Notice2021-24106
ANR Pipeline Company; Great Lakes Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Alberta Xpress and Lease Capacity Abandonment Project
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November 4, 2021
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 60806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24106]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP20-484-000; CP20-485-000]
ANR Pipeline Company; Great Lakes Transmission Limited
Partnership; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Alberta Xpress and Lease Capacity
Abandonment Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Alberta Xpress and Lease Capacity Abandonment Projects,
proposed by ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) and Great Lakes Gas Transmission
Limited Partnership (GLGT) in Docket Nos. CP20-484-000 and CP20-485-
000, respectively. ANR proposes to construct and operate one new
greenfield compressor station (designated as the Turkey Creek
Compressor Station) and modify a mainline valve in Evangeline Parish,
Louisiana, and acquire a lease agreement between ANR and GLGT. ANR has
executed binding precedent agreements with two shippers to transport up
to 165,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas. GLGT proposes to abandon
firm capacity by a lease agreement with ANR. No new construction is
proposed as part of the Lease Capacity Abandonment Project; however,
this is related to the application filed by ANR to construct and
operate the Alberta Xpress Project.
The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the proposed facilities 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 December 4, 2020 environmental assessment (EA) and July
30, 2021 draft EIS,\1\ and discloses downstream greenhouse gas
emissions for the projects. With the exception of climate change
impacts, the FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed
projects, 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. 20201204-3004 and the draft EIS is available under accession no.
20210730-3017.
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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 Turkey Creek Compressor Station and modifications to a mainline
valve. The Turkey Creek Compressor Station would include the following
facilities:
<bullet> One 15,900 horsepower gas-fired turbine compressor;
<bullet> three inlet filter separators;
<bullet> three discharge gas cooling bays;
<bullet> 36-inch-diameter suction and discharge piping;
<bullet> 16-inch-diameter cold recycle valves and piping;
<bullet> 16-inch-diameter unit control valve and bypass piping; and
<bullet> related appurtenant facilities.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Alberta Xpress
and Lease Capacity Abandonment Projects 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 Alberta Xpress 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 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 (i.e., CP20-484
and CP20-485). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3e5c6d1c0eccdcfcacdc6f0d6d3d3ccd1d7e3c5c6d1c08dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f9bf9c8b9ab6979590979caa8c8989968b8db99f9c8b9ad79e968f">[email protected]</span></a> or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
Additional information about the projects are 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 29, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-24106 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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