Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 131 / Monday, July 9, 2018 / Notices 31745 

Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed in 

Docket No. CP18–507–000 a prior notice 

request pursuant to sections 157.205, 

157.208, and 157.216 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Columbia’s 

blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 

CP83–76–000, to perform installations 

and activities to enable the in-line 

inspection, or pigging, of its 12-inchdiameter Line 5 (Line 5 Launcher & 

Receiver Project: Freedom Way to 

Meade’s Rest). The proposed project 

installations and activities will include 

modifications to the existing pipeline at 

22 locations (Mod Points) along 22.7 

miles of the existing Line 5 right-of-way, 

and the installation of two bi-directional 

launching and receiving stations and 

related appurtenances. The project is 

located along the Ohio River in Brooke 

County, West Virginia, and Jefferson 

and Columbiana counties, Ohio. 

Columbia’s project proposes to 

perform installations and modifications 

to Columbia’s existing Line 5 to allow 

for the internal passage of ILI devices, 

or pigging, in order to assess the 

integrity of the pipeline. Columbia 

states that the project is required to 

ensure compliance with the Pipeline 

and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration requirements for 

inspections of pipeline systems to 

ensure their safety and reliability. 

The project will consist of various 

modification activities at 22 Mod Points 

to enable the in-line inspection, or 

pigging, of Line 5. Specifically, 

Columbia proposes to (1) install one 

new 24-inch x 20-inch bi-directional 

launcher/receiver station, valves, fitting, 

and pipe at Mod Point 1 in Brooke 

County, West Virginia; (2) install one 

new 24-inch x 20-inch bi-directional 

launcher/receiver at Mod Point 18 in 

Columbiana County, Ohio; (3) install, 

replace, or remove appurtenances, 

including valves, elbows, and pipe, at 

the remaining 20 Mod Points within 

Brooke County, West Virginia, and 

Jefferson and Columbiana Counties, 

Ohio; and (4) abandon in-place existing 

pipeline segments at Mod Point 1 in 

Brooke County, West Virginia, and at 

Mod Points 3, and 11 in Jefferson 

County, Ohio, all as more fully set forth 

in the application which is on file with 

the Commission and open to public 

inspection. 

The filing may also be viewed on the 

web at http://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. For assistance, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Linda 

Farquhar, Manager, Project 

Determinations & Regulatory 

Administration, Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana 

Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 

77002–2700, by telephone at (832) 320– 

5685, by facsimile at (832) 320–6685, or 

by email at linda_farquhar@

transcanada.com. 

Any person or the Commission’s staff 

may, within 60 days after issuance of 

the instant notice by the Commission, 

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR 

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice 

of intervention and pursuant to section 

157.205 of the regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the 

request. If no protest is filed within the 

time allowed therefore, the proposed 

activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for filing a protest. If a 

protest is filed and not withdrawn 

within 30 days after the allowed time 

for filing a protest, the instant request 

shall be treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenters will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenters will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commenters, 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically should submit an original 

and seven copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Dated: June 29, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14559 Filed 7–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2905–033] 

Village of Enosburg Falls, Municipal 

Water and Light Department; Notice of 

Intent To File License Application, 

Filing of Pre-Application Document, 

and Approving Use of the Traditional 

Licensing Process 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application and Request to 

Use the Traditional Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 2905–033. 

c. Date Filed: April 30, 2018. 

d. Submitted by: Village of Enosburg 

Falls, Vermont (Enosburg Falls). 

e. Name of Project: Enosburg Falls 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Missisquoi River 

in the Village of Enosburg Falls, 

Franklin County, Vermont. No federal 

lands are occupied by the project works 

or located within the project boundary. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and 

5.5 of the Commission’s regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Paul 

V. Nolan, Representative of Village of 

Enosburg Falls, 5515 North 17th Street, 

Arlington, VA 22205–2722; (703) 534– 

5509; email at pvnpvndiver@gmail.com. 

i. FERC Contact: John Ramer at (202) 

502–8969; or email at john.ramer@

ferc.gov. 

j. Enosburg Falls filed its request to 

use the Traditional Licensing Process on 


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1 18 CFR parts 157 and 284 (2017). 

April 30, 2018 on behalf of the Village 

of Enosburg Falls Municipal Water and 

Light Department, and provided public 

notice of the request on April 27, 2018. 

In a letter dated June 28, 2018, the 

Director of the Division of Hydropower 

Licensing approved Enosburg Falls’ 

request to use the Traditional Licensing 

Process. 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR 

part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under 

section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act and implementing regulations at 50 

CFR 600.920. We are also initiating 

consultation with the Vermont State 

Historic Preservation Officer, as 

required by section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act, and the 

implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Enosburg Falls as the Commission’s 

non-federal representative for carrying 

out informal consultation pursuant to 

section 7 of the Endangered Species Act; 

and consultation pursuant to section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Enosburg Falls filed a PreApplication Document (PAD; including 

a proposed process plan and schedule) 

with the Commission on behalf of the 

Village of Enosburg Falls Municipal 

Water and Light Department, pursuant 

to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s website (http://

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. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at 42 Village Drive, 

Enosburg Falls, VT 05450. 

o. The licensee states its unequivocal 

intent to submit an application for a 

new license for Project No. 2905. 

Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 

16.10, each application for a new 

license and any competing license 

applications must be filed with the 

Commission at least 24 months prior to 

the expiration of the existing license. 

All applications for license for this 

project must be filed by April 30, 2021. 

p. Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: June 28, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14568 Filed 7–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–506–000] 

Portland Natural Gas Transmission 

System; Notice of Applications 

Take notice that on June 19, 2018, 

Portland Natural Gas Transmission 

System (Portland Natural Gas), 700 

Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston, 

TX 77002–2700, filed an application 

under section 7(c) and 7(b) of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 

Sections 717f(c) and 717f(b), and Parts 

157 and 284 of the Commission’s rules 1

and regulations for Phase III of the 

Portland Xpress Project. Portland 

Natural Gas requests authorization to 

install one new 6,300 horsepower 

compressor unit at the existing Eliot 

Compressor Station located in York 

County, Maine and modifications to the 

infrastructure at the existing Westbrook 

Compressor Station and Dracut 

Metering and Regulating Station located 

in Cumberland County, Maine and 

Middlesex County, Massachusetts 

respectively. Upon completion, the 

project will increase the certificated 

capacity on Portland Natural Gas’ 

wholly-owned north system from 

Pittsburg, New Hampshire, to 

Westbrook, Maine, by 24.375 MMcf/d, 

and increase Portland Natural Gas’ 

certificated capacity on the system it 

jointly owns with Maritimes & 

Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. from 

Westbrook, Maine, to Dracut, 

Massachusetts by 22.339 MMcf/d. 

Additionally, Portland Natural Gas is 

requesting to abandon the leased 

capacity previously requested in CP18– 

479–000 and to acquire a proportionate 

share of ownership interest in a 

compressor unit at the Westbrook 

Compressor Station. Portland Natural 

Gas estimates the total cost of the 

project to be $90.3 million, all as more 

fully described in the application which 

is on file with the Commission and open 

to public inspection. The filing may also 

be viewed on the web at http://

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. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to Robert 

Jackson, Manager, Certificates & 

Regulatory Administration, Portland 

Natural Gas Transmission System, 700 

Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston, 

Texas 77002–2700, or call (832) 320– 

5487, or email: robert_jackson@

transcanada.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules (18 CFR 157.9), 

within 90 days of this Notice, the 

Commission staff will either: complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

7 copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 


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