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385.214) on or before 5 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.
Dated: September 20, 2012.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
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Delta Air Lines, Inc., Continental
Airlines, Inc., JetBlue Airways
Corporation, United Air Lines, Inc., US
Airways, Inc. v. Buckey Pipe Line
Company, L.P.; Notice of Complaint
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Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP12–1050–000.
Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America.
Description: Negotiated Rate—
Tenaska to be effective 9/18/2012.
Filed Date: 9/18/12.
Accession Number: 20120918–5142.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/1/12.
Docket Numbers: RP12–1051–000.
Applicants: Dominion Cove Point
LNG, LP.
Description: Dominion Cove Point
LNG, LP submits tariff filing per
154.203: DCP—2012 Revenue Crediting
Report.
Filed Date: 9/20/12.
Accession Number: 20120920–5018.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/2/12.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
and service can be found at: https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-
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Dated: September 20, 2012.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Take notice that on September 20,
2012, pursuant to sections 1(5), 8, 9, 13,
15 and 16 of the Interstate Commerce
Act, 49 U.S.C. App. §§ 1(5), 8, 9, 13, 15
and 16; section 1803 of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–486, 106
Stat. 2772) (1992); Rule 206 of the Rules
of Practice and Procedure of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission), 18 CFR 385.206 (2012);
and Rules 343.1(a) and 343.2(c) of the
Commission’s Procedural Rules
Applicable to Oil Pipeline Proceedings,
18 CFR 343.1(a) and 343.2(c); Delta Air
Lines, Inc., Continental Airlines, Inc.,
JetBlue Airways Corporation, United Air
Lines, Inc., and US Airways, Inc.
(collectively, Complainants) filed a
formal complaint against Buckeye Pipe
Line Company, L.P. (Respondent),
challenging the lawfulness of the rates
charged by the Respondent for
transportation of jet or aviation turbine
fuel on its interstate pipeline system.
Complainants allege that the
Respondent’s rates are unjust and
unreasonable, as more fully described in
the complaint.
Complainants state that a copy of the
Complaint has been served on the
contact for the Respondent as listed on
the Commission list of Corporate
Officials.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Protests will be considered by
the Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. The Respondent’s answer,
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motions to intervene, and protests must
be filed on or before the comment date.
The Respondent’s answer, motions to
intervene, and protests must be served
on the Complainant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of protests and interventions to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
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Web site that enables subscribers to
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docket. For assistance with any FERC
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(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on October 10, 2012.
Dated: September 21, 2012.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP12–497–000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assesment
for the Proposed Brandywine Creek
Replacement Project; Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues;
and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting
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 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC’s (Transco) proposed
Brandywine Creek Replacement Project
(Project). The proposed project involves
the replacement of existing interstate
natural gas transmission pipeline in
Chester County, Pennsylvania. The
Commission will use this EA in its
decision-making process to determine
whether the project is in the public
convenience and necessity.
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This notice announces the opening of
the scoping period the Commission will
use to gather input from the public and
interested agencies about the project.
Your input will help the Commission’s
staff determine what issues need to
evaluated in the EA. Comments about
the project may be submitted in writing
or verbally at the public scoping
meeting to be held as described below.
To submit written comments, please see
the public participation section of this
notice.
FERC Public Scoping Meeting,
Brandywine Creek Replacement
Project, October 9, 2012/7 p.m., Sykes
Auditorium, West Chester University,
110 West Rosedale Avenue, West
Chester, PA 19383, Sykes Union
Lobby: (610) 436–2984.
Please note that this scoping period
will close on October 22, 2012.
The purpose of the scoping meeting is
to provide the public information about
Transco’s proposal and the
Commission’s environmental review
process, and to provide an opportunity
for the public to verbally submit
environmental comments about
Transco’s proposed project. Comments
received at the scoping meeting will be
recorded and entered in the public
record. Transco representatives will also
be present before and after the meeting
to answer questions about its proposal.
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
mailing list for this project and will be
posted on the Commission’s Web site.
The Commission’s staff encourages all
recipients to share this notice with
anyone they think might be interested in
the project. Elected officials are also
encouraged to notify their constituents
of this project, and the public scoping
meeting.
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Summary of the Proposed Project
Transco proposes to remove
approximately 2,167 feet of existing 30inch-diameter natural gas pipeline and
replace it with 42-inch-diameter natural
gas pipeline in East Brandywine and
East Caln Townships—Chester County,
Pennsylvania. As proposed, this
replacement would require the crossing
of Brandywine Creek and two crossings
of Ludwig’s Run. The Struble Trail
would also be temporarily closed,
crossed and used for temporary
workspace.
According to Transco, this project
would enable the passage of internal
inspection devices to collect pipeline
integrity data; bring it in compliance
with federal pipeline safety regulations
(49 CFR 192.150); mitigate system
reliability issues; remove a flow
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restriction, and provide efficient natural
gas transportation service.
The general location of the project
area is shown in appendix 1.1
Land Requirements for Construction
Removing the existing pipeline and
installing the replacement pipeline
would require the temporary use of
approximately 13.1 acres of land. No
land in addition to that already used for
existing pipeline operations would be
required to permanently operate the
replacement pipeline. Of the 13.1 acres
of land that would be temporarily
required to remove and install the
proposed pipeline, approximately 4.2
acres are currently used for existing
pipeline operations, and approximately
4.3 acres would be used for workspace
access and an offsite pipe storage/
contractor staging yard.
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.
In the EA we will discuss the impacts
that could occur as a result of the
project under these general headings:
• Geology and soils;
• Water resources and wetlands;
• Vegetation, wildlife, and fisheries;
• Endangered and threatened species;
• Land use and visual resources;
• Cultural resources;
• Air quality and noise;
• Reliability and safety; and
• Cumulative impacts.
