[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73570-73571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29049]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP15-17-000; PF14-1-000]


Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on November 21, 2014, Sabal Trail Transmission, 
LLC (Sabal Trail), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, TX 77056, filed an 
application under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, requesting 
authorization to construct, own, and operate a new 500-mile natural gas 
pipeline system (Sabal Trail Project), including 209,900 horsepower at 
five compressor stations, metering and regulating stations, and 
appurtenant facilities in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Sabal Trail 
also requests a certificate of public convenience and necessity to 
acquire by lease from Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC 
(Transco) the incremental firm capacity that will be created by 
Transco's proposed Hillabee Expansion Project (Docket No. CP15-16-000). 
Sabal Trail also requests a blanket certificate pursuant to Part 157, 
Subpart F of the Commission's regulations, authorizing Sabal Trail to 
construct, operate, acquire and abandon certain facilities as described 
in Part 157, Subpart F, and a blanket certificate pursuant to Part 284, 
Subpart G of the Commission's regulations, authorizing Sabal Trail to 
provide open-access firm and interruptible interstate natural gas 
transportation services on a self-implementing basis with pre-granted 
abandonment for such services, 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 
Lisa A. Connally, General Manager, Rates and Certificates, Sabal Trail 
Transmission, LLC, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, or by 
calling (713) 627-4102 (telephone) or email at 
[email protected].
    On October 16, 2013, the Commission staff granted Sabal Trail's 
request to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-
Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF14-1-000 to staff activities 
involving the project. Now, as of the filing of this application on 
November 21, 2014, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has 
ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in 
Docket No. CP15-17-000, as noted in the caption of this Notice.
    Because the environmental review of the Sabal Trail Project must 
also include both the Hillabee Expansion Project and Florida Southeast 
Connection LLC's

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FSC Project (Docket No. CP14-554-000), preparation of the Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) to comply with the NEPA of 1969 will combine all 
three applications. Within 90 days after the issuance of this Notice of 
Application, concurrent with the Notice of Application in CP15-16-000, 
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: December 24, 2014.

    Dated: December 3, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-29049 Filed 12-10-14; 8:45 am]
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