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Dated: February 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP18–186–000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC; Notice of Availability
of the Environmental Assessment for
the Proposed Southeastern Trail
Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for the
Southeastern Trail Project, proposed by
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC (Transco) in the abovereferenced docket. Transco requests
authorization to construct and operate
about 7.7 miles of new natural gas
pipeline located along the existing
Transco Mainline, expand three existing
compressor stations in Virginia, and
modify 21 existing facilities in South
Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana.
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
Southeastern Trail Project in accordance
with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
FERC staff concludes that approval of
the proposed project, with appropriate
mitigating measures, would not
constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The specific facilities proposed as
part of the Southeastern Trail Project are
as follows:
b Manassas Loop in Fauquier and
Prince William Counties, Virginia:
Construction of approximately 7.7 miles
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of new 42-inch-diameter pipeline loop,1
co-located along the Transco Mainline
from milepost 1568.13 to 1575.85;
b Compressor Station 185 in Prince
William County, Virginia: Uprating the
existing electric-driven compression
unit driver from 25,000 to 30,000
horsepower (HP);
b Compressor Station 175 in
Fluvanna County, Virginia: Installing
one new 22,490 HP turbine-driven
compression unit, uprating the existing
electric-driven compression unit driver
from 33,000 to 41,250 HP;
b Compressor Station 165 in
Pittsylvania County, Virginia: Installing
two new 22,490 HP turbine-driven
compression units and abandoning 10
compressor units (totaling 20,000 HP)
and related equipment;
b flow reversal modifications and/or
deodorization modifications at:
Æ Compressor Station 65 in St.
Helena Parish, Louisiana;
Æ Compressor Station 115 in Coweta
County, Georgia;
Æ Compressor Station 116 in Carroll
County, Georgia;
Æ Compressor Station 120 in Henry
County, Georgia;
Æ Compressor Station 125 in Walton
County, Georgia;
Æ Compressor Station 130 in Madison
County, Georgia;
Æ Compressor Station 135 in
Anderson County, South Carolina;
Æ Compressor Station 140 in
Spartanburg County, South Carolina;
and
Æ installation of deodorization
facilities at 13 existing mainline valve
facilities in South Carolina and Georgia
along the Transco Mainline.
The Commission mailed a copy of this
Notice of Availability 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. The EA is only available in
electronic format. It may be viewed and
downloaded from the FERC’s website
(www.ferc.gov), on the Environmental
Documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/
industries/gas/enviro/eis.asp). In
addition, the EA may be accessed by
using the eLibrary link on the FERC’s
website. Click on the eLibrary link
(https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp), click on General Search,
and enter the docket number in the
‘‘Docket Number’’ field, excluding the
last three digits (i.e., CP18–186). Be sure
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parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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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.
Any person wishing to comment on
the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on EA’s disclosure and
discussion of 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 the
Commission has the opportunity to
consider your comments prior to
making its decision on this project, it is
important that we receive your
comments in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March
11, 2019.
For your convenience, there are three
methods you can use to file your
comments to the Commission. The
Commission encourages electronic filing
of comments and has staff available to
assist you at (866) 208–3676 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 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. Be sure to reference
the project docket number (CP18–186–
000) with your submission: 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). Motions
to intervene are more fully described at
https://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/
how-to/intervene.asp. Only intervenors
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have the right to seek rehearing or
judicial review of the Commission’s
decision. The Commission may grant
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. The eLibrary link also
provides access to the texts of all 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 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2035–099]
City and County of Denver, Colorado;
Notice of Availability of Final
Supplemental Environmental
Assessment
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission or FERC)
regulations, 18 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 380, Commission
staff prepared a Final Supplemental
Environmental Assessment
(Supplemental EA), to supplement a
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps)
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(Final EIS) completed on April 25, 2014.
The Corps’ Final EIS addressed a
proposal by the City and County of
Denver, Colorado (Denver Water) to
enlarge its Moffat Collection System.
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The Commission acted as a cooperating
agency in the preparation of the Final
EIS because Gross Reservoir, a
component of the Moffat Collection
System which would be enlarged under
the proposal, is also a feature of the
Commission-licensed Gross Reservoir
Hydroelectric Project No. 2035. On
November 25, 2016, Denver Water filed
with the Commission its application to
raise the project’s Gross Dam, enlarge
Gross Reservoir, and amend the project
license. The project is located on South
Boulder Creek near the City of Boulder,
Boulder County, Colorado. It occupies a
total of 1,056.92 acres of federal lands
within the Roosevelt National Forest
administered by the U.S. Forest Service,
and lands administered by the U.S.
