Notice2021-22516
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC and Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Evangeline Pass Expansion Project
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October 15, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 197 (Friday, October 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57419-57420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22516]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP20-50-000; Docket No. CP20-51-000]
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC and Southern Natural Gas
Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Evangeline Pass Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Evangeline Pass Expansion Project (Project), proposed by
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC (Tennessee) and Southern Natural
Gas Company, LLC (SNG) in the above-referenced dockets.
Tennessee requests authorization to construct and operate about 13
miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline and a new compressor station in St.
Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes, Louisiana. SNG requests authorization
to construct and operate a new compressor station and three new meter
stations in Clarke and Smith, Counties, Mississippi; and St. Bernard
Parish, Louisiana. The Project would enable the transportation of up to
1,100,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas to an interconnect with
Venture Global Gator Express, LLC's Gator Express Pipeline to provide
feed gas for Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC's facility in
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. The final 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.
The final EIS responds to comments that were received on the
Commission's August 24, 2020 Environmental Assessment (EA) and July 16,
2021 draft EIS \1\ and discloses downstream greenhouse gas emissions
for the Project. With the exception of climate change impacts, FERC
staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with the
mitigation measures recommended in this final 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. 20200824-3066 and the draft EIS is available under accession no.
20210716-3005.
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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, by the respective applicants:
Tennessee
<bullet> About 9 miles of 36-inch-diameter looping \2\ pipeline in
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana (Yscloskey Toca Lateral Loop);
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\2\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to
an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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<bullet> about 4 miles of 36-inch-diameter looping pipeline in
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (Grand Bayou Loop); and
<bullet> a new 23,470 horsepower (hp) compressor station consisting
of one natural gas-fired Solar Turbines Titan 130 turbine driven
compressor unit along Tennessee's existing 500 line in St. Bernard
Parish, Louisiana (Compressor Station 529).
SNG
<bullet> A new 22,220 hp compressor station consisting of two
natural gas-fired Solar Taurus 70 turbines (11,110 hp each) in Clarke
County, Mississippi (Rose Hill Compressor Station); and
<bullet> three new meter stations: Rose Hill Receipt Meter Station
in Clarke County, Mississippi; Midcontinent Express Pipeline Receipt
Meter Station in Smith County, Mississippi; and Toca Delivery Meter
Station in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Evangeline Pass Expansion
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 (<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 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. CP20-50-000 or
CP20-51-000). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d3b180f1e3213111413182e080d0d120f093d1b180f1e531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99dffcebfad6f7f5f0f7fccaece9e9f6ebedd9fffcebfab7fef6ef">[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
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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: October 8, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-22516 Filed 10-14-21; 8:45 am]
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