Notice2023-10618
Tres Palacios Gas Storage LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Tres Palacios Cavern 4 Expansion Project
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May 18, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31746-31747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10618]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP23-3-000]
Tres Palacios Gas Storage LLC; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Tres Palacios Cavern 4
Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the Tres
Palacios Cavern 4 Expansion Project, proposed by Tres Palacios Gas
Storage LLC (Tres Palacios) in the above-referenced docket. Tres
Palacios requests authorization to expand its certificated natural gas
storage capacity at its existing natural gas storage facility (the
Storage Facility) in Matagorda County, Texas.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Tres Palacios Cavern 4 Expansion
Project in accordance with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval
of the proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would
not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the
quality of the human environment.
The proposed Tres Palacios Cavern 4 Expansion Project includes the
following facilities and activities:
<bullet> conversion of an existing third-party brine production
well (Trull 11) into a natural gas storage cavern (Cavern 4);
<bullet> development of the Trull 11 well pad site for Cavern 4
(Cavern 4 Well Pad);
<bullet> construction of a 0.6-mile-long, 16-inch-diameter pipeline
(new Cavern 4 Pipeline) including cathodic protection along the
proposed pipeline, connecting Cavern 4 to the certificated facilities
at the existing Storage Facility;
<bullet> abandonment in place of a 15,300 horsepower (HP) electric-
motor driven centrifugal compressor unit;
<bullet> installation of a new 5,500 HP electric-motor driven
reciprocating compressor unit;
<bullet> addition of a new 2.5 million British thermal units per
hour dehydration unit;
<bullet> construction of various related facilities, including a
new permanent access road for the Cavern 4 Well Pad; and
<bullet> non-jurisdictional facilities consisting of a new electric
service line to the Cavern 4 Well Pad and a new fiber optic line from
the Cavern 4 Well Pad to the Storage Facility.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
EA 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 a library 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 (https://www.ferc.gov/
industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-
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documents). 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, excluding the last
three digits (i.e., CP23-3). Be sure you have selected an appropriate
date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aceac9decfe3c2c0c5c2c9ffd9dcdcc3ded8eccac9decf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="05436077664a6b696c6b60567075756a777145636077662b626a73">[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, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen
environmental impacts. The more specific your comments, the more useful
they will 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 June 12, 2023.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file
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#5d1b382f3e1233313433380e282d2d322f291d3b382f3e733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="793f1c0b1a36171510171c2a0c0909160b0d391f1c0b1a571e160f">[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 also file your comments electronically 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.'' You must select the type of filing you are making. If
you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select
``Comment on a Filing''; 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 (CP23-3-
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, MD 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 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: May 12, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-10618 Filed 5-17-23; 8:45 am]
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