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1See the previous discussion on the methods for 

filing comments. 

International Development, and several 

Defense Agencies regarding disease 

control efforts and health surveillance 

in response to the public health 

emergency in West Africa. DoD has also 

specifically discussed these new 

information collections with 

representatives of the various Military 

Services, representing deploying 

military members who have participated 

in the development of the content of 

these forms. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 480. 

Number of Respondents: 1,200. 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Average Burden per Response: 24 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondents are DoD personnel 

(active duty service members, federal 

civilian employees and contractors). 

Using the DD2990 and DD2991, 

information will be collected from 

respondents during deployment and just 

prior to redeployment (return from 

deployment). This information will 

provide for health surveillance while 

deployed, removal from duty if 

representing a health risk to self or 

others, apprehension and detention, or 

conditional release of individuals to 

prevent the introduction, transmission, 

or spread of suspected communicable 

diseases, pursuant to section 361(b) of 

the Public health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

264), UCMJ, DoD Directive 6490.02E, 

DoD Instruction 6490.03, 5 CFR 

339.301. The information will also be 

collected in order to identify any health 

concerns and to refer individuals for 

additional assessment and/or care. The 

overall intent is to protect the health of 

the individual and public from EBV. 

This information will also be included 

in deployers’ medical records. 

Dated: November 3, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26369 Filed 11–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP14–112–000, PF13–12–000] 

Empire Pipeline, Inc., National Fuel 

Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of 

Availability of the Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed 

Tuscarora Lateral Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Tuscarora Lateral Project, proposed by 

Empire Pipeline, Inc. and National Fuel 

Gas Supply Corporation (collectively 

known as National Fuel) in the abovereferenced dockets. National Fuel 

requests authorization to construct and 

operate natural gas pipeline facilities in 

New York and Tioga County, 

Pennsylvania. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Tuscarora Lateral Project in accordance 

with the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

FERC staff concludes that approval of 

the proposed project, with appropriate 

mitigating measures, would not 

constitute a major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The New York Department of 

Agriculture and Markets participated as 

a cooperating agency in the preparation 

of the EA. Cooperating agencies have 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to resources potentially 

affected by a proposal and participate in 

the NEPA analysis. 

The proposed Tuscarora Lateral 

Project includes the following facilities: 

• 17.2 miles of 12.75- and 16-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline and 

interconnection facilities running from 

the existing Tuscarora Gas Compressor 

Station near Tuscarora, New York to the 

existing Tioga Pipeline Extension in 

Tioga County, Pennsylvania; 

• an expansion of the existing 

Tuscarora Compressor Station by 

installing an additional 1,384 

horsepower of compression; and 

• replacement of the compressor 

wheels in the existing turbine-powered 

compressors at Empire’s existing 

Oakfield Compressor Station in the 

Town of Oakfield, Genesee County, New 

York. 

The FERC staff mailed copies of the 

EA 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 Project 

area; and parties to this proceeding. In 

addition, the EA is available for public 

viewing on the FERC’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 

A limited number of copies of the EA 

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. 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the EA may do so. 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 the 

Commission has the opportunity to 

consider your comments prior to 

making its decision on this project, it is 

important that we receive your 

comments in Washington, DC on or 

before December 1, 2014. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments to the Commission. In all 

instances, please reference the project 

docket number (CP14–112–000) 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 submitting brief, text-only 

comments on a project; 

(2) You can also 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. 

Any person seeking to become a party 

to the proceeding must file a motion to 

intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).1 Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing of the Commission’s decision. 

The Commission grants affected 

landowners and others with 

environmental concerns intervenor 

status upon showing good cause by 

stating that they have a clear and direct 

interest in this proceeding which no 

other party can adequately represent. 

Simply filing environmental comments 

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65930 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 215 / Thursday, November 6, 2014 / Notices 

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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