Notice2022-20408
Driftwood Pipeline LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Line 200 and Line 300 Project
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Published
September 21, 2022
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57694-57695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20408]
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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 Final
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 final 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 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 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
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 final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following project facilities:
<bullet> approximately 36.9 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline in
Beauregard and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana (Line 200);
<bullet> approximately 32.4 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline in
Beauregard and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana (Line 300) that would be
constructed adjacent to Line 200 in a second phase of construction;
<bullet> approximately 0.9 mile of 30-inch-diameter lateral (Sempra
Lateral) extending from Meter Station 14 to the Indian Bayou Compressor
Station;
<bullet> approximately 0.8 mile of 30-inch-diameter lateral
(Transco Lateral) extending from Meter Station 5 to the Indian Bayou
Compressor Station;
<bullet> approximately 850 feet of dual 42-inch-diameter pipelines
connecting the receiver facility to Meter Station 12;
<bullet> new compressor station identified as the Indian Bayou
Compressor Station with a total 211,200 horsepower (hp) in Beauregard
Parish, Louisiana;
<bullet> new receiver facility at the terminus of the Line 200 and
Line 300 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana;
<bullet> 11 new meter stations and interconnects in Beauregard and
Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana;
<bullet> 6 mainline valves (MLV) within 3 valve facilities; and
<bullet> additional ancillary facilities such as communication
facilities and pig launchers \2\ and receivers.
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\2\ A ``pig'' is a tool that the pipeline company inserts into
and pushes through the pipeline for cleaning the pipeline,
conducting internal inspections, or other purposes.
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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 final EIS is only available in electronic format. It may be
viewed and downloaded from the
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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
``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#b2f4d7c0d1fddcdedbdcd7e1c7c2c2ddc0c6f2d4d7c0d19cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7a1829584a8898b8e8982b4929797889593a781829584c9808891">[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: September 15, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-20408 Filed 9-20-22; 8:45 am]
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