Mississippi Hub, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Expansion Project II and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, 12739-12740 [2010-5776]
Download as PDF
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 51 / Wednesday, March 17, 2010 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP10–65–000]
Mississippi Hub, LLC; Notice of Intent
To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed
Expansion Project II and Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues
March 10, 2010.
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 Expansion Project II (Project)
involving construction and operation of
facilities by Mississippi Hub, LLC (MS
HUB) in Simpson, Jefferson Davis and
Covington Counties, Mississippi. This
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 the Commission
will use to gather input from the public
and interested agencies on the Project.
Your input will help the Commission
staff determine what issues need to be
evaluated in the EA. Please note that the
scoping period will close on April 9,
2010.
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
mailing list for this Project. 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.
wwoods2 on DSK1DXX6B1PROD with NOTICES_PART 1
Summary of the Proposed Project
MS HUB proposes to construct and
operate at its previously certificated
Natural Gas Handling Facility Site
(NGHFS): Two new salt dome storage
caverns; 37,305 horsepower (HP) of
additional compression; and ancillary
equipment. The Project would expand
the NGHFS storage capacity from 22.1
billion cubic feet (Bcf) to 44.2 Bcf and
working gas capacity from 7.1 Bcf to
14.2 Bcf. The Project would also
increase the NGHFS delivery capacity
from 1.4 Bcf per day (Bcf/d) to 2.8 Bcf/
d and injection capacity from 0.8 Bcf/d
to 1.5 Bcf/d. According to MS HUB, its
Project would meet the growing need for
high-deliverability natural gas storage in
the Gulf Coast region of the United
States in markets served directly and
indirectly by the natural gas pipelines
that traverse the region.
The Project would consist of the
following facilities:
VerDate Nov<24>2008
15:08 Mar 16, 2010
Jkt 220001
• Two 11.05 Bcf salt dome storage
caverns;
• Three 7,700 HP electric motordriven compressors;
• Three 4,735 HP natural gas-fired
reciprocating engine compressors;
• Two 350 million standard cubic feet
per day (MMscf/d) gas dehydration
units;
• Four 12 million British Thermal
Units per hour (MMBtu/hr) natural gas
withdrawal heaters;
• One 1,250 kilowatt (kW) emergency
generator; and
• Ancillary piping and equipment.
The general location of the Project
facilities is shown in Appendix 1.1
Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the proposed facilities
would take place entirely within the
previously certificated 80-acre NGHFS.
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 2 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. All comments
received will be considered during the
preparation of the EA.
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;
• Water resources, fisheries, and
wetlands;
• Cultural resources;
• Vegetation and wildlife;
• Air quality and noise;
• Endangered and threatened species;
and
• Public safety.
We will also evaluate reasonable
alternatives to the proposed Project or
1 The appendices referenced in this notice are not
being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of
appendices were sent to all those receiving this
notice in the mail and are available at https://
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.
2 ‘‘We’’, ‘‘us’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the environmental
staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects.
PO 00000
Frm 00017
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
12739
portions of the Project, and make
recommendations on how to lessen or
avoid impacts on the various resource
areas.
Our independent analysis of the
issues will be presented in the EA. The
EA will be placed in the public record
and, depending on the comments
received during the scoping process,
may be published and distributed to the
public. A comment period will be
allotted if the EA is published for
review. We will consider all comments
on the EA before we make our
recommendations to the Commission.
To ensure your comments are
considered, please carefully follow the
instructions in the Public Participation
section below.
With this notice, we are asking
agencies with jurisdiction and/or
special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to formally
cooperate with us in the preparation of
the EA. These agencies may choose to
participate once they have evaluated the
proposal relative to their
responsibilities. 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.
Public Participation
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.
The more specific your comments, the
more useful they will be. To ensure that
your comments are timely and properly
recorded, please send your comments so
that they will be received in
Washington, DC on or before April 9,
2010.
