Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Transcameron Pipeline Project and Calcasieu Pass Terminal, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Related To New Route Amendments and Project Changes, 54077-54079 [2016-19370]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Supplemental Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed
Transcameron Pipeline Project and
Calcasieu Pass Terminal, and Request
for Comments on Environmental
Issues Related To New Route
Amendments and Project Changes
TransCameron Pipeline, LLC ...............................................................................................................................
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC ....................................................................................................................
On September 4, 2015, TransCameron
Pipeline, LLC (TransCameron Pipeline)
filed an application in Docket No.
CP15–551–000, pursuant to Section 7 of
the Natural Gas Act, as amended, and
Part 157 of the Commission’s
regulations for authorization to
construct, install, own, operate and
maintain two lateral pipelines (the East
Lateral and the West Lateral pipeline)
and appurtenant facilities located in
Cameron Parish, Louisiana that
comprise the TransCameron Pipeline
Project (TransCameron Pipeline or
Project). The Project application was
filed jointly with an application by
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC
(Venture Global Calcasieu Pass) for
authorization to construct and operate a
liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and
marine export terminal, the Calcasieu
Pass Terminal, and related facilities, in
Cameron Parish (Docket No. CP15–550–
000).
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass filed
modifications to the Calcasieu Pass
Terminal facilities on March 21, 2016.
And, on June 28, 2016, TransCameron
Pipeline filed an amendment to its
application with additional project
changes. The combined changes are
detailed below, and an overview map of
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the Project is provided in appendix 1.
This Supplemental Notice is being
issued to seek comments on the
amendment and other changes, and to
open a new scoping period for
interested parties to file comments on
environmental issues.
Information about the facilities
proposed by TransCameron Pipeline
and Venture Global Calcasieu Pass can
be found on the Commission’s public
Docket Nos. CP15–551–001, and CP15–
550–000, respectively, and on the
applicant’s Web site at https://
venturegloballng.com/calcasieu-pass.
The FERC’s environmental impact
statement (EIS) will encompass all
proposed facilities and be used by the
Commission in its decision-making
process to determine whether to
approve the TransCameron Pipeline
Project and Calcasieu Pass Terminal.
The FERC will be the lead federal
agency for the preparation of the EIS.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.
Department of Energy, U.S. Coast Guard,
U.S. Department of Transportation, and
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
are cooperating agencies in the
preparation of the EIS.
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Docket Nos. CP15–551–001
CP15–550–000
We 1 are seeking comments on the
project modifications to help the
Commission staff determine what issues
need to be evaluated in the EIS. Your
comments should focus on the potential
environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or
lessen environmental impacts from the
proposed modifications. 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 September
1, 2016. If you have previously provided
comments on the TransCameron
Pipeline Project or Calcasieu Pass
Terminal, you do not need to resubmit
them. State and local government
representatives are asked to notify their
constituents of this proposed Project
amendment/modification and encourage
them to comment on their areas of
concern.
This Supplemental Notice is being
sent to the Commission’s current
environmental mailing list for this
project, including those landowners that
might be newly affected by the proposed
1 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of
Energy Projects.
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pipeline modifications, and those no
longer directly affected due to the
reduction in proposed facilities.
Landowners previously affected by the
West Lateral should note that it is no
longer being proposed. If you wish to be
removed from the mailing list, please
respond either electronically
(information on filing electronically is
provided below) or through the attached
Information Request (appendix 2).
