20140957 Ver 1_FERC Notice of Application_20150921

Burdette, Jennifer a
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Subject:
Atlantic Coast Pipeline - Please identify adequacy of your application materials
Importance: High
Good afternoon,
I'm writing to let you know that on Friday, Dominion filed its applications with FERC for its Atlantic Coast Pipeline and
Supply Header Projects. Information on the application materials can be found here (Scroll down to "FERC Application —
Sept 2015 and click "resource reports ").
As noted in the FERC application, you have been identified as a federal or state agency that has jurisdiction over a federal
permit or authorization to consider with respect to one or both of these projects. Applicants requesting a FERC Certificate
of Public Convenience and Necessity are required to submit each of its applications, permits, special use requests, etc., to
the considering agency concurrent with its FERC application. Therefore, Dominion /Atlantic Coast Pipeline should have (or
should in the very near future) filed a formal application with your agency.
In accordance with FERC regulations, your agency must, within 30 days of receiving your application materials, officially file
with FERC your preliminary assessment of the application. Basically, you should identify whether (1) you actually received
it, and (2) it provides enough information for you to assess the proposed action. This regulation is be found at 18 CFR §
385.2013 and the information that you file should identify:
"(1) Whether the application is ready for processing, and if not, what additional information or materials will be
necessary to assess the merits of the request;
(2) The time the agency or official will allot the applicant to provide the necessary additional information or
materials;

(3) What, if any, studies will be necessary in order to evaluate the request,
(4) The anticipated effective date of the agency's or official's decision, and
(5) If applicable, the schedule set by Federal law for the agency or official to act."
The purpose of this assessment is to help FERC identify the status and schedule of the review of the other federal /state
permitting agencies of the ACP /SHP projects. It is not intended to imply that agencies must act on their permits, but
merely inform FERC of the requirements of the other federal agencies. If you are interested in learning more about this
unusual regulation, page 16 of its rulemaking here discusses the intent— which is to help FERCset a reasonable schedule
for the project. Thirty days from the FERC receipt of its application is October 19, 2015.
As always, please call or email me if you have any questions.
Kevin
Kevin Bowman
Environmental Protection Specialist
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
202 -502 -6287