Document ID: FERC-2014-1478-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC; Rock Springs Expansion Project
Posted Date: 2014-11-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69454-69455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27552]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP14-504-000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of 
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Rock 
Springs Expansion Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the Rock 
Springs Expansion Project (Project), proposed by Transcontinental Gas 
Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the above referenced docket. 
Transco requests authorization to construct and operate natural gas 
pipeline facilities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Cecil County, 
Maryland. The Project would provide 192,000 dekatherms of natural gas 
per day to the Wildcat Point Generating Facility in Cecil County, 
Maryland.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed 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 Maryland Department of Natural Resources 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 the proposal and participate in the National 
Environmental Policy Act analysis.
    Transco proposes to: (1) Construct and operate a 11.2-mile-long 
pipeline lateral from Transco's Mainline Systems ``A'' and ``B'' in 
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to the Old Dominion Electric 
Cooperative's Wildcat Point Generating Facility; (2) a new 4,000-
horsepower electric compressor station at the terminus of the lateral, 
and appurtenant facilities; and (3) modify piping and valves at its 
existing Compressor Station 200 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    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

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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 15, 2014.
    For your convenience, there are three methods in which you can use 
to file your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please 
reference the project docket numbers (CP14-504-000) 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 may 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 may 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 may file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to 
the following address:

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First St. 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 will not 
give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to 
have your comments considered.
    \1\ See the previous discussion on the methods for filing comments. 
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-
504). 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/esubscribenow.htm.

    Dated: November 14, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27552 Filed 11-20-14; 8:45 am]
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