PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Extension of Comment Period and Clarification of Location of Public Scoping Meetings for the Penneast Pipeline Project, 4557-4558 [2015-01475]
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Dated: January 21, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Minneapolis Leased Housing
Associates IV, Limited Partnership;
Notice of Draft License Application and
Draft Preliminary Draft Environmental
Assessment and Request for
Preliminary Terms and Conditions
Take notice that the following Draft
License Application (DLA) and draft
Preliminary Draft Environmental
Assessment (PDEA) have been filed
with the Commission and are available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original
Minor.
b. Project No.: 14628–000.
c. Date Filed: January 8, 2015.
d. Applicant: Minnesota Leased
Housing Associates IV, Limited
Partnership (Minnesota Housing
Associates).
e. Name of Project: A-Mill Artists Loft
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Mississippi River,
in the city of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minnesota. No federal lands are
occupied by the project works or located
within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Owen Metz,
2905 Northwest Blvd., Suite 150,
Plymouth, MN 55441; (763) 354–5618;
email ometz@dominiuminc.com.
i. FERC Contact: Janet Hutzel at (202)
502–8675; or email at janet.hutzel@
ferc.gov.
j. Status of Project: With this notice
the Commission is soliciting (1)
preliminary terms, conditions, and
recommendations on the draft PDEA,
and (2) comments on the DLA.
k. Deadline for filing: 30 days from the
issuance of this notice.
All comments on the draft PDEA and
DLA should be sent to the addresses
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noted above in Item (h), and filed with
FERC.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments
using the Commission’s eFiling system
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–1462–000.
All comments must bear the heading
Preliminary Comments, Preliminary
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms
and Conditions, or Preliminary
Prescriptions.
l. A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
You may also register online at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Minnesota Housing Associates has
mailed a copy of the Preliminary DEA
and Draft License Application to
interested entities and parties. Copies of
these documents are available for
review at https://
amillartistloftshydroproject.com and the
Minneapolis Central Library, 300
Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN.
m. With this notice, we are initiating
consultation with the Minnesota State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as
required by section 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the
regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
Dated: January 21, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. PF15–1–000]
PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC;
Notice of Extension of Comment
Period and Clarification of Location of
Public Scoping Meetings for the
Penneast Pipeline Project
On January 13, 2015, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC
or Commission) issued a Notice of
Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the Planned
PennEast Pipeline Project, Requests for
Comments on Environmental Issues,
and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings.
The notice solicited comments on the
potential environmental impacts of the
planned project and announced the time
and location of five public scoping
meetings being held for the
environmental proceeding. The close of
the public comment period in that
notice is listed as February 12, 2015.
Due to a limited printing delay in the
mailing of the notice, we are extending
the comment period. Please note that
the scoping period will now close on
February 27, 2015.
In addition to extending the scoping
period, the Commission staff has
provided further clarification on its
scoping meeting locations. The table
below now lists the name of the
building or hall at each meeting
location. Please note that signage will be
placed upon the entry of the meeting
venues for your assistance.
Date and time
Location
January 27,
2015, 6:00
p.m. Eastern
Time.
January 28,
2015, 6:00
p.m. Eastern
Time.
College of New Jersey, Kendall Hall, Performance
Theater, 2000 Pennington
Road, Ewing, NJ 08628.
Bucks County Community
College, Kevin and Sima
Zlock Performing Arts
Center, Gateway Auditorium, 275 Swamp Road,
Newtown, PA 18940.
Northampton Community
College, Main Campus,
Kopecek Hall, Lipkin Theater, 3835 Green Pond
Rd, Bethlehem, PA 18020.
Penn’s Peak, Main Concert
Hall, 325 Maury Road, Jim
Thorpe, PA 18229.
February 10,
2015, 6:00
p.m. Eastern
Time.
February 11,
2015, 6:00
p.m. Eastern
Time.
February 12,
2015, 6:00
p.m. Eastern
Time.
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Dated: January 21, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC;
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Planned Calcasieu Pass Project,
and 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 impact statement (EIS)
that will discuss the environmental
impacts of the Calcasieu Pass Project
involving construction and operation of
LNG export facilities by Venture Global
Calcasieu Pass, LLC (Venture Global) in
Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The
Commission will use this EIS in its
decision-making process to determine
whether the project is in the public
convenience and necessity.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping process the Commission
will use to gather input from the public
and interested agencies on the project.
Your input will help the Commission
staff determine what issues they need to
evaluate in the EIS. Please note that the
scoping period will close on February
19, 2015.
You may submit comments in written
form or verbally. Further details on how
to submit written comments are in the
Public Participation section of this
notice. If you sent comments on this
project to the Commission before the
opening of this docket on October 10,
2014, you will need to file those
comments in Docket No. PF15–2–000 to
ensure they are considered as part of
this proceeding. In lieu of or in addition
to sending written comments, the
Commission invites you to attend the
public scoping meeting scheduled as
follows: FERC Public Scoping Meeting,
Calcasieu Pass Project, February 5,
2015/7–9 p.m. CST, Cameron Parish
School Board Educational Conference
Center, 510 Marshall Street, Cameron,
LA 70631.