If you are a newly affected landowner
receiving this notice, a pipeline
company representative may contact
you about the acquisition of an
easement to construct, operate, and
maintain the proposed 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 the 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 Project Modifications
TransCameron Pipeline and Venture
Global Calcasieu Pass have made the
following Project modifications, filed in
a March 21, 2016 supplement and June
28, 2016 amendment:
• Elimination of the West Lateral
Pipeline and its associated facilities
(meter station, mainline valves, access
roads, and contractor yard) reducing the
overall project workspace of
TransCameron Pipeline’s proposal from
637.6 acres to 372.2 acres;
• minor workspace and layout
modifications, including additional
access roads, and a contractor yard on
the East Lateral Pipeline;
• reduction of the Terminal Site area
from 393.7 acres to 268.4 acres through
layout redesign;
• redesign and relocation of the two
200,000 cubic meters LNG aboveground
storage tanks, including replacement of
full containment with single
containment design and addition of
LNG retention basins;
• redesign of the piling system for
LNG dock facilities;
• reduction of the number of
integrated pre-cooled SMR liquefaction
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blocks located at the Terminal Site from
ten to nine, while maintaining the same
output capability;
• relocation of the administration/
security building complex;
• removal of the construction utility
dock from proposed Terminal design;
• addition of three off-site
construction support facilities (Martin
Support Facility, DeHyCo Support
Facility, and Baker Hughes Support
Facility) at existing marine industrial
facilities on Calcasieu Pass;
• addition of two temporary access
roads to provide access to the DeHyCo
and Martin Support Facilities;
• increase in width of the Northeast
Access Road from 50 to 125 feet from
the intersection of the Martin Access
Road to the Terminal’s perimeter berm,
and from 50 to 75 feet from the Liberty
Support Facility to the intersection of
the Martin Access Road;
• addition of one off-site facility
(Mudd Support Facility) to provide
parking space and a point of access to
a private ferry that would carry
construction personnel across the
Calcasieu Ship Channel during
construction;
• addition of a service road
(Southwest Service Road) at the
Terminal to provide restricted access to
Cameron Parish’s Jetty Pier Facility; and
• redesign of the Terminal’s flood
protection structure, replacing the
earthen berm along the full perimeter of
the plant site with an earthen berm on
the west side and a steel pile floodwall
on the east, north, and south sides. The
berm will include the Northwest Access
Road ramp. The floodwall would be
+31.5 feet North American Vertical
Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88); the berm
would be +26 feet NAVD 88, with a
sliding flood gate over the ramp to bring
the height to +31.5 feet NAVD 88.
The EIS Process
NEPA requires the Commission to
take into account the environmental
impacts that could result from an action
whenever it considers the issuance of an
Authorization or Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also
requires us 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
EIS on the important environmental
issues. By this notice, the Commission
requests public comments on the scope
of the issues to address in the EIS. We
will consider all filed comments during
the preparation of the EIS.
In the EIS we will discuss impacts
that could occur as a result of the
construction and operation of the
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proposed projects under these general
headings:
• Geology and soils;
• land use;
• socioeconomics;
• water resources, fisheries, and
wetlands;
• cultural resources;
• vegetation and wildlife;
• air quality and noise;
• endangered and threatened species;
• 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 EIS will present our independent
analysis of the issues. We will publish
and distribute the draft EIS for public
comment. After the comment period, we
will consider all timely comments and
revise the document, as necessary,
before issuing a final EIS. To ensure we
have the opportunity to consider and
address your comments, please carefully
follow the instructions in the Public
Participation section beginning on page
4.
The Cooperating Agencies also have
responsibilities under NEPA and can
adopt the EIS for their own agency’s
purposes.
Public Participation
You can make a difference by
providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the
proposed amendments to the
TransCameron Pipeline Project or the
modifications to the Calcasieu Pass
Terminal facilities. 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 September
1, 2016. If you have previously provided
comments on the TransCameron
Pipeline Project or Calcasieu Pass
Terminal, you do not need to resubmit
them.
For your convenience, there are three
methods you can use to submit your
comments to the Commission. In all
instances, please reference the
appropriate project docket number
(CP15–551–001 for the TransCameron
Pipeline Project; CP15–550–000 for the
Calcasieu Pass Terminal) with your
submission. The Commission will
provide equal consideration to all
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comments received. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available
to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully follow
these instructions so that your
comments are properly recorded.
(1) You can file your comments
electronically using the eComment
feature located 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
located 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
facilities, as well as anyone who
submits comments on the projects. 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 planned
projects.
Copies of the completed draft EIS 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
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attached Information Request (appendix
2).
Becoming an Intervenor
In addition to involvement in the EIS
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
TransCameron Pipeline Project and the
Calcasieu Pass Terminal 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 (i.e.,
CP15–551 or CP15–550). 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: August 2, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No.: 3251–009]
Cornell University; Notice of Intent To
File License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document, and Approving
Use of the Traditional Licensing
Process
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application and Request to
Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 3251–009.
c. Date Filed: June 29, 2016.
d. Submitted by: Cornell University.
e. Name of Project: Cornell University
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On Fall Creek, a tributary
to Cayuga Lake, in the City of Ithaca in
Tompkins County, New York. The
project does not occupy federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the
Commission’s regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr.
