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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. 

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 

Pennsylvania and Delaware 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.4 We will define the projectspecific 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. 

Public Participation 

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. 

The more specific your comments, the 

more useful they will be. 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 February 

23, 2015. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods which you can use to submit 

your comments to the Commission. In 

all instances please reference the project 

docket number (CP15–18–000) with 

your submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

efiling@ferc.gov. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. This is an easy 

method for interested persons to submit 

brief, text-only comments on a project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

on the Commission’s Web site 

(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 must select 

the type of filing you are making. If you 

are filing a comment on a particular 

project, please select ‘‘Comment on a 

Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

following address: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

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 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 attached Information Request 

(appendix 2). 

Becoming an Intervenor 

In addition to involvement in the EA 

scoping process, you may want to 

become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an 

official party to the Commission’s 

proceeding. Intervenors play a more 

formal role in the process and are able 

to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be 

heard by the courts if they choose to 

appeal the Commission’s final ruling. 

An intervenor formally participates in 

the proceeding by filing a request to 

intervene. Instructions for becoming an 

intervenor are in the User’s Guide under 

the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s 

Web site. 

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 Web 

site 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., CP15–18). 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 now 

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/ 

docs-filing/esubscription.asp. 

Finally, public meetings 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: January 22, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01736 Filed 1–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12796–004] 

City of Wadsworth, Ohio; Notice of 

Availability of Environmental 

Assessment 

January 23, 2015. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, 18 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Part 380 (Order No. 

486, 52 Federal Register [FR] 47897), 

the Office of Energy Projects has 

reviewed the application for a major 

original license for the 50-megawatt 

Robert C. Byrd Hydroelectric Project (RC 


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1A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed 

parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity. 

Byrd Project or project), located on the 

Ohio River at the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ (Corps) Robert C. Byrd Locks 

and Dam (RC Byrd Locks and Dam), 

approximately 12.7 miles south of the 

confluence of the Ohio River and the 

Kanawha River, 9 miles south of the 

Town of Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, 

and prepared a Final Environmental 

Assessment (FEA) for the project. The 

proposed project would occupy 7.6 

acres of federal land administered by 

the Corps. 

The FEA contains staff’s analysis of 

the potential environmental impacts of 

the proposed project and concludes that 

licensing the proposed project, with 

appropriate environmental protective 

measures, would not constitute a major 

federal action that would significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment. 

A copy of the FEA is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site at 

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 or toll-free at 1–866–208–3676, 

or for TTY, 202–502–8659. 

You may also register online at 

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. 

For further information, contact 

Gaylord Hoisington by telephone at 

202–502–6032 or by email at 

gaylord.hoisington@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01732 Filed 1–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP14–96–000] 

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Algonquin Incremental 

Market Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared a final 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the Algonquin Incremental Market 

Project (AIM Project), proposed by 

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Algonquin) in the above-referenced 

docket. Algonquin requests 

authorization to expand its existing 

pipeline system from an interconnection 

at Ramapo, New York to deliver up to 

342,000 dekatherms per day of natural 

gas transportation service to the 

Connecticut, Rhode Island, and 

Massachusetts markets. 

The final EIS assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the AIM 

Project in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

FERC staff concludes that approval of 

the proposed project would result in 

some adverse environmental impacts; 

however, most of these impacts would 

be reduced to less-than-significant 

levels with the implementation of 

Algonquin’s proposed mitigation and 

the additional measures recommended 

in the final EIS. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, and the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration participated as 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the EIS. Cooperating agencies have 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to resources potentially 

affected by the proposal and participate 

in the NEPA analysis. Although the 

cooperating agencies provided input to 

the conclusions and recommendations 

presented in the final EIS, the agencies 

will present their own conclusions and 

recommendations in their respective 

records of decision or determinations 

for the AIM Project. 

The final EIS addresses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of about 37.4 

miles of pipeline composed of the 

following facilities: 

• Replacement of 26.3 miles of 

existing pipeline with a 16- and 42- 

inch-diameter pipeline; 

• extension of an existing loop 1

pipeline with about 3.3 miles of 

additional 12- and 36-inch-diameter 

pipeline within Algonquin’s existing 

right-of-way; and 

• installation of about 7.8 miles of 

new 16-, 24-, and 42-inch-diameter 

pipeline. 

The AIM Project’s proposed 

aboveground facilities consist of 

modifications to six existing compressor 

stations, to add a total 81,620 

horsepower, in New York, Connecticut, 

and Rhode Island. Algonquin also 

proposes to abandon four existing 

compressor units for a total of 10,800 

horsepower at one compressor station in 

New York. 

The FERC staff mailed copies of the 

final EIS to federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; 

potentially affected landowners and 

other interested individuals and groups; 

newspapers and libraries in the area of 

the project; and parties to this 

proceeding. Paper copy versions of this 

final EIS were mailed to those 

specifically requesting them; all others 

received a CD version. However, we 

note that due to its voluminous size, the 

comment responses are provided as an 

electronic-only volume (Volume II) on a 

CD that was mailed to the entire mailing 

list. In addition, the final EIS is 

available for public viewing on the 

FERC’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) using 

the eLibrary link. A limited number of 

copies are available for distribution and 

public inspection at: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Public 

Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., 

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 

502–8371. 

In accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) 

regulations implementing the NEPA, no 

agency decision on a proposed action 

may be made until 30 days after the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes a notice of availability of a 

final EIS. However, the CEQ regulations 

provide an exception to this rule when 

an agency decision is subject to a formal 

internal appeal process that allows other 

agencies or the public to make their 

views known. In such cases, an agency 

decision may be made at the same time 

the notice of the final EIS is published, 

allowing both periods to run 

concurrently. The Commission decision 

for this proposed action is subject to a 

30-day rehearing period. 

Additional information about the 

proposed project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web 

site (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., CP14–96). 

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; for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 


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