Notice2022-18332
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Virginia Electrification Project
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August 25, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52378-52379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18332]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP21-498-000]
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Virginia
Electrification Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Virginia Electrification Project (Project), proposed by
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (Columbia) in the above-referenced
docket. Columbia requests authorization to construct and operate
natural gas facilities in Virginia. The Project is designed to provide
35,000 dekatherms per day of incremental mainline capacity on
Columbia's pipeline system. The Project would address a request from
Columbia Gas of Virginia, an unaffiliated local distribution company,
for firm transportation service to meet growing energy demand in the
southeast Virginia market area off of Columbia's existing VM-107, VM-
108, and VM-109 pipelines.
This 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).
Columbia's Project facilities include: one zero emission electric motor
compressor unit at the Boswells Tavern Compressor Station located in
Louisa County; facility modifications to the Boswells Tavern point of
receipt located in Louisa County to allow for increased capacity;
replacement of all five existing gas-powered compressor units at the
Goochland Compressor Station, located in Goochland County, with new
units that will run exclusively on electric motors, but will have the
ability to run on gas in order to ensure reliability; and change the
status of an existing compressor unit from backup mode to active mode
and increase the site-rated station horsepower to 5,500 horsepower at
the Petersburg Compressor Station located in Prince George County. 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; however, with the exception of climate
change impacts, those impacts would not be significant. The 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\ 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.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Virginia
Electrification 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., CP21-498-000). Be sure you have
selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#feb89b8c9db1909297909bad8b8e8e918c8abe989b8c9dd0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1a7849382ae8f8d888f84b29491918e9395a187849382cf868e97">[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 the 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 October 11, 2022.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. 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#d791b2a5b498b9bbbeb9b284a2a7a7b8a5a397b1b2a5b4f9b0b8a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d7b584f5e7253515453586e484d4d524f497d5b584f5e135a524b">[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-
498-000) 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, MD 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/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
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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: August 19, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18332 Filed 8-24-22; 8:45 am]
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