Midship Pipeline Company, LLC Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Midcontinent Supply Header Interstate Pipeline Project, 7030-7031 [2018-03203]
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CP17–441–001) with your submission.
The Commission encourages electronic
filing of comments and has expert staff
available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.
(1) You can file your comments
electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission’s website
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy
method for submitting brief, text-only
comments on a project;
(2) You can also file your comments
electronically using the eFiling feature
on the Commission’s website
(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.
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).2 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
website (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.,
CP17–441). 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
2 See the previous discussion on the methods for
filing comments.
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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.
Dated: February 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–03247 Filed 2–15–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP17–458–000]
Midship Pipeline Company, LLC Notice
of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Midcontinent Supply
Header Interstate Pipeline Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Midcontinent Supply Header
Interstate Pipeline Project, proposed by
Midship Pipeline Company, LLC
(Midship Pipeline) in the abovereferenced docket. Midship Pipeline
requests authorization to construct and
operate approximately 233.6 miles of
new pipeline, three compressor stations,
a booster station, and accompanying
facilities that would deliver an
additional 1.44 billion standard cubic
feet per day of year-round firm
transportation capacity from Kingfisher
County, Oklahoma to existing natural
gas pipelines near Bennington,
Oklahoma for transport to growing Gulf
Coast and Southeast Markets.
The draft EIS assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
project in accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act. The FERC
staff concludes that approval of the
project would result in some adverse
environmental impacts; however, these
impacts would be reduced to less-thansignificant levels with the
implementation of Midship Pipeline’s
proposed mitigation and the additional
measures recommended in the draft EIS.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency participated as a cooperating
agency 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 National
Environmental Policy Act analysis. The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
provided input to the conclusions and
recommendations presented in the draft
EIS.
The draft EIS addresses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
following proposed project facilities in
Oklahoma:
• 199.6 miles of new 36-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline in
Kingfisher, Canadian, Grady, Garvin,
Stephens, Carter, Johnston, and Bryan
Counties;
• 20.4 miles of new 30-inch-diameter
pipeline lateral in Kingfisher County;
• 13.6 miles of 16-inch-diameter
pipeline lateral in Stephens, Carter, and
Garvin Counties;
• three new compressor stations and
one new booster station in Canadian,
Garvin, Bryan, and Stephens Counties;
and
• seven new receipt meters, two new
receipt taps, four new delivery meters,
and appurtenant facilities.
Distribution and Comments on the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
The FERC staff mailed copies of the
draft 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;
and newspapers and libraries in the
project area. Paper copy versions of this
draft EIS were mailed to those
specifically requesting them; all others
received a CD version. In addition, the
draft EIS is available for public viewing
on the FERC’s website (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.
Any person wishing to comment on
the draft EIS may do so. To ensure
consideration of your comments on the
proposal in the final EIS, it is important
that the Commission receive your
comments on or before April 2, 2018.
For your convenience, there are four
methods you can use to submit your
comments to the Commission. The
Commission will provide equal
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consideration to all comments received,
whether filed in written form or
provided verbally. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available
to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
FercOnlineSupport@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 on the Commission’s website
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy
method for submitting brief, text-only
comments on a project.
(2) You can file your comments
electronically by using the eFiling
feature on the Commission’s website
(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.’’ If you are filing
a comment on a particular project,
please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as
the filing type.
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(3) You can file a paper copy of your
comments by mailing them to the
following address. Be sure to reference
the project docket number (CP17–458–
000) with your submission: 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 one of the public
comment sessions its staff will conduct
in the project area to receive comments
on the draft EIS, scheduled as follows:
Date and time
Location
March 12, 2018, 4:00–8:00 pm ...................................
Donald W. Reynolds Community Center, 1515 W. Main Street, Durant, OK 74701, (580)
924–3486.
Ardmore Convention Center, 2401 N. Rockford Road, Ardmore, OK 73401, (580) 226–
2862.
Elmore City Community Center, 104 S. Main Street, Elmore City, OK 73433, (580) 788–
2345.
Redlands Community College, 1300 S. Country Club Road, El Reno, OK 73036, (405)
262–2552.
March 13, 2018, 4:00–8:00 pm ...................................
March 14, 2018, 4:00–8:00 pm ...................................
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March 15, 2018, 4:00–8:00 pm ...................................
There will not be a formal
presentation by Commission staff at any
of the public comment sessions,
although a format outline handout will
be made available. Each comment
sessions is scheduled from 4:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. (central time zone). If you
wish to speak, the Commission staff will
hand out numbers in the order of your
arrival; distribution of numbers will be
discontinued at 7:00 p.m. However, if
no additional numbers have been
handed out and all individuals who
wish to provide comments have had an
opportunity to do so, staff may conclude
the session at 7:00 p.m.
The primary goal of the public
comment sessions is to have you
identify the specific environmental
issues and concerns with the draft EIS.
Individual verbal comments will be
recorded on a one-on-one basis with a
Court Reporter (with FERC staff or
representative present) and become part
of the public record for this proceeding.
If a significant number of people are
interested in providing verbal comments
in the one-on-one settings, a time limit
of 5 minutes may be implemented for
each commentor. Transcripts of all
comments from the sessions will be
placed into the docket for the project,
which are accessible for public viewing
on the FERC’s website (at www.ferc.gov)
through our eLibrary system. This
format is designed to receive the
maximum amount of verbal comments,
in a convenient way during the
timeframe allotted.
