Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Line 524j-200 Abandonment Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, 27048-27054 [2012-10961]
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Energy, LLC, Wallingford Energy LLC,
and Wyoming Colorado Intertie, LLC.
Description: Report/Quarterly Land
Acquisition Report of Bluegrass
Generation Company, LLC, Blythe
Energy, LLC, Calhoun Power Company,
LLC, Cherokee County Cogeneration
Partners, LLC, DeSoto County
Generating Company, LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 4/30/12.
Accession Number: 20120430–5251.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/21/12.
Docket Numbers: LA12–1–000.
Applicants: AES Corporation, AEE2,
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Mountain Wind, LLC, AES Creative
Resources, L.P., AES Eastern Energy,
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Westover, LLC, AES Huntington Beach,
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Docket Numbers: LA12–1–000.
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LLC, Lumberton Energy, LLC, Hatchet
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LLC, ReEnergy Sterling CT Limited
Partnership, Bayonne Plant Holding,
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Newark Bay Cogeneration Partnership,
L.P., Pedricktown Cogeneration
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Energy, LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 4/30/12.
Accession Number: 20120430–5382.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/21/12.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
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and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
proposed project and encourage them to
comment on their areas of concern.
TGP 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 Web site
(www.ferc.gov).
Dated: April 30, 2012.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
TGP proposes to abandon in place
approximately 9.8 miles of 24-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline, known as
Line 254J–200, in Lafourche Parish,
Louisiana. In order to comply with the
U.S. Department of Transportation’s
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration’s regulations, TGP must
replace a portion of the pipeline or
remove the pipeline from service by
December 31, 2012. TGP proposes to
cut, cap, and abandon the pipeline in
place. Construction of the project would
disturb less than one acre of land. The
general location of the project facilities
is shown in appendix 1.1
[FR Doc. 2012–10970 Filed 5–7–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP12–106–000]
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company,
L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Line 524j–200 Abandonment
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 Line 524J–200 Abandonment Project
involving abandonment of facilities by
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company,
L.L.C. (TGP) in Lafourche Parish,
Louisiana. 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 on the project.
Your input will help the Commission
staff determine what issues they need to
evaluate in the EA. Please note that the
scoping period will close on May 31,
2012.
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
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Summary of the Proposed Project
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. We will consider all
filed comments during the preparation
of the EA.
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.
2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of
Energy Projects.
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In the EA we will discuss impacts that
could occur as a result of the
abandonment 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.
The EA will present our independent
analysis of the issues. The EA will be
available in the public record through
eLibrary. Depending on the comments
received during the scoping process, we
may also publish and distribute the EA
to the public for an allotted comment
period. We will consider all comments
on the EA before making our
recommendations to the Commission.
To ensure we have the opportunity to
consider and address your comments,
please carefully follow the instructions
in the Public Participation section
beginning on page 4.
With this notice, we are asking
agencies with jurisdiction by law and/
or special expertise with respect to the
environmental issues of this project to
formally cooperate with us 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.
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Consultations Under Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act
In accordance with the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation’s
implementing regulations for section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, we are 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 We will define the
3 The Council on Environmental Quality
regulations addressing cooperating agency
responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 1501.6.
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
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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). Our EA for this
project will document our findings on
the impacts on historic properties and
summarize the status of consultations
under section 106.
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 the Commission receives them in
Washington, DC on or before May 31,
2012.
For your convenience, there are three
methods which you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In
all instances please reference the project
docket number (CP12–106–000) with
your submission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available
to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You can file your comments
electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission’s Web site
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy
method for interested persons to submit
brief, text-only comments on a project;
(2) You can file your comments
electronically using the eFiling feature
on the Commission’s Web site
(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 must select
the type of filing you are making. If you
are filing a comment on a particular
project, please select ‘‘Comment on a
Filing’’; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your
comments by mailing them to the
following address: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
district, site, building, structure, or object included
in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register
of Historic Places.
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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; Native
American Tribes; other interested
parties; and local libraries and
newspapers. This list also includes all
affected landowners (as defined in the
Commission’s regulations) who are
current 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. 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 we publish and distribute the EA,
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 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 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., CP12–106). 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
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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
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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/
esubscribenow.htm.
Finally, public meetings or site visits
will be posted on the Commission’s
calendar located at www.ferc.gov/
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EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
with other related information.
Dated: May 1, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[FR Doc. 2012–10961 Filed 5–7–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–C
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9667–5]
Notice of Approval of Clean Air Act
Outer Continental Shelf Permits Issued
to Shell Offshore, Inc. for the Kulluk
Conical Drilling Unit
United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10.
ACTION: Notice of final action.
AGENCY:
This notice announces that
EPA Region 10 has issued a final permit
decision granting a Clean Air Act Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) permit to
construct and Title V air quality
operating permit to Shell Offshore, Inc.
(‘‘Shell’’) for operation of the Kulluk
conical drilling unit in the Beaufort Sea
off the north coast of Alaska.
DATES: EPA Region 10 issued a final
permit decision on the OCS permit for
Shell’s operation of the Kulluk drilling
unit in the Beaufort Sea on April 12,
2012. The permit also became effective
on that date. Pursuant to section
307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
7607(b)(1), judicial review of this permit
decision, to the extent it is available,
may be sought by filing a petition for
review in the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by July 9,
2012.
