East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Ridgeline Expansion Project, 106472-106473 [2024-31338]
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Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. All
filings must clearly identify the project
name and docket number on the first
page: Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage
Hydroelectric Project (P–2725–076).
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The Rocky Mountain Pumped
Storage Project consists of the following
existing facilities: (1) a 120-foot-high,
12,895-foot-long earth and rockfill
upper dam; (2) a 221 acre upper
reservoir with 10,650 acre-feet of storage
and a normal operating pool elevation of
1,392 feet NAVD88; (3) a 35-footdiameter, 567-foot-high concrete-lined
power shaft; (4) a 35-foot-diameter,
1,935-foot-long concrete lined tunnel
with two concrete lined bifurcations; (5)
three 19-foot-diameter, 470-foot-long
steel lined penstocks; (6) a 348-footlong, 156-foot-wide, 175-foot-high
powerhouse containing three reversible
Francis pump-turbines, with a
combined installed capacity of 904
megawatts; (7) three 230 kilovolt, 2.7mile-long transmission lines; (8) a
substation; and (9) appurtenant
facilities.
The project has reserve storage water
contained in two auxiliary pools
adjacent to the lower reservoir. Pool I’s
surface area is 400 acres and is formed
by four dams. The pool I dams consist
of: (a) a 25-foot-high earthen dam of
unspecified length; (b) a 20-foot-high,
775-foot-long earth and rockfill dam; (c)
a 50-foot-high, 700-foot-long earth and
rockfill dam; (d) a 50-foot-high, 405foot-long earth and rockfill dam. Pool II
surface area is 200 acres and is formed
by a 30-foot-high, 335-foot-long earth
and rockfill dam.
The Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage
Project is operated in a pumped storage
mode and OPC proposes to continue
operating the project in that mode.
o. A copy of the application can be
viewed on the Commission’s website at
https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
the docket number field to access the
document (P–2725). For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
tollfree, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502–
8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
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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.
p. Procedural schedule and final
amendments: The application will be
processed according to the following
preliminary schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).
Request for Additional Information.
Issue Notice of Acceptance ........
Issue Scoping Document 1 for
comments.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if
necessary).
February 2025.
February 2025.
May 2025.
June 2025.
August 2025.
q. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of the notice of ready
for environmental analysis.
Dated: December 18, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–30864 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. CP23–516–000; CP23–516–
001]
East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC;
Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Ridgeline Expansion
Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Ridgeline Expansion Project
(Project), proposed by East Tennessee
Natural Gas, LLC (East Tennessee) in the
above-referenced docket. East Tennessee
requests authorization to construct and
operate 122.2 miles of 30-inch-diameter
natural gas pipeline and associated
facilities in Trousdale, Smith, Jackson,
Putnam, Overton, Fentress, Morgan, and
Roane Counties, Tennessee. The
purpose of the Project is to provide
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about 300,000 dekatherms per day of
new firm natural gas transportation
capacity and up to 95,000 dekatherms of
customized delivery service (i.e.,
peaking service) from multiple
providers to the site of Tennessee Valley
Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant.
The final EIS 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 have some
limited adverse environmental effects;
however, with implementation of East
Tennessee’s impact avoidance,
minimization, and mitigation measures,
as well as adherence to the mitigation
measures recommended in the EIS,
these effects would be avoided,
mitigated, or reduced to less-thansignificant levels.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, and the National Park
Service participated as cooperating
agencies in the preparation of the EIS.
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 USACE will adopt and use
the EIS to consider the issuance of an
Individual Permit under section 404 of
the Clean Water Act. Although the
USACE provided input to the
conclusions and recommendations
presented in the final EIS, the USACE
will present its own conclusions and
recommendations in its Record of
Decision for the Project.