We will also evaluate reasonable
alternatives to the proposed project or
portions of the project, and make
recommendations on how to lessen or
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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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 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 of
this notice.
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 in the Public Participation
section of this notice.
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
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.
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
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 October
22, 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 (CP12–497–000) 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.
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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 (as defined in
the Commission’s regulations) who are
potential right-of-way grantors, whose
property may be used temporarily for
project purposes, or who own homes
within certain distances of aboveground
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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.
Copies of the EA 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., CP12–497). 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 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
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calendar located at www.ferc.gov/
EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
with other related information.
Dated: September 21, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. PF12–7–000; Docket No. PF12–
17–000]
Jordan Cove Energy Project LP;
Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP;
Notice of Additional Public Scoping
Meetings for the Jordan Cove
Liquefaction and Pacific Connector
Pipeline Projects
On October 9, 10, and 11, 2012, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC or Commission) Office of Energy
Projects staff, in cooperation with
representatives of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest
Service) and the U.S. Department of the
Interior Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), will hold three additional public
scoping meetings to take comments on
Jordan Cove Energy Project LP’s (Jordan
Cove) proposed liquefaction project in
Coos County, Oregon, in Docket No.
PF12–7–000, and Pacific Connector Gas
Pipeline LP’s (Pacific Connector)
proposed pipeline project crossing
portions of Klamath, Jackson, Douglas,
and Coos Counties, Oregon, in Docket
No. PF12–17–000. These meetings are
part of our 1 pre-filing process prior to
the production of an environmental
impact statement (EIS) for these
projects.
On August 2, 2012, the FERC issued
a Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for the
Planned Jordan Cove Liquefaction and
Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects,
Requests for Comments on
Environmental Issues, and Notice of
Public Scoping Meetings (NOI). We
previously held four public scoping
meetings during the week of August 27–
30, 2012 in Coos Bay, Roseburg,
Klamath Falls, and Medford, Oregon.
The BLM and Forest Service have
issued their own separate supplemental
NOI in the Federal Register on
September 21, 2012, also announcing
the three new public scoping meetings.
The NOIs open the public scoping
1 The pronouns ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
staff of the FERC, BLM, and Forest Service working
on these projects.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP12-497-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assesment for the Proposed Brandywine Creek
Replacement Project; Request for Comments on Environmental Issues; and
Notice of Public Scoping Meeting
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 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC's (Transco) proposed Brandywine Creek Replacement Project
(Project). The proposed project involves the replacement of existing
interstate natural gas transmission pipeline in Chester County,
Pennsylvania. The Commission will use this EA in its decision-making
process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience
and necessity.
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This notice announces the opening of the scoping period the
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested
agencies about the project. Your input will help the Commission's staff
determine what issues need to evaluated in the EA. Comments about the
project may be submitted in writing or verbally at the public scoping
meeting to be held as described below. To submit written comments,
please see the public participation section of this notice.
FERC Public Scoping Meeting, Brandywine Creek Replacement Project,
October 9, 2012/7 p.m., Sykes Auditorium, West Chester University, 110
West Rosedale Avenue, West Chester, PA 19383, Sykes Union Lobby: (610)
436-2984.
Please note that this scoping period will close on October 22,
2012.
The purpose of the scoping meeting is to provide the public
information about Transco's proposal and the Commission's environmental
review process, and to provide an opportunity for the public to
verbally submit environmental comments about Transco's proposed
project. Comments received at the scoping meeting will be recorded and
entered in the public record. Transco representatives will also be
present before and after the meeting to answer questions about its
proposal.
This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental
mailing list for this project and will be posted on the Commission's
Web site. The Commission's staff encourages all recipients to share
this notice with anyone they think might be interested in the project.
Elected officials are also encouraged to notify their constituents of
this project, and the public scoping meeting.
Summary of the Proposed Project
Transco proposes to remove approximately 2,167 feet of existing 30-
inch-diameter natural gas pipeline and replace it with 42-inch-diameter
natural gas pipeline in East Brandywine and East Caln Townships--
Chester County, Pennsylvania. As proposed, this replacement would
require the crossing of Brandywine Creek and two crossings of Ludwig's
Run. The Struble Trail would also be temporarily closed, crossed and
used for temporary workspace.
According to Transco, this project would enable the passage of
internal inspection devices to collect pipeline integrity data; bring
it in compliance with federal pipeline safety regulations (49 CFR
192.150); mitigate system reliability issues; remove a flow
restriction, and provide efficient natural gas transportation service.
The general location of the project area 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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Land Requirements for Construction
Removing the existing pipeline and installing the replacement
pipeline would require the temporary use of approximately 13.1 acres of
land. No land in addition to that already used for existing pipeline
operations would be required to permanently operate the replacement
pipeline. Of the 13.1 acres of land that would be temporarily required
to remove and install the proposed pipeline, approximately 4.2 acres
are currently used for existing pipeline operations, and approximately
4.3 acres would be used for workspace access and an offsite pipe
storage/contractor staging yard.
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
of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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In the EA we will discuss the impacts that could occur as a result
of the project under these general headings:
Geology and soils;
Water resources and wetlands;
Vegetation, wildlife, and fisheries;
Endangered and threatened species;
Land use and visual resources;
Cultural resources;
Air quality and noise;
Reliability and safety; and
Cumulative impacts.
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 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 of this notice.
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 in 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 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
October 22, 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 (CP12-497-000) 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;
environmental and public interest groups; 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 potential 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.
Copies of the EA 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-
497). 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 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: September 21, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-23803 Filed 9-26-12; 8:45 am]
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