Notice2022-14014
Golden Pass Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Mp66-69 Compressor Relocation and Modification Amendment and the Mp33 Compressor Station Modification Amendment Project
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June 30, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 125 (Thursday, June 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39082-39083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14014]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP21-1-000; CP21-458-000]
Golden Pass Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Mp66-69 Compressor
Relocation and Modification Amendment and the Mp33 Compressor Station
Modification Amendment Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the MP66-69 Compression Relocation and Modification Amendment and
the MP33 Compressor Station Modification Amendment Project (Project),
proposed by Golden Pass Pipeline, LLC (Golden Pass), in the above
referenced dockets. Golden Pass requests authorization to amend its
certificate of public convenience and necessity for the Pipeline
Expansion Project (Docket No. CP14-518-000) that was issued by the
Commission on December 21, 2016. Golden Pass requests authorization to
modify the previously authorized facilities in Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana and Orange County, Texas.
The final 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 this EIS, would not result in
significant environmental impacts, with the exception of climate change
impacts. The EIS does not characterize 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 climate change 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 final EIS incorporates by reference the Commission staff's July
2016 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) issued in Docket Nos.
CP14-517-000 and CP14-518-000 for the Golden Pass LNG Export Project
(2016 FEIS) and the Commission's findings and conclusions in its
December 21, 2016 Order. The final EIS addresses the potential
environmental effects of the construction and operation of the
following Project facilities:
CP21-1-000 (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana)
<bullet> relocate the approved Compressor Station at Milepost (MP)
66 approximately three miles, to MP69;
<bullet> increase the amount of compression at the relocated
compressor station;
<bullet> eliminate approved modifications to interconnects at MP63
and MP66;
<bullet> minor changes to approved interconnect modifications at
MP68; and
<bullet> eliminate the previously approved 3 miles of 24-inch-
diameter pipeline loop between MP66 and MP69.
CP21-458-000 (Orange County, Texas)
<bullet> relocate the MP33 Compressor Station approximately fifty
feet north-northwest to avoid an existing pipeline right-of-way based
on a landowner request;
<bullet> increase the authorized compression at the MP33 Compressor
Station;
<bullet> construct three new interconnects and appurtenant
facilities adjacent to the MP33 Compressor Station; and
<bullet> eliminate receipt stations at the existing Texoma delivery
interconnect on Golden Pass's existing system at MP33.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the MP66-69 Compression
Relocation and Modification Amendment and the MP33 Compressor Station
Modification Amendment 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 final 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 final 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
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``General Search'' and enter the docket number in the ``Docket Number''
field (i.e. CP21-1-000 or CP21-458-000). Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5e3c0d7c6eacbc9cccbc0f6d0d5d5cad7d1e5c3c0d7c68bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c0a293e2f0322202522291f393c3c233e380c2a293e2f622b233a">[email protected]</span></a> or toll free at (866) 208-3676,
or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
The final 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.
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: June 24, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-14014 Filed 6-29-22; 8:45 am]
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