Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 158 / Wednesday, August 15, 2018 / Notices 40509 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17507 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD18–11–000] 

Reliability Technical Conference; 

Notice Inviting Post-Technical 

Conference Comments 

On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

convened a Commissioner-led technical 

conference to discuss policy issues 

related to the reliability of the BulkPower System. 

All interested persons are invited to 

file post-technical conference comments 

on the topics concerning the reliability 

of the Bulk-Power System discussed 

during the technical conference, 

including the questions listed in the 

Supplemental Notices issued in this 

proceeding on June 1, 2018 and July 17, 

2018. Attached to this notice are the 

electric reliability topics and questions 

related to each Panel. Commenters need 

not respond to all questions asked. 

Commenters should organize responses 

consistent with the numbering of the 

attached questions and identify to what 

extent their responses are generally 

applicable. Commission staff reserves 

the right to post additional follow-up 

questions related to those panels if 

deemed necessary. In addition, 

commenters are encouraged, when 

possible, to provide specific examples 

and data in support of their answers. 

Comments must be submitted on or 

before 30 days from the date of this 

notice and should not exceed 30 pages. 

For further information about this 

Notice, please contact: Lodie White, 

Office of Electric Reliability, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–8453, lodie.white@ferc.gov; 

Robert Clark, Office of Electric 

Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8165, 

robert.clark@ferc.gov. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17539 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF18–4–000] 

Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice 

of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Planned MVP 

Southgate Project, and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues, 

and Notice of Public Scoping Session 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

that will discuss the environmental 

impacts of the MVP Southgate Project 

(Project). The Project involves the 

construction and operation of facilities 

by Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC 

(Mountain Valley), a joint venture 

between affiliates of EQT Corporation 

and NextEra Energy, Inc. in Virginia and 

North Carolina. The Commission will 

use this EIS 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 EIS on the important 

environmental issues. By this notice, the 

Commission requests public comments 

on the scope of the issues to address in 

the EIS. To ensure that your comments 

are timely and properly recorded, please 

submit your comments so that the 

Commission receives them in 

Washington, DC on or before 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on September 10, 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 it needs to 

evaluate in the EIS. Commission staff 

will consider all filed comments during 

the preparation of the EIS. 

If you sent comments on this Project 

to the Commission before the opening of 

this docket on May 15, 2018, or if you 

sent comments on this Project to the 

MVP mainline docket (CP16–10–000), 

you will need to file those comments in 

Docket No. PF18–4–000 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 planned 

Project and encourage them to comment 

on their areas of concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, a Mountain Valley representative 

may contact you about the acquisition of 

an easement to construct, operate, and 

maintain the planned 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. 

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ is available for viewing on 

the FERC website (www.ferc.gov). 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. 

Public Participation 

For your convenience, there are four 

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 


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