Notice2022-10776
Driftwood Pipeline LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Line 200 and Line 300 Project
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May 19, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 97 (Thursday, May 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30475-30477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10776]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP21-465-000; CP21-465-001; CP21-465-002]
Driftwood Pipeline LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Line 200 and Line 300
Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Line 200 and Line 300 Project (Project), proposed by Driftwood
Pipeline LLC (Driftwood) in the above-referenced docket. Driftwood
proposes to construct and operate dual 42-inch-diameter natural gas
pipelines originating near Ragley in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
southward to a proposed receiver facility near Carlyss in Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana. Additional facilities include one new compressor
station, eleven meter stations, six mainline valves, and other
aboveground facilities. The Project would provide a maximum seasonal
capacity of 5.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to the Lake
Charles market. According to Driftwood, its Project would provide
enhanced supply access, resilience, and reliability to the natural gas
market in the Lake Charles area.
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). The FERC
staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with the
mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would result in some
adverse environmental impacts, but none that are considered
significant. Regarding climate change impacts, the Project's
construction and operation emissions would increase the atmospheric
concentration of greenhouse gasses (GHG), in combination with past,
present, and future emissions from all other sources. This EIS is not
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characterizing the Project's GHG 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\ The EIS also concludes that no system,
route, or other alternative would meet the Project objective while
providing a significant environmental advantage over the Project as
proposed.
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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.
The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following project facilities:
<bullet> Installation of 36.9 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline in
Beauregard and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana (Line 200);
<bullet> installation of 30.8 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline in
Beauregard and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana (Line 300);
<bullet> installation of the new Indian Bayou Compressor Station
(up to 211,200 horsepower of electric-driven compression in Beauregard
Parish);
<bullet> installation of twelve new meter stations in Beauregard
and Calcasieu Parishes;
<bullet> installation of a dual receiver facility at the terminus
of Line 200 and Line 300 in Calcasieu Parish; and
<bullet> installation of six new mainline valves in Beauregard and
Calcasieu Parishes.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability 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., CP21-465). Be sure you have selected an appropriate
date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92d4f7e0f1ddfcfefbfcf7c1e7e2e2fde0e6d2f4f7e0f1bcf5fde4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d690b3a4b599b8babfb8b385a3a6a6b9a4a296b0b3a4b5f8b1b9a0">[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
July 5, 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#5b1d3e293814353732353e082e2b2b34292f1b3d3e2938753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="df99baadbc90b1b3b6b1ba8caaafafb0adab9fb9baadbcf1b8b0a9">[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;
(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-
465) 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; or
(4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the
Commission invites you to attend one of the virtual comment meetings to
receive comments on the draft EIS. The dates and times of these
meetings will be provided in a supplemental notice.
The primary goal of these comment sessions is to have you identify
the specific environmental issues and concerns that should be
considered in the environmental document. 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. There will not be a formal
presentation by Commission staff when the session opens.
Your verbal comments will be recorded by the court reporter (with
FERC staff or representative present) and become part of the public
record for this proceeding. Transcripts will be publicly available on
FERC's eLibrary system (see page 3 for instructions on using eLibrary).
If a significant number of people are interested in providing verbal
comments in the one-on-one settings, a time limit of 5 minutes may be
implemented for each commentor.
It is important to note that verbal comments hold the same weight
as written or electronically submitted comments. Although there will
not be a formal presentation, Commission staff will be available to
answer your questions about the environmental review process.
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
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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: May 13, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-10776 Filed 5-18-22; 8:45 am]
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