Notice2021-23482
North Baja Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed North Baja XPress Project
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Published
October 28, 2021
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 206 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59702-59703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23482]
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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 Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed North Baja XPress
Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final 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 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 September 8, 2020 Environmental Assessment (EA) and July
9, 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 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 EA is available on eLibrary under accession
no. 20200908-3009, and the draft EIS is available under accession
no. 20210709-3005.
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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 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 final 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
Final 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 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. CP20-27-000). Be
sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87c1e2f5e4c8e9ebeee9e2d4f2f7f7e8f5f3c7e1e2f5e4a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="35735047567a5b595c5b50664045455a474175535047561b525a43">[email protected]</span></a> or
toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
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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: October 22, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-23482 Filed 10-27-21; 8:45 am]
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