The final EIS addresses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
following Project facilities, all in the
State of Tennessee:
• 122.2 miles of 30-inch-diameter
pipeline in Trousdale, Smith, Jackson,
Putnam, Overton, Fentress, Morgan, and
Roane Counties, including 4.0 miles of
header pipeline and 118.2 miles of
mainline pipeline (collectively referred
to as the Mainline);
• a new 14,600-horsepower, electricdriven compressor station (Hartsville
Compressor Station) and an associated
solar array to partially power the facility
in Trousdale County;
• a new meter and regulating station
to receive gas from Columbia Gulf
Transmission, LLC in Trousdale County;
• modifications to two existing meter
and regulating stations to receive gas
from Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
and Midwestern Gas Transmission
Company in Trousdale County;
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• a new delivery meter station to
measure gas delivered to the Kingston
Fossil Plant in Roane County; and
• related appurtenances.
East Tennessee also proposes to
remove approximately 24 miles of
previously abandoned-in-place pipe
segments along East Tennessee’s
existing 22-inch-diameter Line 3100–1
associated with various prior pipeline
replacement projects. East Tennessee
would relay the new 30-inch-diameter
Mainline pipe into the same trench.
The Commission mailed a copy of the
Notice of Availability to Federal and
State resources agencies, elected
officials, environmental groups and
non-governmental organizations, Native
American Tribes, potentially affected
landowners, local libraries and
newspapers, and other stakeholders.
The final EIS is only available in
electronic format. It may be viewed and
downloaded from 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 final EIS
may be accessed by using the eLibrary
link on 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. CP23–516). 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 final EIS 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. 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
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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 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 https://www.ferc.gov/
ferc-online/overview to register for
eSubscription.
Dated: December 20, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–31338 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Colorado River Storage Project—Rate
Order No. WAPA–220
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed transmission
and ancillary services formula rates.
AGENCY:
The Colorado River Storage
Project (CRSP) Management Center (MC)
of the Western Area Power
Administration (WAPA) proposes new
formula rates for CRSP transmission and
ancillary services for CRSP MC’s costs
to be recovered under the Southwest
Power Pool’s (SPP) Open Access
Transmission Tariff (Tariff) should
CRSP MC decide to become a member
of SPP. The proposed formula rates will
become effective on the latter of CRSP
MC’s membership date or the go-live
date of the expansion of the SPP
Regional Transmission Organization
(RTO) into the Western Interconnection
(scheduled for April 1, 2026, as of the
date of this notice) and will remain in
effect for 5 years from the effective date,
which with an effective date of April 1,
2026, will be March 31, 2031, or until
superseded.
DATES: A consultation and comment
period will begin December 30, 2024
and end March 31, 2025. CRSP MC will
present a detailed explanation of the
proposed formula rates and other
modifications at a public information
forum that will be held on February 19,
2025, at 2 p.m. MST to no later than 3
p.m. MST. CRSP MC will also host a
public comment forum on February 19,
2025, at 3:15 p.m. MST to no later than
4 p.m. MST. The public information
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forum and the public comment forum
will be conducted virtually. Instructions
for participating in the forums will be
posted on CRSP MC’s Rates website at
least 14 days prior to the public
information and comment forums at:
www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/regions/
crsp/rates/2026-rate-adjustmenttransmission-and-ancillary-services/.
CRSP MC will accept comments any
time during the consultation and
comment period.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
requests to be informed of Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
actions concerning the proposed
formula rates submitted by WAPA to
FERC for approval should be sent to:
Rodney G. Bailey, CRSP Manager,
Colorado River Storage Project
Management Center, Western Area
Power Administration, 1800 South Rio
Grande Avenue, Montrose, CO 81401, or
email CRSPMC-rate-adj@wapa.gov.
