making recommendations to the Commission. To ensure Commission staff have the opportunity to address your comments, please carefully follow the instructions in the Public Participation section, beginning on page 2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- With this notice, the Commission is asking agencies with jurisdiction by law and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues of this project to formally cooperate 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1501.6. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consultation Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's [[Page 60844]] implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the Commission is using this notice to initiate consultation with the applicable State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on historic properties.\4\ Commission staff will define the project-specific Area of Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPO 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). The EA for this project will document findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status of consultations under section 106. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environmental Mailing List The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries. This list also includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits comments on the project. Commission staff will update the environmental mailing list as the analysis proceeds to ensure that Commission notices related to this environmental review are sent to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project. If the Commission issues the EA for an allotted public comment period, a Notice of Availability of the EA will be sent to the environmental mailing list and will provide instructions to access the electronic document on the FERC's website (www.ferc.gov). If you need to make changes to your name/address, or if you would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please return the attached ``Mailing List Update Form'' (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 in the ``Docket Number'' field, excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP19-3). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. 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: November 20, 2018. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-25805 Filed 11-26-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Dated: November 20, 2018. Filed Date: 11/15/18. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Kimberly D. Bose, Accession Number: 20181115–5047.
Secretary. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/27/18. Federal Energy Regulatory
[FR Doc. 2018–25806 Filed 11–26–18; 8:45 am] Docket Numbers: RP19–292–000. Commission
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Applicants: Midwestern Gas
Transmission Company. [Docket No. CP19–3–000]
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Gas
Gulf South Pipeline, LP; Notice of
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Quality and Pressure to be effective
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
12/15/2018.
Federal Energy Regulatory Assessment for the Proposed Petal III
Filed Date: 11/15/18.
Commission Compression Project and Request for
Accession Number: 20181115–5069.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/27/18. Comments on Environmental Issues
Combined Notice of Filings
Docket Numbers: RP19–293–000. The staff of the Federal Energy
Take notice that the Commission has Applicants: Northern Natural Gas Regulatory Commission (FERC or
received the following Natural Gas Company. Commission) will prepare an
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: environmental assessment (EA) that will
20181115 Negotiated Rates to be discuss the environmental impacts of
Filings Instituting Proceedings effective 11/1/2018. the Petal III Compression Project
Docket Numbers: RP19–286–000. Filed Date: 11/15/18. involving construction and operation of
Applicants: Rager Mountain Storage Accession Number: 20181115–5102. facilities by Gulf South Pipeline
Company LLC. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/27/18. Company, LP (Gulf South) in Forrest
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Docket Numbers: RP19–294–000. County, Mississippi. The Commission
RMSC’s Clean-Up Filing—November Applicants: Centra Pipelines will use this EA in its decision-making
2018 to be effective 12/15/2018. Minnesota Inc. process to determine whether the
Filed Date: 11/14/18. Description: eTariff filing per 1430: project is in the public convenience and
Accession Number: 20181114–5025. Extension of time to be effective necessity.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/26/18. 12/31/9998. This notice announces the opening of
Docket Numbers: RP19–287–000. Filed Date: 11/15/18. the scoping process the Commission
Applicants: Equitrans, L.P. Accession Number: 20181115–5109. will use to gather input from the public
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/19/18. and interested agencies about issues
Equitrans’ Clean-Up Filing—November Docket Numbers: RP19–295–000. regarding the project. The National
2018 to be effective 10/1/2018. Applicants: EOG Resources, Inc., EOG Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Filed Date: 11/14/18. Y Resources, Inc., EOG A Resources, requires the Commission to take into
Accession Number: 20181114–5032. Inc., EOG M Resources, Inc. account the environmental impacts that
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/26/18. Description: Request for Temporary could result from its action whenever it
Docket Numbers: RP19–288–000. Waiver, et al. of EOG Resources, Inc., et considers the issuance of a Certificate of
Applicants: Elba Express Company, al. under RP19–295. Public Convenience and Necessity.
L.L.C. Filed Date: 11/15/18. NEPA also requires the Commission to
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Shell Accession Number: 20181115–5131. discover concerns the public may have
Negotiated Rate 11/28/18 to be effective Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/23/18. about proposals. This process is referred
11/28/2018. The filings are accessible in the to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the
Filed Date: 11/14/18. Commission’s eLibrary system by scoping process is to focus the analysis
Accession Number: 20181114–5096. clicking on the links or querying the in the EA on the important
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/26/18. environmental issues. By this notice, the
docket number.
Docket Numbers: RP19–289–000. Any person desiring to intervene or Commission requests public comments
Applicants: Southern Star Central Gas protest in any of the above proceedings on the scope of the issues to address in
Pipeline, Inc. must file in accordance with Rules 211 the EA. To ensure that your comments
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Offer and 214 of the Commission’s are timely and properly recorded, please
and Petition for Approval of Settlement Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and submit your comments so that the
to be effective 1/1/2019. § 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Commission receives them in
Filed Date: 11/14/18. time on the specified comment date. Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m.
Accession Number: 20181114–5130. Protests may be considered, but Eastern Time on December 20, 2018.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/26/18. intervention is necessary to become a You can make a difference by
Docket Numbers: RP19–290–000. party to the proceeding. submitting your specific comments or
Applicants: Southern Natural Gas eFiling is encouraged. More detailed concerns about the project. Your
Company, L.L.C. information relating to filing comments should focus on the potential
Description: Compliance filing requirements, interventions, protests, environmental effects, reasonable
Annual Report on Operational service, and qualifying facilities filings alternatives, and measures to avoid or
Transactions 2018. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ lessen environmental impacts. Your
Filed Date: 11/15/18. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For input will help the Commission staff
Accession Number: 20181115–5012. other information, call (866) 208–3676 determine what issues they need to
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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/27/18. (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. evaluate in the EA. Commission staff
Docket Numbers: RP19–291–000. will consider all filed comments during
Dated: November 16, 2018. the preparation of the EA.
