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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 164 / Friday, August 27, 2021 / Notices sheet along with other landowner topics of interest are available for viewing on the FERC website www.ferc.gov under the Natural Gas Questions or Landowner Topics link.

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Public Participation There are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. Please carefully follow these instructions so that your comments are properly recorded. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at 866 2083676 or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.
1 You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature, which is located on the Commissions website www.ferc.gov under the link to FERC Online. Using eComment 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, which is located on the Commissions website www.ferc.gov under the link to FERC Online. 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. You will be asked to select the type of filing you are making; a comment on a particular project is considered a Comment on a Filing; or 3 You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number CP21134000
on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Additionally, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription which makes it easy to stay informed of all issuances and submittals regarding the dockets/projects to which you subscribe. These instant email notifications are the fastest way to receive notification and provide a link to the document files which can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings. Go to https
www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to register for eSubscription.

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Summary of the Proposed Project Transco proposes to abandon facilities comprising of 8-, 10-, and 12-inchdiameter pipeline segments totaling approximately 29.6 miles, as well as appurtenant facilities. The Happytown Abandonment Project would abandon inactive facilities, which would have no impact on Transcos operations and the ability of Transcos Mainlines A, B, and C to provide natural gas service.
According to Transco the system ceased production several years ago due to diminished reserves. Happytown A, B, and the Sun Fordoche Lateral were taken out of service in various stages between 1993 and 1998.
The Happytown Abandonment Project would consist of the following facilities:
Approximately 15.1 miles of 8-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline;
approximately 6.8 miles of 8-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline;
approximately 4.1 miles of 10-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline; and the Sun Fordoche Lateralan approximately 3.6-mile-long, 12-inchdiameter pipeline.
The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix 1.1
Land Requirements for Construction Abandonment activities of the proposed facilities would disturb about 141 acres of land for the aboveground facilities and the pipeline. No land would be used for operations.
NEPA Process and the Environmental Document Any environmental document issued by the Commission will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the abandonment of the project facilities under the relevant general resource areas:
Geology and soils;
water resources and wetlands;
vegetation and wildlife;
threatened and endangered species;
cultural resources;
land use;
air quality and noise; and reliability and safety.
Commission staff will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed 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 Commissions Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease. COVID19, issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll free, 886
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project or portions of the project and make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas. Your comments will help Commission staff identify and focus on the issues that might have an effect on the human environment and potentially eliminate others from further study and discussion in the environmental document.
Following this scoping period, Commission staff will determine whether to prepare an Environmental Assessment EA or an Environmental Impact Statement EIS. The EA or the EIS will present Commission staffs independent analysis of the issues. If Commission staff prepares an EA, a Notice of Schedule for the Preparation of an Environmental Assessment will be issued. The EA may be issued for an allotted public comment period. The Commission would consider timely comments on the EA before making its decision regarding the proposed project.
If Commission staff prepares an EIS, a Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS/
Notice of Schedule will be issued, which will open up an additional comment period. Staff will then prepare a draft EIS which will be issued for public comment. Commission staff will consider all timely comments received during the comment period on the draft EIS and revise the document, as necessary, before issuing a final EIS.
Any EA or draft and final EIS will be available in electronic format in the public record through eLibrary 2 and the Commissions natural gas environmental documents web page https www.ferc.gov/industries-data/
natural-gas/environment/
environmental-documents. If eSubscribed, you will receive instant email notification when the environmental document is issued.
With this notice, the Commission is asking agencies with jurisdiction by law and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues of this project to formally cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document.3
Agencies that would like to request cooperating agency status should follow the instructions for filing comments provided under the Public Participation section of this notice.
Consultation Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservations 2 For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.
3 The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 1501.8.

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