Capacity Deliverability Across the Midwest; Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.; PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Seam; Notice Establishing Comment Period, 37032 [2012-14985]
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Dated: June 12, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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 July 16,
2012.
The Commission staff will also
conduct an environmental site review of
the planned JL 47 Loop Project route.
All interested parties planning to attend
must provide their own transportation.
Those attending should meet at the
following locations:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD12–16–000]
Capacity Deliverability Across the
Midwest; Independent Transmission
System Operator, Inc.; PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C. Seam; Notice
Establishing Comment Period
On June 11, 2012, the Commission
issued a notice seeking comments
regarding ‘‘Capacity Deliverability
Across the Midwest Independent
Transmission System Operator,
Inc./PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Seam.’’
139 FERC ¶ 61,200 (2012).
Notice is hereby given that interested
parties should submit comments on or
before August 10, 2012. Reply
comments must be filed on or before
August 27, 2012.
Dated: June 13, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012–14985 Filed 6–19–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
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Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment for the Planned JL 47
Loop Project, Request for Comments
on Environmental Issues, and Notice
of Onsite Review
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 JL 47 Loop Project, involving
construction and operation of facilities
by Questar Pipeline Company (Questar)
in Duchesne County, Utah. 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.
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JL 47 Loop Project
Holiday Inn Express, 1515 West U.S.
Highway 40, Vernal, UT, June 27,
2012, at 8 a.m.
Because of the driving distance, we
will be leaving promptly at 8 a.m.
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 planned
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
planned facilities. The company would
seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
agreement. However, if the Commission
approves the project, that approval
conveys with it the right of eminent
domain. Therefore, if easement
negotiations fail to produce an
agreement, the pipeline company could
initiate condemnation proceedings
where compensation would be
determined in accordance with state
law.
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 (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.
Summary of the Planned Project
Questar plans to construct and
operate up to about 14.7 miles of 16inch-diameter loop pipeline 1 from its
Main Lines 40/104 at Pete’s Wash
northward to its Brundage Mountain
Area receipt point (about 6 miles south
of Myton), all in Duchesne County,
Utah. The planned loop would be colocated with Questar’s existing
Jurisdictional Lateral (JL) 47 and
1 A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed
parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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except where deviations are necessary
to avoid other existing natural gas
facilities or terrain constraints. The
project would increase transportation
capacity by about 60,000 dekatherms of
natural gas per day. Questar states its
project would provide much-needed
capacity to transport Uinta Basin
production to major delivery markets.
The JL 47 Loop Project would consist
of the following facilities:
• Up to about 14.7 miles of 16-inchdiameter steel pipeline loop;
• A tie-in to Questar’s existing Main
Line 40 at Pete’s Wash (milepost 0),
consisting of ancillary valves and a pig
receiver; 2
• A tap and valve at milepost 12.5
(North Monument Butte Area Tap); and
• A meter, ancillary valves, and pig
launcher at milepost 14.7 (Brundage
Mountain Area Tap).
The general location of the project
facilities is shown in appendix 1.3
Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the planned facilities
would disturb about 186 acres of land
for the aboveground facilities and the
pipeline. A majority of the land required
for the project is managed by the U.S.
Department of the Interior’s Bureau of
Land Management, Vernal District.
Following construction, Questar would
maintain about 89 acres for permanent
operation of the project’s facilities; the
remaining acreage would be restored
and revert to former uses. About 82
percent of the planned pipeline route
parallels existing pipeline, utility, or
road rights-of-way.
The EA Process
The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
take into account the potential
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 4 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
2 A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that is inserted into and pushed
through the pipeline for cleaning, conducting
internal inspections, or other purposes.
3 The appendices referenced in this notice will
not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the
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.
4 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of
Energy Projects.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD12-16-000]
Capacity Deliverability Across the Midwest; Independent
Transmission System Operator, Inc.; PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Seam;
Notice Establishing Comment Period
On June 11, 2012, the Commission issued a notice seeking comments
regarding ``Capacity Deliverability Across the Midwest Independent
Transmission System Operator, Inc./PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Seam.''
139 FERC 61,200 (2012).
Notice is hereby given that interested parties should submit
comments on or before August 10, 2012. Reply comments must be filed on
or before August 27, 2012.
Dated: June 13, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-14985 Filed 6-19-12; 8:45 am]
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