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
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project and encourage them to comment
on their areas of concern.
The purpose of this scoping meeting
is to provide the public an opportunity
to learn more about the Commission’s
environmental review process, and to
verbally comment on the project. The
scoping meeting will start at 6:00 p.m.
and representatives from Venture Global
will be present one hour prior to the
start of the meeting to answer questions
about the project. Additionally, Venture
Global has established an Internet Web
site at www.venturegloballng.com that
will be updated as the environmental
review of its project proceeds.
Affected landowners and interested
groups and individuals are encouraged
to attend the scoping meetings and
present comments on the issues they
believe should be addressed in the EIS.
A transcript of the meeting will be
added to the Commission’s
administrative record to ensure that
your comments are accurately recorded.
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
Venture Global plans to construct and
operate an LNG export facility in
Cameron Parish, Louisiana adjacent to
the Calcasieu Ship Channel. The facility
would receive natural gas from North
American sources and would liquefy
and store it for export. When
constructed, the project could process
about 487.2 billion cubic feet per year
(Bcf/yr) of natural gas.
The Calcasieu Pass project would
consist of the following facilities:
• Ten (10) liquefaction blocks;
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• two (2) LNG storage tanks, each
with approximately 200,000 cubic meter
(‘‘m3’’) storage capacity;
• two (2) marine berthing docks, to
accommodate LNG carriers ranging from
120,000 m3 to 185,000 m3 of carrying
capacity;
• a temporary floating LNG storage
vessel berthed at one of the LNG
berthing docks, which would be
discontinued after the first permanent
LNG storage tank becomes operational;
• a turning basin on the Calcasieu
Ship Channel;
• a utility dock;
• a gas-fired electric generation
facility with generating capacity of
approximately 600 megawatts (‘‘MW’’)
that will be constructed to provide
power for the project facilities;
• two natural gas pipelines to connect
to existing transmission pipelines, a
23.8-mile-long, 42-inch-diameter
pipeline and a 42-inch-diameter, 18.5mile-long pipeline;
• a Gas Gate Station to receive gas
from the two lateral pipelines and will
include pig 1 receivers, filter/separators,
custody transfer meters, pressure
regulators, emergency shutdown valves,
and gas analyzers;
• various buildings, including
administration, control rooms, electrical
equipment, workshop, and warehouse
buildings and structures;
• connection to the existing
municipal water supply for construction
and potable water requirements, and the
potential drilling of groundwater wells
to allow for water-cooling of the power
plant;
• facilities associated with the project
site’s communication system; and
• facilities associated with plant
safety and security.
The general location of the project
facilities is shown in Appendix 1.2
Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the planned facilities
would disturb about 914.1 acres of land
for the aboveground facilities and the
pipeline. Following construction,
Venture Global would maintain about
347.6 acres for permanent operation of
the project’s facilities and pipeline.
The Terminal facilities will occupy an
approximately 203.6-acre property
1 A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that the pipeline company
inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for
cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal
inspections, or other purposes.
2 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. PF15-1-000]
PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Extension of Comment
Period and Clarification of Location of Public Scoping Meetings for the
Penneast Pipeline Project
On January 13, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC
or Commission) issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the Planned PennEast Pipeline Project, Requests
for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping
Meetings. The notice solicited comments on the potential environmental
impacts of the planned project and announced the time and location of
five public scoping meetings being held for the environmental
proceeding. The close of the public comment period in that notice is
listed as February 12, 2015.
Due to a limited printing delay in the mailing of the notice, we
are extending the comment period. Please note that the scoping period
will now close on February 27, 2015.
In addition to extending the scoping period, the Commission staff
has provided further clarification on its scoping meeting locations.
The table below now lists the name of the building or hall at each
meeting location. Please note that signage will be placed upon the
entry of the meeting venues for your assistance.
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Date and time Location
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January 27, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time.. College of New Jersey,
Kendall Hall, Performance
Theater, 2000 Pennington
Road, Ewing, NJ 08628.
January 28, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time.. Bucks County Community
College, Kevin and Sima
Zlock Performing Arts
Center, Gateway Auditorium,
275 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA
18940.
February 10, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Northampton Community
College, Main Campus,
Kopecek Hall, Lipkin
Theater, 3835 Green Pond
Rd, Bethlehem, PA 18020.
February 11, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Penn's Peak, Main Concert
Hall, 325 Maury Road, Jim
Thorpe, PA 18229.
February 12, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Best Western Hotel &
Conference Center, Empress
Ballroom, 77 E Market
Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
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Dated: January 21, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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