[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 129 (Friday, July 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 36275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14626]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP21-57-000]


Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Supplemental Scoping 
Period for the Proposed Amendment to the Certificate of Public 
Convenience and Necessity for the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project and 
Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

    On March 16, 2021, Commission staff issued a ``Notice of Scoping 
Period and Requesting Comments on Environmental Issues for the Proposed 
Amendment to the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for 
the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project'' (Notice of Scoping). The Notice 
of Scoping is included as attachment 1.\1\ The scoping comment period 
ended on April 15, 2021.
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    \1\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in 
the Federal Register. Copies of the appendices were sent to all 
those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at 
www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary''. For instructions on 
connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. At 
this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's 
Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National 
Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), 
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact 
FERC at [email protected] or call toll free, (886) 208-3676 
or TTY (202) 502-8659.
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    It has come to our attention that the entire environmental mailing 
list may not have received copies of the Notice of Scoping; therefore, 
the Commission is issuing this Notice of Supplemental Scoping Period to 
provide interested parties that did not receive the previous notice an 
opportunity to file comments on environmental issues. The supplemental 
scoping period will close on August 2, 2021.
    The staff of the Commission is preparing an environmental 
assessment (EA) that will discuss the environmental impacts of the 
proposed Amendment to the Certificate of Public Convenience and 
Necessity for the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project (Amendment Project) 
involving construction and operation of facilities by Mountain Valley 
Pipeline, LLC (Mountain Valley) in Wetzel, Lewis, Webster, Nicholas, 
Greenbrier, Summers, and Monroe Counties, West Virginia and Giles, 
Montgomery, Roanoke, Franklin, and Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia.
    Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, 
reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental 
impacts. Your input will help the Commission staff determine what 
issues they need to evaluate in the EA. Commission staff will consider 
all written comments during the preparation of the EA. If you submitted 
comments in Docket No. CP21-57-000 during the previous scoping period, 
those comments will be considered and do not need to be resubmitted.
    On June 11, 2021, Commission staff issued a ``Notice of Schedule 
for the Preparation of an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed 
Amendment to the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for 
the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project'' (Notice of Schedule).\2\ As 
indicated in the Notice of Schedule, the EA is scheduled to be 
published on August 13, 2021. If a schedule change becomes necessary, 
the Commission will issue a revised schedule.
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    \2\ See accession number 20210611-3044.
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    Additional information on the Amendment Project including how to 
submit comments to the Commission, a summary of the proposed project, 
the NEPA Process, and information on the environmental mailing list can 
be found in the Notice of Scoping included in attachment 1.
    Additional information about the project is also available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the 
FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. Click on the 
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number 
in the ``Docket Number'' field. Be sure you have selected an 
appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected] or (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the 
texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, 
notices, and rulemakings.

    Dated: July 1, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-14626 Filed 7-8-21; 8:45 am]
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