Notice2022-04535
Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed; Delta Lateral Project
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Published
March 4, 2022
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12449-12450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04535]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP21-197-000]
Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Availability of
the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed; Delta
Lateral Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Delta Lateral Project, proposed by Kern River Gas Transmission
Company (Kern River) in the above-referenced docket. Kern River
requests authorization to construct, own, and operate an approximately
36 mile-long, 24-inch-diameter pipeline; a delivery meter station; and
appurtenant facilities, all located in Millard County, Utah. According
to Kern River, the Project purpose is to provide firm transportation
service of 140,000 dekatherms of natural gas per day from Opal, Wyoming
to the Intermountain Power Project, an electrical generating facility
in Delta, Utah. Prior to filing its application, Kern River
participated in the Commission's Pre-filing Process for this Project
under Docket No. PF20-4-000.
The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Delta Lateral Project in accordance
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
and responds to comments that were received on the Commission's
November 4, 2021 draft EIS.\1\ As described in the final EIS, the FERC
staff concludes that approval of the Project would result in some
adverse environmental impacts; however, with the potential exception of
climate change impacts, these impacts would be reduced to less-than-
significant levels because of the impact avoidance, minimization, and
mitigation measures proposed by Kern River and those recommended by
staff in the EIS.
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\1\ The draft EIS is available on FERC's eLibrary under
Accession No. 20211104-3025.
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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
EIS. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special expertise
with respect to resources potentially affected by the proposal and
participate in the NEPA analysis. A portion of the Project would be
constructed on lands managed by the BLM Fillmore Field Office. The BLM
assisted in the preparation of this EIS and may adopt all or portions
of the document to satisfy its requirements under NEPA in response to
Kern River's application.
The Project would consist of the following specific facilities:
<bullet> A 35.84-mile-long, 24-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline;
<bullet> a delivery meter station;
<bullet> two mainline taps with automated lateral inlet valve
assemblies;
<bullet> an in-line inspection device launcher and receiver;
<bullet> an automated lateral block valve assembly; and
<bullet> ancillary facilities.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Delta Lateral
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 areas. The 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 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, excluding the last three digits
(i.e.,
[[Page 12450]]
CP21-197). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1e7c4d3c2eecfcdc8cfc4f2d4d1d1ced3d5e1c7c4d3c28fc6ced7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d6b485f4e6243414443487e585d5d425f596d4b485f4e034a425b">[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 which 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: February 25, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-04535 Filed 3-3-22; 8:45 am]
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