Notice2025-21711
Great Basin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed 2026 Great Basin Expansion Project
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December 1, 2025
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 228 (Monday, December 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55098-55099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21711]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP25-209-000]
Great Basin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Availability of
the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed 2026 Great Basin
Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 2026
Great Basin Expansion Project (Project), proposed by Great Basin Gas
Transmission Company (Great Basin) in the above-referenced docket.\1\
Great Basin requests authorization to construct, operate, and abandon
certain natural gas pipeline facilities. The expansion would provide
8,129 dekatherms per day of incremental firm transportation service for
two existing firm transportation shippers and would require
construction of approximately 4.7 miles of upsized or looped pipeline
in two segments across Lyon and Washoe Counties, Nevada.
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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-019-20-000-1752151875.
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Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. To ensure
consideration of your comments on the proposal prior to making a
decision on the project, it is important that the Commission receive
your comments on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 26, 2025.
Instructions for filing comments are provided on page 3.
FERC is the lead federal agency for authorizing interstate natural
gas transmission facilities under the Natural Gas Act of 1938 (NGA) and
the lead federal agency for preparation of the EA. The EA assesses the
potential environmental effects of the Project in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) \2\ and
the Commission's implementing regulations.\3\ The principal purposes of
the EA are to: identify and assess the potential effects on the natural
and human environment; describe and evaluate reasonable alternatives;
identify and recommend mitigation measures; and facilitate public
involvement in the
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environmental review process. The EA 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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\2\ National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended
(Public Law [Pub. L.] 91-190. 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, as amended by
Pub. L. 94-52, July 3, 1975; Pub. L. 94-83, August 9, 1975; Pub. L.
97-258, 4(b), September 13, 1982; Pub. L. 118-5, June 3, 2023; Pub.
L. 119-21, July 4, 2025).
\3\ 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 380.
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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. Project workspace would cross approximately 0.3 mile of
public land and 1,538 feet of an existing permanent access road managed
by the BLM. 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> installing approximately 2.3 miles of new 20-inch-diameter
steel pipeline loop \4\ parallel to Great Basin's existing Carson
Lateral (Wadsworth segment) in Washoe County, Nevada;
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\4\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to
an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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<bullet> abandoning by removal and same-ditch replacement of
approximately 2.4 miles of existing 10-inch-diameter steel pipeline
with new 20-inch-diameter steel pipeline (Highway segment) in Lyon
County, Nevada; and
<bullet> installing and abandoning associated auxiliary or
appurtenant facilities.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed 2026 Great Basin Expansion
Project 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="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, excluding
the last three digits (i.e., CP25-209). Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#52143720311d3c3e3b3c37012722223d202612343720317c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90d6f5e2f3dffefcf9fef5c3e5e0e0ffe2e4d0f6f5e2f3bef7ffe6">[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.
Under section 7(c) of the NGA, the Commission determines whether
interstate natural gas transportation facilities are in the public
convenience and necessity and, if so, grants a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity to construct and operate them. Section 7(b)
of the NGA specifies that no natural gas company shall abandon any
portion of its facilities subject to the Commission's jurisdiction
without the Commission first finding that the abandonment will not
negatively affect the present or future public convenience and
necessity. The Commission bases its decisions on both economic issues,
including need, and environmental effects.
Your comments should focus on the EA's disclosure and discussion of
potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures
to avoid or lessen environmental effects. The more specific your
comments, the more useful they will be. 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#43052631200c2d2f2a2d26103633332c313703252631206d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e082b3c2d01202227202b1d3b3e3e213c3a0e282b3c2d60292138">[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-
209-000) 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, 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>.
For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office
of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a352a2a3a1c1f0819541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a657a7a6a4c4f5849044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>. Additional
information about the project is available from 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.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: November 25, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-21711 Filed 11-28-25; 8:45 am]
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