Bureau of Land Management.
The Final Supplemental EA analyzes
potential environmental effects specific
to a Commission approval of Denver
Water’s proposal, including amendment
of the project license, which were not
addressed in the 2014 Final EIS. Based
on staff’s independent analysis in the
Supplemental EA, Commission
approval of Denver Water’s proposal, as
mitigated by the environmental
measures discussed in the Final
Supplemental EA, would not constitute
a major federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment.
A copy of the Final Supplemental EA
is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference
Room or may be viewed on the
Commission’s website at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp
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 or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
202–502–8659.
For further information, contact
Rebecca Martin by telephone at 202–
502–6012 or by email at
Rebecca.Martin@ferc.gov.
Dated: February 8, 2019.
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
Comment Period Extension
On November 8, 2018, the Village of
Enosburg Falls, Vermont held a public
meeting and site visit in support of the
re-licensing process for the Enosburg
Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 2905.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8(b)(5),
participants must file comments within
60 days of the public meeting. Due to
the funding lapse at certain federal
agencies between December 22, 2018
and January 25, 2019, the Commission
is extending the comment period to
February 12, 2019.
Dated: February 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–02341 Filed 2–13–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–3–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–546); Consolidated
Comment Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is submitting its
information collection FERC–546
(Certificated Rate Filings: Gas Pipeline
Rates) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review of the
information collection requirements.
Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and
should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
previously published a Notice in the
Federal Register on 11/2/2018,
requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–546 and will make this
notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by March 18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP18-186-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed
Southeastern Trail Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the
Southeastern Trail Project, proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC (Transco) in the above-referenced docket. Transco requests
authorization to construct and operate about 7.7 miles of new natural
gas pipeline located along the existing Transco Mainline, expand three
existing compressor stations in Virginia, and modify 21 existing
facilities in South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Southeastern Trail Project in
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed
project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a
major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human
environment.
The specific facilities proposed as part of the Southeastern Trail
Project are as follows:
[ballot] Manassas Loop in Fauquier and Prince William Counties,
Virginia: Construction of approximately 7.7 miles of new 42-inch-
diameter pipeline loop,\1\ co-located along the Transco Mainline from
milepost 1568.13 to 1575.85;
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to
an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ballot] Compressor Station 185 in Prince William County, Virginia:
Uprating the existing electric-driven compression unit driver from
25,000 to 30,000 horsepower (HP);
[ballot] Compressor Station 175 in Fluvanna County, Virginia:
Installing one new 22,490 HP turbine-driven compression unit, uprating
the existing electric-driven compression unit driver from 33,000 to
41,250 HP;
[ballot] Compressor Station 165 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia:
Installing two new 22,490 HP turbine-driven compression units and
abandoning 10 compressor units (totaling 20,000 HP) and related
equipment;
[ballot] flow reversal modifications and/or deodorization
modifications at:
[cir] Compressor Station 65 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana;
[cir] Compressor Station 115 in Coweta County, Georgia;
[cir] Compressor Station 116 in Carroll County, Georgia;
[cir] Compressor Station 120 in Henry County, Georgia;
[cir] Compressor Station 125 in Walton County, Georgia;
[cir] Compressor Station 130 in Madison County, Georgia;
[cir] Compressor Station 135 in Anderson County, South Carolina;
[cir] Compressor Station 140 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina;
and
[cir] installation of deodorization facilities at 13 existing
mainline valve facilities in South Carolina and Georgia along the
Transco Mainline.
The Commission mailed a copy of this Notice of Availability 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. The EA is only available in electronic format. It may be viewed
and downloaded from the FERC's website (www.ferc.gov), on the
Environmental Documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/enviro/eis.asp). In addition, the EA may be accessed by using the
eLibrary link on the FERC's website. Click on the eLibrary link
(https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp), click on General
Search, and enter the docket number in the ``Docket Number'' field,
excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP18-186). 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.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on EA's disclosure and discussion of 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 the Commission has the
opportunity to consider your comments prior to making its decision on
this project, it is important that we receive your comments in
Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 11, 2019.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file
your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic
filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-
3676 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 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. Be sure to reference the project docket number
(CP18-186-000) with your submission: 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). Motions to intervene are more
fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. Only intervenors
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have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review of the Commission's
decision. The Commission may grant 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. The eLibrary link
also provides access to the texts of all 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/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
Dated: February 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-02344 Filed 2-13-19; 8:45 am]
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