Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Worcester Resiliency Upgrade Project, 36806-36808 [2024-09597]
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Dated: April 29, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP23–536–000]
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company;
Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Worcester Resiliency
Upgrade Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
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Commission) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for the
Worcester Resiliency Upgrade Project,
proposed by Eastern Shore Natural Gas
Company (Eastern Shore) in the abovereferenced docket. Eastern Shore
requests authorization to construct and
operate facilities in Somerset,
Wicomico, and Worcester counties,
Maryland, and Sussex County,
Delaware.
Eastern Shore proposes to install five
liquified natural gas (LNG) storage
vessels and LNG vaporizers in
Worcester County, Maryland,
approximately 1.1 miles of 10-inchdiameter pipeline looping in Sussex
County, Delaware and Wicomico
County, Maryland, upgrades to an
existing pressure control station in
Sussex County, Delaware, and upgrades
to three existing meter and regulating
stations in Sussex County, Delaware and
Worcester and Somerset Counties,
Maryland. The Worcester Resiliency
Upgrade Project would store
approximately 475,000 gallons of LNG,
equivalent to 39,627 Dekatherms, and
provide 14,000 Dekatherms per day of
corresponding peak firm natural gas
transportation service. According to
Eastern Shore, its project would
enhance the resiliency of Eastern
Shore’s system.
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
Worcester Resiliency Upgrade Project in
accordance with the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that
approval of the proposed project would
not constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration participated as a
cooperating agency 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.
Specifically, the proposed Project
includes construction and operation of
five new facilities and upgrades to four
existing facilities in Sussex County,
Delaware, and Wicomico, Worcester,
and Somerset Counties, Maryland
including:
• Bishopville Facility, Worcester
County, Maryland: construct a 10.6-acre
LNG storage and vaporization facility
situated within a rural 135-acre parcel
that includes five 100,000-gallon
horizontal storage vessels, with
vaporization equipment and pumping
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systems to convert LNG to vapor for
pipeline transport;
• Bishopville Tie-in, Worcester
County, Maryland: construct 0.4 mile of
8-inch-diameter pipeline to connect the
Bishopville Facility to an Eastern
Shore’s existing Milford pipeline;
• Millsboro Controller Upgrade,
Sussex County, Delaware: upgrade
existing station to install two new
control valve runs to provide pressure
and directional control;
• Millsboro Tie-in, Sussex County,
Delaware: construct 0.4 mile of 10-inchdiameter pipeline extension to connect
the upgraded Millsboro Controller to the
Eastern Shore’s existing Milford
pipeline;
• Berlin Meter and Regulator (M&R)
Upgrade, Worcester County, Maryland:
replace approximately 350 feet of
existing belowground 3-inch tie-in with
a new 6-inch tie-in;
• Thompson M&R Upgrade, Somerset
County, Maryland: upgrade existing
M&R station, replacing the existing
meters;
• Selbyville M&R Upgrade, Sussex
County, Delaware: replace existing M&R
station with new meter and regulator
facilities;
• Delmar Receiver, Wicomico
County, Maryland: install new
aboveground Rupture Mitigation Valve
(RMV) and In-line Inspection (ILI)
Receiver and an access road located at
the new connection between the Delmar
Loop and the Parkesburg Line at the
southern end of the Delmar Loop
collocated east of US Route 13 (US 13);
and
• Delmar Loop, Wicomico County,
Maryland and Sussex County, Delaware:
construct 1.1 miles of 10-inch diameter
looping natural gas pipeline collocated
with an existing Eastern Shore pipeline
and US 13.
The Commission mailed a copy of the
Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the
Worcester Resiliency Upgrade Project 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/
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eLibrary/search), select ‘‘General
Search’’ and enter the docket number in
the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field, excluding
the last three digits (i.e., CP23–536). 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
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 5:00pm Eastern Time on May 28,
2024.
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
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(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
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on your letter. Submissions sent via the
U.S. Postal Service must be addressed
to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting
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Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A.
Reese, Acting 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/how-intervene.
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
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provides access to the texts of all formal
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rulemakings.
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Commission proceedings. OPP can help
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Dated: April 26, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–09597 Filed 5–2–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER24–1816–000]
High River Energy Center, LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
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landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
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rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: April 29, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–09686 Filed 5–2–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of High
River Energy Center, LLC’s application
for market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is May 20,
2024.
