Notice2023-04310
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Southside Reliability Enhancement Project
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Published
March 2, 2023
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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<body><pre>[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 13114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04310]
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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 Final Environmental Impact Statement for the
Proposed Southside Reliability Enhancement Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final 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 Pine Needle Storage Facility along
the mainline and South Virginia Lateral pipeline systems to delivery
points in North Carolina.
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; 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 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 final 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
final 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 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., CP22-
461). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#662003140529080a0f080335131616091412260003140548010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ddbf8effed2f3f1f4f3f8cee8ededf2efe9ddfbf8effeb3faf2eb">[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 which 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 24, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-04310 Filed 3-1-23; 8:45 am]
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