Notice2022-08467
Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for The Proposed Henderson County Expansion Project
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April 20, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23516-23517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08467]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP21-467-000]
Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for The Proposed Henderson County
Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Henderson County Expansion Project (Project), proposed by Texas
Gas Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas) in the above-referenced docket. Texas
Gas requests a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and
Abandonment Authorization to construct, operate, and maintain, and
abandon certain natural gas transmission pipeline facilities in
Henderson and Webster Counties, Kentucky and Posey and Johnson
Counties, Indiana. The Project purpose is to provide up to 220,000
dekatherms per day of new firm transportation service to CenterPoint
Energy Indiana South's (CenterPoint) AB Brown Generating Station in
Posey County, Indiana.
The draft 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 (NEPA). FERC
staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with the
mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would result in some
adverse environmental impacts; however, with the exception of potential
impacts on climate change, we conclude that impacts would be reduced to
less than significant levels. Regarding climate change impacts, this
EIS is not characterizing the Project's greenhouse gas emissions as
significant or insignificant because the Commission is conducting a
generic proceeding to determine whether and how the Commission will
conduct significance determinations going forward.\1\
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\1\ Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas
Infrastructure Project Reviews, 178 FERC ] 61,108 (2022); 178 FERC ]
61,197 (2022).
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 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. Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides
input to the conclusions and recommendations presented in the draft
EIS, the agency may present its own conclusions and recommendations in
any applicable Records of Decision or other documentation for the
Project.
The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following project facilities:
<bullet> Henderson Lateral--Construction of an approximately 23.5-
mile-long, 20-inch-diameter natural gas transmission pipeline extending
from a new tie-in facility in Henderson County, Kentucky to the new AB
Brown Meter and Regulating (M&R) Station in Posey County, Indiana
(Henderson Lateral).
<bullet> AB Brown M&R Station and Point of Demarcation Site (Posey
County, Indiana)--Construction of a delivery M&R station, receiver
facility, and a 0.1-mile-long, 16-inch-diameter interconnecting
pipeline terminating at the new Point of Demarcation Site, which would
serve as CenterPoint's tie-in for Project facilities for its AB Brown
Generating Station.
<bullet> Slaughters Compressor Station (Webster County, Kentucky)--
Installation of a new 4,863-horsepower Solar Centaur 50 turbine
compressor unit with piping modifications and other appurtenant
facilities, abandonment in place of an existing compressor unit (Unit
5), and placement on standby of two existing compressor units (Unit 6
and Unit 7).
<bullet> New ancillary facilities including a mainline valve and
tie-in facility in Henderson County, Kentucky and upgrades to an
existing M&R station in Johnson County, Indiana.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Henderson County
Expansion 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 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,
excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP21-467). Be sure you have
selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dd9bb8afbe92b3b1b4b3b88ea8adadb2afa99dbbb8afbef3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43052631200c2d2f2a2d26103633332c313703252631206d242c35">[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 5:00pm Eastern Time on
June 6, 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#783e1d0a1b37161411161d2b0d0808170a0c381e1d0a1b561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="15537067765a7b797c7b70466065657a676155737067763b727a63">[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 ``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-
467-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service
must be addressed
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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.
(4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the
Commission invites you to attend one of the virtual public comment
sessions its staff will conduct by telephone to receive comments on the
draft EIS, scheduled as follows:
Date and Time
Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (CDT), Call in number: 800-779-
8625, Participant Passcode: 3472916
Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1:30-3:30 p.m. (CDT), Call in number: 800-779-
8625, Participant Passcode: 3472916
The primary goal of these comment sessions is to have you identify
the specific environmental issues and concerns with the draft EIS.
There will not be a formal presentation by Commission staff when the
session opens. Individual oral comments will be taken on a one-on-one
basis with a court reporter present on the line. This format is
designed to receive the maximum amount of oral comments, in a
convenient way during the timeframe allotted, and is in response to the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Prospective commentors are encouraged to
review the draft EIS to familiarize themselves with the Project prior
to participating in the meeting.
Each comment session is scheduled from either 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. or
else 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Central Time. You may call at any time
after the listed start times, at which point you will be placed on mute
and hold. Calls will be answered in the order they are received. Once
answered, you will have the opportunity to provide your comment
directly to a court reporter with FERC staff or representative present
on the line. A time limit of 3 minutes will be implemented for each
commentor.
Transcripts of all comments received during the comment sessions
will be publicly available on FERC's eLibrary system (see page 2 of
this notice for instructions on using eLibrary).
It is important to note that the Commission provides equal
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form
or provided at a virtual comment session.
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/how-intervene">https://www.ferc.gov/how-intervene</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: April 14, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-08467 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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