For your convenience, there are three
methods which you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. The
Commission encourages electronic filing
of comments and has expert eFiling staff
available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
or efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You may file your comments
electronically by using the Quick
Comment feature, which is located at
https://www.ferc.gov under the link
called ‘‘Documents and Filings’’. A
Quick Comment is an easy method for
interested persons to submit text-only
comments on a project;
(2) You may file your comments
electronically by using the ‘‘eFiling’’
feature that is listed under the
‘‘Documents and Filings’’ link. eFiling
involves preparing your submission in
the same manner as you would if filing
E:\FR\FM\17MRN1.SGM
17MRN1
12740
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 51 / Wednesday, March 17, 2010 / Notices
on paper, and then saving the file on
your computer’s hard drive. You will
attach that file to your submission. New
eFiling users must first create an
account by clicking on the links called
‘‘Sign up’’ or ‘‘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 may file a paper copy of your
comments at the following address:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington,
DC 20426.
wwoods2 on DSK1DXX6B1PROD with NOTICES_PART 1
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 who own land
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 the EA is published for distribution,
copies 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 attached Information Request
(Appendix 2).
Becoming an Intervenor
In addition to involvement in the EA
scoping process, you may want to
become an ‘‘intervenor,’’ which is an
official party to the Commission’s
proceeding. Intervenors play a more
formal role in the process and are able
to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be
heard by the courts if they choose to
appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
An intervenor formally participates in
the proceeding by filing a request to
intervene. Instructions for becoming an
intervenor are included in the User’s
Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the
Commission’s Web site.
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 Web
VerDate Nov<24>2008
15:08 Mar 16, 2010
Jkt 220001
site at https://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., CP10–65). 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 now
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 https://
www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Finally, public meetings or site visits
will be posted on the Commission’s
calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/
EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
with other related information.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010–5776 Filed 3–16–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
WIC should be prepared to address all
concerns raised by the parties in their
comments to the filing, and to provide
additional technical, engineering, and
operational support for its proposed gas
quality allocation procedures.
Consistent with the Commission’s
policy statement on gas quality issues,
WIC should also be prepared to explain
how its proposal conforms with or
differs from the Interim Guidelines and
principles. See Natural Gas
Interchangeability, Policy Statement on
Provisions Governing Natural Gas
Quality and Interchangeability in
Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline
Company Tariffs, 115 FERC ¶ 61,325
(2006) P 34, 37.
Further, WIC should be prepared to
identify and discuss any existing gas
quality waivers on its system, including
how long those waivers have been in
place. Any party proposing alternatives
to WIC’s proposals should be prepared
to support its position with adequate
technical, engineering, and operational
information.
FERC conferences are accessible
under section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973. For accessibility
accommodations please send an e-mail
to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free
(866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 502–
8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208–
2106 with the required
accommodations.
All interested persons are permitted
to attend. For further information please
contact Michael.Freeman at (202) 502–
6367 or at Michael.Freeman@ferc.gov.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[Docket No. RP10–337–000]
[FR Doc. 2010–5775 Filed 3–16–10; 8:45 am]
Wyoming Interstate Company, Inc.;
Notice of Technical Conference
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
March 10, 2010.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Take notice that Commission Staff
will convene a technical conference in
the above-referenced proceeding on
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at 9 a.m.
(EST), in a room to be designated at the
offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
The purpose of the conference is to
address all issues arising from Wyoming
Interstate Company’s (WIC’s) January
28, 2010 tariff filing. That filing was
intended to revise the gas quality
allocation procedures that WIC may
implement when differing carbon
dioxide or Btu standards on
downstream pipelines cause these
downstream pipelines to restrict or
cease receipts into their pipeline
systems to enforce their own gas quality
specifications.
PO 00000
Frm 00018
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Southeastern Power Administration
Proposed Rate Adjustment, Public
Forum, and Opportunities for Public
Review and Comment for GeorgiaAlabama-South Carolina System of
Projects
AGENCY: Southeastern Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rate.
SUMMARY: Southeastern Power
Administration (Southeastern) proposes
to revise existing schedules of rates and
charges applicable to the sale of power
from the Georgia-Alabama-South
Carolina System of Projects effective for
a 5-year period, October 1, 2010,
through September 30, 2015.
Additionally, opportunities will be
E:\FR\FM\17MRN1.SGM
17MRN1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12739-12740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5776]
[[Page 12739]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP10-65-000]
Mississippi Hub, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Expansion Project II and
Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
March 10, 2010.
