Downeast LNG, Inc., Downeast Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Downeast LNG Project, 29436-29437 [2014-11861]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 29436 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 99 / Thursday, May 22, 2014 / Notices for public viewing on the FERC’s Web site at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. A limited number of copies of the EA and draft General Conformity Determination are also available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. 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 the Commission has the opportunity to consider your comments prior to making its decision on this project, it is important that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or before June 16, 2014. For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances please reference the Project docket number (CP13–113–000) 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 by using the eComment feature, which is located on the Commission’s Web site at www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for interested persons to submit brief, textonly comments on a project; (2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling feature on the Commission’s Web site at 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. 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. (4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the Commission invites you to attend a public comment meeting that its staff will conduct in the Project area to receive comments on the EA and draft General Conformity Determination. We encourage interested groups and individuals to attend and VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:36 May 21, 2014 Jkt 232001 present oral comments on the EA and draft General Conformity Determination. A transcript of the meeting will be available for review in eLibrary under the Project docket number. The meeting is scheduled as follows: Date and time Saturday, May 31, 2014, 1:00–6:00 p.m.. Fmt 4703 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Patuxent High School, 12485 Southern Connector Boulevard, Lusby, MD 20657. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1 See the previous discussion on the methods for filing comments. Frm 00040 [FR Doc. 2014–11862 Filed 5–21–14; 8:45 am] Location Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).1 Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the Commission’s decision. The Commission grants affected landowners and others with environmental concerns intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can adequately represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. 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 (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., CP13– 113). 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/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. PO 00000 Dated: May 15, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. Sfmt 4703 [Docket No. CP07–52–000; Docket Nos. CP07–53–000; CP07–53–001] Downeast LNG, Inc., Downeast Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Downeast LNG Project The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Downeast LNG Project, proposed by Downeast LNG, Inc. and Downeast Pipeline, LLC (collectively Downeast) in the above-referenced dockets. Downeast requests authorization to construct and operate a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, natural gas sendout pipeline, and associated facilities in Washington County, Maine. The Downeast LNG Project would provide about 500 million cubic feet per day of imported natural gas to the New England region. The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the Downeast LNG Project in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed project, with the mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would ensure that most impacts in the project area would be avoided or reduced to less than significant levels. Construction and operation of the project would primarily result in temporary and short-term environmental impacts; however, some long-term and permanent environmental impacts would occur. The U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Department of Transportation; and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EIS. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by the proposal and participate in the NEPA analysis. Although the cooperating E:\FR\FM\22MYN1.SGM 22MYN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 99 / Thursday, May 22, 2014 / Notices agencies provided input to the conclusions and recommendations presented in the EIS, the agencies will present their own conclusions and recommendations in their respective Records of Decision or other determinations for the project. The final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the following project facilities: • A new marine terminal that would include a 3,862-foot-long pier with a single berth and vessel mooring system, intended to handle LNG vessels ranging from 70,000 to 165,000 cubic meters in capacity, with future expansion capabilities to handle vessels with 220,000 cubic meters of cargo capacity; • two full-containment LNG storage tanks, each with a nominal usable storage capacity of 160,000 cubic meters; • LNG vaporization and processing equipment; • piping, ancillary buildings, safety systems, and other support facilities; • three vapor fences around the LNG terminal; • a 29.8-mile-long, 30-inch-diameter underground natural gas pipeline; • natural gas metering facilities located at the LNG terminal site; and • various ancillary facilities including pigging 1 facilities and three mainline block valves. The FERC staff mailed copies of the EIS to Federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; potentially affected landowners and other interested individuals and groups; newspapers and libraries in the project area; and parties to this proceeding. Everyone on our environmental mailing list will receive a CD version of the final EIS. Paper copy versions of the EIS were mailed to those specifically requesting them. Only volume 1 of the final EIS, containing text of the analysis, was printed in hard copy. Volume 2, containing additional appendices, was produced as .pdf files on a CD. Responses to comments received on the draft EIS and Supplemental draft EIS are included in Appendix S and T, respectively. In addition, the EIS is available for public viewing on the FERC’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited number of copies are available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., 1A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool for cleaning and inspecting the inside of a pipeline. VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:36 May 21, 2014 Jkt 232001 Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. 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 (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., CP07–52 or CP07–53). 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; 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/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 29437 3525. All correspondence should be forwarded to: Mr. Steve West, Desert Power Company, P.O. Box 609, Rock Springs, WY 82902. Dated: May 15, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–11872 Filed 5–21–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RM13–5–000] Version 5 Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards; Notice of Filing 1. By letter filed November 27, 2013, Bolthouse Properties, LLC informed the Commission that the exemption from licensing for the Cottonwood Canyon Ranch Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 3525, originally issued March 5, 1982,1 has been transferred to Desert Power Company. The project is located on the existing Cottonwood Canyon and Lone Tree Canyon aqueducts in Mono County, California. The transfer of an exemption does not require Commission approval. 2. Desert Power Company is now the exemptee of the Cottonwood Canyon Ranch Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. Take notice that on May15, 2014, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) filed proposed revisions to certain Violation Risk Factors and Violations Severity Levels assigned to certain Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval, pursuant to Order No. 791.1 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, 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. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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 5 copies of the protest or intervention 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 There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 1 18 FERC ¶ 62,392, Order Granting Exemption from Licensing for a Conduit Hydroelectric Project (1982). 1 Version 5 Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards, Order No. 791, 145 FERC ¶ 61,160 (2013). Dated: May 15, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–11861 Filed 5–21–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 3525–002] Bolthouse Properties, LLC, Desert Power Company; Notice of Transfer of Exemption PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22MYN1.SGM 22MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29436-29437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11861]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP07-52-000; Docket Nos. CP07-53-000; CP07-53-001]


