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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. 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of 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. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

electronic review in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room in Washington, 

DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on 

the Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on November 6, 2014. 

Dated: October 7, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24342 Filed 10–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP14–539–000] 

Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice 

of Intent To Prepare and 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Ozark Abandonment Project; 

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 Ozark Abandonment Project 

(Project) involving abandonment of 

facilities by Ozark Gas Transmission, 

LLC (Ozark). 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 on the project. 

Your input will help the Commission 

staff determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the EA. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on November 

6, 2014. You may submit comments in 

written form. Further details on how to 

submit written comments are in the 

Public Participation section of this 

notice. 

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 

agreement. However, if the Commission 

approves the project, that approval 

conveys with it the right of eminent 

domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings 

where compensation would be 

determined in accordance with state 

law. 

Ozark 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 Web site 

(www.ferc.gov). 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Ozark proposes to abandon in place 

and remove from service approximately 

159 miles of mainline natural gas 

pipeline facilities (Pipeline Facilities) 

between Sebastian and White Counties, 

Arkansas. In addition, Ozark would 

disconnect and abandon 29 associated 

metering and regulating facilities and 

other appurtenant facilities, as 

necessary. Ozark is proposing to 

abandon the aforementioned facilities 

due to underutilization and lack of 

market interest. 

Specifically, Ozark would abandon in 

place the following facilities: 

• 127.5 miles of 20-inch-diameter 

Line 1 in Franklin, Johnson, Pope, 

Conway, Faulkner, and White Counties 

from mile post (MP) 127.52 to MP 0.00; 

• 26.4 miles of 10-inch-diameter Line 

2 in Sebastian, Franklin, and Logan 

Counties From MP 0.00 to MP 26.37; 

• 4.8 miles of 12-inch-diameter Line 

1–A in White County from MP 0.00 to 

MP 4.75; 

• 29 associated metering and 

regulating facilities, located along Line 

1, 2, and 1–A, in Franklin, Logan, 

Johnson, Pope, Conway, Faulkner, and 

White Counties; and 

• other appurtenant facilities, as 

necessary. 

The general location of the facilities to 

be abandoned is shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Abandonment 

The abandonment activities, 

including excavation and ground 

disturbance, would disturb about 23.6 

acres of land, of which 22.7 acres would 

be within existing facility sites operated 

by Ozark. The remaining acreage of 

impact would be within Ozark’s existing 

easements, pipeline right of way, or 

original construction corridor. 

Following construction, only existing 

sites at Noark and Searcy Compressor 

Stations and the existing permanent 

pipeline right-of-way would continue to 

be maintained. All land disturbed 

outside of existing sites or permanent 

pipeline right of way would be restored 

and return to former uses. 

Future Use of the Abandoned Pipeline 

Facilities 

Following the abandonment of the 

Pipeline Facilities, Ozark indicates that 

several parties would perform activities 

that are not under the jurisdiction of the 

FERC (non-jurisdictional). These nonjurisdictional facilities are not subject to 

the FERC’s review procedures. In the 

EA, we will provide available 

descriptions of the non-jurisdictional 

facilities and include them under our 

analysis of cumulative impacts. After 

abandonment, Ozark would transfer the 

assets to an affiliate, which would lease 

the Pipeline Facilities to Magellan 

Pipeline Company, L.P (Magellan) for 

refined petroleum products 

transportation service. The affiliate and 

Magellan would undertake conversion 

work on the abandoned lines to prepare 

them for refined petroleum 

transportation. 

Further, Magellan plans to own, 

construct, and operate about 14 miles of 

10-inch-diameter new non-jurisdictional 

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2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the 

environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects. 

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. 

pipeline to connect Magellan’s Fort 

Smith Terminal in Sebastian County, 

Arkansas to Ozark’s abandoned Line 2 

in Sebastian County at MP 0.0. Magellan 

also plans to own, construct, and 

operate 36.5 miles of 12-inch-diameter 

new non-jurisdictional pipeline to 

connect Ozark’s abandoned Line 1–A in 

White County at MP 4.75 to Magellan’s 

North Terminal in Pulaski County, 

Arkansas. 

