[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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