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 Expansion Project II (Project)
involving construction and operation of facilities by Mississippi Hub,
LLC (MS HUB) in Simpson, Jefferson Davis and Covington Counties,
Mississippi. This 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 the
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested
agencies on the Project. Your input will help the Commission staff
determine what issues need to be evaluated in the EA. Please note that
the scoping period will close on April 9, 2010.
This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental
mailing list for this Project. 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.
Summary of the Proposed Project
MS HUB proposes to construct and operate at its previously
certificated Natural Gas Handling Facility Site (NGHFS): Two new salt
dome storage caverns; 37,305 horsepower (HP) of additional compression;
and ancillary equipment. The Project would expand the NGHFS storage
capacity from 22.1 billion cubic feet (Bcf) to 44.2 Bcf and working gas
capacity from 7.1 Bcf to 14.2 Bcf. The Project would also increase the
NGHFS delivery capacity from 1.4 Bcf per day (Bcf/d) to 2.8 Bcf/d and
injection capacity from 0.8 Bcf/d to 1.5 Bcf/d. According to MS HUB,
its Project would meet the growing need for high-deliverability natural
gas storage in the Gulf Coast region of the United States in markets
served directly and indirectly by the natural gas pipelines that
traverse the region.
The Project would consist of the following facilities:
Two 11.05 Bcf salt dome storage caverns;
Three 7,700 HP electric motor-driven compressors;
Three 4,735 HP natural gas-fired reciprocating engine
compressors;
Two 350 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d) gas
dehydration units;
Four 12 million British Thermal Units per hour (MMBtu/hr)
natural gas withdrawal heaters;
One 1,250 kilowatt (kW) emergency generator; and
Ancillary piping and equipment.
The general location of the Project facilities is shown in Appendix
1.\1\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The appendices referenced in this notice are not being
printed in the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to
all those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at
https://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 take place entirely
within the previously certificated 80-acre NGHFS.
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
\2\ 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. All comments
received will be considered during the preparation of the EA.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\2\ ``We'', ``us'', and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff
of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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;
Water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
Cultural resources;
Vegetation and wildlife;
Air quality and noise;
Endangered and threatened species; and
Public safety.
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.
Our independent analysis of the issues will be presented in the EA.
The EA will be placed in the public record and, depending on the
comments received during the scoping process, may be published and
distributed to the public. A comment period will be allotted if the EA
is published for review. We will consider all comments on the EA before
we make our recommendations to the Commission. To ensure your comments
are considered, please carefully follow the instructions in the Public
Participation section below.
With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction and/or
special expertise with respect to environmental issues to formally
cooperate with us in the preparation of the EA. These agencies may
choose to participate once they have evaluated the proposal relative to
their responsibilities. 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.
Public Participation
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. The more specific
your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that your
comments are timely and properly recorded, please send your comments so
that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before April 9,
2010.
For your convenience, there are three methods which you can use to
submit your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages
electronic filing of comments and has expert eFiling staff available to
assist you at (202) 502-8258 or efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You may file your comments electronically by using the Quick
Comment feature, which is located at https://www.ferc.gov under the link
called ``Documents and Filings''. A Quick Comment is an easy method for
interested persons to submit text-only comments on a project;
(2) You may file your comments electronically by using the
``eFiling'' feature that is listed under the ``Documents and Filings''
link. eFiling involves preparing your submission in the same manner as
you would if filing
[[Page 12740]]
on paper, and then saving the file on your computer's hard drive. You
will attach that file to your submission. New eFiling users must first
create an account by clicking on the links called ``Sign up'' or
``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 may file a paper copy of your comments at the following
address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
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 who own land 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 the EA is published for distribution, copies 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 attached Information Request (Appendix 2).
Becoming an Intervenor
In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want
to become an ``intervenor,'' which is an official party to the
Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the
process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard
by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling.
An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a
request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are
included in the User's Guide under the ``e-filing'' link on the
Commission's Web site.
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 Web site at https://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., CP10-65). 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 now 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 https://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the
Commission's calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-5776 Filed 3-16-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P