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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–508–000] 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Application 

Take notice that on June 20, 2018, 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 

700, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed 

in Docket No. CP18–508–000, an 

application under section 7(c) of the 

Natural Gas Act seeking authorization to 

install bi-directional launchers, 

receivers, mainline valves and other 

appurtenant facilities, all located in 

Madison and Fayette Counties, 

Kentucky, all as more fully set forth in 

the application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. Columbia estimates the cost 

of the facilities to be $8,253,665. This 

filing may 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or call toll-free, (886)208–3676 or TYY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

Application should be directed to 

Sandra Mazan, Regulatory and 

Commercial Law, TransCanada 

Corporation, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 

700, Houston, Texas 77002–2700; by 

phone at 832–320–5939; or email at 

sandra_mazan@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 with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

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 commenter’s 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 commenter’s will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentary, 

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 5 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. See, 18 CFR 

385.2001(a) (1) (iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s website under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on July 26, 2018. 

Dated: July 5, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14814 Filed 7–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–487–000] 

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America, LLC; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for the Proposed Sabine Pass 

Compression 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 Sabine Pass Compression Project 

(Project); involving the construction and 

operation of facilities by Natural Gas 

Pipeline Company of America, LLC 

(Natural) in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. 

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 about issues 

regarding the Project. The National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

requires the Commission to take into 

account the environmental impacts that 

could result from its action whenever it 

considers the issuance of a Certificate of 

Public Convenience and Necessity. 

NEPA also requires the Commission to 

discover 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. To ensure that your comments 

are timely and properly recorded, please 

submit your comments so that the 


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1The 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. 

2For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer 

to the last page of this notice. 

Commission receives them in 

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

Eastern Time on August 2, 2018. 

You can make a difference by 

submitting 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. Commission staff 

will consider all filed comments during 

the preparation of the EA. 

If you sent comments on this project 

to the Commission before the opening of 

this docket on May 18, 2018, you will 

need to file those comments in Docket 

No. CP18–487–000 to ensure they are 

considered as part of this proceeding. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for the 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 

easement agreement. You are not 

required to enter into an agreement. 

However, if the Commission approves 

the project, that approval conveys with 

it the right of eminent domain. 

Therefore, if you and the company do 

not reach an easement agreement, the 

pipeline company could initiate 

condemnation proceedings in court. In 

such instances, compensation would be 

determined by a judge in accordance 

with state law. 

Natural 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 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, which is located on the 

Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) 

under the link to Documents and 

Filings. 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 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 can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

following address. Be sure to reference 

the project docket number CP18–487– 

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 

The Project is designed to provide 

400,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/day) 

of natural gas on a firm basis for 

delivery to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, 

LLC (SPL) Terminal, and provide a level 

of increased operational flexibility on 

Natural’s system. 

The Project would consist of the 

following facilities: 

• A new gas-fired compressor station 

(CS 348) with a 22,490 horsepower (hp) 

turbine and necessary auxiliary 

equipment; 

• new 36-inch suction and discharge 

pipelines and interconnections from CS 

348 to the existing Louisiana Line Nos. 

1 and 2 and existing Natural Lateral; 

and 

• modifications to allow for remote 

operation of Natural’s existing X–L8E 

South Valve located approximately 61 

miles northeast of CS 348 along existing 

Louisiana Line Nos. 1 and 2 at 

approximate milepost (MP) 154. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

Constructing the proposed facilities 

would require the use of about 24.3 

acres in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. 

Following construction, Natural would 

maintain 3.3 acres for permanent 

operation of the Project’s facilities. 

Natural proposes to utilize two 

contractor/staging yards, requiring a 

total of 11 acres, during construction of 

the Project. Natural would restore the 

contractor/staging yards to pre-existing 

conditions following activities, resulting 

in no permanent impacts. To access the 

Project workspaces and facilities during 

construction and operations, Natural 

would utilize existing roads to the 

extent practicable. Natural proposes to 

utilize five access roads, requiring a 

total of 4 acres, during construction of 

the Project facilities. Four access roads 

(Access Roads 1, 2, 4, and 5) proposed 

to be used for the Project are located 

along existing gravel roads. Access Road 

3 is not located along an existing road. 

