Notice2022-27856
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Virginia Electrification Project
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December 22, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78668-78669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27856]
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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
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Virginia
Electrification Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final 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 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).
Columbia's Project facilities include: one zero emission electric motor
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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.
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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 Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Final 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
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 ``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#c781a2b5a488a9abaea9a294b2b7b7a8b5b387a1a2b5a4e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="02446770614d6c6e6b6c67517772726d707642646770612c656d74">[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: December 16, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-27856 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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