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1A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that is inserted into and moves 

through the pipeline and is used for cleaning the 

pipeline, internal inspections, or other purposes. 

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed 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 page 5 of this notice. 

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

environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects (OEP). 

comments. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support. In lieu of 

electronic filing, please send a paper 

copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–13994–002. 

For further information, contact Kelly 

Wolcott at (202) 502–6480. 

Dated: December 11, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29875 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP15–8–000] 

Northwest Pipeline, LLC; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed Kalama 

Lateral Project and 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 Kalama Lateral Project (Project), 

which would involve construction and 

operation of a new natural gas pipeline 

and associated facilities by Northwest 

Pipeline, LLC (Northwest) in Cowlitz 

County, Washington. 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 need to be 

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on January 10, 

2015. You may submit comments as 

described 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 

planned 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. 

Northwest 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 

Northwest plans to construct and 

operate approximately 3.1 miles of 24- 

inch- diameter natural gas pipeline to 

provide 320,000 Dekatherms per day 

(Dth/d) of natural gas to a proposed 

methanol production facility to be 

located within the north industrial area 

of the Port of Kalama, in Cowlitz 

County, Washington. The proposed 

methanol plant is not under the 

jurisdiction of the Commission and 

would not be constructed or operated by 

Northwest. However, the environmental 

impact of the plant would be part of the 

state of Washington’s State 

Environmental Policy Act review 

process. 

The Kalama Lateral Project would 

transport natural gas to the methanol 

plant from Northwest’s existing Ignacio/ 

Sumas mainline in Cowlitz County, 

Washington. The project would require 

new appurtenances to tie the new 

pipeline into the existing mainline 

including a new tap and valve. Pig 

launcher facilities 1 would be installed 

near the proposed interconnection with 

the mainline and at a new meter station 

facility constructed within the methanol 

plant. The new meter station facility 

would include standard appurtenances, 

piping, and buildings within an 

approximately 150-foot by 200-foot 

fenced area. 

The general location of the planned 

facilities is shown in Appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the pipeline and 

aboveground facilities would disturb 

approximately 109.4 acres of land. 

Following construction, about 19.4 acres 

would be maintained within permanent 

easements for ongoing operation of the 

pipeline, aboveground facilities, and 

permanent access roads. The remaining 

acreage disturbed during construction 

would be restored and allowed to revert 

to former uses. These acreage estimates 

are based on Northwest’s general 

intention to construct its pipeline using 

a 100-foot-wide right-of-way and to 

retain a 50-foot-wide permanent rightof-way. 

Background 

Under Docket Nos. PF12–2–000 and 

CP13–18–000, FERC reviewed a 

pipeline route that was substantially 

similar to the one currently proposed by 

Northwest. A NOI was issued on June 

22, 2012. On May 8, 2013, Northwest 

formally withdrew its Application of 

Certificate of Public Convenience and 

Necessity for the Kalama Lateral 

Pipeline Project because the project 

proponent, Veresen U.S. Power Inc. 

terminated the Facilities Agreement 

with Northwest. Stakeholder comments 

on the previous docket, if applicable to 

the Project, should be resubmitted 

under Docket CP15–8. 

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 3 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 

planned project under these general 

headings: 

• geology and soils; 

• water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 


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4The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s 

regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 800. Historic properties are 

defined in those regulations as any prehistoric or 

historic district, site, building, structure, or object 

included in or eligible for inclusion in the National 

Register for Historic Places. 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• endangered and threatened species; 

• cultural resources; 

• land use; 

• air quality and noise; 

• 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. We will present our independent 

analysis of the issues in the EA. 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 

we make our recommendations to the 

Commission. To ensure we have the 

opportunity to consider your comments, 

please carefully follow the instructions 

in the Public Participation section 

beginning on page 5 of this notice. 

With this notice, we are asking 

agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ 

or special expertise with respect to the 

environmental issues related to this 

project to formally cooperate with us in 

the preparation of the EA. 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 

Washington State Historic Preservation 

Office (SHPO), and to solicit the SHPO’s 

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 (examples 

include construction right-of-way, 

contractor/pipe storage yards, 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. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified several 

issues that we think deserve attention 

based on a preliminary review of the 

planned facilities and the 

environmental information provided by 

Northwest and public comments. This 

preliminary list of issues may change 

based on your comments and our 

analysis. 

These issues identified include 

impacts on geology and soils, land use, 

and public safety. 

This preliminary list of issues may be 

changed based on your comments and 

our analysis. 

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 they will be received in 

Washington, DC on or before January 9, 

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 (CP15–8–000) with your 

submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert eFiling staff 

available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 

or efiling@ferc.gov. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s Web site at www.ferc.gov 

under the link to Documents and 

Filings. This is an easy method for 

interested persons to submit brief, textonly comments on a project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically by using the eFiling 

feature which is located on the 

Commission’s Web site at 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 will be asked to 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 planned project. 

When the EA is published, copies 

may 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 


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last three digits in the Docket Number 

field (i.e., CP15–8). 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. 

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: December 11, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29872 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL15–29–000] 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of 

Filing 

Take notice that on December 12, 

2014, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 

pursuant to sections 205 and 206 of the 

Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824d and 

824e, submits tariff filing per 385.206: 

Revisions to the Amended and Restated 

Operating Agreement and Open Access 

Transmission Tariff re Capacity 

Performance to be effective 4/1/2015. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

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 January 12, 2015. 

Dated: December 15, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29878 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Peninsula Power, LLC; Docket No. ER15– 

486–000] 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding, of 

Peninsula Power, LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate schedule, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability is January 5, 

2015. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding(s) are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also available for 

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. 

Dated: December 15, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29879 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

The following notice of meeting is 

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the 

government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. 

L. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552b: 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: December 18, 2014 10 

a.m. 

PLACE: Room 2C, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda. 

* Note—Items listed on the agenda may 

be deleted without further notice. 


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