Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Ozark Abandonment Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, 65930-65932 [2014-26388]
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time you spend researching proceedings
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summaries, and direct links to the
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Dated: October 31, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC;
Supplemental Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment
for the Proposed Ozark Abandonment
Project and Request for Comments on
Environmental Issues
On October 7, 2014, the Commission
issued a ‘‘Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Assessment for the
Ozark Abandonment Project, And
Request for Comments on
Environmental Issues’’ (NOI). It has
come to our attention that the
environmental mailing list was not
provided copies of the NOI; therefore
we are issuing this Supplemental NOI to
extend the scoping period and provide
additional time for interested parties to
file comments on environmental issues.
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
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Commission) will prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) that will
discuss the environmental impacts of
the Ozark Abandonment Project
(Project) involving abandonment of
facilities by Ozark Gas Transmission,
LLC (Ozark). The Commission will use
this EA in its decision-making process
to determine whether the project is in
the public convenience and necessity.
The Commission and cooperating
agencies continue to gather input from
the public and interested agencies on
the Project. This process is referred to as
scoping. Your input will help the
Commission staff determine what issues
they need to evaluate in the EA. The
original NOI identified November 6,
2014 as the close of the scoping period.
Please note that the scoping period is
now extended and will close on
December 1, 2014.
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 the 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 proposed facilities. Ozark 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 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
Ozark proposes to abandon in place
and remove from service approximately
159 miles of mainline natural gas
pipeline facilities between Sebastian
and White Counties, Arkansas. In
addition, Ozark would disconnect and
abandon 29 associated metering and
regulating facilities and other
appurtenant facilities, as necessary.
Ozark is proposing to abandon the
aforementioned facilities due to
underutilization and lack of market
interest.
Specifically, Ozark would abandon in
place the following facilities:
• 127.5 miles of 20-inch-diameter
Line 1 in Franklin, Johnson, Pope,
Conway, Faulkner, and White Counties
from mile post (MP) 127.52 to MP 0.00;
• 26.4 miles of 10-inch-diameter Line
2 in Sebastian, Franklin, and Logan
Counties From MP 0.00 to MP 26.37;
• 4.8 miles of 12-inch-diameter Line
1–A in White County from MP 0.00 to
MP 4.75;
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• 29 associated metering and
regulating facilities, located along Line
1, 2, and 1–A, in Franklin, Logan,
Johnson, Pope, Conway, Faulkner, and
White Counties; and other appurtenant
facilities, as necessary.
The general location of the facilities to
be abandoned is shown in appendix 1.1
Land Requirements for Abandonment
The abandonment activities,
including excavation and ground
disturbance, would disturb about 23.6
acres of land, of which 22.7 acres would
be within existing facility sites operated
by Ozark. The remaining acreage of
impact would be within Ozark’s existing
easements, pipeline right of way, or
original construction corridor.
Following construction, only existing
sites at Noark and Searcy Compressor
Stations and the existing permanent
pipeline right-of-way would continue to
be maintained. All land disturbed
outside of existing sites or permanent
pipeline right of way would be restored
and return to former uses.
Future Use of the Abandoned Pipeline
Facilities
Following the abandonment, Ozark
indicates that several parties would
perform activities that are not under the
jurisdiction of the FERC. In the EA, we
will provide available descriptions of
the non-jurisdictional facilities and
include them under our analysis of
cumulative impacts.
After abandonment, Ozark would
transfer the assets to an affiliate, which
would lease the facilities to Magellan
Pipeline Company, L.P (Magellan) for
refined petroleum products
transportation service. The affiliate and
Magellan would undertake conversion
work on the abandoned lines to prepare
them for refined petroleum
transportation.
Additionally, after abandonment,
Ozark’s existing customer, SourceGas,
would construct, install, and operate
about 6.3 miles of new 2-inch- and 6inch-diameter pipeline laterals and
perform a meter station upgrade in
Logan County in order to transfer
SoureGas’ existing firm service on the
abandoned facilities to an economically
viable transportation alternative.
Furthermore, Ozark Gas Gathering, LLC
(OGG) would make reconnections on
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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their system to continue service at two
locations.
