[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2676-2677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-700]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP10-492-000]
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Line 1278-Line K Expansion
Project
January 7, 2011.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared this environmental assessment (EA) for the
Line 1278-Line K Expansion Project proposed by Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC (Columbia) in the above-referenced docket. Columbia
requests authorization to abandon and replace natural gas pipeline
facilities in Pike County, Pennsylvania and Orange County, New York.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Line 1278-Line K Expansion Project in
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (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.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers elected to act as a cooperating
agency in the preparation of this EA. Cooperating agencies have
jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resource
potentially affected by Columbia's proposal and participate in the NEPA
analysis.
The proposed project would remove and replace approximately 17
miles of Columbia's existing pipelines and related facilities, mainly
within the same ditch or right-of-way of the existing pipeline.
Columbia's existing pipelines extend in a northeasterly direction
towards Millennium Pipeline Company's existing Wagoner Compressor
Station in Sparrowbush, New York.
The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is
available for public viewing on the FERC's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. A limited number of copies of the
EA are available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street,
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
Copies of the EA have been mailed to federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; public
interest groups; Native American tribes; potentially affected
landowners and other interested individuals and groups; newspapers and
libraries in the project area; and parties to this proceeding.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to lessen or avoid environmental impacts.
The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To
ensure that your comments are properly recorded and considered prior to
a Commission decision on the proposal, it is important that we receive
your comments in Washington, DC on or before February 7, 2011.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the
project docket number (CP10-492-000) with your submission. The
Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has dedicated
eFiling expert staff available to assist you at 202-502-8258 or
[email protected].
(1) You may file your comments electronically by using the eComment
feature, which is located on the Commission's Internet Web site at
http://www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings. An
eComment is an easy method for interested persons to submit brief,
text-only comments on a project;
(2) You may file your comments electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is located at http://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 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 may file a paper copy of your comments at the following
address:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Although your comments will be considered by the Commission, simply
filing comments will not serve to make the commentor a party to the
proceeding. 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 (18 CFR
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385.214).\1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion of filing
comments electronically. Only intervenors have the right to seek
rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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\1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing
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Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be
granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they
have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be
adequately represented by any other parties. 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 Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on
the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field
(i.e., CP10-492). 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 eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of 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
notifications of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to
the documents. Go to (http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm).
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-700 Filed 1-13-11; 8:45 am]
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