Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment, 54988 [E9-25615]
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Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice
of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed
Cunningham Storage Boundary
Expansion Project and Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues
[Project No. 2232–570]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of
Availability of Final Environmental
Assessment
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October 16, 2009.
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended, and the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission’s regulations,
18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR
47879), the Commission has reviewed
an application, filed June 18, 2009, for
non-project use of project lands and
waters at the Catawba-Wateree Project,
FERC Project No. 2232. The licensee
seeks Commission approval to permit
the City of Lenoir, North Carolina to
construct a new raw water intake at
Lake Rhodhiss. The Environmental
Assessment (EA) analyzes the
environmental impacts of the proposed
construction and operation of the new
intake facility and concludes that
approval of the application, with
appropriate environmental measures,
would not constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment. The project
is located on the Catawba and Wateree
Rivers in North and South Carolina.
The EA was written by staff in the
Office of Energy Projects, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission). A copy of the EA is
attached to a Commission order titled
‘‘Order Approving Non-Project Use of
Project Lands and Waters: Construction
of Raw Water Intake’’ issued October 16,
2009, and is on file with the
Commission and is available for public
inspections. The EA may also be viewed
on the Commission’s Web site at https://
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October 16, 2009.
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 proposed Cunningham Storage
Boundary Expansion Project (Project)
involving Northern Natural Gas
Company’s (Northern) extension of the
certificated boundary of the
Cunningham Gas Storage Field in Pratt
and Kingman Counties, Kansas.1 The
EA will be used by the Commission 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 we 2 will use to
gather input from the public and
interested agencies on the project. Your
input will help the Commission staff
determine which issues need to be
evaluated in the EA. Please note that the
scoping period will close on November
16, 2009.
This notice is being sent to affected
landowners; federal, state, and local
government representatives and
agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American Tribes; other
interested parties; and local libraries
1 On September 14, 2009, Northern filed its
application with the Commission under section 7
of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the
Commission’s regulations. The Commission issued
its Notice of Application on September 22, 2009.
2 ‘‘We’’, ‘‘us’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects
(OEP).
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and newspapers. State and local
government representatives are asked to
notify their constituents of this planned
project and encourage them to comment
on their areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, you may be contacted by a
Northern representative about the
acquisition of natural gas storage rights
beneath your property. Northern would
seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
agreement for the rights to operate a
natural gas storage field beneath your
property. If the project is approved by
the Commission, that approval would
convey with it the right of eminent
domain. Therefore, if easement
negotiations fail to produce an
agreement, Northern could initiate
condemnation proceedings in
accordance with state law. It should be
noted that the current proposal does not
involve the construction of any facilities
at this time. Any future proposal to
construct jurisdictional facilities at the
Cunningham Storage Field would be
subject to an appropriate environmental
review by the Commission.
A fact sheet prepared by the FERC
entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
To Know?’’ is available for viewing on
the FERC Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov). 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
available for viewing on the FERC
Internet Web site (https://www.ferc.gov).
Summary of the Proposed Project
Northern is proposing to expand its
existing Cunningham Gas Storage Field
by 14,240 acres in order to protect the
integrity of the storage field. Northern
believes that third party operators
outside of the storage field boundaries
are producing storage gas. The location
of the proposed storage field expansion
is shown in Appendix 1.3
Land Requirements
No facilities would be constructed.
Northern’s proposal is for expansion of
the certificated Cunningham Storage
Field boundary by an additional 14,240
acres, including the underlying Viola
and Simpson Formations. This area is
3 The appendices referenced in this notice are not
being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all
appendices are available on the Commission’s
website at the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 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. Copies
of the appendices were sent to all those receiving
this notice in the mail.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2232-570]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Availability of Final
Environmental Assessment
October 16, 2009.
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
as amended, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations,
18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47879), the Commission has
reviewed an application, filed June 18, 2009, for non-project use of
project lands and waters at the Catawba-Wateree Project, FERC Project
No. 2232. The licensee seeks Commission approval to permit the City of
Lenoir, North Carolina to construct a new raw water intake at Lake
Rhodhiss. The Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzes the environmental
impacts of the proposed construction and operation of the new intake
facility and concludes that approval of the application, with
appropriate environmental measures, would not constitute a major
federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human
environment. The project is located on the Catawba and Wateree Rivers
in North and South Carolina.
The EA was written by staff in the Office of Energy Projects,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission). A copy of the EA is
attached to a Commission order titled ``Order Approving Non-Project Use
of Project Lands and Waters: Construction of Raw Water Intake'' issued
October 16, 2009, and is on file with the Commission and is available
for public inspections. The EA may also be viewed on the Commission's
Web site at https://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 1-866-208-3372,
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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