[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63613-63614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25325]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP14-554-000; PF14-2-000]
Florida Southeast Connection, LLC: Notice of Application
Take notice that on September 26, 2014, Florida Southeast
Connection, LLC (FSC), 700 Universe Boulevard, Juno Beach, FL 33408,
filed an application under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and
Parts 157 and 284 of the Commission's regulations requesting
authorization to construct, own and operate a new natural gas pipeline
system (FSC Project) consisting of approximately 126 miles of pipe,
associated valves, piping, and appurtenant facilities, commencing at an
interconnection with the proposed Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC (Sabal
Trail) pipeline near Intercession City, Florida, and terminating at a
delivery point at the Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) Martin Clean
Energy Center (Martin), near Indiantown, Florida. FSC will have an
initial transportation capacity of 640,000 dekatherms per day.
In addition, FSC requests that the Commission issue to FSC a
blanket certificate authorizing FSC to construct, operate, and abandon
certain facilities under Part 157, Subpart F of the Commission's
regulations, a blanket certificate authorizing FSC to transport natural
gas, on an open access and self-implementing basis, under Part 284,
Subpart G of the Commission's regulations, and authorizations necessary
to charge initial recourse rates for certain services to be rendered by
FSC, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file
with the Commission and open for public inspection. The filing may also
be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please
contact FERC at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-
3676, or TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Any questions regarding the proposed project should be directed to
Robert E. Sharra, Director Business Development, Florida Southeast
Connection, LLC, 700 Universe Boulevard, Juno Beach, Florida 33408, or
by calling (561) 691-7274 (telephone) or (561) 304-5233 (fax) or email
at [email protected].
On October 16, 2013, the Commission staff granted FSC's request to
utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing Process
and assigned Docket No. PF14-2-000 to staff activities involving the
project. Now, as of the filing of this application on September 26,
2014, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From this
time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP14-554-
000, as noted in the caption of this Notice.
Because the environmental review of the FSC Project must also
include both Sabal Trail (currently in the NEPA Pre-Filing Process
under Docket No. PF14-1-000) and Transcontinental Gas Pipe
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Line Company LLC's Hillabee Expansion Project (currently in the NEPA
Pre-Filing Process under Docket No. PF14-6-000), the Commission cannot
begin preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to comply
with the NEPA of 1969, until after both remaining applications are
filed. Within 90 days after the Commission issues a Notice of
Application for the final received application, the Commission staff
will issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review that will
indicate the anticipated date for the Commission's staff issuance of
the final EIS analyzing all three proposals. The issuance of a Notice
of Schedule for Environmental Review will also serve to notify federal
and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary
reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations
within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's final
EIS.
There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must
submit 7 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a
copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders
in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court
review of the Commission's final order.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
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.
Comment Date: October 31, 2014.
Dated: October 10, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-25325 Filed 10-23-14; 8:45 am]
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