Becoming an intervener on the PennEast pipeline

In my last post I explained that people cannot make comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the PennEast pipeline unless they are registered as “interveners.”  (Incidentally, some people also spell it “intervenor.”)  

I will give you a step-by-step rundown of how to do it below.  If you are as bad with tech stuff as I am, you won’t be able to print it.  If that is the case, email me at <hiramc@ptd.net> and I will send you a Word document with the same material.  

We also have a guy in the organization who will do it for you.  Send your name, address, phone #, intervener text (your message to FERC), and your relation to the pipeline (landowner, concerned citizen, environmentalist, etc.) to Mike at <westamwellcop@gmail.com> and he will sign you up as an intervener.

Here is the step-by-step rundown:

Step 1:  Registering

Enter <ferc.gov>.  You will get to the home page.  At the top is a row of terms.  Each of them has a drag-down menu.  Go the the 3rd one that says “Documents and Filings.”  Drag down to “eFiling” and click.

Two orange boxes will appear on the screen:  Login and eRegister.  If you have not registered before, click on the eRegister box and follow the instructions to register “fully.”  Then hit the “next” box at the bottom.  Follow the instructions.  In a few minutes FERC should send you a verification email that you are registered.

Step 2:  Becoming an intervener

After you get the verification email, go back to <ferc.gov> and the home page.  Go to “Documents and Filings”  Drag down to “eFiling” and click.

This time click on the orange box that says “Login.”  Follow the instructions and a new screen that says “Filing type” will appear. 

Click on “General.”  A new list will appear on the right.  Click on “Intervention.”

Another list will again appear on the right.  Click on “(doc-less) Motion to Intervene.”  Click “next” on the bottom right corner.

A new screen will appear with the title “Select Docket.”  In the box “Enter Docket Number,” type CP15-558.

A new screen will appear with a description of the PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC.  Click on the blue + sign, then hit “next.”

A new screen with a large box will appear.  Type in why you want to become an intervener.  You can be an affected landowner, concerned about bog turtles, worried about explosions, a water customer of the Bethlehem Water Authority, concerned about forest fragmentation, or any other reason you oppose the pipeline.

After you type your message, hit “next.”  You will be filing “As an individual.”  Hit next.  

Put in your email address and “Add as signer.”  On the screen that appears, hit “next.”  You will get a description in a box.  If you are ok with it, hit “next.”

On the final screen, hit “submit.”  Congratulations.  You are an intervener.  Go pour yourself a stiff drink.  Keep in mind you may add more comments at a later time.