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1A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed 

parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity. 

2The appendices referenced in this notice will 

not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of 

appendices were sent to all those receiving this 

notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 

using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502– 

8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, 

refer to the last page of this notice. 

Applicants: Cheniere Corpus Christi 

Pipeline, LP. 

Description: Cheniere Corpus Christi 

Pipeline, LP submits tariff filing per: 

Section 157.20(c)(2) Compliance in 

Docket Nos. CP12–508–000, et al.—Eff 

6/1/18 to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5020. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/19/18. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file accordance with Rules 211 and 

214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 

5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified 

comment date. Protests may be 

considered, but intervention is 

necessary to become a party to the 

proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: June 7, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12665 Filed 6–12–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–332–000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed El Paso Natural Gas 

Company, LLC. South Mainline 

Expansion Project, and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the South Mainline Expansion Project 

involving construction and operation of 

facilities by El Paso Natural Gas 

Company, L.L.C. (EPNG) in Hudspeth 

and El Paso Counties, Texas; Luna 

County, New Mexico; and Cochise 

County, Arizona. The Commission will 

use this EA 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 on the project. 

You can make a difference by providing 

us with your specific comments or 

concerns about the project. 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 EA. To ensure that your 

comments are timely and properly 

recorded, please send your comments so 

that the Commission receives them in 

Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time on July 9, 2018. 

If you sent comments on this project 

to the Commission before the opening of 

this docket on April 27, 2018, you will 

need to file those comments in Docket 

No. CP18–332–000 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. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, a pipeline company 

representative may contact you about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

proposed facilities. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

agreement. However, if the Commission 

approves the project, that approval 

conveys with it the right of eminent 

domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings 

where compensation would be 

determined in accordance with state 

law. 

EPNG provided landowners with a 

fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled 

An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On 

My Land? What Do I Need To Know? 

This fact sheet addresses a number of 

typically asked questions, including the 

use of eminent domain and how to 

participate in the Commission’s 

proceedings. It is also available for 

viewing on the FERC website 

(www.ferc.gov). 

Public Participation 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has expert staff 

available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 

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 

Documents and Filings. This 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 on the Commission’s website 

(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. If you are filing a 

comment on a particular project, please 

select Comment on a Filing as the filing 

type; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

following address. Be sure to reference 

the project docket number (CP18–332– 

000) with your submission: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

EPNG’s project would consist of: 

• Construction of an approximately 

17-mile-long, 30-inch-diameter loop 

line 1 adjacent to existing EPNG Line 

No. 1100 and Line No. 1103 between 

mileposts 174.5 and 191.5 in El Paso 

and Hudspeth Counties, Texas. 

• Construction of the new 13,220- 

horsepower Red Mountain Compressor 

Station at approximate milepost 301.2 of 

Line No. 1100 and Line No. 1103 in 

Luna County, New Mexico. 

• Construction of the new 13,220- 

horsepower Dragoon Compressor 

Station to be co-located with EPNG’s 

existing Willcox Compressor Station at 

approximate milepost 406.9 of Line No. 

1100 and Line No. 1103 in Cochise 

County, Arizona. 

Appendix 1 shows the general 

location of the project facilities.2

Land Requirements for Construction 

The three project locations proposed 

by EPNG include approximately 418.4 

combined acres of land, all of which 


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3We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff 

of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

4The Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations addressing cooperating agency 

responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 1501.6. 

5The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s 

regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define 

historic properties as any prehistoric or historic 

district, site, building, structure, or object included 

in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register 

of Historic Places. 

would be temporarily disturbed during 

construction. Operational and 

maintenance areas (permanent 

disturbances) for these three locations 

would be approximately 162.0 acres. 

Land requirements for each proposed 

facility are summarized below: 

Pipeline Loop 

Most of the centerline of the proposed 

new 17-mile-long pipeline loop would 

be sited 30 feet south of EPNG’s existing 

Line No. 1100, in an expanded 

easement. From mileposts (MP) 189.2 to 

191.5 (within the Homestead Meadows 

residential area), the pipeline would be 

sited 20 feet south of Line 1100, wholly 

within the existing EPNG easement. 

During construction, EPNG would use a 

typical construction work area of 

approximately 80 feet in width. 

However, to account for the additional 

pipeline depth and workspace 

requirements in the sand dune area (MP 

188.5 to MP 189.2), EPNG proposes a 

construction area 190 feet in width. No 

additional construction work area 

outside of the existing easement is 

proposed in the residential area. The 

total area disturbed during pipeline 

construction, including contractor yards 

and staging areas, would be 279.0 acres. 

For operation of the loop, EPNG 

proposes to maintain a 60-foot-wide 

permanent right-of-way for most of its 

length, except in the area of the sand 

dunes, where a 100-foot-wide 

permanent right-of-way would be 

maintained. 

Red Mountain Compressor Station 

The proposed Red Mountain 

Compressor Station would be entirely 

within the EPNG-owned land parcel 

which also contains the previously 

abandoned Deming Compressor Station. 

Construction of the new compressor 

facilities would temporarily disturb 

approximately 78.2 acres within the 

existing site, with 6.2 acres being 

permanently maintained for the new 

aboveground facilities. 

Dragoon Compressor Station 

The proposed Dragoon Compressor 

station and its access road would be on 

the same site that currently contains 

EPNG’s existing Willcox Compressor 

Station. Construction of the new 

compressor facilities would temporarily 

disturb approximately 61.2 acres within 

the existing site, with approximately 6.4 

acres being permanently maintained for 

the new aboveground facilities. 

