Notice2021-27870
LA Storage, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Hackberry Storage Project
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December 23, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 244 (Thursday, December 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72936-72937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27870]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP21-44-000]
LA Storage, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Hackberry Storage
Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Hackberry Storage Project (Project), proposed by LA Storage,
LLC (LA Storage) in the above-referenced docket. LA Storage requests
authorization to construct and operate natural gas storage and
transmission facilities in Louisiana. The Project is designed to
provide 20.03 billion cubic feet of working gas storage capacity and
1.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of gas deliverability and
injectability, and interconnecting with the Cameron Interstate Pipeline
(CIP) facilities operated by Cameron Interstate Pipeline, LLC and the
Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector (PAPLC) facilities to be
operated by Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC.
The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Hackberry Storage Project in
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA). With the exception of climate change impacts, FERC staff
concludes that approval of the Project would not result in significant
environmental impacts. FERC staff is unable to determine the
significance level of climate change impacts.
The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following Project facilities: The
Project would involve the conversion of three existing salt dome
caverns to natural gas storage service and the development of one new
salt dome cavern for additional natural gas storage service, all within
a permanent natural gas storage facility on a 160-acre tract of land
owned by LA Storage in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. In addition to the
storage caverns, LA Storage would construct and operate on-site
compression facilities (Pelican Compressor Station) and up to six
solution mining water supply wells at the storage facility on LA
Storage's property. LA Storage would also construct and operate the
following natural gas facilities in in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes,
Louisiana: The Hackberry Pipeline, consisting of approximately 11.1
miles of 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline connecting the
certificated PAPLC pipeline (CP18-7) to the natural gas storage
caverns; the CIP Lateral, an approximately 4.9-mile-long, 42-inch-
diameter natural gas pipeline extending from the existing CIP to the
planned natural gas storage caverns; metering and regulating at the CIP
and PAPLC interconnects; and an approximately 6.2-mile-long, 16-inch-
diameter brine disposal pipeline that would transport brine from the
caverns to four saltwater disposal wells located on two new pads north
of the facility.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Hackberry Storage
Project to federal, state, and local government representatives and
agencies; local libraries; newspapers; elected officials; Native
American Tribes; and other interested parties. The draft 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., CP21-44-000). Be sure you have selected an appropriate
date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d492b1a6b79bbab8bdbab187a1a4a4bba6a094b2b1a6b7fab3bba2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="71371403123e1f1d181f14220401011e030531171403125f161e07">[email protected]</span></a> or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
The draft 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. Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS may do so.
Your comments should focus on draft EIS's disclosure and discussion of
potential environmental effects, measures to avoid or lessen
environmental impacts, and the completeness of the submitted
alternatives, information and analyses. To ensure consideration of your
comments on the proposal in the final EIS, it is important that the
Commission receive your comments on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
February 7, 2022.
For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide equal
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form
or provided verbally. The Commission encourages electronic filing of
comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-3676 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f6b0938495b9989a9f9893a5838686998482b690938495d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fbbd9e8998b4959792959ea88e8b8b94898fbb9d9e8998d59c948d">[email protected]</span></a>. Please carefully follow these instructions
so that your comments are properly recorded.
(1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's website (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">www.ferc.gov</a>) under the link to
FERC Online. This is an easy method for submitting brief, text-only
comments on a project;
(2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling
feature on the Commission's website (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">www.ferc.gov</a>) under the link to
FERC Online. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a variety of
formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling
users must first create an account by clicking on ``eRegister.'' If you
are filing a comment on a particular project, please select
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``Comment on a Filing'' as the filing type; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP21-
44-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC
20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR part 385.214). Motions to intervene are
more fully described at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides">https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides</a>. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or
judicial review of the Commission's decision. The Commission grants
affected landowners and others with environmental concerns intervenor
status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and
direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can adequately
represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not give you
intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to have your
comments considered.
Questions?
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: December 17, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-27870 Filed 12-22-21; 8:45 am]
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