CRSP MC will post information about
the proposed formula rates and written
comments received to its rates website
at: www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/regions/
crsp/rates/2026-rate-adjustmenttransmission-and-ancillary-services/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tamala D. Gheller, Rates Manager,
Colorado River Storage Project
Management Center, Western Area
Power Administration, (970) 240–6545
or email: gheller@wapa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April
28, 2023, WAPA published a Federal
Register notice titled ‘‘Recommendation
for the Western Area Power
Administration’s Rocky Mountain
Region and Colorado River Storage
Project Management Center to Pursue
Final Negotiations Regarding
Membership in the Southwest Power
Pool Regional Transmission
Organization, and for the Upper Great
Plains Region to Expand its
Participation’’ (88 FR 26298). On June 4,
2024, SPP submitted revisions to its
Tariff, Bylaws, and Membership
Agreement to expand the SPP RTO into
the Western Interconnection to FERC.1
If SPP succeeds in obtaining FERC’s
approval of its Tariff, Bylaws, and
Membership Agreement revisions, and
upon further approval by the
Administrator, CRSP MC plans to
become a member of SPP.2
1 Southwest Power Pool, Inc., Submission of
Revisions to Tariff, Bylaws, and Membership
Agreement to Expand the Regional Transmission
Organization into the Western Interconnections
(Part 1 of 2) and (Part 2 of 2), Docket Nos. ER24–
2184, ER24–2185 (June 4, 2024).
2 WAPA’s Rocky Mountain region also plans to
become a member of the SPP RTO, and WAPA’s
Upper Great Plains region plans to expand its
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP23-516-000; CP23-516-001]
East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC; Notice of Availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Ridgeline
Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Ridgeline Expansion Project (Project), proposed by East
Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC (East Tennessee) in the above-referenced
docket. East Tennessee requests authorization to construct and operate
122.2 miles of 30-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline and associated
facilities in Trousdale, Smith, Jackson, Putnam, Overton, Fentress,
Morgan, and Roane Counties, Tennessee. The purpose of the Project is to
provide about 300,000 dekatherms per day of new firm natural gas
transportation capacity and up to 95,000 dekatherms of customized
delivery service (i.e., peaking service) from multiple providers to the
site of Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant.
The final EIS 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 have some
limited adverse environmental effects; however, with implementation of
East Tennessee's impact avoidance, minimization, and mitigation
measures, as well as adherence to the mitigation measures recommended
in the EIS, these effects would be avoided, mitigated, or reduced to
less-than-significant levels.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National
Park Service participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation of
the EIS. 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 USACE will adopt and
use the EIS to consider the issuance of an Individual Permit under
section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Although the USACE provided input
to the conclusions and recommendations presented in the final EIS, the
USACE will present its own conclusions and recommendations in its
Record of Decision for the Project.
The final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following Project facilities, all in
the State of Tennessee:
122.2 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline in Trousdale,
Smith, Jackson, Putnam, Overton, Fentress, Morgan, and Roane Counties,
including 4.0 miles of header pipeline and 118.2 miles of mainline
pipeline (collectively referred to as the Mainline);
a new 14,600-horsepower, electric-driven compressor
station (Hartsville Compressor Station) and an associated solar array
to partially power the facility in Trousdale County;
a new meter and regulating station to receive gas from
Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC in Trousdale County;
modifications to two existing meter and regulating
stations to receive gas from Texas Eastern Transmission, LP and
Midwestern Gas Transmission Company in Trousdale County;
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a new delivery meter station to measure gas delivered to
the Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County; and
related appurtenances.
East Tennessee also proposes to remove approximately 24 miles of
previously abandoned-in-place pipe segments along East Tennessee's
existing 22-inch-diameter Line 3100-1 associated with various prior
pipeline replacement projects. East Tennessee would relay the new 30-
inch-diameter Mainline pipe into the same trench.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability to
Federal and State resources agencies, elected officials, environmental
groups and non-governmental organizations, Native American Tribes,
potentially affected landowners, local libraries and newspapers, and
other stakeholders. The final EIS is only available in electronic
format. It may be viewed and downloaded from 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 final EIS may be accessed by
using the eLibrary link on 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. CP23-516). 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 final EIS 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. 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 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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to
register for eSubscription.
Dated: December 20, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-31338 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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