83_FR_7062 83 FR 7029 - Pine Creek Mine, LLC; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

83 FR 7029 - Pine Creek Mine, LLC; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 33 (February 16, 2018)

Page Range7029-7029
FR Document2018-03248

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 33 (Friday, February 16, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 7029]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03248]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12532-006]


Pine Creek Mine, LLC; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47,897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed Pine Creek Mine, LLC's (PCM or 
applicant) application for a license to construct its proposed Pine 
Creek Mine Tunnel Hydroelectric Project (Pine Creek Mine or project), 
and has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA). The proposed 1.5-
megawatt (MW) project would be located largely inside the Pine Creek 
Mine tunnel and adjacent to Morgan Creek and Pine Creek in Inyo County, 
California. The project would occupy only subsurface federal lands 
managed the U.S. Forest Service.
    The EA contains Commission staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts of the proposed hydroelectric project. The EA 
concludes that licensing the project, with appropriate environmental 
protective measures, would not constitute a major federal action that 
would significantly affect the quality of the human environment.
    A copy of the EA is available for review at the Commission in the 
Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website at 
www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number 
excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
202-502-8659.
    You may also register online at www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    Any comments and modified terms and conditions on the EA should be 
filed within 60 days from the date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. Please file 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 
6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system 
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp.
    You must include your name and contact information at the end of 
your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. In 
lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, 
DC 20426. Please affix ``Project No. 12532-006'' to all comments.
    Please contact Quinn Emmering (Commission Staff) by telephone at 
(202) 502-6382, or by email at quinn.emmering@ferc.gov, if you have any 
questions.

    Dated: February 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-03248 Filed 2-15-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 33 / Friday, February 16, 2018 / Notices 7029 HISTORY: Any comments and modified terms construction and operation of the North The System of Records entitled and conditions on the EA should be Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project in ‘‘Departmental Parking Control Policy’’ filed within 60 days from the date of accordance with the requirements of the (18–05–01) was last published in the this notice. National Environmental Policy Act Federal Register at 64 FR 30106, 30122– The Commission strongly encourages (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that 30123 (June 4, 1999). electronic filings. Please file comments approval of the proposed project, with [FR Doc. 2018–03276 Filed 2–15–18; 8:45 am] using the Commission’s eFiling system appropriate mitigating measures, would BILLING CODE 4000–01–P at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ not constitute a major federal action efiling.asp. Commenters can submit significantly affecting the quality of the brief comments up to 6,000 characters, human environment. without prior registration, using the The proposed North Seattle Lateral DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY eComment system at http:// Upgrade Project would consist of the Federal Energy Regulatory www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ following facilities: Commission ecomment.asp. • Replace 5.9-miles of 8-inch- You must include your name and diameter pipeline with 20-inch- [Project No. 12532–006] contact information at the end of your diameter pipeline; comments. For assistance, please • rebuild the existing North Seattle/ Pine Creek Mine, LLC; Notice of contact FERC Online Support. In lieu of Everett meter station in order to Availability of Environmental electronic filing, please send a paper accommodate the increased delivery Assessment copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy capacity of the North Seattle Lateral; In accordance with the National Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street • abandon and relocate Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and NE, Washington, DC 20426. Please affix approximately 0.1 mile of 16-inch- the Federal Energy Regulatory ‘‘Project No. 12532–006’’ to all diameter pipeline; Commission’s (Commission) comments. • relocate an existing 8-inch pig regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. Please contact Quinn Emmering launcher and a 20-inch pig receiver 1 to 486, 52 FR 47,897), the Office of Energy (Commission Staff) by telephone at project milepost 7.76; and Projects has reviewed Pine Creek Mine, (202) 502–6382, or by email at • replace an existing 8-inch mainline LLC’s (PCM or applicant) application for quinn.emmering@ferc.gov, if you have valve with a 20-inch valve. a license to construct its proposed Pine any questions. The FERC staff mailed copies of the Creek Mine Tunnel Hydroelectric Dated: February 12, 2018. EA to federal, state, and local Project (Pine Creek Mine or project), and government representatives and Kimberly D. Bose, has prepared an Environmental agencies; elected officials; Native Secretary. American tribes; potentially affected Assessment (EA). The proposed 1.5- [FR Doc. 2018–03248 Filed 2–15–18; 8:45 am] megawatt (MW) project would be landowners and other interested located largely inside the Pine Creek BILLING CODE 6717–01–P individuals and groups; and newspapers Mine tunnel and adjacent to Morgan and libraries in the project area. In Creek and Pine Creek in Inyo County, addition, the EA is available for public DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY viewing on the FERC’s website California. The project would occupy only subsurface federal lands managed (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Federal Energy Regulatory the U.S. Forest Service. A limited number of copies of the EA Commission The EA contains Commission staff’s are available for distribution and public analysis of the potential environmental [Docket Nos. CP17–441–000, CP17–441– inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory impacts of the proposed hydroelectric 001] Commission, Public Reference Room, project. The EA concludes that licensing 888 First Street NE, Room 2A, Northwest Pipeline LLC; Notice of Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. the project, with appropriate Availability of the Environmental environmental protective measures, Any person wishing to comment on Assessment for the Proposed North the EA may do so. Your comments would not constitute a major federal Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project action that would significantly affect the should focus on the potential quality of the human environment. The staff of the Federal Energy environmental effects, reasonable A copy of the EA is available for Regulatory Commission (FERC or alternatives, and measures to avoid or review at the Commission in the Public Commission) has prepared an lessen environmental impacts. The more Reference Room or may be viewed on environmental assessment (EA) for the specific your comments, the more useful the Commission’s website at North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project, they will be. To ensure that the www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. proposed by Northwest Pipeline LLC Commission has the opportunity to Enter the docket number excluding the (Northwest) in the above-referenced consider your comments prior to last three digits in the docket number docket. Northwest requests making its decision on this project, it is field to access the document. For authorization to replace approximately important that we receive your assistance, contact FERC Online 5.9 miles of 8-inch-diameter natural gas comments in Washington, DC on or Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ pipeline with 20-inch-diameter pipeline before March 13, 2018. ferc.gov or toll-free at 1–866–208–3676, in Snohomish County, Washington. For your convenience, there are three or for TTY, 202–502–8659. According to Northwest, the North methods you can use to file your daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES You may also register online at Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project would comments to the Commission. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation83 FR 7029 
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