Following the completion of 

construction, areas impacted by Access 

Road 3 would be restored to preconstruction conditions. Natural 

proposes to permanently expand Access 

Road 2 by 0.1 acre and maintain this 

area to accommodate access to CS 348 

during operations. 

The EA Process 

The EA would 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; 

• water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• cultural resources; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• air quality and noise; 

• endangered and threatened species; 

• public safety; and 

• cumulative impacts. 

Commission staff 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 would present Commission 

staffs’ independent analysis of the 

issues. The EA will be available in the 

public record through eLibrary.2

Depending on the comments received 

during the scoping process, the 

Commission may also publish and 

distribute the EA to the public for an 

allotted comment period. Commission 


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3The Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations addressing cooperating agency 

responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 1501.6. 

4The 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. 

staff will consider all comments on the 

EA before making recommendations to 

the Commission. To ensure Commission 

staff have the opportunity to address 

your comments, please carefully follow 

the instructions in the Public 

Participation section, beginning on page 

2. 

With this notice, the Commission is 

asking agencies with jurisdiction by law 

and/or special expertise with respect to 

the environmental issues of this Project 

to formally cooperate in the preparation 

of the EA.3 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. 

Consultation 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, the Commission is are 

using this notice to initiate consultation 

with the applicable State Historic 

Preservation Office (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.4

Commission staff will define the 

project-specific Area of Potential Effects 

(APE) in consultation with the SHPO 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). The EA for this 

project will document 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. Commission 

staff will update the environmental 

mailing list as the analysis proceeds to 

ensure that information related to this 

environmental review is sent to all 

individuals, organizations, and 

government entities interested in and/or 

potentially affected by the proposed 

project. 

If the Commission publishes and 

distributes 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 a CD version or 

would like to remove your name from 

the mailing list, please return the 

attached ‘‘Mailing List Update Form’’ 

(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 in the ‘‘Docket 

Number’’ field, excluding the last three 

digits (i.e., CP18–487–000). Be sure you 

have selected an appropriate date range. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary 

link also provides access to the texts of 

all 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: July 3, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14777 Filed 7–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Commission Staff 

Attendance 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) hereby gives 

notice that members of the 

Commission’s staff may attend the 

following meetings related to the 

transmission planning activities of the 

New York Independent System 

Operator, Inc. (NYISO): 

NYISO Business Issues Committee 

Meeting 

July 11, 2018, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. 

(EST) 

The above-referenced meeting will be 

via web conference and teleconference. 

The above-referenced meeting is open 

to stakeholders. 

Further information may be found at: 

http://www.nyiso.com/public/ 

committees/documents.jsp?com=

bic&directory=2018-07-11. 

NYISO Operating Committee Meeting 

July 12, 2018, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

(EST) 

The above-referenced meeting will be 

via web conference and teleconference. 

The above-referenced meeting is open 

to stakeholders. 

Further information may be found at: 

http://www.nyiso.com/public/ 

committees/documents.jsp?com=

oc&directory=2018-07-12. 

NYISO Electric System Planning 

Working Group Meeting 

July 19, 2018, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

(EST) 

The above-referenced meeting will be 

via web conference and teleconference. 

The above-referenced meeting is open 

to stakeholders. 

Further information may be found at: 

http://www.nyiso.com/public/ 

committees/documents.jsp?com=bic_

espwg&directory=2018-07-19. 

NYISO Management Committee 

Meeting 

July 25, 2018, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. 

(EST) 

The above-referenced meeting will be 

via web conference and teleconference. 

The above-referenced meeting is open 

to stakeholders. 

Further information may be found at: 

http://www.nyiso.com/public/ 

committees/documents.jsp?com=

mc&directory=2018-07-25. 


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