W.S. ‘‘Lanny’’ Joyce, Director of Utilities
and Energy Management, Cornell
University, Energy and Sustainability,
Humphreys Service Building, Room
135, Ithaca, NY 14583–3701, (607) 255–
6631; email—wsj1@cornell.edu.
i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard at
(202) 502–8256; or email at
christopher.millard@ferc.gov.
j. Cornell University filed a request to
use the Traditional Licensing Process on
June 29, 2016. Cornell University
provided public notice of the request on
July 12, 2016. In a letter dated August
9, 2016, the Director of the Division of
Hydropower Licensing approved
Cornell University’s request to use the
Traditional Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and the joint
agency regulations thereunder at 50
CFR, Part 402; and NOAA Fisheries
under section 305(b) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and implementing
regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are
also initiating consultation with the
New York State Historic Preservation
Officer, as required by section 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and
the implementing regulations of the
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating
Cornell University as the Commission’s
non-federal representative for carrying
out informal consultation pursuant to
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Transcameron Pipeline Project and Calcasieu
Pass Terminal, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Related
To New Route Amendments and Project Changes
TransCameron Pipeline, LLC... Docket Nos. CP15-551-001
Venture Global Calcasieu CP15-550-000
Pass, LLC.
On September 4, 2015, TransCameron Pipeline, LLC (TransCameron
Pipeline) filed an application in Docket No. CP15-551-000, pursuant to
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, and Part 157 of the
Commission's regulations for authorization to construct, install, own,
operate and maintain two lateral pipelines (the East Lateral and the
West Lateral pipeline) and appurtenant facilities located in Cameron
Parish, Louisiana that comprise the TransCameron Pipeline Project
(TransCameron Pipeline or Project). The Project application was filed
jointly with an application by Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC
(Venture Global Calcasieu Pass) for authorization to construct and
operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and marine export
terminal, the Calcasieu Pass Terminal, and related facilities, in
Cameron Parish (Docket No. CP15-550-000).
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass filed modifications to the Calcasieu
Pass Terminal facilities on March 21, 2016. And, on June 28, 2016,
TransCameron Pipeline filed an amendment to its application with
additional project changes. The combined changes are detailed below,
and an overview map of the Project is provided in appendix 1. This
Supplemental Notice is being issued to seek comments on the amendment
and other changes, and to open a new scoping period for interested
parties to file comments on environmental issues.
Information about the facilities proposed by TransCameron Pipeline
and Venture Global Calcasieu Pass can be found on the Commission's
public Docket Nos. CP15-551-001, and CP15-550-000, respectively, and on
the applicant's Web site at https://venturegloballng.com/calcasieu-pass.
The FERC's environmental impact statement (EIS) will encompass all
proposed facilities and be used by the Commission in its decision-
making process to determine whether to approve the TransCameron
Pipeline Project and Calcasieu Pass Terminal.
The FERC will be the lead federal agency for the preparation of the
EIS. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S.
Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Transportation, and U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency are cooperating agencies in the preparation of the
EIS.
We \1\ are seeking comments on the project modifications to help
the Commission staff determine what issues need to be evaluated in the
EIS. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects,
reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental
impacts from the proposed modifications. 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 September 1,
2016. If you have previously provided comments on the TransCameron
Pipeline Project or Calcasieu Pass Terminal, you do not need to
resubmit them. State and local government representatives are asked to
notify their constituents of this proposed Project amendment/
modification and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
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\1\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff
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This Supplemental Notice is being sent to the Commission's current
environmental mailing list for this project, including those landowners
that might be newly affected by the proposed
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pipeline modifications, and those no longer directly affected due to
the reduction in proposed facilities. Landowners previously affected by
the West Lateral should note that it is no longer being proposed. If
you wish to be removed from the mailing list, please respond either
electronically (information on filing electronically is provided below)
or through the attached Information Request (appendix 2).
