Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Totem Enhanced Deliverability Project, 89989-89990 [2024-26489]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP24–124–000]
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Colorado Interstate Gas Company,
L.L.C.; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Totem Enhanced
Deliverability Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for the
2024 Totem Enhanced Deliverability
Project (Project), proposed by Colorado
Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. (CIG) in
the above-referenced docket. CIG
requests authorization to install,
replace, reclassify, operate, and abandon
certain natural gas pipeline facilities to
enable CIG to enhance its existing
Totem Natural Gas Storage Field (Totem
Storage Field), and provide 53,700
dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of increased
deliverability, facilitated by injection of
1 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of additional
base gas into the Totem Storage Field
occurring over two injection seasons in
Adams County, Colorado.
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
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 Project would consist of the
following facilities and activities:
• Installation of six new injection/
withdrawal (I/W) wells, each with a
wellhead and meter yard and 0.42 mile
of 6-inch-diameter lateral pipeline to
connect the new wells to gathering
lines;
• Reclassification of one existing I/W
well to an observation well;
• Line 254F–1:
Æ Replacement of 0.62 mile of 8-inchdiameter gathering pipeline with
approximately 0.72 mile of 12-inchdiameter gathering pipeline to connect
the Totem Compressor Station to
existing and new I/W wells;
Æ Replacement of approximately 0.12
mile of existing 6-inch-diameter
pipeline with approximately 0.08 mile
of new 4-inch and 6-inch-diameter
pipeline to interconnect with the new
12-inch-diameter segment;
Æ Installation of 7 new tap valves/
lateral tie-ins;
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Æ Replacement of the launcher/
receiver facilities;
• Line 254–2:
Æ Replacement of approximately 0.28
mile of existing 6-inch and 10-inchdiameter pipeline with approximately
0.26 mile of new 3-inch, 4-inch and 6inch-diameter pipeline to interconnect
with existing Line 254–2;
Æ Installation of 7 new tap valves/
lateral tie-ins;
• Abandonment in place of
approximately 0.4 mile of 3-inchdiameter on Line 254F–7;
• Installation of approximately 0.68
mile of new permanent access road that
would encircle each of the new I/W
wells; and
• Modifications at the existing Totem
Compressor Station including an
installation of new Vortex Separator,
new 6-inch bypass with actuated valve
and recommissioning of an existing
vessel V–5530 along with various piping
modifications.
The Commission mailed a copy of the
of the Notice of Availability of the EA
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, excluding
the last three digits (i.e., CP24–124). 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
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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 p.m. Eastern Time on December
9, 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
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 (CP24–124–000)
on your letter. Submissions sent via the
U.S. Postal Service must be addressed
to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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,
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
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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 OPP@
ferc.gov.
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: November 7, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–26489 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP24–529–000]
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Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company,
L.L.C.; Notice of Scoping Period
Requesting Comments on
Environmental Issues for the Proposed
507g Line Abandonment Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental document, that will
discuss the environmental impacts of
the 507G Line Abandonment Project
involving construction and operation of
facilities by Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company, L.L.C. (Tennessee) in Acadia,
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Vermilion, Iberia, and St. Mary Parishes,
Louisiana. The Commission will use
this environmental document in its
decision-making process to determine
whether the project is in the public
convenience and necessity.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping process the Commission
will use to gather input from the public
and interested agencies regarding the
project. As part of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
review process, the Commission takes
into account concerns the public may
have about proposals and the
environmental impacts that could result
from its action whenever it considers
the issuance of an authorization. This
gathering of public input is referred to
as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the
scoping process is to focus the analysis
in the environmental document on the
important environmental issues.
Additional information about the
Commission’s NEPA process is
described below in the NEPA Process
and Environmental Document section of
this notice.
By this notice, the Commission
requests public comments on the scope
of issues to address in the
environmental document. To ensure
that your comments are timely and
properly recorded, please submit your
comments so that the Commission
receives them in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00pm Eastern Time on
December 9, 2024. Comments may be
submitted in written form. Further
details on how to submit comments are
provided in the Public Participation
section of this notice.
Your comments should focus on the
potential environmental effects,
reasonable alternatives, and measures to
avoid or lessen environmental impacts.
