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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). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP15–8–000] 

Northwest Pipeline, LLC; Supplemental 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Kalama Lateral Project and 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

On December 11, 2014, the 

Commission issued a ‘‘Notice of Intent 

to Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Kalama Lateral 

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 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 an extension 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. The NOI identified 

January 10, 2015 as the close of the 

scoping period. Please note that the 

scoping period is now extended and 

will close on February 12, 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. 

The project currently under review 

involves a pipeline following the same 

general corridor with a new customer 

located at the Port of Kalama. 

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: 

• 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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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’’ 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. 

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: January 13, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00735 Filed 1–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF15–1–000] 

PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Planned Penneast Pipeline Project, 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues, and Notice of 

Public Scoping Meetings 

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 PennEast Pipeline Project 

(Project) involving construction and 

operation of facilities by PennEast 

Pipeline Company, LLC (PennEast), a 

partnership of six member companies 

including AGL Resources, New Jersey 

Resources Pipeline Company, South 

Jersey Industries, Public Service Electric 

and Gas Company Power LLC, Spectra 

Energy Partners, and UGI Energy 

Services. 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 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies and 

stakeholders 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 February 

12, 2015. However, this is not your only 

public input opportunity; please refer to 

the Review Process flow chart in 

appendix 1.1

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 meetings scheduled as 

follows: 

Date and time Location 

January 27, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time ............................................. College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08628. 

January 28, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time ............................................. Bucks County Community College, 275 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA 

18940. 

February 10, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time ............................................ Northampton Community College, 3835 Green Pond Rd, Bethlehem, 

PA 18020. 

February 11, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time ............................................ Penn’s Peak, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229. 

February 12, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time ............................................ Best Western Hotel & Conference Center, 77 E Market Street, WilkesBarre, PA. 

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. 

The purpose of these scoping 

meetings is to provide the public an 

opportunity to learn more about the 

Commission’s environmental review 

process, and to verbally comment on the 

Project. Each scoping meeting will start 

at 6:00 p.m. and representatives from 

PennEast will be present one hour prior 

to the start of each meeting to answer 

questions about the Project. Affected 

landowners and interested groups and 

individuals are encouraged to attend the 

scoping meetings and present comments 

on the issues they believe should be 

addressed in the EIS. A transcript of 

each meeting will be added to the 

Commission’s administrative record to 

ensure that your comments are 

accurately recorded. 

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. 

The ‘‘For Citizens’’ section of the 

FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) provides 

more information about the FERC and 

the environmental review process. This 

section also includes information about 

getting involved in FERC jurisdictional 

projects, and a citizens’ guide entitled 

‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On 

My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’ 

The guide addresses a number of 

frequently asked questions, including 

the use of eminent domain and how to 

participate in the Commission’s 

proceedings. 


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