Village of Enosburg Falls, Municipal Water and Light Department; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process, 31745-31746 [2018-14568]
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Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed in
Docket No. CP18–507–000 a prior notice
request pursuant to sections 157.205,
157.208, and 157.216 of the
Commission’s regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Columbia’s
blanket certificate issued in Docket No.
CP83–76–000, to perform installations
and activities to enable the in-line
inspection, or pigging, of its 12-inchdiameter Line 5 (Line 5 Launcher &
Receiver Project: Freedom Way to
Meade’s Rest). The proposed project
installations and activities will include
modifications to the existing pipeline at
22 locations (Mod Points) along 22.7
miles of the existing Line 5 right-of-way,
and the installation of two bi-directional
launching and receiving stations and
related appurtenances. The project is
located along the Ohio River in Brooke
County, West Virginia, and Jefferson
and Columbiana counties, Ohio.
Columbia’s project proposes to
perform installations and modifications
to Columbia’s existing Line 5 to allow
for the internal passage of ILI devices,
or pigging, in order to assess the
integrity of the pipeline. Columbia
states that the project is required to
ensure compliance with the Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration requirements for
inspections of pipeline systems to
ensure their safety and reliability.
The project will consist of various
modification activities at 22 Mod Points
to enable the in-line inspection, or
pigging, of Line 5. Specifically,
Columbia proposes to (1) install one
new 24-inch x 20-inch bi-directional
launcher/receiver station, valves, fitting,
and pipe at Mod Point 1 in Brooke
County, West Virginia; (2) install one
new 24-inch x 20-inch bi-directional
launcher/receiver at Mod Point 18 in
Columbiana County, Ohio; (3) install,
replace, or remove appurtenances,
including valves, elbows, and pipe, at
the remaining 20 Mod Points within
Brooke County, West Virginia, and
Jefferson and Columbiana Counties,
Ohio; and (4) abandon in-place existing
pipeline segments at Mod Point 1 in
Brooke County, West Virginia, and at
Mod Points 3, and 11 in Jefferson
County, Ohio, all as more fully set forth
in the application which is on file with
the Commission and open to public
inspection.
The filing may also be viewed on the
web 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, please contact
FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
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free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659.
Any questions concerning this
application may be directed to Linda
Farquhar, Manager, Project
Determinations & Regulatory
Administration, Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana
Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas
77002–2700, by telephone at (832) 320–
5685, by facsimile at (832) 320–6685, or
by email at linda_farquhar@
transcanada.com.
Any person or the Commission’s staff
may, within 60 days after issuance of
the instant notice by the Commission,
file pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR
385.214) a motion to intervene or notice
of intervention and pursuant to section
157.205 of the regulations under the
NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the
request. If no protest is filed within the
time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for filing a protest. If a
protest is filed and not withdrawn
within 30 days after the allowed time
for filing a protest, the instant request
shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commenters will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents,
and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission’s
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environmental review process.
Environmental commenters will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commenters,
will not receive copies of all documents
filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of
environmental documents issued by the
Commission) and will not have the right
to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://
www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file
electronically should submit an original
and seven copies of the protest or
intervention to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Dated: June 29, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2905–033]
Village of Enosburg Falls, Municipal
Water and Light Department; Notice of
Intent To File License Application,
Filing of Pre-Application 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.: 2905–033.
c. Date Filed: April 30, 2018.
d. Submitted by: Village of Enosburg
Falls, Vermont (Enosburg Falls).
e. Name of Project: Enosburg Falls
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Missisquoi River
in the Village of Enosburg Falls,
Franklin County, Vermont. No federal
lands are occupied by the project works
or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and
5.5 of the Commission’s regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Paul
V. Nolan, Representative of Village of
Enosburg Falls, 5515 North 17th Street,
Arlington, VA 22205–2722; (703) 534–
5509; email at pvnpvndiver@gmail.com.
i. FERC Contact: John Ramer at (202)
502–8969; or email at john.ramer@
ferc.gov.
j. Enosburg Falls filed its request to
use the Traditional Licensing Process on
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April 30, 2018 on behalf of the Village
of Enosburg Falls Municipal Water and
Light Department, and provided public
notice of the request on April 27, 2018.
