Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Lake City 1st Branch Line Abandonment and Capacity Replacement Project, 12678-12679 [2021-04464]

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[FR Doc. 2021–04486 Filed 3–3–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP20–504–000] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Lake City 1st Branch Line Abandonment and Capacity Replacement Project The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the Lake City 1st Branch Line Abandonment and Capacity Replacement Project proposed by Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) in the abovereferenced docket. Northern requests authorization to abandon, construct, modify, and operate natural gas pipeline facilities in Webster and Calhoun Counties, Iowa. The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the Lake City 1st Branch Line Abandonment and Capacity Replacement 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. E:\FR\FM\04MRN1.SGM 04MRN1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 41 / Thursday, March 4, 2021 / Notices The proposed Lake City 1st Branch Line Abandonment and Capacity Replacement Project includes the following facilities/activities: • Abandon in-place 34.2 miles of the Lake City 1st branch line (4-inchdiameter pipeline) from milepost (MP) 0.00 to MP 34.15; • disconnect the abandoned segment of the Lake City 1st branch line pipeline from Northern’s existing pipelines at five locations; • uprate the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of 25.3 miles of the Lake City 2nd branch line (6-inch-diameter pipeline) and install a new take-off regulator setting to the Harcourt branch line pipeline; • uprate the MAOP of the Callender branch line (2-inch-diameter pipeline); • uprate the MAOP of the Manson 2nd branch line (4-inch-diameter pipeline) and install a new take-off regulator setting from the Manson 2nd branch line pipeline to the Manson 1st branch line pipeline and Rockwell City branch line pipeline; and • construct 9.2 miles of new 6-inchdiameter pipeline extension of the Lake City 2nd branch line, relocate a receiver to the Lake City Town Border Station (TBS), and install a new take-off valve setting for the Lohrville TBS. 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 natural gas environmental documents page (https:// www.ferc.gov/industries-data/naturalgas/environment/environmentaldocuments). In addition, the EA may be accessed by using the eLibrary link on the FERC’s website. Click on the eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ eLibrary/search), select ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket number in the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field (i.e. CP20– 504). 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 EA is not a decision document. It presents Commission staff’s independent analysis of the environmental issues for the Commission to consider when addressing the merits of all issues in this proceeding. Any person wishing to VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:27 Mar 03, 2021 Jkt 253001 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 pm Eastern Time on March 29, 2021. 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 FERC Online. 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 FERC Online. 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 Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP20–504–000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review of the Commission’s decision. 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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 41 (Thursday, March 4, 2021)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-504-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Lake City 1st Branch Line 
Abandonment and Capacity Replacement Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the Lake 
City 1st Branch Line Abandonment and Capacity Replacement Project 
proposed by Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) in the above-
referenced docket. Northern requests authorization to abandon, 
construct, modify, and operate natural gas pipeline facilities in 
Webster and Calhoun Counties, Iowa.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Lake City 1st Branch Line Abandonment 
and Capacity Replacement 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.

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    The proposed Lake City 1st Branch Line Abandonment and Capacity 
Replacement Project includes the following facilities/activities:
     Abandon in-place 34.2 miles of the Lake City 1st branch 
line (4-inch-diameter pipeline) from milepost (MP) 0.00 to MP 34.15;
     disconnect the abandoned segment of the Lake City 1st 
branch line pipeline from Northern's existing pipelines at five 
locations;
     uprate the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of 
25.3 miles of the Lake City 2nd branch line (6-inch-diameter pipeline) 
and install a new take-off regulator setting to the Harcourt branch 
line pipeline;
     uprate the MAOP of the Callender branch line (2-inch-
diameter pipeline);
     uprate the MAOP of the Manson 2nd branch line (4-inch-
diameter pipeline) and install a new take-off regulator setting from 
the Manson 2nd branch line pipeline to the Manson 1st branch line 
pipeline and Rockwell City branch line pipeline; and
     construct 9.2 miles of new 6-inch-diameter pipeline 
extension of the Lake City 2nd branch line, relocate a receiver to the 
Lake City Town Border Station (TBS), and install a new take-off valve 
setting for the Lohrville TBS.
    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 natural 
gas environmental documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents). In addition, the EA 
may be accessed by using the eLibrary link on the FERC's website. Click 
on the eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search), 
select ``General Search'' and enter the docket number in the ``Docket 
Number'' field (i.e. CP20-504). 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.
    The EA is not a decision document. It presents Commission staff's 
independent analysis of the environmental issues for the Commission to 
consider when addressing the merits of all issues in this proceeding. 
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 pm Eastern Time on March 29, 2021.
    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 
FERC Online. 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 FERC Online. 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 Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP20-
504-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service 
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 
20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, 
but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. 
Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review of 
the Commission's decision. At this point in this proceeding, the 
timeframe for filing timely intervention requests has expired. Any 
person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion 
to intervene out-of-time pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and 
(d)) and show good cause why the time limitation should be waived. 
Motions to intervene are more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides.
    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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 
register for eSubscription.

    Dated: February 26, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-04464 Filed 3-3-21; 8:45 am]
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