[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46233-46234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21269]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP14-554-002; CP15-016-003; CP15-017-002]


Florida Southeast Connection, LLC; Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC; Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of 
the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Southeast 
Market Pipelines Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a draft supplemental environmental impact 
statement (SEIS) for the Southeast Market Pipelines Project (SMP 
Project). The SMP Project is composed of three separate, but related, 
interstate natural gas transmission pipeline projects. These projects 
are: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC's Hillabee Expansion 
Project in Docket No. CP15-16-000; Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC's 
Sabal Trail Project in Docket No. CP15-17-000; and Florida Southeast 
Connection, LLC's Florida Southeast Connection Project in Docket No. 
CP14-554-000. Together, these projects involve the construction and 
operation of approximately 685 miles of pipeline and associated 
facilities.
    The draft SEIS has been prepared to address the August 22, 2017 
Opinion issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the District 
of Columbia regarding the Commission's environmental review of the SMP 
Project. The draft SEIS incorporates by reference and expands upon the 
analysis contained within the December 2015 final environmental impact 
statement (FEIS) for the SMP Project. The draft SEIS estimates the 
greenhouse gas emissions generated by the SMP Project's customers' 
downstream facilities, describes the methodology used to determine 
these estimates, discusses context for understanding the magnitude of 
these emissions, and addresses the value of using the social cost of 
carbon tool.
    As described in the executive summary of the FEIS, and based on the 
environmental analysis section of the FEIS and this draft SEIS, we 
conclude that constructing and operating the SMP Project would result 
in temporary and permanent impacts on the environment. We also conclude 
that with the applicants' implementation of their respective impact 
avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures, as well as their 
adherence to the measures we have required to further avoid, minimize, 
and mitigate these impacts, operating the SMP Project would not result 
in a significant impact on the environment.
    Commission staff has mailed copies of the draft SEIS to federal, 
state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected 
officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American 
tribes; potentially affected landowners, other interested individuals 
and groups; and newspapers and libraries in the project area. 
Additionally, the draft SEIS is available for public viewing on the 
FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited 
number of copies of the draft EIS are available for distribution and 
public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public 
Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, 
(202) 502-8371.
    Any person wishing to comment on the draft SEIS may do so. The 
Commission will only consider comments on the draft SEIS, and not on 
the FEIS or the Commission's orders in this proceeding, on which the 
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has already been provided the opportunity to comment. Comments on the 
draft SEIS must be filed on or before November 20, 2017. While the 
Commission makes every effort to consider all comments, it cannot 
guarantee that late comments will be considered.
    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference 
docket numbers CP14554-002; CP15-16-003; and CP15-17-002 with your 
submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and 
has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or 
[email protected]. Please carefully follow these instructions 
so that your comments are properly recorded.
    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment 
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to 
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief, 
text-only comments on a project;
    (2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling 
feature on the Commission's Web site (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. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please 
select Comment on a Filing as the filing type; or
    (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to 
the following address. Be sure to reference the project docket numbers 
(CP14554-002, CP15-16-003, and CP15-17-002) with your submission: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.

Questions?

    Additional information about the SMP 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., 
CP14554, CP15-16, and CP15-17). 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; 
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 that 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 www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.

     Dated: September 27, 2017.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-21269 Filed 10-3-17; 8:45 am]
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