The EA Process 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to 

take into account the environmental 

impacts that could result from an action 

whenever it considers the issuance of a 

Certificate of Public Convenience and 

Necessity. NEPA also requires us 3 to 

discover and address concerns the 

public may have about proposals. This 

process is referred to as scoping. The 

main goal of the scoping process is to 

focus the analysis in the EA on the 

important environmental issues. By this 

notice, the Commission requests public 

comments on the scope of the issues to 

address in the EA. We will consider all 

filed comments during the preparation 

of the EA. 

In the EA we will discuss impacts that 

could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed project under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• land use; 

• cultural resources; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• air quality and noise; 

• endangered and threatened species; 

• socioeconomics; 

• public safety; and 

• cumulative impacts. 

We will also evaluate reasonable 

alternatives to the proposed project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 

The EA will present our independent 

analysis of the issues. The EA will be 

available in the public record through 

eLibrary. Depending on the comments 

received during the scoping process, we 

may also publish and distribute the EA 

to the public for an allotted comment 

period. We will consider all comments 

on the EA before making our 

recommendations to the Commission. 

To ensure we have the opportunity to 

consider and address your comments, 

please carefully follow the instructions 

in the Public Participation section, 

beginning on page 2 of this notice. 

With this notice, we are asking 

agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ 

or special expertise with respect to the 

environmental issues of this project to 

formally cooperate with us in the 

preparation of the EA.4 Agencies that 

would like to request cooperating 

agency status should follow the 

instructions for filing comments 

provided under the Public Participation 

section of this notice. 

Consultations Under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

In accordance with the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation’s 

implementing regulations for section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, we are using this 

notice to initiate consultation with the 

applicable State Historic Preservation 

Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their 

views and those of other government 

agencies, interested Indian tribes, and 

the public on the project’s potential 

effects on historic properties.5

We will define the project-specific 

Area of Potential Effects (APE) in 

consultation with the SHPOs as the 

project develops. On natural gas facility 

projects, the APE at a minimum 

encompasses all areas subject to ground 

disturbance (examples include 

construction right-of-way, contractor/ 

pipe storage yards, compressor stations, 

and access roads). Our EA for this 

project will document our findings on 

the impacts on historic properties and 

summarize the status of consultations 

under section 106. 

Environmental Mailing List 

The environmental mailing list 

includes federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American Tribes; other 

interested parties; and local libraries 

and newspapers. This list also includes 

all affected landowners (as defined in 

the Commission’s regulations) who are 

potential right-of-way grantors, whose 

property may be used temporarily for 

project purposes, or who own homes 

within certain distances of aboveground 

facilities, and anyone who submits 

comments on the project. 

We will update the environmental 

mailing list as the analysis proceeds to 

ensure that we send the information 

related to this environmental review to 

all individuals, organizations, and 

government entities interested in and/or 

potentially affected by the proposed 

project. 

If we publish and distribute the EA, 

copies of the EA will be sent to the 

environmental mailing list for public 

review and comment. If you would 

prefer to receive a paper copy of the 

document instead of the CD version or 

would like to remove your name from 

the mailing list, please return the 


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attached Information Request (appendix 

2). 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC 

website at 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., 

CP18–332). 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 

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 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 

Finally, public sessions or site visits 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ 

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 

with other related information. 

Dated: June 7, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12667 Filed 6–12–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1708–000. 

Applicants: Copenhagen Wind Farm, 

LLC. 

Description: Supplement to May 31, 

2018 Copenhagen Wind Farm, LLC tariff 

filing. 

Filed Date: 6/6/18. 

Accession Number: 20180606–5151. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1751–000. 

Applicants: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: GIA 

and Distribution Service Agmt O.L.S. 

Energy-Chino SA No. 1025–1026 to be 

effective 7/1/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5001. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1752–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: First 

Revised ISA SA No. 4138; Queue No. 

AC1–072 to be effective 5/8/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5004. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1753–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2827R4 Kansas Power Pool & Westar 

Meter Agent Agreement to be effective 

6/1/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5031. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1754–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Original WMPA SA No. 5108; Queue 

No. AC2–175 to be effective 10/28/2017. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5036. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1755–000. 

Applicants: Duke Energy Progress, 

LLC. 

Description: Petition of Duke Energy 

Progress, LLC for Waiver of Tariff 

Provisions. 

Filed Date: 6/6/18. 

Accession Number: 20180606–5160. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1756–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Removal of Requirement to Perform 

Stand Alone Scenario in DISIS to be 

effective 8/7/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5041. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1757–000. 

Applicants: NextEra Energy 

Transmission Southwest, LLC, 

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

NextEra Energy Transmission 

Southwest Formula Rate to be effective 

12/31/9998. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5051. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1758–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2018–06–07_Termination of SA 2933 

ITC Transmission-Michigan Wind 3 GIA 

(J321) to be effective 5/9/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5052. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1759–000. 

Applicants: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: First 

Amended LGIA Palen SEGS II, LLC 

Almasol Generating Station SA No. 98 

to be effective 6/1/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5066. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1760–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Revised ISA SA No. 4355; Queue No. 

Z2–011/AD1–109 to be effective 

5/10/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5071. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1761–000. 

Applicants: Allegheny Energy Supply 

Company, LLC. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: 

Cancel Rate schedule FERC No. 3 to be 

effective 5/3/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/7/18. 

Accession Number: 20180607–5081. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/28/18. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: June 7, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12664 Filed 6–12–18; 8:45 am] 

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