Notice2021-20995
Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed East Lateral Xpress Project
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September 28, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53650-53651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20995]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP20-527-000]
Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed East Lateral
Xpress Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the East Lateral XPress Project (Project), proposed by Columbia
Gulf Transmission, LLC (Columbia Gulf) in the above-referenced docket.
Columbia Gulf requests authorization to construct and operate natural
gas transmission facilities in Louisiana. The Project is designed to
provide a total of 725 million standard cubic feet per day of firm
transportation capacity, through a combination of incremental and
existing capacity on Columbia Gulf's interstate natural gas pipeline
system, to an interconnect with Venture Global Gator Express, LLC, for
ultimate delivery as feed gas for Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC's
facility in Plaquemines Parish.
The final EIS responds to comments that were received on the
Commission's March 16, 2021 Environmental Assessment (EA) and June 25,
2021 draft EIS \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 this 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 EA is available on eLibrary under accession
no. 20210316-3010 and the draft EIS is available under accession no.
20210625-3010.
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The final EIS incorporates the above referenced EA, which addressed
the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation
of the following Project facilities:
<bullet> 8.1 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline lateral within
Barataria Bay in Jefferson and Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana;
<bullet> Centerville Compressor Station--a new 23,470-horsepower
(hp) compressor station at an abandoned Columbia Gulf compressor
station site in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana;
<bullet> Golden Meadow Compressor Station--a new 23,470-hp
compressor station adjacent to an existing tie-in facility in Lafourche
Parish, Louisiana;
<bullet> a point of delivery meter station in Plaquemines Parish,
Louisiana; and
<bullet> a tie-in facility with two mainline valves and other
appurtenances on a new platform in Barataria Bay, Jefferson Parish,
Louisiana.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed East Lateral
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 final 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
(https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/
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environmental-documents). In addition, the final 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
(i.e., CP20-527). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range.
For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#03456671604c6d6f6a6d66507673736c717743656671602d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c385a6b1a08cadafaaada690b6b3b3acb1b783a5a6b1a0eda4acb5">[email protected]</span></a> or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
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: September 21, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20995 Filed 9-27-21; 8:45 am]
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