Your input will help the Commission
staff determine what issues they need to
evaluate in the environmental
document. Commission staff will
consider all written comments during
the preparation of the environmental
document.
If you submitted comments on this
project to the Commission before the
opening of this docket on September 30,
2024, you will need to file those
comments in Docket No. CP24–529–000
to ensure they are considered as part of
this proceeding.
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
mailing list for this project. State and
local government representatives should
notify their constituents of this
proposed project and encourage them to
comment on their areas of concern.
Tennessee provided landowners with
a fact sheet prepared by the FERC
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entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
To Know?’’ which addresses typically
asked questions, including the use of
eminent domain and how to participate
in the Commission’s proceedings. This
fact sheet along with other landowner
topics of interest are available for
viewing on the FERC website
(www.ferc.gov) under the Natural Gas,
Landowner Topics link.
Public Participation
There are three methods you can use
to submit your comments to the
Commission. Please carefully follow
these instructions so that your
comments are properly recorded. The
Commission encourages electronic filing
of comments and has staff available to
assist you at (866) 208–3676 or
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.
(1) You can file your comments
electronically using the eComment
feature, which is located on the
Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov)
under the link to FERC Online. Using
eComment is an easy method for
submitting brief, text-only comments on
a project;
(2) You can file your comments
electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is located 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
will be asked to select the type of filing
you are making; a comment on a
particular project is considered a
‘‘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 (CP24–529–000)
on your letter. Submissions sent via the
U.S. Postal Service must be addressed
to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Additionally, the Commission offers a
free service called eSubscription which
makes it easy to stay informed of all
issuances and submittals regarding the
dockets/projects to which you
subscribe. These instant email
notifications are the fastest way to
receive notification and provide a link
to the document files which can reduce
the amount of time you spend
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP24-124-000]
Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Availability
of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Totem Enhanced
Deliverability Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 2024
Totem Enhanced Deliverability Project (Project), proposed by Colorado
Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. (CIG) in the above-referenced docket.
CIG requests authorization to install, replace, reclassify, operate,
and abandon certain natural gas pipeline facilities to enable CIG to
enhance its existing Totem Natural Gas Storage Field (Totem Storage
Field), and provide 53,700 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of increased
deliverability, facilitated by injection of 1 billion cubic feet (Bcf)
of additional base gas into the Totem Storage Field occurring over two
injection seasons in Adams County, Colorado.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the 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 Project would consist of the following facilities and
activities:
Installation of six new injection/withdrawal (I/W) wells,
each with a wellhead and meter yard and 0.42 mile of 6-inch-diameter
lateral pipeline to connect the new wells to gathering lines;
Reclassification of one existing I/W well to an
observation well;
Line 254F-1:
[cir] Replacement of 0.62 mile of 8-inch-diameter gathering
pipeline with approximately 0.72 mile of 12-inch-diameter gathering
pipeline to connect the Totem Compressor Station to existing and new I/
W wells;
[cir] Replacement of approximately 0.12 mile of existing 6-inch-
diameter pipeline with approximately 0.08 mile of new 4-inch and 6-
inch-diameter pipeline to interconnect with the new 12-inch-diameter
segment;
[cir] Installation of 7 new tap valves/lateral tie-ins;
[cir] Replacement of the launcher/receiver facilities;
Line 254-2:
[cir] Replacement of approximately 0.28 mile of existing 6-inch and
10-inch-diameter pipeline with approximately 0.26 mile of new 3-inch,
4-inch and 6-inch-diameter pipeline to interconnect with existing Line
254-2;
[cir] Installation of 7 new tap valves/lateral tie-ins;
Abandonment in place of approximately 0.4 mile of 3-inch-
diameter on Line 254F-7;
Installation of approximately 0.68 mile of new permanent
access road that would encircle each of the new I/W wells; and
Modifications at the existing Totem Compressor Station
including an installation of new Vortex Separator, new 6-inch bypass
with actuated valve and recommissioning of an existing vessel V-5530
along with various piping modifications.
The Commission mailed a copy of the of the Notice of Availability
of the EA 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.,
CP24-124). 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 p.m. Eastern Time on December 9, 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 (CP24-
124-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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, 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
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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: November 7, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-26489 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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