[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60886-60888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25636]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application

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                                                    Docket Nos.
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC............  CP15-554-000
                                          PF15-6-000
Dominion Transmission, Inc..............  CP15-555-000
                                          PF15-5-000
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC and          CP15-556-000
 Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
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    Take notice that on September 18, 2015, Atlantic Coast Pipeline, 
LLC (ACP), 120 Tredgar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 filed an 
application under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of 
the Commission's regulations requesting authorization to install, 
construct, own, operate and maintain certain natural gas pipeline 
facilities for its Atlantic Coast Pipeline project consisting of: (i) 
Approximately 564.1 miles of various diameter pipeline; (ii) three 
greenfield compressor stations totaling 117,545 horsepower (HP) of 
compression; and (iii) various appurtenant and auxiliary facilities 
designed to transport up to approximately 1.5 million dekatherms per 
day (MMDth/d) of natural gas. Facilities to be constructed are located 
in Harrison, Lewis, Upshur, Randolph, and Pocahontas Counties, West 
Virginia; Highland, Augusta, Nelson, Buckingham, Cumberland, Prince 
Edward, Nottoway, Dinwiddie, Brunswick, Greensville and Southampton 
Counties and the Cities of

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Suffolk and Chesapeake, Virginia; and Northampton, Halifax, Nash, 
Wilson, Johnston, Sampson, Cumberland and Robeson Counties, North 
Carolina. Additionally, ACP is seeking Blanket Certificates of public 
convenience and necessity pursuant to Part 284, Subpart G authorizing 
the transportation of natural gas for others, and Part 157, Subpart F 
authorizing certain facility construction, operation and abandonment 
activities, all as more fully described in the application.
    In a related filing, on September 18, 2015, Dominion Transmission, 
Inc. (DTI), 707 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, filed under 
sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the 
Commission's regulations requesting authorization to abandon, install, 
construct, own, operate and maintain certain natural gas pipeline 
facilities for its Supply Header Project (Supply Header) located in 
Westmoreland and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania; and Harrison, 
Doddridge, Tyler, Wetzel, and Marshall Counties, West Virginia. The 
Supply Header would provide transportation service of approximately 1.5 
MMDth/d from supply areas on the DTI system for delivery to the ACP. 
The Supply Header facilities would consist of: (i) Two pipeline loops 
of 30-inch diameter pipeline totaling 37.5 miles; ii) added compression 
at three existing compressor stations totaling 70,530 HP; and iii) 
various appurtenant and auxiliary facilities. DTI also proposes to 
abandon two compressor units in Wetzel County, West Virginia, all as 
more fully described in the application.
    Finally, on September 18, 2015, ACP and Piedmont Natural Gas 
Company, Inc. (Piedmont), 4720 Piedmont Row Drive, Charlotte, North 
Carolina 28210, filed a joint application under section 7(c) of the NGA 
and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations seeking authorization of a 
lease pursuant to which ACP will lease capacity (Lease) on Piedmont's 
system for use by ACP in providing service under its FERC Gas Tariff, 
primarily for the Public Service Company of North Carolina, Inc. 
Piedmont, a local distribution company (LDC), also requests a limited 
jurisdiction certificate in order to enter into the Lease with ACP for 
the interstate transportation of gas through Piedmont's facilities. 
Piedmont also requests a determination that the Lease will not affect 
its status and a LDC not otherwise subject to Commission regulation, 
all as more fully described in the application.
    The filings 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 ACP's or DTI's projects should be directed 
to Angela Woolard, Gas Transmission Certificates, Dominion 
Transmission, Inc., 701 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219; 
telephone: 866-319-3382.
    Any questions regarding the ACP--Piedmont Lease should be directed 
to Matthew Bley, Director, Gas Transmission Certificates, Dominion 
Transmission, Inc., 701 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219; 
telephone: 866-319-3382.
    On November 13, 2014, the Commission staff granted ACP's and DTI's 
requests to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-
Filing Process and assigned Docket Nos. PF15-6-000 and PF15-5-000, 
respectively to staff activities involving the combined Atlantic Coast 
Pipeline and Supply Header projects. Now, as of the filing of the 
applications on September 18, 2015, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for 
this project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be 
conducted in Docket No. CP15-554-000 for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline 
and CP15-555-000 for DTI's Supply Header project, as noted in the 
caption of this Notice.
    Within 90 days after the Commission issues a Notice of Application 
for the ACP, Supply Header and ACP--Piedmont Lease projects, 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 both the 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: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 23, 2015.


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    Dated: October 2, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-25636 Filed 10-7-15; 8:45 am]
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