In a letter dated June 28, 2018, the
Director of the Division of Hydropower
Licensing approved Enosburg Falls’
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 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 Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act and implementing regulations at 50
CFR 600.920. We are also initiating
consultation with the Vermont State
Historic Preservation Officer, as
required by section 106 of the 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
Enosburg Falls as the Commission’s
non-federal representative for carrying
out informal consultation pursuant to
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act;
and consultation pursuant to section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. Enosburg Falls filed a PreApplication Document (PAD; including
a proposed process plan and schedule)
with the Commission on behalf of the
Village of Enosburg Falls Municipal
Water and Light Department, pursuant
to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s
regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s website (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 at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction at 42 Village Drive,
Enosburg Falls, VT 05450.
o. The licensee states its unequivocal
intent to submit an application for a
new license for Project No. 2905.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and
16.10, each application for a new
license and any competing license
applications must be filed with the
Commission at least 24 months prior to
the expiration of the existing license.
All applications for license for this
project must be filed by April 30, 2021.
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p. 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.
Dated: June 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP18–506–000]
Portland Natural Gas Transmission
System; Notice of Applications
Take notice that on June 19, 2018,
Portland Natural Gas Transmission
System (Portland Natural Gas), 700
Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston,
TX 77002–2700, filed an application
under section 7(c) and 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C.
Sections 717f(c) and 717f(b), and Parts
157 and 284 of the Commission’s rules 1
and regulations for Phase III of the
Portland Xpress Project. Portland
Natural Gas requests authorization to
install one new 6,300 horsepower
compressor unit at the existing Eliot
Compressor Station located in York
County, Maine and modifications to the
infrastructure at the existing Westbrook
Compressor Station and Dracut
Metering and Regulating Station located
in Cumberland County, Maine and
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
respectively. Upon completion, the
project will increase the certificated
capacity on Portland Natural Gas’
wholly-owned north system from
Pittsburg, New Hampshire, to
Westbrook, Maine, by 24.375 MMcf/d,
and increase Portland Natural Gas’
certificated capacity on the system it
jointly owns with Maritimes &
Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. from
Westbrook, Maine, to Dracut,
Massachusetts by 22.339 MMcf/d.
Additionally, Portland Natural Gas is
requesting to abandon the leased
capacity previously requested in CP18–
479–000 and to acquire a proportionate
share of ownership interest in a
compressor unit at the Westbrook
Compressor Station. Portland Natural
Gas estimates the total cost of the
project to be $90.3 million, all as more
fully described in the application which
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is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection. The filing may also
be viewed on the web 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 at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions regarding this
application should be directed to Robert
Jackson, Manager, Certificates &
Regulatory Administration, Portland
Natural Gas Transmission System, 700
Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston,
Texas 77002–2700, or call (832) 320–
5487, or email: robert_jackson@
transcanada.com.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules (18 CFR 157.9),
within 90 days of this Notice, the
Commission staff will either: complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
all documents filed by the applicant and
by all other parties. A party must submit
7 copies of filings made in the
proceeding with the Commission and
must mail a copy to the applicant and
to every other party. Only parties to the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2905-033]
Village of Enosburg Falls, Municipal Water and Light Department;
Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application
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.: 2905-033.
c. Date Filed: April 30, 2018.
d. Submitted by: Village of Enosburg Falls, Vermont (Enosburg
Falls).
e. Name of Project: Enosburg Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Missisquoi River in the Village of Enosburg
Falls, Franklin County, Vermont. No federal lands are occupied by the
project works or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and 5.5 of the Commission's
regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Paul V. Nolan, Representative of
Village of Enosburg Falls, 5515 North 17th Street, Arlington, VA 22205-
2722; (703) 534-5509; email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: John Ramer at (202) 502-8969; or email at
[email protected].
j. Enosburg Falls filed its request to use the Traditional
Licensing Process on
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April 30, 2018 on behalf of the Village of Enosburg Falls Municipal
Water and Light Department, and provided public notice of the request
on April 27, 2018. In a letter dated June 28, 2018, the Director of the
Division of Hydropower Licensing approved Enosburg Falls' 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 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 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating
consultation with the Vermont State Historic Preservation Officer, as
required by section 106 of the 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 Enosburg Falls as the
Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act; and
consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. Enosburg Falls filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; including
a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission on behalf of
the Village of Enosburg Falls Municipal Water and Light Department,
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website
(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 at
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at
42 Village Drive, Enosburg Falls, VT 05450.
o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an
application for a new license for Project No. 2905. Pursuant to 18 CFR
16.8, 16.9, and 16.10, each application for a new license and any
competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at
least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All
applications for license for this project must be filed by April 30,
2021.
p. 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.
Dated: June 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-14568 Filed 7-6-18; 8:45 am]
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