Notice2022-23414
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Southside Reliability Enhancement Project
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October 27, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65053-65055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23414]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP22-461-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of
Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the
Proposed Southside Reliability Enhancement Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Southside Reliability Enhancement Project (Project), proposed
by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the above-
referenced docket. Transco requests authorization to construct and
operate one new compressor station and modify two existing compressor
stations and three existing meter stations in North Carolina and
Virginia. The Project would provide an incremental 423,400 dekatherms
per day (Dth/d) of year-round firm transportation capacity from
Transco's Compressor Station 165 and the Pine Needle Storage Facility
along the mainline pipeline system to delivery points in North
Carolina.
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, impacts would be reduced to
less-than-significant levels. Regarding climate change impacts, the
Project's construction and operation emissions would increase the
atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG), in combination
with past, present, and future emissions from all other sources.
Climate change impacts are not characterized in the EIS as significant
or insignificant because the Commission is conducting a generic
proceeding to determine whether and how the Commission will conduct
significance determinations going
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forward.\1\ The EIS also concludes that no system or other alternative
site 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 draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following Project facilities:
<bullet> installation of a new compressor station (Compressor
Station 168) which includes one new 33,000 horsepower electric motor-
driven compressor unit, and installation of new mainline valves on
South Virginia Lateral A-Line and B-Line at the new Compressor Station
168 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia;
<bullet> addition of one 16,000 horsepower electric motor-driven
compressor unit at existing Compressor Station 166 in Pittsylvania
County, Virginia;
<bullet> installation of piping modifications to allow for flow
reversal at existing Compressor Station 155 in Davidson County, North
Carolina;
<bullet> replacement of one meter run to increase delivery volumes
at the existing Ahoskie Meter Station in Hertford County, North
Carolina;
<bullet> installation of new facilities to increase delivery
volumes at the existing Pleasant Hill Meter Station in Northampton
County, North Carolina; and
<bullet> upgrade meter and controls and debottleneck piping at the
existing Iredell Meter Station in Iredell County, North Carolina.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
draft EIS 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 (i.e. CP22-461-000).
Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9cdaf9eeffd3f2f0f5f2f9cfe9ececf3eee8dcfaf9eeffb2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="22644750416d4c4e4b4c47715752524d505662444750410c454d54">[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 p.m. Eastern Time on
December 12, 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#23654651406c4d4f4a4d46705653534c515763454651400d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="02446770614d6c6e6b6c67517772726d707642646770612c656d74">[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 (CP22-
461-000) 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, Maryland 20852.
(4) In lieu of sending written comments, the Commission invites you
to attend the virtual public comment session its staff will conduct by
telephone, scheduled as follows:
Date and Time
Wednesday November 16, 2022
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Call in number: 888-957-9871
Participant passcode: 3983900
The primary goal of the comment session is to have you identify
specific environmental issues and concerns with the draft EIS. Note
that the comment sessions will start at 6:00 p.m. and will end once all
participants wishing to comment have had the opportunity to do so, or
at 8:00 p.m., whichever comes first. Individual oral comments will be
taken one at a time with a court reporter present on the line.
There will be a brief introduction by Commission staff when the
session opens, so please attempt to call in at the beginning of the
session. All participants will be able to hear the comments provided by
other participants; however, all lines will remain closed during the
comments of others and then opened one at a time for providing
comments. Once you call in, the operator will provide directions on how
to indicate you would like to provide a comment. A time limit of 3
minutes may be implemented for each commentor.
Your oral comments will be recorded by the court reporter and
become part of the public record for this proceeding. Transcripts of
all comments received during the session will be publicly available on
FERC's eLibrary system (see comment instructions on page 3 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 orally 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/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
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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: October 21, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-23414 Filed 10-26-22; 8:45 am]
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