The Commission encourages
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interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
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who will eFile a document and/or be
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must create and validate an
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link to log on and submit the
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may mail similar pleadings to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426. Hand delivered submissions in
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Rockville, Maryland 20852.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP24–200–000]
Carlsbad Gateway, LLC; Notice of
Request Under Blanket Authorization
and Establishing Intervention and
Protest Deadline
Take notice that on April 19, 2024,
Carlsbad Gateway, LLC (Carlsbad
Gateway), 100 Congress, Suite 2200,
Austin Texas 78701, filed in the above
referenced docket, a prior notice request
pursuant to sections 157.205 and
157.208 of the Commission’s regulations
under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and
Carlsbad Gateway’s blanket certificate
issued in Docket No. CP18–538–000, for
authorization to construct and operate
approximately 20 miles of 20-inchdiamter lateral pipeline and associated
interconnect and meter station
originating at the tailgate of Targa
Resources’ Red Hills Processing Plant in
Lea County, New Mexico, and
terminating at an interconnection with
the Agua Blanca Pipeline in Loving
County, Texas (Lea County Expansion
Project). The project will allow Carlsbad
Gateway to transport 350,000
dekatherms per day. The estimated cost
for the project is $35 million, all as more
fully set forth in the request which is on
file with the Commission and open to
public inspection.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (https://
www.ferc.gov). From the Commission’s
Home Page on the internet, this
information is available on eLibrary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP23-536-000]
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Worcester Resiliency Upgrade
Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
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Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the
Worcester Resiliency Upgrade Project, proposed by Eastern Shore Natural
Gas Company (Eastern Shore) in the above-referenced docket. Eastern
Shore requests authorization to construct and operate facilities in
Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties, Maryland, and Sussex
County, Delaware.
Eastern Shore proposes to install five liquified natural gas (LNG)
storage vessels and LNG vaporizers in Worcester County, Maryland,
approximately 1.1 miles of 10-inch-diameter pipeline looping in Sussex
County, Delaware and Wicomico County, Maryland, upgrades to an existing
pressure control station in Sussex County, Delaware, and upgrades to
three existing meter and regulating stations in Sussex County, Delaware
and Worcester and Somerset Counties, Maryland. The Worcester Resiliency
Upgrade Project would store approximately 475,000 gallons of LNG,
equivalent to 39,627 Dekatherms, and provide 14,000 Dekatherms per day
of corresponding peak firm natural gas transportation service.
According to Eastern Shore, its project would enhance the resiliency of
Eastern Shore's system.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Worcester Resiliency Upgrade Project
in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval of the
proposed project would not constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
The Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration participated as a cooperating agency 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.
Specifically, the proposed Project includes construction and
operation of five new facilities and upgrades to four existing
facilities in Sussex County, Delaware, and Wicomico, Worcester, and
Somerset Counties, Maryland including:
Bishopville Facility, Worcester County, Maryland:
construct a 10.6-acre LNG storage and vaporization facility situated
within a rural 135-acre parcel that includes five 100,000-gallon
horizontal storage vessels, with vaporization equipment and pumping
systems to convert LNG to vapor for pipeline transport;
Bishopville Tie-in, Worcester County, Maryland: construct
0.4 mile of 8-inch-diameter pipeline to connect the Bishopville
Facility to an Eastern Shore's existing Milford pipeline;
Millsboro Controller Upgrade, Sussex County, Delaware:
upgrade existing station to install two new control valve runs to
provide pressure and directional control;
Millsboro Tie-in, Sussex County, Delaware: construct 0.4
mile of 10-inch-diameter pipeline extension to connect the upgraded
Millsboro Controller to the Eastern Shore's existing Milford pipeline;
Berlin Meter and Regulator (M&R) Upgrade, Worcester
County, Maryland: replace approximately 350 feet of existing
belowground 3-inch tie-in with a new 6-inch tie-in;
Thompson M&R Upgrade, Somerset County, Maryland: upgrade
existing M&R station, replacing the existing meters;
Selbyville M&R Upgrade, Sussex County, Delaware: replace
existing M&R station with new meter and regulator facilities;
Delmar Receiver, Wicomico County, Maryland: install new
aboveground Rupture Mitigation Valve (RMV) and In-line Inspection (ILI)
Receiver and an access road located at the new connection between the
Delmar Loop and the Parkesburg Line at the southern end of the Delmar
Loop collocated east of US Route 13 (US 13); and
Delmar Loop, Wicomico County, Maryland and Sussex County,
Delaware: construct 1.1 miles of 10-inch diameter looping natural gas
pipeline collocated with an existing Eastern Shore pipeline and US 13.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Worcester Resiliency Upgrade Project
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, excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP23-536). 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 5:00pm Eastern Time on May 28, 2024.
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 (CP23-
536-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting
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Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting 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/how-intervene.
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.
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
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: April 26, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-09597 Filed 5-2-24; 8:45 am]
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