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by modeling data for the utilities on the 

frames that were subjected to sampling 

but not selected. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 1,130; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 1,130; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 2,260; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA 

estimates that there are no capital and 

start-up costs associated with this data 

collection. The information is 

maintained during the normal course of 

business. The cost of the burden hours 

is estimated to be $206,021.60 (2,260 

burden hours times $91.16 per hour). 

Other than the cost of burden hours, EIA 

estimates that there are no additional 

costs for generating, maintaining, and 

providing this information. 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) 

and 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on October 8, 

2024. 

Samson A. Adeshiyan, 

Director, Office of Statistical Methods and 

Research, U.S. Energy Information 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–514–000] 

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; 

Notice of Scoping Period Requesting 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

for the Proposed Tioga Pathway 

Project, and Notice of Virtual Public 

Scoping Session 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental document, that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Tioga Pathway Project involving 

construction and operation of facilities 

by National Fuel Gas Supply 

Corporation (National Fuel) in Potter 

and Tioga Counties, Pennsylvania. The 

Commission will use this environmental 

document 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 regarding the 

project. As part of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

review process, the Commission takes 

into account concerns the public may 

have about proposals and the 

environmental impacts that could result 

from its action whenever it considers 

the issuance of a Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity. This 

gathering of public input is referred to 

as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the 

scoping process is to focus the analysis 

in the environmental document on the 

important environmental issues. 

Additional information about the 

Commission’s NEPA process is 

described below in the NEPA Process 

and Environmental Document section of 

this notice. 

By this notice, the Commission 

requests public comments on the scope 

of issues to address in the 

environmental document. 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 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

November 4, 2024. Comments may be 

submitted in written or oral form. 

Further details on how to submit 

comments are provided in the Public 

Participation section of this notice. 

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 environmental 

document. Commission staff will 

consider all written or oral comments 

during the preparation of the 

environmental document. 

If you submitted comments on this 

project to the Commission before the 

opening of this docket on August 21, 

2024, you will need to file those 

comments in Docket No. CP24–514–000 

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 

easement agreement. You are not 

required to enter into an agreement. 

However, if the Commission approves 

the project, the Natural Gas Act conveys 

the right of eminent domain to the 

company. 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. The 

Commission does not subsequently 

grant, exercise, or oversee the exercise 

of that eminent domain authority. The 

courts have exclusive authority to 

handle eminent domain cases; the 

Commission has no jurisdiction over 

these matters. 

National Fuel 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?’’ which addresses typically 

asked questions, including the use of 

eminent domain and how to participate 

in the Commission’s proceedings. This 

fact sheet along with other landowner 

topics of interest are available for 

viewing on the FERC website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the Natural Gas, 

Landowner Topics link. 

Public Participation 

There are four methods you can use 

to submit your comments to the 

Commission. Please carefully follow 

these instructions so that your 

comments are properly recorded. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

(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 FERC Online. 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 also located on the 

Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) 

under the link to FERC Online. 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’’; 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

Commission. Be sure to reference the 

project docket number (CP24–514–000) 

on your letter. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 


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1This interconnect would be designed, installed, 

owned, operated, and maintained by Midstream, 

except for the interconnect’s gas measurement, gas 

quality, over pressure protection devices and a pig 

launcher, which would be owned, operated, and 

maintained by National Fuel. 

2National Fuel does not propose any changes to 

compressor units or to the certificated capacity at 

the Ellisburg Compressor Station. 

3The appendices referenced in this notice will 

not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the 

appendices were sent to all those receiving this 

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

using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’. For instructions on 

connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this 

notice. For assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll free, (886) 

208–3676 or TTY (202) 502–8659. 

must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852; or 

(4) In lieu of sending written 

comments, the Commission invites you 

to attend one of the virtual public 

scoping sessions its staff will conduct 

by telephone, scheduled as follows: 

Date and Time: 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 10:00 a.m. 

(EST), Call in number: 1–888–810– 

4938 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 4:00 p.m. 