ADDRESSES: The documents relevant to
the above-referenced permits are
available for public inspection during
normal business hours at the following
address: U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue
Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101. To
arrange for viewing of these documents,
call Dan Meyer at (206) 553–4150.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan
Meyer, Office of Air Waste and Toxics,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 10, 1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900,
Seattle, WA 98101. Anyone who wishes
to review the EPA Environmental
Appeals Board (EAB) decision described
below can obtain it at https://
www.epa.gov/eab/.
Notice of Final Action and
Supplementary Information: EPA
Region 10 issued a final permit decision
to Shell authorizing air emissions
associated with the operation of the
Kulluk conical drilling unit to conduct
exploratory drilling operations in the
Beaufort Sea, OCS Permit No.
R10OCS30000 (‘‘Kulluk permit’’). The
Kulluk permit was initially issued by
EPA Region 10 on October 21, 2011. The
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EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board
(EAB) received three petitions for
review of the Shell Kulluk permit from
the following entities: (1) The Inupiat
Community of the Arctic Slope; (2)
Resisting Environmental Destruction of
Indigenous Lands, Alaska Wilderness
League, Center for Biological Diversity,
Natural Resources Defense Council,
Northern Alaska Environmental Center,
Ocean Conservancy, Oceana, Pacific
Environment, Sierra Club, and the
Wilderness Society; and (3) Mr. Daniel
Lum. On March 30, 2012, the EAB
issued an order denying review of all
three petitions. See In re Shell Offshore,
Inc., OCS Appeal Nos. 11–05, 11–06 &
11–07 (EAB, Mar. 30, 2011) (Order
Denying Petitions for Review). All
conditions of the Kulluk permit, as
initially issued by Region 10 on October
21, 2011, are final and effective.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 71.11(l)(5) and
124.19(f)(1), final agency action by EPA
has occurred because agency review
procedures before the EAB have been
exhausted and EPA has issued final
permit decisions.
Dated: April 23, 2012.
Richard Albright,
Director, Office of Air, Waste, and Toxics.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0181; FRL–9342–8]
Wolbachia pipientis; Pesticide
Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of
Application; Comment Request
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces EPA’s
receipt of an application 88877–EUP–R
from the University of Kentucky,
Department of Entomology requesting
an experimental use permit (EUP) for
the microbial Wolbachia pipientis, an
intracellular bacterial pesticide of
insects/mosquitoes. The Agency has
determined that the permit may be of
regional and national significance.
Therefore, in accordance with 40 CFR
172.11(a), the Agency is soliciting
comments on this application.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before June 7, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0181, by
one of the following methods:
SUMMARY:
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• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P),
Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 308–8097; email address:
bacchus.shanaz@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public
in general. This action may, however, be
of interest to those persons who are or
may be required to conduct testing of
chemical substances under the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since
other entities may also be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD–ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD–ROM the specific information that
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to
achieve environmental justice, the fair
treatment and meaningful involvement
of any group, including minority and/or
low income populations, in the
development, implementation, and
enforcement of environmental laws,
regulations, and policies. To help
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP12-106-000]
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Line 524j-200
Abandonment 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 Line 524J-200 Abandonment
Project involving abandonment of facilities by Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company, L.L.C. (TGP) in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. 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 on the project. Your input will help the Commission staff
determine what issues they need to evaluate in the EA. Please note that
the scoping period will close on May 31, 2012.
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.
TGP 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 Web site (www.ferc.gov).
Summary of the Proposed Project
TGP proposes to abandon in place approximately 9.8 miles of 24-
inch-diameter natural gas pipeline, known as Line 254J-200, in
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. In order to comply with the U.S.
Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration's regulations, TGP must replace a portion of the
pipeline or remove the pipeline from service by December 31, 2012. TGP
proposes to cut, cap, and abandon the pipeline in place. Construction
of the project would disturb less than one acre of land. The general
location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 1.\1\
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\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.
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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. We will
consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA.
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\2\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff
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In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of
the abandonment 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.
The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA
will be available in the public record through eLibrary. Depending on
the comments received during the scoping process, we may also publish
and distribute the EA to the public for an allotted comment period. We
will consider all comments on the EA before making our recommendations
to the Commission. To ensure we have the opportunity to consider and
address your comments, please carefully follow the instructions in the
Public Participation section beginning on page 4.
With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law
and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues of
this project to formally cooperate with us 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.
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\3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 1501.6.
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Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act
In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's
implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, we are 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\ We 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). Our EA for this project will document our
findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status
of consultations under section 106.
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\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.
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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 the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or before May
31, 2012.
For your convenience, there are three methods which you can use to
submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances please
reference the project docket number (CP12-106-000) with your
submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and
has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or
efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for interested persons to
submit brief, text-only comments on a project;
(2) You can file your comments electronically using the eFiling
feature on the Commission's Web site (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 must select the type of filing you are making. If
you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select
``Comment on a Filing''; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
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; Native
American Tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and
newspapers. This list also includes all affected landowners (as defined
in the Commission's regulations) who are current 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. 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 we publish and distribute the EA, 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 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 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., CP12-
106). 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
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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 www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Finally, public meetings 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: May 1, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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