Additionally, after abandonment of 

the Pipeline Facilities, Ozark’s existing 

customer, SourceGas, would construct, 

install, and operate about 6.3 miles of 

new 2-inch- and 6-inch-diameter 

pipeline laterals and perform a meter 

station upgrade in Logan County in 

order to transfer SoureGas’ existing firm 

service on the Pipeline Facilities to an 

economically viable transportation 

alternative. Furthermore, Ozark Gas 

Gathering, LLC (OGG) would make 

reconnections on their system to 

continue service at two locations, Price 

and Clarksville, which would require 

rearrangement of piping at the existing 

receipt site and 1,000 feet of new 

piping, respectively. 

The EA Process 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to 

take into account the environmental 

impacts that could result from an action 

whenever it considers the issuance of a 

Certificate of Public Convenience and 

Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to 

discover and address 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. We will consider all 

filed comments during the preparation 

of the EA. 

In the EA we will 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; 

and 

• public safety. 

We 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 will present our independent 

analysis of the issues. The EA will be 

available in the public record through 

eLibrary. Depending on the comments 

received during the scoping process, we 

may also publish and distribute the EA 

to the public for an allotted comment 

period. We will consider all comments 

on the EA before making our 

recommendations to the Commission. 

To ensure we have the opportunity to 

consider and address your comments, 

please carefully follow the instructions 

in the Public Participation section on 

page 5. 

With this notice, we are asking 

agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ 

or special expertise with respect to the 

environmental issues of this project to 

formally cooperate with us 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. 

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 

applicable State Historic Preservation 

Office(s) (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 project-specific Area of 

Potential Effects (APE) in consultation 

with the SHPO(s) 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 November 

6, 2014. 

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 (CP14–539–000) 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 

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abandonment 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 EAs 

coping 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., CP14–539). 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: October 7, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24341 Filed 10–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF14–19–000] 

Downeast Liquefaction, LLC; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Planned 

Downeast LNG Import-Export Project, 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues and Notice of 

Public Scoping Meeting 

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 Downeast LNG Export 

Project involving construction and 

operation of facilities by Downeast 

Liquefaction, LLC (Downeast 

Liquefaction) in Washington County, 

Maine. 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 

and its cooperating agencies will use to 

gather input from the public and 

interested agencies on the project. Your 

input will help the Commission staff 

determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the EIS. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on November 

3, 2014. 

You may submit comments in written 

form or verbally. Further details on how 

to submit written comments are in the 

Public Participation section of this 

notice. In lieu of or in addition to 

sending written comments, the 

Commission invites you to attend the 

public scoping meeting scheduled as 

follows: FERC Public Scoping Meeting, 

Downeast LNG Import-Export Project, 

October 22, 2014, 7:00 p.m. local time, 

Robbinston Grade School, 904 US Route 

1, Robbinston, ME 04671. 

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 pipeline company 

representative may contact you about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

planned pipeline facilities associated 

with the project. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

agreement. However, if the Commission 

approves the project, that approval 

conveys with it the right of eminent 

domain for parcels crossed by the 

pipeline. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings 

where compensation would be 

determined 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 Web site (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. 

Summary of the Planned Project 

Downeast Liquefaction plans to 

develop, construct, and operate 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal 

facilities that would convert the 

proposed Downeast LNG Import Project 

(Docket Nos. CP07–52–000, CP07–53– 

000, and CP07–53–001) into a 

bidirectional import-export LNG 

terminal and pipeline capable of 

producing 3 million metric tonnes per 

annum (mtpa) of LNG and 100 million 

standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of 

regasified LNG. 

The Downeast LNG Import-Export 

Project would consist of the following 

facilities: 

Marine Facilities and Transfer Lines: 

• The Import-Export Project would 

involve no changes to the marine 

facilities and transfer lines that were 

proposed and evaluated for the Import 

Project. 

LNG Storage and Regasification: 

• The Import-Export Project would 

include a single LNG storage tank with 

a nominal usable storage capacity of 

160,000 cubic meters. The storage tank 

design and location would be the same 

as the southern-most LNG storage tank 

proposed for the Import Project. The 

northern-most LNG storage tank 

proposed for the Import Project would 

not be required for the Import-Export 

Project. 

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