Notice2023-26542
Great Basin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed 2024 Great Basin Expansion Project
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December 4, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84137-84138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26542]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP23-466-000]
Great Basin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Availability of
the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed 2024 Great Basin
Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 2024
Great Basin Expansion Project (Project), proposed by Great Basin Gas
Transmission Company (Great Basin) in the above-referenced docket.
Great Basin requests authorization to construct, operate, and abandon
certain natural gas pipeline facilities. The expansion would provide
5,674 dekatherms per day of incremental firm transportation service for
two existing firm transportation shippers and would require
construction of approximately 3.4 miles of upsized or looped pipeline
in three segments across Douglas, Lyon, and Storey Counties, Nevada.
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 (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 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) participated as a cooperating
agency in the preparation of the EA. Cooperating agencies have
jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resources
potentially affected by the proposal and participate in the NEPA
analysis. The BLM will adopt and use the EA to consider the issuance of
a right-of-way grant for the portion of the project on federal lands.
The proposed Project includes the following facilities:
<bullet> construction of approximately 0.3 mile of 20-inch-diameter
pipeline loop along the Carson Lateral in Storey County, Nevada,
referred to as the Truckee Canal segment;
<bullet> abandonment and replacement of approximately 2.9 miles of
existing 10-inch-diameter pipeline with new 20-inch-diameter pipeline
along the Carson Lateral in Lyon County, Nevada, referred to as the
Silver Springs segment; and
<bullet> construction of approximately 0.3 mile of 12-inch-diameter
pipeline loop paralleling its South Tahoe Lateral in Douglas County,
Nevada, referred to as the Kingsbury segment.
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; environmental
justice stakeholders adjacent to the Project area that include legal
aid providers, rural cooperatives, community social services
organizations, senior citizens centers, public health agencies;
newspapers and libraries in the project area; and other interested
individuals and groups. 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. CP23-466). Be sure you have selected an appropriate
date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a4c6f786945646663646f597f7a7a65787e4a6c6f7869246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d99fbcabba96b7b5b0b7bc8aaca9a9b6abad99bfbcabbaf7beb6af">[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 5:00pm Eastern Time on December 28, 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#85c3e0f7e6caebe9ecebe0d6f0f5f5eaf7f1c5e3e0f7e6abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f4b2918697bb9a989d9a91a78184849b8680b492918697da939b82">[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-
466-000) 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.
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d897888898bebdaabbf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="256a757565434057460b424a53">[email protected]</span></a>.
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: November 28, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-26542 Filed 12-1-23; 8:45 am]
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