Notice2025-14916
Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed WT-0 Compressor Station Project
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August 6, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37853-37854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14916]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP25-37-000]
Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed WT-0 Compressor Station
Project
The staff of the Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has
prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the WT-0 Compressor
Station Project, proposed by Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC
(Transwestern) in the above-referenced docket.\1\ On December 20, 2024,
Transwestern filed an application in Docket No. CP25-37-000 requesting
a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity pursuant to Section
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to construct, own, operate, and maintain a
new compressor station in Chaves County, New Mexico. According to
Transwestern, the proposed WT-0 Compressor Station Project (Project)
would provide about 80,000 dekatherms per day of new firm
transportation service, including receipts of natural gas in
Transwestern's West Texas Lateral Central Zone and deliveries on the
Transwestern Panhandle Lateral.
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\1\ For tracking purposes under the National Environmental
Policy Act, the unique identification number for documents relating
to this environmental review is EAXX-019-20-000-1742295781.
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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 of 1969 (NEPA).
FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project would not
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment.
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The U.S. 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, along with other
supporting documentation, to consider the issuance of a Mineral Leasing
Act right-of-way grant for the Project, as the proposed site is on
federal lands managed by the BLM.
The Project would consist of the following facilities in Chaves
County, New Mexico:
<bullet> a new compressor station including one new 13,220
horsepower Solar Mars 90 natural gas turbine-driven compressor, one
backup generator, and associated buildings and appurtenances;
<bullet> metering facilities, including an inlet filter separator
and fuel gas measurement skid;
<bullet> tie-in to Transwestern's existing 24-inch-diameter dual
lateral pipeline in its existing corridor; and
<bullet> a new, permanent access road off Harriet Road extending
into the Project site.
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 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="http://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents">www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents</a>). Click on the eLibrary
link (<a href="http://www.elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search">www.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., CP25-37). Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81c7e4f3e2ceefede8efe4d2f4f1f1eef3f5c1e7e4f3e2afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="da9cbfa8b995b4b6b3b4bf89afaaaab5a8ae9abcbfa8b9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a> or toll free at (866) 208-3676,
or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range.
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 September 2, 2025.
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#44022136270b2a282d2a21173134342b363004222136276a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="45032037260a2b292c2b20163035352a373105232037266b222a33">[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 (CP25-
37-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC
20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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 Code of Federal
Regulations 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,
community organizations, 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#b1fee1e1f1d7d4c3d29fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e213e3e2e080b1c0d40090118">[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: August 1, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-14916 Filed 8-5-25; 8:45 am]
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