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2019.
Antionette M. Watkins,
Acting Deputy Committee Management
Officer.
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of Open Meeting
Office of Electricity,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
meeting of the Electricity Advisory
Committee. The Federal Advisory
Committee Act requires that public
notice of these meetings be announced
in the Federal Register.
DATES:
Wednesday, June 19, 2019; 12:00 p.m.–
6:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, June 20, 2019; 8:00 a.m.–
12:00 p.m. EST
ADDRESSES: National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association, First Floor
Conference Room, 4301 Wilson Blvd.,
Arlington, Virginia 22203 (Ballston
Metro Stop).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Lawrence, Office of
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Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
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provisions of the Federal Advisory
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Tentative Agenda
June 19, 2019
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Registration
1:00 p.m.–1:20 p.m. Welcome,
Introductions, Developments since
the March 2019 Meeting
1:20 p.m.–1:40 p.m. Update on Office
of Electricity Programs and
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1:40 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Update of Office
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2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Presentation on
Electric Power Research Institute
Report on Electromagnetic Pulse
and Geomagnetic Disturbance
2:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Introduction to
Bulk Power Operating Reserves
3:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Panel Session:
Optimizing Bulk Power Operating
Reserves
5:00 p.m.–5:15 p.m. Break
5:15 p.m.–5:45 p.m. Energy Storage
Subcommittee Update
5:45 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Wrap-up and
Adjourn Day 1
June 20, 2019
8:00 a.m.–8:10 a.m. Day 2 Opening
Remarks
8:10 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Discussion of
Energy Storage Deployment Risks
8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Panel Session:
Risk Mitigation for Energy Storage
Deployment
10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Break
11:45 a.m.–11:05 a.m. Discussion of
Office of Electricity Transmission
Permitting and Technical
Assistance division State Assistance
Activities
11:05 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Smart Grid
Subcommittee Update
11:30 a.m.–11:40 a.m. Public
Comments
11:40 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Wrap-up and
Adjourn
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offer public comments at the EAC
meeting may do so on Thursday, June
20, 2019, but must register at the
registration table in advance.
Approximately 10 minutes will be
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allotted per speaker will depend on the
number who wish to speak but is not
expected to exceed three minutes.
Anyone who is not able to attend the
meeting, or for whom the allotted public
comments time is insufficient to address
pertinent issues with the EAC, is invited
to send a written statement identified by
‘‘Electricity Advisory Committee Open
Meeting,’’ to Mr. Christopher Lawrence
at 202–586–1472 (Fax) or email:
Christopher.lawrence@hq.doe.gov.
Minutes: The minutes of the EAC
meeting will be posted on the EAC web
page at https://energy.gov/oe/services/
electricity-advisory-committee-eac.
They can also be obtained by contacting
Mr. Christopher Lawrence at the address
above.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 20,
2019.
Antionette M. Watkins,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP18–137–000]
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Buckeye XPpress Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for the
Buckeye XPress Project, proposed by
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
(Columbia) in the above-referenced
docket. Columbia requests authorization
to construct and operate facilities in
Vinton, Jackson, Gallia, and Lawrence
Counties, Ohio and Wayne County,
West Virginia. The Buckeye XPress
Project would increase the firm natural
gas transportation capacity on
Columbia’s system by 275 million cubic
feet per day.
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
Buckeye XPress 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
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mitigating measures, would not
constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
and the U.S. Forest Service participated
as cooperating agencies in the
preparation of the EA. Cooperating
agencies have jurisdiction by law or
special expertise with respect to
resources potentially affected by the
proposal and participate in the NEPA
analysis. The U.S. Forest Service and
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will
adopt the EA to fulfill their agency’s
NEPA obligations. The USFS will use
the EA, as well as other supporting
documentation, to consider the issuance
of a special use permit authorization for
the portion of the project on National
Forest System lands. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers will use the EA and
supporting documentation to consider
the issuance of Clean Water Act Section
404 and Rivers and Harbors Act Section
10 permits. Although the cooperating
agencies provided input to the
conclusions and recommendations
presented in the EA, the agencies will
present their own conclusions and
recommendations in their respective
Records of Decision for the project.
The proposed Buckeye XPress Project
includes the following facilities:
• 66.1 miles of new, 36-inch-diameter
natural gas pipeline and various
associated facilities, including four new
tie-ins, four new mainline valves,
various other appurtenant facilities, and
installation of over-pressure protection
at three locations (together resulting in
a new R–801 system);
• 0.2 mile of new 4-inch-diameter
pipeline for the Wellston Lateral;
• a new regulation run at the existing
Ceredo Compressor Station;
• abandonment of 58.7 miles of
existing 20-inch-diameter pipeline and
associated facilities on Columbia’s R–
501 system;
• abandonment of 1.1 miles of 2- to
3-inch-diameter distribution pipeline on
Columbia’s R–530 system; and
• abandonment of 2.1 miles of
existing 20- and 24-inch-diameter
pipeline and associated facilities on
Columbia’s R–500 system.
The Commission mailed a copy of the
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
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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., CP18–137–000). 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 the 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 June
19, 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
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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 (CP18–137–
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 (Title 18 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 385.214).
Motions to intervene are more fully
described at https://www.ferc.gov/
resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.
Only intervenors 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 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: May 20, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–10877 Filed 5–23–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP18-137-000]
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Buckeye XPpress Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the
Buckeye XPress Project, proposed by Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
(Columbia) in the above-referenced docket. Columbia requests
authorization to construct and operate facilities in Vinton, Jackson,
Gallia, and Lawrence Counties, Ohio and Wayne County, West Virginia.
The Buckeye XPress Project would increase the firm natural gas
transportation capacity on Columbia's system by 275 million cubic feet
per day.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Buckeye XPress 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
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mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Forest Service
participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EA.
Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special expertise with
respect to resources potentially affected by the proposal and
participate in the NEPA analysis. The U.S. Forest Service and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers will adopt the EA to fulfill their agency's
NEPA obligations. The USFS will use the EA, as well as other supporting
documentation, to consider the issuance of a special use permit
authorization for the portion of the project on National Forest System
lands. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use the EA and supporting
documentation to consider the issuance of Clean Water Act Section 404
and Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10 permits. Although the cooperating
agencies provided input to the conclusions and recommendations
presented in the EA, the agencies will present their own conclusions
and recommendations in their respective Records of Decision for the
project.
The proposed Buckeye XPress Project includes the following
facilities:
66.1 miles of new, 36-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline
and various associated facilities, including four new tie-ins, four new
mainline valves, various other appurtenant facilities, and installation
of over-pressure protection at three locations (together resulting in a
new R-801 system);
0.2 mile of new 4-inch-diameter pipeline for the Wellston
Lateral;
a new regulation run at the existing Ceredo Compressor
Station;
abandonment of 58.7 miles of existing 20-inch-diameter
pipeline and associated facilities on Columbia's R-501 system;
abandonment of 1.1 miles of 2- to 3-inch-diameter
distribution pipeline on Columbia's R-530 system; and
abandonment of 2.1 miles of existing 20- and 24-inch-
diameter pipeline and associated facilities on Columbia's R-500 system.
The Commission mailed a copy of the 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., CP18-137-000). 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, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the 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 June 19, 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 [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 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
(CP18-137-000) 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 (Title 18 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
Part 385.214). Motions to intervene are more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. Only intervenors
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 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: May 20, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-10877 Filed 5-23-19; 8:45 am]
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