Commission staff will be available at
each venue of the public sessions to
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answer questions about our
environmental review process. It is
important to note that written comments
mailed to the Commission and those
submitted electronically are reviewed
by staff with the same scrutiny and
consideration as the verbal comments
given at the public sessions.
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 (Title 18 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 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 that 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.
Questions
Additional information about the
project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC
website (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.,
CP17–458). Be sure you have selected
1 See the previous discussion on the methods for
filing comments.
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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 that
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.
Dated: February 9, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–03203 Filed 2–15–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Commission Staff
Attendance
The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) hereby gives
notice that members of the
Commission’s staff may attend the
following meetings related to the
transmission planning activities of
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP17-458-000]
Midship Pipeline Company, LLC Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Midcontinent Supply
Header Interstate Pipeline Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Midcontinent Supply Header Interstate Pipeline Project,
proposed by Midship Pipeline Company, LLC (Midship Pipeline) in the
above-referenced docket. Midship Pipeline requests authorization to
construct and operate approximately 233.6 miles of new pipeline, three
compressor stations, a booster station, and accompanying facilities
that would deliver an additional 1.44 billion standard cubic feet per
day of year-round firm transportation capacity from Kingfisher County,
Oklahoma to existing natural gas pipelines near Bennington, Oklahoma
for transport to growing Gulf Coast and Southeast Markets.
The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the project in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. The FERC staff
concludes that approval of the project would result in some adverse
environmental impacts; however, these impacts would be reduced to less-
than-significant levels with the implementation of Midship Pipeline's
proposed mitigation and the additional measures recommended in the
draft EIS.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency participated as a
cooperating agency 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 National
Environmental Policy Act analysis. The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency provided input to the conclusions and recommendations presented
in the draft EIS.
The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following proposed project facilities
in Oklahoma:
199.6 miles of new 36-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline
in Kingfisher, Canadian, Grady, Garvin, Stephens, Carter, Johnston, and
Bryan Counties;
20.4 miles of new 30-inch-diameter pipeline lateral in
Kingfisher County;
13.6 miles of 16-inch-diameter pipeline lateral in
Stephens, Carter, and Garvin Counties;
three new compressor stations and one new booster station
in Canadian, Garvin, Bryan, and Stephens Counties; and
seven new receipt meters, two new receipt taps, four new
delivery meters, and appurtenant facilities.
Distribution and Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
The FERC staff mailed copies of the draft 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; and newspapers and libraries in the project area. Paper copy
versions of this draft EIS were mailed to those specifically requesting
them; all others received a CD version. In addition, the draft EIS is
available for public viewing on the FERC's website (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.
Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS may do so. To ensure
consideration of your comments on the proposal in the final EIS, it is
important that the Commission receive your comments on or before April
2, 2018.
For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide equal
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consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form
or provided verbally. The Commission encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258
or [email protected]. Please carefully follow these
instructions so that your comments are properly recorded.
(1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief,
text-only comments on a project.
(2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling
feature on the Commission's website (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.'' If you are filing a comment on a particular project,
please select ``Comment on a Filing'' as the filing type.
(3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the following address. Be sure to reference the project docket number
(CP17-458-000) with your submission: 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 one of the public comment sessions its
staff will conduct in the project area to receive comments on the draft
EIS, scheduled as follows:
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Date and time Location
------------------------------------------------------------------------
March 12, 2018, 4:00-8:00 pm........... Donald W. Reynolds Community
Center, 1515 W. Main Street,
Durant, OK 74701, (580) 924-
3486.
March 13, 2018, 4:00-8:00 pm........... Ardmore Convention Center, 2401
N. Rockford Road, Ardmore, OK
73401, (580) 226-2862.
March 14, 2018, 4:00-8:00 pm........... Elmore City Community Center,
104 S. Main Street, Elmore
City, OK 73433, (580) 788-
2345.
March 15, 2018, 4:00-8:00 pm........... Redlands Community College,
1300 S. Country Club Road, El
Reno, OK 73036, (405) 262-
2552.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
There will not be a formal presentation by Commission staff at any
of the public comment sessions, although a format outline handout will
be made available. Each comment sessions is scheduled from 4:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. (central time zone). If you wish to speak, the Commission
staff will hand out numbers in the order of your arrival; distribution
of numbers will be discontinued at 7:00 p.m. However, if no additional
numbers have been handed out and all individuals who wish to provide
comments have had an opportunity to do so, staff may conclude the
session at 7:00 p.m.
The primary goal of the public comment sessions is to have you
identify the specific environmental issues and concerns with the draft
EIS. Individual verbal comments will be recorded on a one-on-one basis
with a Court Reporter (with FERC staff or representative present) and
become part of the public record for this proceeding. If a significant
number of people are interested in providing verbal comments in the
one-on-one settings, a time limit of 5 minutes may be implemented for
each commentor. Transcripts of all comments from the sessions will be
placed into the docket for the project, which are accessible for public
viewing on the FERC's website (at www.ferc.gov) through our eLibrary
system. This format is designed to receive the maximum amount of verbal
comments, in a convenient way during the timeframe allotted.
Commission staff will be available at each venue of the public
sessions to answer questions about our environmental review process. It
is important to note that written comments mailed to the Commission and
those submitted electronically are reviewed by staff with the same
scrutiny and consideration as the verbal comments given at the public
sessions.
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 (Title 18 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
Part 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 that 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.
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\1\ See the previous discussion on the methods for filing
comments.
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Questions
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC website (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., CP17-
458). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected] 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 that 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: February 9, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-03203 Filed 2-15-18; 8:45 am]
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