Notice2021-15058
North Baja Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for The Proposed North Baja Xpress Project
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July 15, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 133 (Thursday, July 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37321-37322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15058]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP20-27-000]
North Baja Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for The Proposed North Baja Xpress
Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the North Baja XPress Project (Project), proposed by North Baja
Pipeline, LLC (North Baja) in the above-referenced docket. North Baja
requests authorization to modify an existing compressor station in La
Paz County, Arizona, as well as install additional flow measurement
facilities and piping modifications at two existing meter stations in
La Paz County, Arizona and Imperial County, California, respectively.
North Baja states that the purpose of the Project is enable the
transport of 495,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas to the United
States/Mexico border for its shipper, Sempra LNG International, LLC.
The draft EIS responds to comments that were received on the
Commission's September 8, 2020 Environmental Assessment (EA) \1\ and
discloses downstream greenhouse gas emissions for the Project. With the
exception of climate change impacts, the FERC staff concludes that
approval of the proposed Project, with the mitigation measures
recommended in the EIS, would not result in significant environmental
impacts. FERC staff continues to be unable to determine significance
with regards to climate change impacts.
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\1\ The Project's Environmental Assessment is available on
eLibrary under accession no. 20200908-3009.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
participated as a cooperating agency in the preparation of the EA and
the draft EIS. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special
expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by the
proposal and participate in the National Environmental Policy Act
analysis. The BLM may adopt and use the EA and EIS to consider the
issuance of a right-of-way grant for the use of a temporary workspace
requested by North Baja on BLM-administered public lands adjacent to
the Ogilby Meter Station in Imperial County, California.
The draft EIS incorporates the above-referenced EA, which addressed
the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation
of the following Project facilities:
<bullet> One new 31,900-horsepower compressor unit and restaging of
two existing 7,700-horsepower compressor units at North Baja's existing
Ehrenberg Compressor Station in La Paz County, Arizona; and
<bullet> flow measurement facilities and piping modifications at
North Baja's existing El Paso and Ogilby Meter Stations in La Paz
County, Arizona and Imperial County, California, respectively.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed North Baja XPress
Project to federal, state, and local government representatives and
agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups;
Native American tribes; potentially affected landowners and other
interested individuals and groups; and newspapers and libraries in the
Project area. The draft EIS is only available in electronic format. It
may be viewed and downloaded from the FERC's website (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">www.ferc.gov</a>), on
the natural gas environmental documents page (<a href="https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents">https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents</a>). In
addition, the draft EIS may be accessed by using the eLibrary link on
the FERC's website. Click on the eLibrary link (<a href="https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search">https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search</a>) select ``General Search'' and enter
the docket number in the ``Docket Number'' field, excluding the last
three digits (i.e., CP20-27). Be sure you have selected an appropriate
date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#afe9caddcce0c1c3c6c1cafcdadfdfc0dddbefc9caddcc81c8c0d9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c98facbbaa86a7a5a0a7ac9abcb9b9a6bbbd89afacbbaae7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a> or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
The draft EIS is not a decision document. It presents Commission
staff's independent analysis of the environmental issues for the
Commission to consider when addressing the merits of all issues in this
proceeding. Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS may do so.
Your comments should focus on draft EIS's disclosure and discussion of
potential environmental effects, including climate impacts due to
downstream greenhouse gas emissions, and measures to avoid or lessen
environmental impacts. To ensure consideration of your comments on the
proposal in the final EIS, it is important that the Commission receive
your comments on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 30, 2021.
For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit
your
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comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide equal
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form
or provided verbally. The Commission encourages electronic filing of
comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-3676 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70361502133f1e1c191e15230500001f020430161502135e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="11577463725e7f7d787f74426461617e636551777463723f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>. Please carefully follow these instructions
so that your comments are properly recorded.
(1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's website (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">www.ferc.gov</a>) under the link to
FERC Online. This 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 on the Commission's website (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">www.ferc.gov</a>) 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.'' If you
are filing a comment on a particular project, please select ``Comment
on a Filing'' as the filing type; 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 (CP20-
27-000) 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.
Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR part 385.214). Motions to intervene are
more fully described at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides">https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides</a>. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or
judicial review of the Commission's decision. The Commission grants
affected landowners and others with environmental concerns intervenor
status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and
direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can adequately
represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not give you
intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to have your
comments considered.
Questions?
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC website (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">www.ferc.gov</a>) using the eLibrary link. The eLibrary link
also provides access to the texts of all formal documents issued by the
Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription that allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and
submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you
spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to
the documents. Go to <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview">https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview</a> to
register for eSubscription.
Dated: July 9, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-15058 Filed 7-14-21; 8:45 am]
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