Notice2021-25403
Technical Conference on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Natural Gas Act Sections 3 and 7 Authorizations; Notice Inviting Technical Conference Comments
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November 22, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 222 (Monday, November 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 66293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. PL21-3-000]
Technical Conference on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Natural Gas
Act Sections 3 and 7 Authorizations; Notice Inviting Technical
Conference Comments
On November 19, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) will convene a Commission staff-led technical conference
to discuss methods natural gas companies may use to mitigate the
effects of direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions resulting from
Natural Gas Act sections 3 and 7 authorizations.
All interested persons are invited to file post-technical
conference comments to address issues raised during the technical
conference and identified in the Supplemental Notices of Technical
Conference issued on October 1, 2021, and November 9, 2021. For
reference, the questions included in the Supplemental Notices are
included below. Commenters need not answer all of the questions but are
encouraged to organize responses using the numbering and order in the
questions below. Commenters are also invited to reference material
previously filed in this docket but are encouraged to avoid repetition
or replication of previous material. Comments are due on Tuesday,
December 14, 2021.
Comments may be filed electronically via the internet.\1\
Instructions are available on the Commission's website <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b2d2e392824050702050e381e1b1b04191f2b0d0e1908450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="31777463727e5f5d585f54624441415e434571575443521f565e47">[email protected]</span></a> or toll free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
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\1\ See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (2020).
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For more information about this notice, please contact
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Dated: November 16, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
Post-Technical Conference Questions for Comment
1. The Level of Mitigation for a Proposed Project's Reasonably
Foreseeable Greenhouse Gas Emissions
a. When determining the amount of reasonably foreseeable GHG
emissions associated with a proposed project, how could the Commission
consider: Project utilization projections; State or regional natural
gas usage projections from Public Utility Commissions or other
entities; individual emissions data for industrial or electric
generation customers; known netting effects from displacement of higher
or lower emitting sources, including displacement that may occur over
the life of the project; or other factors?
b. What is the appropriate level of mitigation associated with GHG
emissions for a proposed project? Should the Commission determine the
amount of mitigation required on a case-by-case basis or should the
mitigation levels be set at zero, less than significant, or some other
level?
2. Types of Mitigation
a. What types of physical mitigation associated with GHG emissions
are project sponsors currently using at their facilities? What types of
physical mitigation associated with GHG emissions project sponsors are
currently available to project sponsors? Are there limitations to
physical mitigation measures?
b. What types of market-based mitigation associated with GHG
emissions are project sponsors currently using? What types of
alternative or market-based mitigation associated with GHG emissions
project sponsors are currently available to project sponsors?
c. Are market-based mitigation measures effective and verifiable
methods of mitigation over the life of a project? What effects would
this type of mitigation from Commission-jurisdictional projects have on
offset, REC, and GHG compliance markets?
d. Should project applicants submit mitigation proposals with their
project application? How soon might current project applicants be able
to supplement the record or respond to a Commission data request with
their mitigation proposal?
e. What factors should the Commission consider in evaluating the
sufficiency of a mitigation proposal?
3. Compliance and Cost Recovery of Mitigation
a. How could the Commission ensure continued verification and
accounting of GHG mitigation measures since the Commission would need
to monitor and assess mitigation during the life of the project?
b. Are there federal or state agencies which currently monitor
compliance of GHG mitigation measures? Should the Commission explore
potential interagency agreements or memorandums of understanding with
other federal agencies to monitor compliance of GHG mitigation
measures?
c. How could the Commission allow project sponsors to recover the
costs of market-based mitigation measures, such as the purchase of
offsets? Would allowing recovery of such costs through an annual
tracker or surcharge be appropriate?
[FR Doc. 2021-25403 Filed 11-19-21; 8:45 am]
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