(EST), Call in number: 1–888–810– 

4938 

The primary goal of these scoping 

sessions is to have you identify the 

specific environmental issues and 

concerns that should be considered in 

the environmental document. Note the 

first scoping session is scheduled from 

10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EST, and the 

second scoping session is scheduled 

from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EST. Note 

that the scoping sessions will start at 

10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and will end 

once all participants wishing to 

comment have had the opportunity to 

do so or at 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., 

respectively, whichever comes first 

Individual oral comments will be taken 

one at a time with a court reporter 

present on the line. 

There will be a brief introduction by 

Commission staff when the session 

opens, so please attempt to call in at the 

beginning of the session. All 

participants will be able to hear the 

comments provided by other 

participants; however, all lines will 

remain closed during the comments of 

others and then opened one at a time for 

providing comments. Once you call in, 

the operator will provide directions on 

how to indicate you would like to 

provide a comment. A time limit of 

three (3) minutes may be implemented 

for each commentor. 

Your oral comments will be recorded 

by the court reporter and become part of 

the public record for this proceeding. 

Transcripts of all comments received 

during the scoping sessions will be 

publicly available on FERC’s eLibrary 

system (see the last page of this notice 

for instructions on using eLibrary). 

It is important to note that the 

Commission provides equal 

consideration to all comments received, 

whether filed in written form or 

provided orally at a virtual scoping 

session. 

Additionally, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

makes it easy to stay informed of all 

issuances and submittals regarding the 

dockets/projects to which you 

subscribe. These instant email 

notifications are the fastest way to 

receive notification and provide a link 

to the document files which can reduce 

the amount of time you spend 

researching proceedings. Go to https://

www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 

register for eSubscription. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

National Fuel proposes to provide 

190,000 dekatherms per day of firm 

transportation service from the Tioga 

County, Pennsylvania natural gas 

production area to downstream delivery 

points with other interstate pipelines, 

which reach various end-use markets 

and demand centers in the United States 

and Canada, and (ii) modernize a 

portion of National Fuel’s existing Line 

Z20 pipeline system. 

The Tioga Pathway would consist of 

the following facilities: 

• Line Z20: Replace approximately 

3.8 miles of 12-inch-diameter 1936- 

vintage bare steel pipeline with new 20- 

inch-diameter coated steel pipeline in 

National Fuel’s existing right-of-way in 

Potter County, Pennsylvania; 

• Line YM59: Install approximately 

19.5 miles of new 20-inch-diameter 

coated steel pipeline beginning at the 

east end of the 3.8-mile Z20 Pipeline 

replacement, traversing Potter and Tioga 

Counties, Pennsylvania, and ending at 

the NFG Midstream Covington, LLC 

(Midstream) Lee Hill Interconnect; 

• McCutcheon Hill OPP Station: 

Construct a new over-pressure 

protection (OPP) station at the 

interconnection between the eastern 

terminus of the Z20 Pipeline 

replacement and the western terminus 

of the YM59 Pipeline in Potter County; 

• Measurement equipment at 

Midstream’s Lee Hill Interconnect: 1 The 

Lee Hill Interconnect is a proposed 

producer interconnect with Midstream 

that will connect the proposed YM59 

Pipeline to Midstream’s facilities at the 

southeastern terminus of the Project in 

Tioga County; 

• Perform minor modifications at 

National Fuel’s existing Ellisburg 

Compressor Station 2 including 

replacing/installing measurement, OPP 

devices, flow control, and other 

associated appurtenances. The Ellisburg 

Compressor Station is in Potter County; 

• Construct one new remote-control 

valve setting along the Line YM59 

Pipeline in Tioga County; 

• Perform modifications to an 

existing valve setting on Line Z20 in 

Potter County; and 

• Install a new cathodic protection 

ground bed along the Line YM59 

Pipeline in Tioga County. 