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 impacts that
could occur as a result of the
abandonment of facilities 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
the FERC’s eLibrary system. 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 of this NOI.
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
2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of
Energy Projects.
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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would like to request cooperating
agency status should follow the
instructions for filing comments
provided under 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 the
Arkansas 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. Our EA for the 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 December
1, 2014.
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 (CP14–539–000) 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
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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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; Indian Tribes; other interested
parties and non-governmental
organizations; 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
abandonment purposes, or who own
homes within certain distances of
aboveground facilities. 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 EAs
coping 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
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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., CP14–539). Be sure you have
selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov
or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The
eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the
Commission, such as orders, notices,
and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission now
offers a free service called eSubscription
which allows you to keep track of all
formal issuances and submittals in
specific dockets. This can reduce the
amount of time you spend researching
proceedings by automatically providing
you with notification of these filings,
document summaries, and direct links
to the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
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: October 30, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Downeast Liquefaction, LLC;
Supplemental Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Planned Downeast
LNG Import-Export Project and
Request for Comments on
Environmental Issues
On October 3, 2014, the Commission
issued a ‘‘Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for the
Planned Downeast LNG Import-Export
Project, Request for Comments on
Environmental Issues, and Notice of
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Public Scoping Meeting’’ (NOI). It has
come to our attention that the
environmental mailing list was not
provided copies of the NOI; therefore,
we are issuing this Supplemental NOI to
extend the scoping period and provide
additional time for interested parties to
file comments on environmental issues.
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
that will discuss the environmental
impacts of the Downeast LNG Export
Project involving construction and
operation of facilities by Downeast
Liquefaction, LLC (Downeast
Liquefaction) in Washington County,
Maine. The Commission will use this
EIS in its decision-making process to
determine whether the project is in the
public convenience and necessity.
The Commission and its cooperating
agencies continue to gather input from
the public and interested agencies on
the project. This process is referred to as
scoping. Your input will help the
Commission staff determine what issues
they need to evaluate in the EIS. The
NOI identified November 3, 2014 as the
close of the scoping period. Please note
that the scoping period is now extended
and will close on December 1, 2014.
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 pipeline facilities associated
with the project. 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 for parcels crossed by the
pipeline. 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.
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Summary of the Planned Project
Downeast Liquefaction plans to
develop, construct, and operate
liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal
facilities that would convert the
proposed Downeast LNG Import Project
(Docket Nos. CP07–52–000, CP07–53–
000, and CP07–53–001) into a
bidirectional import-export LNG
terminal and pipeline capable of
producing 3 million metric tonnes per
annum (mtpa) of LNG and 100 million
standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of
regasified LNG.
The Downeast LNG Import-Export
Project would consist of the following
facilities:
Marine Facilities and Transfer Lines:
• The Import-Export Project would
involve no changes to the marine
facilities and transfer lines that were
proposed and evaluated for the Import
Project.
LNG Storage and Regasification:
• The Import-Export Project would
include a single LNG storage tank with
a nominal usable storage capacity of
160,000 cubic meters. The storage tank
design and location would be the same
as the southern-most LNG storage tank
proposed for the Import Project. The
northern-most LNG storage tank
proposed for the Import Project would
not be required for the Import-Export
Project.
• The Import-Export Project would
include two Submerged Combustion
Vaporizers used for regasification of
LNG during import mode, of which one
would be used during operation while
the second would be a backup.
LNG Liquefaction Facilities:
• Feed gas pretreatment systems;
• one LNG liquefaction train with a
nominal design capacity of 3 mtpa;
• refrigerant storage and handling;
• refrigerant compression systems;
and
• refrigerant cooling system.
Pipeline Facilities:
• The pipeline for the Import-Export
Project would be 24 inches in diameter,
a change from 30 inches in diameter as
proposed for the Import Project. The
pipeline route and construction work
areas would remain the same as
proposed for the Import Project.
