Notice2023-03306
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Appalachia to Market II and Entriken Replacement Project
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February 16, 2023
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10108-10109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03306]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP22-486-000]
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Appalachia to Market II and
Entriken Replacement Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the
Appalachia to Market II and Entriken HP Replacement Project (Project)
proposed by Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) in the
above-referenced docket. Texas Eastern proposes to construct, operate,
and maintain the Line 28 Loop, consisting of 2 miles of 36-inch-
diameter looping \1\ pipeline; a new receiver, valve, and crossover
site; a 27,000 horsepower (hp) electric motor driven (EMD) compressor
unit and associated buildings and piping at the Armagh Compressor
Station; construct a 24,000 hp EMD compressor unit and associated
buildings and piping at the Entriken Compressor Station. The Project
would be located in Huntington, Indiana and Lebanon counties,
Pennsylvania, and would allow Texas Eastern to provide up to 55,000
Dth/d of firm natural gas transportation service from the Appalachian
supply basin in Southwest Pennsylvania to delivery points in New
Jersey.
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\1\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to
an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. With the
exception of climate change impacts, FERC staff concludes that approval
of the proposed project, with the mitigation measures recommended in
the EA, would not result in significant environmental impacts. Climate
change impacts are not characterized in the EA as significant or
insignificant because the Commission is conducting a generic proceeding
to determine whether and how the Commission will conduct significant
determinations going forward.\2\ The EA 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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\2\ 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
Environmental Assessment for the Appalachia to Market II and Entriken
HP Replacement 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 EA 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 EA 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-
486). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86c0e3f4e5c9e8eaefe8e3d5f3f6f6e9f4f2c6e0e3f4e5a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="edab889f8ea28381848388be989d9d829f99ad8b889f8ec38a829b">[email protected]</span></a> or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
The EA 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 EA may do so. Your comments should
focus on the EA'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.
The more specific your comments, the more useful they would be. To
ensure that the Commission has the opportunity to consider your
comments prior to making its decision on this project, it is important
that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on March 13, 2023.
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#0f496a7d6c40616366616a5c7a7f7f607d7b4f696a7d6c21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d4b687f6e4263616463685e787d7d627f794d6b687f6e236a627b">[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
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``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-
486-000) 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.
Filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status,
but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered.
Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review of
the Commission's decision. At this point in this proceeding, the
timeframe for filing timely intervention requests has expired. Any
person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion
to intervene out-of-time pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and
(d)) and show good cause why the time limitation should be waived.
Motions to intervene are more fully described at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/how-intervene">https://www.ferc.gov/how-intervene</a>.
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: February 10, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-03306 Filed 2-15-23; 8:45 am]
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