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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. 

will not give you intervenor status, but 

you do not need intervenor status to 

have your comments considered. 

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 (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– 

112). 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 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/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 

Dated: October 31, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26390 Filed 11–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP14–539–000] 

Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for the Proposed Ozark Abandonment 

Project and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

On October 7, 2014, the Commission 

issued a ‘‘Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Ozark Abandonment Project, And 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues’’ (NOI). It has 

come to our attention that the 

environmental mailing list was not 

provided copies of the NOI; therefore 

we are issuing this Supplemental NOI to 

extend the scoping period and provide 

additional time for interested parties to 

file 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. 

The Commission and cooperating 

agencies continue to gather input from 

the public and interested agencies on 

the Project. This process is referred to as 

scoping. Your input will help the 

Commission staff determine what issues 

they need to evaluate in the EA. The 

original NOI identified November 6, 

2014 as the close of the scoping period. 

Please note that the scoping period is 

now extended and will close on 

December 1, 2014. 

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 the 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 proposed facilities. 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 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 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, Ozark 

indicates that several parties would 

perform activities that are not under the 

jurisdiction of the FERC. 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 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. 

Additionally, after abandonment, 

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 

abandoned facilities to an economically 

viable transportation alternative. 

Furthermore, Ozark Gas Gathering, LLC 

(OGG) would make reconnections on 

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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. 

their system to continue service at two 

locations. 

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 

abandonment of facilities 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 

the FERC’s eLibrary system. 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 of this NOI. 

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 

Arkansas State Historic Preservation 

Office (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 as 

the Project develops. On natural gas 

facility projects, the APE at a minimum 

encompasses all areas subject to ground 

disturbance. Our EA for the 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 December 

1, 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; Indian Tribes; other interested 

parties and non-governmental 

organizations; 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 

abandonment purposes, or who own 

homes within certain distances of 

aboveground facilities. 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 

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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 30, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26388 Filed 11–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF14–19–000] 

Downeast Liquefaction, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Planned Downeast 

LNG Import-Export Project and 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

On October 3, 2014, the Commission 

issued a ‘‘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’’ (NOI). It has 

come to our attention that the 

environmental mailing list was not 

provided copies of the NOI; therefore, 

we are issuing this Supplemental NOI to 

extend the scoping period and provide 

additional time for interested parties to 

file comments on environmental issues. 

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. 

The Commission and its cooperating 

agencies continue to gather input from 

the public and interested agencies on 

the project. This process is referred to as 

scoping. Your input will help the 

Commission staff determine what issues 

they need to evaluate in the EIS. The 

NOI identified November 3, 2014 as the 

close of the scoping period. Please note 

that the scoping period is now extended 

and will close on December 1, 2014. 

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. 

• The Import-Export Project would 

include two Submerged Combustion 

Vaporizers used for regasification of 

LNG during import mode, of which one 

would be used during operation while 

the second would be a backup. 

LNG Liquefaction Facilities: 

• Feed gas pretreatment systems; 

• one LNG liquefaction train with a 

nominal design capacity of 3 mtpa; 

• refrigerant storage and handling; 

• refrigerant compression systems; 

and 

• refrigerant cooling system. 

Pipeline Facilities: 

• The pipeline for the Import-Export 

Project would be 24 inches in diameter, 

a change from 30 inches in diameter as 

proposed for the Import Project. The 

pipeline route and construction work 

areas would remain the same as 

proposed for the Import Project. 

Ancillary Facilities: 

• Onsite power generation to support 

operation of the terminal in export 

mode; and 

• utilities, infrastructure, and support 

systems within the terminal site would 

be revised for the Import-Export Project 

to accommodate addition of liquefaction 

capabilities. 

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