Ancillary Facilities:
• Onsite power generation to support
operation of the terminal in export
mode; and
• utilities, infrastructure, and support
systems within the terminal site would
be revised for the Import-Export Project
to accommodate addition of liquefaction
capabilities.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP14-539-000]
Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC; Supplemental Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Ozark Abandonment
Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
On October 7, 2014, the Commission issued a ``Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Ozark Abandonment Project,
And Request for Comments on Environmental Issues'' (NOI). It has come
to our attention that the environmental mailing list was not provided
copies of the NOI; therefore we are issuing this Supplemental NOI to
extend the scoping period and provide additional time for interested
parties to file 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 Ozark Abandonment Project
(Project) involving abandonment of facilities by Ozark Gas
Transmission, LLC (Ozark). The Commission will use this EA in its
decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the
public convenience and necessity.
The Commission and cooperating agencies continue to gather input
from the public and interested agencies on the Project. This process is
referred to as scoping. Your input will help the Commission staff
determine what issues they need to evaluate in the EA. The original NOI
identified November 6, 2014 as the close of the scoping period. Please
note that the scoping period is now extended and will close on December
1, 2014.
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 the 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 proposed facilities. Ozark
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 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
Ozark proposes to abandon in place and remove from service
approximately 159 miles of mainline natural gas pipeline facilities
between Sebastian and White Counties, Arkansas. In addition, Ozark
would disconnect and abandon 29 associated metering and regulating
facilities and other appurtenant facilities, as necessary. Ozark is
proposing to abandon the aforementioned facilities due to
underutilization and lack of market interest.
Specifically, Ozark would abandon in place the following
facilities:
127.5 miles of 20-inch-diameter Line 1 in Franklin,
Johnson, Pope, Conway, Faulkner, and White Counties from mile post (MP)
127.52 to MP 0.00;
26.4 miles of 10-inch-diameter Line 2 in Sebastian,
Franklin, and Logan Counties From MP 0.00 to MP 26.37;
4.8 miles of 12-inch-diameter Line 1-A in White County
from MP 0.00 to MP 4.75;
29 associated metering and regulating facilities, located
along Line 1, 2, and 1-A, in Franklin, Logan, Johnson, Pope, Conway,
Faulkner, and White Counties; and other appurtenant facilities, as
necessary.
The general location of the facilities to be abandoned 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 Abandonment
The abandonment activities, including excavation and ground
disturbance, would disturb about 23.6 acres of land, of which 22.7
acres would be within existing facility sites operated by Ozark. The
remaining acreage of impact would be within Ozark's existing easements,
pipeline right of way, or original construction corridor. Following
construction, only existing sites at Noark and Searcy Compressor
Stations and the existing permanent pipeline right-of-way would
continue to be maintained. All land disturbed outside of existing sites
or permanent pipeline right of way would be restored and return to
former uses.
Future Use of the Abandoned Pipeline Facilities
Following the abandonment, Ozark indicates that several parties
would perform activities that are not under the jurisdiction of the
FERC. In the EA, we will provide available descriptions of the non-
jurisdictional facilities and include them under our analysis of
cumulative impacts.
After abandonment, Ozark would transfer the assets to an affiliate,
which would lease the facilities to Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P
(Magellan) for refined petroleum products transportation service. The
affiliate and Magellan would undertake conversion work on the abandoned
lines to prepare them for refined petroleum transportation.
Additionally, after abandonment, Ozark's existing customer,
SourceGas, would construct, install, and operate about 6.3 miles of new
2-inch- and 6-inch-diameter pipeline laterals and perform a meter
station upgrade in Logan County in order to transfer SoureGas' existing
firm service on the abandoned facilities to an economically viable
transportation alternative. Furthermore, Ozark Gas Gathering, LLC (OGG)
would make reconnections on
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their system to continue service at two locations.
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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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 facilities 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 the FERC's eLibrary
system. 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 of this
NOI.
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 Arkansas 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. Our EA for the
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
December 1, 2014.
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 (CP14-539-000) 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; Indian Tribes; other
interested parties and non-governmental organizations; 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 abandonment purposes, or who own homes within certain distances of
aboveground facilities. 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 EAs coping 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
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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., CP14-
539). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to
the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
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: October 30, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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