[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67940-67941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26759]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP19-474-000]
Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of
the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Putnam Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the
Putnam Expansion Project, proposed by Florida Gas Transmission Company,
LLC (Florida Gas) in the above-referenced docket. Florida Gas requests
authorization to provide 169,000 million British thermal units per day
(MMBtu/d) of natural gas to subscribed Project shippers. Florida Gas
also requests approval to upgrade facilities at Compressor Station 18
to increase reliability to existing shippers. The Project includes
modifications to existing facilities and installation of new pipeline
loops in Columbia, Union, Putnam, Clay, and Orange counties, Florida.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Putnam Expansion 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 Putnam Expansion Project would consist of the following
facilities in Florida:
West Loop--install 13.7 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline
loop \1\ in Columbia and Union Counties;
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\1\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to
an existing pipeline to increase capacity. A ``pig'' is a tool that
the pipeline company inserts into and pushes through the pipeline
for cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal inspections, or other
purposes.
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East Loop--install 7.0 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline
loop in Clay and Putnam Counties;
Columbia/Union Receiver Station Relocation--remove and
relocate the existing 30-inch-diameter loop pig receiver located at the
beginning of the West Loop in Columbia County to a new pig receiver
station to be installed at the terminus of the West Loop in Union
County;
Clay/Putnam Receiver Station Relocation--remove and
relocate the existing 30-inch-diateter loop pig receiver located at the
beginning of the East Loop in Clay County to a new pig receiver station
to be installed at the terminus of the East Loop in Putnam County;
Compressor Station (CS) 18--install new automated valves,
over pressure protection device, and station piping at Florida Gas's
existing CS 18 in Orange County, Florida.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability 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; and newspapers and libraries in the project
area. The EA is only available in electronic format. It may be viewed
and downloaded from the FERC's website (www.ferc.gov), on the
Environmental Documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/enviro/eis.asp). In addition, the EA may be accessed by using the
eLibrary link on the FERC's website. Click on the eLibrary link
(https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp), click on General
Search, and enter the docket number in the Docket Number field,
excluding the last three digits (i.e. CP19-474). Be sure you have
selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC
Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-
3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the EA's disclosure and discussion of 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 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 6, 2020.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file
your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic
filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-
3676 or [email protected]. Please carefully follow these
instructions so that your comments are properly recorded.
(1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's website (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 website (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
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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. Be sure to reference the project docket number
(CP19-474-000) with your submission: 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). Motions to intervene are more
fully described at http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or
judicial review of the Commission's decision. The Commission may grant
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.
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC website (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. The eLibrary link
also provides access to the texts of all 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/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
Dated: December 6, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-26759 Filed 12-11-19; 8:45 am]
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