If you are a newly affected landowner receiving this notice, a
pipeline company representative may contact you about the acquisition
of an easement to construct, operate, and maintain the proposed
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 the
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 Project Modifications
TransCameron Pipeline and Venture Global Calcasieu Pass have made
the following Project modifications, filed in a March 21, 2016
supplement and June 28, 2016 amendment:
Elimination of the West Lateral Pipeline and its
associated facilities (meter station, mainline valves, access roads,
and contractor yard) reducing the overall project workspace of
TransCameron Pipeline's proposal from 637.6 acres to 372.2 acres;
minor workspace and layout modifications, including
additional access roads, and a contractor yard on the East Lateral
Pipeline;
reduction of the Terminal Site area from 393.7 acres to
268.4 acres through layout redesign;
redesign and relocation of the two 200,000 cubic meters
LNG aboveground storage tanks, including replacement of full
containment with single containment design and addition of LNG
retention basins;
redesign of the piling system for LNG dock facilities;
reduction of the number of integrated pre-cooled SMR
liquefaction blocks located at the Terminal Site from ten to nine,
while maintaining the same output capability;
relocation of the administration/security building
complex;
removal of the construction utility dock from proposed
Terminal design;
addition of three off-site construction support facilities
(Martin Support Facility, DeHyCo Support Facility, and Baker Hughes
Support Facility) at existing marine industrial facilities on Calcasieu
Pass;
addition of two temporary access roads to provide access
to the DeHyCo and Martin Support Facilities;
increase in width of the Northeast Access Road from 50 to
125 feet from the intersection of the Martin Access Road to the
Terminal's perimeter berm, and from 50 to 75 feet from the Liberty
Support Facility to the intersection of the Martin Access Road;
addition of one off-site facility (Mudd Support Facility)
to provide parking space and a point of access to a private ferry that
would carry construction personnel across the Calcasieu Ship Channel
during construction;
addition of a service road (Southwest Service Road) at the
Terminal to provide restricted access to Cameron Parish's Jetty Pier
Facility; and
redesign of the Terminal's flood protection structure,
replacing the earthen berm along the full perimeter of the plant site
with an earthen berm on the west side and a steel pile floodwall on the
east, north, and south sides. The berm will include the Northwest
Access Road ramp. The floodwall would be +31.5 feet North American
Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88); the berm would be +26 feet NAVD 88,
with a sliding flood gate over the ramp to bring the height to +31.5
feet NAVD 88.
The EIS Process
NEPA requires the Commission to take into account the environmental
impacts that could result from an action whenever it considers the
issuance of an Authorization or Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity. NEPA also requires us 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 EIS on the important environmental issues. By this notice, the
Commission requests public comments on the scope of the issues to
address in the EIS. We will consider all filed comments during the
preparation of the EIS.
In the EIS we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of
the construction and operation of the proposed projects under these
general headings:
Geology and soils;
land use;
socioeconomics;
water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
cultural resources;
vegetation and wildlife;
air quality and noise;
endangered and threatened species;
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 EIS will present our independent analysis of the issues. We
will publish and distribute the draft EIS for public comment. After the
comment period, we will consider all timely comments and revise the
document, as necessary, before issuing a final EIS. To ensure we have
the opportunity to consider and address your comments, please carefully
follow the instructions in the Public Participation section beginning
on page 4.
The Cooperating Agencies also have responsibilities under NEPA and
can adopt the EIS for their own agency's purposes.
Public Participation
You can make a difference by providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the proposed amendments to the TransCameron
Pipeline Project or the modifications to the Calcasieu Pass Terminal
facilities. 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 September 1, 2016. If you have
previously provided comments on the TransCameron Pipeline Project or
Calcasieu Pass Terminal, you do not need to resubmit them.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the
appropriate project docket number (CP15-551-001 for the TransCameron
Pipeline Project; CP15-550-000 for the Calcasieu Pass Terminal) with
your submission. The Commission will provide equal consideration to all
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comments received. The Commission encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258
or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully follow these instructions so that
your comments are properly recorded.
(1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature located 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 located 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, as well as anyone who
submits comments on the projects. 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 planned projects.
Copies of the completed draft EIS 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 EIS 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 TransCameron Pipeline Project and
the Calcasieu Pass Terminal 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 (i.e., CP15-551 or CP15-550). 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: August 2, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-19370 Filed 8-12-16; 8:45 am]
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