The general location map of the 

project facilities is shown in appendix 

1.3

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the proposed facilities 

would disturb about 359.8 acres of land 

for the aboveground facilities and the 

pipeline. Following construction, 

National Fuel would maintain about 

128.5 acres for permanent operation of 

the project’s facilities; the remaining 

acreage would be restored and revert to 

former uses. The entire 3.8 miles of the 

replacement pipeline (Line Z20) is 

proposed within existing National Fuel 

right-of-way in Potter County, 

Pennsylvania. Of the 19.5 miles of new 

Mainline Pipeline (Line YM59), 17.8 

miles (91 percent of length) is proposed 

within new right-of-way and 1.7 miles 

(9 percent of length) would parallel 

existing Eastern Gas Transmission and 

Storage, Inc. pipelines. 

NEPA Process and the Environmental 

Document 

Any environmental document issued 

by the Commission will discuss impacts 

that could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed project under the relevant 

general resource areas: 

• geology and soils; 

• water resources and wetlands; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• threatened and endangered species; 

• cultural resources; 


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4For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer 

to the last page of this notice. 

5The Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations addressing cooperating agency 

responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Section 1501.8. 

6The 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. 

• land use; 

• environmental justice; 

• air quality and noise; and 

• reliability and safety. 

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. Your comments will 

help Commission staff identify and 

focus on the issues that might have an 

effect on the human environment and 

potentially eliminate others from further 

study and discussion in the 

environmental document. 

Following this scoping period, 

Commission staff will determine 

whether to prepare an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) or an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS). The EA or the 

EIS will present Commission staff’s 

independent analysis of the issues. If 

Commission staff prepares an EA, a 

Notice of Schedule for the Preparation 

of an Environmental Assessment will be 

issued. The EA may be issued for an 

allotted public comment period. The 

Commission would consider timely 

comments on the EA before making its 

decision regarding the proposed project. 

If Commission staff prepares an EIS, a 

Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS/ 

Notice of Schedule will be issued, 

which will open up an additional 

comment period. Staff will then prepare 

a draft EIS which will be issued for 

public comment. Commission staff will 

consider all timely comments received 

during the comment period on the draft 

EIS and revise the document, as 

necessary, before issuing a final EIS. 

Any EA or draft and final EIS will be 

available in electronic format in the 

public record through eLibrary 4 and the 

Commission’s natural gas 

environmental documents web page 

(https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/ 

natural-gas/environment/ 

environmental-documents). If 

eSubscribed, you will receive instant 

email notification when the 

environmental document is issued. 

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 environmental document.5

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 

using this notice to initiate consultation 

with the applicable State Historic 

Preservation Office(s), 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.6

The environmental document 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 and includes a 

mailing address with their comments. 

Commission staff will update the 

environmental mailing list as the 

analysis proceeds to ensure that 

Commission notices related to this 

environmental review are sent to all 

individuals, organizations, and 

government entities interested in and/or 

potentially affected by the proposed 

project. 

If you need to make changes to your 

name/address, or if you would like to 

remove your name from the mailing list, 

please complete one of the following 

steps: 

(1) Send an email to 

GasProjectAddressChange@ferc.gov 

stating your request. You must include 

the docket number CP24–514–000 in 

your request. If you are requesting a 

change to your address, please be sure 

to include your name and the correct 

address. If you are requesting to delete 

your address from the mailing list, 

please include your name and address 

as it appeared on this notice. This email 

address is unable to accept comments. 

OR 

(2) 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. 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. 

Public sessions or site visits will be 

posted on the Commission’s calendar 

located at https://www.ferc.gov/newsevents/events along with other related 

information. 

Dated: October 4, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

Appendix 1 

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MAILING LIST UPDATE FORM 

Tioga Pathway Project 

Name ------------------ Agency _________________ _ 

Address ------------------ City ________ State ___ Zip Code __ _ 

D Please update the mailing list 

D Please remove my name from the mailing list 

FROM. __________ _ 

ATIN: OEP - Gas 1, PJ - 11.1 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

888 First Street NE 

Washington, DC 20426 

CP24-514-000 Tioga Pathway Project Staple or Tape Here