2015-25636. Notice of Application

	Docket Nos.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC	CP15-554-000 PF15-6-000
Dominion Transmission, Inc	CP15-555-000 PF15-5-000
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC and Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc	CP15-556-000

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 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 [e-mail] or toll free at [phone], or TTY, [phone].

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: [phone].

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: [phone].

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.

Dated: October 2, 2015.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.