[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20629-20630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08070]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP15-527-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed New York
Bay Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared this environmental assessment for the New York
Bay Expansion Project (Project) proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the above-referenced docket. Transco
requests authorization to construct, replace, and operate natural gas
pipeline facilities located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Richmond
County, New York, and Middlesex and Essex Counties, New Jersey. This
Project would enable Transco to modify existing facilities and replace
existing pipeline to transport an additional 115 million cubic feet of
natural gas per day.
The Project would involve the following activities at existing
aboveground facilities in the specified towns and municipalities:
Uprate Compressor Station 200 from 30,860 horsepower (hp)
to 33,000 hp (East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania)
and uprate a unit of Compressor Station 303 from 25,000 hp to 27,500 hp
(Roseland Borough, Essex County, New Jersey);
Add 11,000 hp of electric-driven compression to Compressor
Station 207 (Old Bridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey);
Install various appurtenances and modifications at three
meter and regulation (M&R) stations in East Brandywine Township
(Chester County,
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Pennsylvania), Sayreville Borough (Middlesex County, New Jersey) and
Staten Island Borough (Richmond County, New York), including setting up
a temporary M&R station during construction in Staten Island Borough.
In addition, Transco proposes to replace three segments of its 42-
inch-diameter Lower New York Bay Lateral pipeline, totaling 0.25 mile,
and uprate the lateral pipeline's operating pressure from 960 to 1000
pounds per square inch in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
The environmental assessment assesses the potential environmental
effects of the construction and operation of the Project in accordance
with the National Environmental Policy Act. 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 environmental assessment has been placed in the public files of
the FERC and is available for public viewing on the FERC's Web site at
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 Conference Room, 888 First Street
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
Copies of the environmental assessment have been mailed 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; libraries in the Project area; and parties to
this proceeding.
Any person wishing to comment on the environmental assessment may
do so. 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 properly recorded and
considered prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is
important that the FERC receives your comments in Washington, DC on or
before May 4, 2016.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the
Project docket number (CP15-527-000) with your submission. The
Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has dedicated
eFiling expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or
[email protected].
(1) You may 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. An eComment is an easy method
for interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a
project;
(2) You may 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. A comment on a particular project is considered a ``Comment
on a Filing''; or
(3) You may file a paper copy of your comments at the following
address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Although your comments will be considered by the Commission, simply
filing comments will not serve to make the commentor a party to the
proceeding. 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. Affected
landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be granted
intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a
clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be
adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor
status to have your comments considered.
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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., CP15-
527). 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. 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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
Dated: April 4, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-08070 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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