Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 74 / Monday, April 18, 2022 / Notices 22877 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP22–63–000] 

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of 

Scoping Period Requesting Comments 

on Environmental Issues for the 

Proposed Winfield Storage Field 

Abandonment Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental document, that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Winfield Storage Field 

Abandonment Project involving 

abandonment of natural gas storage 

facilities by ANR Pipeline Company 

(ANR) in Montcalm County, Michigan. 

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 an authorization. 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 May 

12, 2022. Comments may be submitted 

in written 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 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 March 2, 

2022, you will need to file those 

comments in Docket No. CP22–63–000 

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. 

ANR 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 Questions or 

Landowner Topics link. 

Public Participation 

There are three 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 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’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

Commission. Be sure to reference the 

project docket number (CP22–63–000) 

on your letter. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

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. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

ANR requests authority to abandon its 

operations and facilities at the Winfield 

Natural Gas Storage Field. ANR states 

the storage field provides little value 

due to the non-contributing wells and 

associated pipelines. Therefore, ANR 

states the cost of maintaining the 

Winfield Storage Field exceeds any 

value it provided. Abandonment of the 

field would eliminate the expenditures 

required to maintain the field, and ANR 

would continue to meet all existing 

contractual commitments. 

Specifically, ANR proposes to: 

• Abandon 72 natural gas injection/ 

withdrawal wells by permanently 

plugging the wells; 

• abandon 15 miles of associated 

storage lines in the field, consisting of 

two 10-inch-diameter laterals, seven 6- 

inch-diameter laterals, and eighty-two 4- 

inch-diameter laterals. Approximately 


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1The 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. At this time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room 

due to the proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus 

Disease (COVID–19), issued by the President on 

March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at 

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

208–3676 or TTY (202) 502–8659. 

2For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer 

to the last page of this notice. 

3The Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations addressing cooperating agency 

responsibilities are at title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations, section 1501.8. 

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. 

0.8 mile would be removed and 14.2 

miles would be abandoned in place; 

• abandon 4.43 miles of a 16-inchdiameter storage lateral (Lateral 249) in 

its entirety from the Winfield 

Interconnect at Milepost 0.0 to Milepost 

4.41, of which approximately 0.49 mile 

would be removed, and 3.59 miles 

would be abandoned in place (0.35 mile 

of which would also be cut, capped, and 

grouted); 

• abandon by removal the Winfield 

Compressor Station, including all 

below- and aboveground structures; 

• abandon by removal all 

aboveground appurtenances, including 

pipeline markers, cathodic protection 

test stations, rectifiers, casing vents, and 

aboveground pipeline blowdown vents; 

and 

• abandon in place remaining belowground miscellaneous appurtenances. 

The general locations of the project 

facilities and the Winfield Compressor 

Station are shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

The proposed abandonment would 

disturb about 133 acres of land, 

including 115.2 acres of existing 

easement and 17.8 acres of temporary 

workspace on adjacent lands owned or 

leased by ANR. Following completion of 

abandonment activities, ANR would 

retain rights to the permanent easement. 

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; 

• land use; 

• 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 2 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.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 

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.4

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 CP22–63–000 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). 


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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: April 12, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08236 Filed 4–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2392–041] 

Ampersand Gilman Hydro, LP; Notice 

of Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests and 

Establishing Procedural Schedule for 

Relicensing and a Deadline for 

Submission of Final Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2392–041. 

c. Date filed: March 29, 2022. 

d. Applicant: Ampersand Gilman 

Hydro, LP. 

e. Name of Project: Gilman 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Connecticut River and straddles the 

Village of Gilman, within the Town of 

Lunenburg, Essex County, Vermont, and 

the Town of Dalton, Coos County, New 

Hampshire. The project does not occupy 

any federal or tribal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Sayad 

Moudachirou, Licensing Manager, 717 

Atlantic Avenue, Suite 1A, Boston, MA 

02111; phone: (617) 933–7206 or email: 

sayad@ampersandenergy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Ousmane Sidibe, 

phone: (202) 502–6245 or email: 

ousmane.sidibe@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item l below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See, 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: May 31, 2022. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file additional 

study requests and requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

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

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of 

electronic filing, you may submit a 

paper copy. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. All filings must clearly identify 

the project name and docket number on 

the first page: Gilman Hydroelectric 

Project (P–2392–041). 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The Gilman Hydroelectric Project 

consists of: (1) A 324.5-foot-wide 

concrete dam with a crest elevation of 

826.8 feet spanning the river’s width 

with a 5-foot-high, 108-foot-long rubber 

bladder and a 6.5-foot-high, 109-footlong rubber bladder surmounted on two 

overflow spillways measuring 112.9 feet 

and 113 feet in width and an 18-foothigh, 27-foot-wide hydraulically 

operated crestgate; (2) a downstream 

fish passage system; (3) a 130-acre 

impoundment at a normal maximum 

surface elevation of 833.3 feet (USGS); 

(4) a steel- and timber-framed 

powerhouse with an integral water 

intake draft tube containing four 

generating turbine units with a total 

installed capacity of 4.95 megawatts 

located at the Vermont side of the dam; 

(5) a 242-foot-long, 23.75-foot-wide 

trash rack with approximately 2-inch 

spacing; (6) a 200-foot-long transmission 

line connecting the 34.5 kilovolt-ampere 

transformer to National Grid’s 

switchyard; and (7) appurtenant 

facilities. 

Ampersand Gilman Hydro, LP 

proposes to continue to operate the 

project in a run-of-river mode with no 

storage or flood control capacity. In 

accordance with Condition A of the 

Vermont Department of Environmental 

Conservation’s water quality 

certification issued for the project, the 

project adheres to the following 

downstream minimum flow release 

requirements: (1) From June 1 through 

October 15, when river flows are less 

than 1,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), 

pass a minimum flow of 210 cfs over the 

crestgate; (2) provide a minimum flow 

of 757 cfs during operational issues or 

refilling of the impoundment; and (3) 

for faster impoundment refill based on 

consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and other agencies, a 

minimum flow of no less than 300 cfs 

to protect the dwarf wedge mussel until 

normal operations are restored. The 

project can operate in most of the 

extreme conditions of the Connecticut 

River and generate electricity from flows 

of 130 cfs up to high flood conditions 

of 35,000 cfs. The estimated average 

annual generation of the project from 

2008 to 2018 is 25,000 megawatt-hours. 

o. A copy of the application can be 

viewed on the Commission’s website 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 (P–2392). For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY). 

You may also register online at 

https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.

aspx to be notified via email of new 

filings and issuances related to this or 

other pending projects. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 


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