Downeast LNG, Inc., Downeast Pipeline, LLC; Notice of 
Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Proposed Downeast LNG Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Downeast LNG Project, proposed by Downeast LNG, Inc. and 
Downeast Pipeline, LLC (collectively Downeast) in the above-referenced 
dockets. Downeast requests authorization to construct and operate a 
proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, natural gas 
sendout pipeline, and associated facilities in Washington County, 
Maine. The Downeast LNG Project would provide about 500 million cubic 
feet per day of imported natural gas to the New England region.
    The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Downeast LNG Project in accordance 
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 
The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed project, with 
the mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would ensure that most 
impacts in the project area would be avoided or reduced to less than 
significant levels. Construction and operation of the project would 
primarily result in temporary and short-term environmental impacts; 
however, some long-term and permanent environmental impacts would 
occur.
    The U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries 
Service; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Department of 
Transportation; and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection 
participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EIS. 
Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special expertise with 
respect to resources potentially affected by the proposal and 
participate in the NEPA analysis. Although the cooperating

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agencies provided input to the conclusions and recommendations 
presented in the EIS, the agencies will present their own conclusions 
and recommendations in their respective Records of Decision or other 
determinations for the project.
    The final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following project facilities:
     A new marine terminal that would include a 3,862-foot-long 
pier with a single berth and vessel mooring system, intended to handle 
LNG vessels ranging from 70,000 to 165,000 cubic meters in capacity, 
with future expansion capabilities to handle vessels with 220,000 cubic 
meters of cargo capacity;
     two full-containment LNG storage tanks, each with a 
nominal usable storage capacity of 160,000 cubic meters;
     LNG vaporization and processing equipment;
     piping, ancillary buildings, safety systems, and other 
support facilities;
     three vapor fences around the LNG terminal;
     a 29.8-mile-long, 30-inch-diameter underground natural gas 
pipeline;
     natural gas metering facilities located at the LNG 
terminal site; and
     various ancillary facilities including pigging \1\ 
facilities and three mainline block valves.
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    \1\ A ``pig'' is a tool for cleaning and inspecting the inside 
of a pipeline.
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    The FERC staff mailed copies of the EIS to Federal, state, and 
local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; 
environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; 
potentially affected landowners and other interested individuals and 
groups; newspapers and libraries in the project area; and parties to 
this proceeding.
    Everyone on our environmental mailing list will receive a CD 
version of the final EIS. Paper copy versions of the EIS were mailed to 
those specifically requesting them. Only volume 1 of the final EIS, 
containing text of the analysis, was printed in hard copy. Volume 2, 
containing additional appendices, was produced as .pdf files on a CD. 
Responses to comments received on the draft EIS and Supplemental draft 
EIS are included in Appendix S and T, respectively. In addition, the 
EIS is available for public viewing on the FERC's Web site 
(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited number of copies are 
available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., 
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
    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 (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., CP07-
52 or CP07-53). 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; 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/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.

    Dated: May 15, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-11861 Filed 5-21-14; 8:45 am]
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