Applicants: Discovery Gas
Transmission LLC. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., If you sent comments on this project
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 2019 Deputy Secretary. to the Commission before the opening of
HMRE Surcharge Filing to be effective [FR Doc. 2018–25753 Filed 11–26–18; 8:45 am] this docket on October 9, 2018, you will
1/1/2019. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P need to file those comments in Docket
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implementing regulations for section Additional Information the Commission’s list of Corporate
106 of the National Historic Additional information about the Officials.
Preservation Act, the Commission is Any person desiring to intervene or to
project is available from the
using this notice to initiate consultation protest this filing must file in
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
with the applicable State Historic accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC
Preservation Office (SHPO), and to the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
website at www.ferc.gov using the
solicit their views and those of other Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link,
government agencies, interested Indian Protests will be considered by the
click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the
tribes, and the public on the project’s Commission in determining the
docket number in the ‘‘Docket Number’’ appropriate action to be taken, but will
potential effects on historic properties.4
field, excluding the last three digits (i.e., not serve to make protestants parties to
Commission staff will define the
CP19–3). Be sure you have selected an the proceeding. Any person wishing to
project-specific Area of Potential Effects
appropriate date range. For assistance, become a party must file a notice of
(APE) in consultation with the SHPO as
please contact FERC Online Support at intervention or motion to intervene, as
the project develops. On natural gas
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or (866) appropriate. The Respondent’s answer
facility projects, the APE at a minimum
208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) and all interventions, or protests must
encompasses all areas subject to ground
disturbance (examples include 502–8659. The eLibrary link also be filed on or before the comment date.
construction right-of-way, contractor/ provides access to the texts of all formal The Respondent’s answer, motions to
pipe storage yards, compressor stations, documents issued by the Commission, intervene, and protests must be served
and access roads). The EA for this such as orders, notices, and on the Complainant.
project will document findings on the rulemakings. The Commission encourages
impacts on historic properties and Public sessions or site visits will be electronic submission of protests and
summarize the status of consultations posted on the Commission’s calendar interventions in lieu of paper using the
under section 106. located at www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/ ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
EventsList.aspx along with other related Persons unable to file electronically
Environmental Mailing List information. should submit an original and 5 copies
The environmental mailing list Dated: November 20, 2018. of the protest or intervention to the
includes federal, state, and local Kimberly D. Bose, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
government representatives and Secretary. 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
agencies; elected officials; 20426.
[FR Doc. 2018–25805 Filed 11–26–18; 8:45 am]
environmental and public interest This filing is accessible online at
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groups; Native American Tribes; other http://www.ferc.gov, using the
interested parties; and local libraries. ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
This list also includes all affected electronic review in the Commission’s
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
landowners (as defined in the Public Reference Room in Washington,
Commission’s regulations) who are Federal Energy Regulatory DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on
potential right-of-way grantors, whose Commission the website that enables subscribers to
property may be used temporarily for receive email notification when a
project purposes, or who own homes [Docket No. OR19–8–000] document is added to a subscribed
within certain distances of aboveground docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
facilities, and anyone who submits TransMontaigne Product Services LLC Online service, please email
comments on the project. Commission v. Colonial Pipeline Company; Notice FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
staff will update the environmental of Complaint (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
mailing list as the analysis proceeds to (202) 502–8659.
ensure that Commission notices related Take notice that on November 16, Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
to this environmental review are sent to 2018, pursuant to Rule 206 of the Rules on December 6, 2018.
all individuals, organizations, and of the Practice and Procedure of the Dated: November 20, 2018.
government entities interested in and/or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Kimberly D. Bose,
potentially affected by the proposed (Commission), 18 CFR 385.206 (2018),
Secretary.
project. Part 343 of the Commission’s Rules and
[FR Doc. 2018–25811 Filed 11–26–18; 8:45 am]
If the Commission issues the EA for Regulations, 18 CFR 343.2 (2018), and
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an allotted public comment period, a sections 1(5), 6 and 13 of the Interstate
Notice of Availability of the EA will be Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. App. 1(5), 6
sent to the environmental mailing list and 13, TransMontaigne Product
Services LLC (Complainant) filed a ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
and will provide instructions to access
formal complaint (complaint) against AGENCY
the electronic document on the FERC’s
website (www.ferc.gov). If you need to Colonial Pipeline Company [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0647; FRL–9986–78–
make changes to your name/address, or (Respondent) alleging that the OEI]
if you would like to remove your name Respondent attempted to increase
from the mailing list, please return the charges related to product volume losses Agency Information Collection
attached ‘‘Mailing List Update Form’’ without stating the charges in its tariff, Activities; Renewal Request Submitted
(appendix 2). explaining the derivation of such to OMB for Review and Approval;
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charges, or providing shippers with an Comment Request; PCBs,
4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s opportunity to evaluate and challenge Consolidated Reporting and Record
regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal such charges, as more fully explained in Keeping Requirements
Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define the complaint.
historic properties as any prehistoric or historic AGENCY: Environmental Protection
district, site, building, structure, or object included
The Complainant certifies that copies Agency (EPA).
in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of the complaint were served on the
ACTION: Notice.
of Historic Places. contacts for the Respondent as listed on
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