[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73571-73572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29054]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP15-16-000; PF14-6-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of 
Application

    Take notice that on November 18, 2014, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Company, LLC (Transco), 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX 
77056-6106, filed an application under section 7(b) and 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act, requesting authorization to construct, own, and 
operate approximately 43.5 miles of pipeline looping facilities and 
88,500 horsepower of compression at one new and three existing 
compressor stations, all in Alabama (Hillabee Expansion Project), and 
to abandon the 1,131,730 dekatherms per day project capacity by lease 
to Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC (Sabal Trail) (Docket No. CP15-17-
000), 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 
Derrick Hughey, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, P.O. Box 
1396, Houston, Texas 77251, or by calling (713) 215-2450 (telephone) or 
email at [email protected].
    On November 8, 2013, the Commission staff granted Transco's request 
to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing 
Process and assigned Docket No. PF14-6-000 to staff activities 
involving the project. Now, as of the filing of this application on 
November 18, 2014, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has 
ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in 
Docket No. CP15-16-000, as noted in the caption of this Notice.
    Because the environmental review of the Hillabee Expansion Project 
must also include both Sabal Trail and Florida Southeast Connection 
LLC's 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 CP15-17-000, 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

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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. 2014-29054 Filed 12-10-14; 8:45 am]
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