Hydro Matrix Limited Partnership; Notice of Availability of Environment Assessment, 16779 [E7-6324]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project Nos. 11437–016]
[Docket Nos. CP06–470–000; CP06–471–
000; CP06–472–000; CP06–473–000; CP06–
474–000]
Hydro Matrix Limited Partnership;
Notice of Availability of Environment
Assessment
March 30, 2007.
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In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s regulations, the Office of
Energy Projects has reviewed the Hydro
Matrix Limited Partnership’s (licensee)
application requesting the
Commission’s authorization to amend
its license for the Jordan Dam
Hydroelectric Project. The licensee
proposes to install two generating units
rated at 2200 kW, rather than the
authorized eighty 100 kW units. This
would reduce the generating capacity of
the project from 8.0 MW to 4.4 MW, and
reduce the hydraulic capacity of the
project form 2320 cubic feet per second
(cfs) to 1200 cfs. The unconstructed
project is located at the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (Corps) B. Everett
Jordan Dam on the Haw River, in
Chatham County, North Carolina. An
environmental assessment (EA) has
been prepared.
In the EA, the Commission’s staff
concludes that approval of the licensee’s
application would not constitute a
major federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment. No ground disturbing
activities are involved with the
licensee’s proposal.
A copy of the EA is attached to a
Commission order titled ‘‘Order
Amending License and Revising Annual
Charges,’’ issued March 30, 2007, and is
available at the Commission’s Public
Reference Room. A copy of the EA may
also be viewed on the Commission’s
Web site at https://www.ferc.gov using
the ‘‘elibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number (P–11437) in the docket field to
access the document. For assistance,
call (202) 502–8222 or (202) 502–8659
(for TTY).
Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
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Southern LNG Inc.; Elba Express
Company, L.L.C.; Southern Natural
Gas Company; Notice of Availability of
the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Elba III Project
March 30, 2007.
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Elba III Project, proposed by
Southern LNG Inc. (Southern LNG),
Elba Express Company, L.L.C. (EEC),
and their parent company Southern
Natural Gas Company (Southern), a
subsidiary of El Paso Corporation. As
described in the above-referenced
dockets, this project would consist of
the following components:
• Southern LNG’s expansion of the
existing Elba Island Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) Import Terminal near
Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia;
• EEC’s construction and operation of
natural gas pipeline and compression
facilities (Elba Express Pipeline)
extending between existing facilities
owned by Southern in Chatham County
and those of Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Corporation (Transco) in Hart
County, Georgia and Anderson County,
South Carolina; and
• Southern’s abandonment by sale to
EEC of an undivided interest in its
pipeline facilities that extend between
the LNG import terminal and the
existing Port Wentworth Meter Station
(where the Elba Express Pipeline would
begin), and purchase of an undivided
interest in the first 10 miles of the Elba
Express Pipeline.
The draft EIS was prepared to satisfy
the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), and was completed with the
cooperation of the U.S. Coast Guard
(Coast Guard), the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (COE), and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s National Marine
Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries). A
cooperating agency has jurisdiction by
law or special expertise with respect to
potential environmental impacts
associated with the proposal, and
participates in the NEPA analysis.
The Coast Guard is responsible for
determining the suitability of a
waterway for LNG marine traffic; in this
instance, the determination would be
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issued as a Letter of Recommendation
with conditions. The Captain of the Port
Savannah is the point of contact for this
action. The COE would need to evaluate
the project and issue Section 404
Permits for wetland impacts associated
with expansion of the terminal and
pipeline construction, easements where
the pipeline would cross COE-managed
lands, modifications to existing COE
Mitigation Lands, and an approval for a
large fuel-carrying pipeline to cross
federal property. NOAA Fisheries has
responsibilities for evaluating potential
impacts on essential fish habitat and
threatened or endangered aquatic
species.
The FERC staff has concluded that if
the project is constructed and operated
in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations, each project sponsor’s
proposed mitigation, and the staff’s
additional mitigation recommendations,
it would have limited adverse
environmental impact and would be an
environmentally acceptable action.
The draft EIS addresses the potential
environmental effects of construction
and operation of the following LNG
terminal and natural gas pipeline
facilities:
Elba Terminal Expansion
The proposed expansion of the
existing LNG import terminal would: (a)
More than double the site’s LNG storage
capacity by adding 405,000 cubic meters
(m3) of new storage; (b) substantially
increase the facility’s existing
vaporization capacity; (c) upgrade the
terminal’s send-out meter station to
increase the natural gas send-out
capacity of the facility by an additional
900 million cubic feet per day (MMcfd);
and (d) modify the terminal’s LNG
tanker berthing and unloading facilities
to accommodate larger tankers and
provide for simultaneous unloading of
two LNG tankers. All of the planned
facilities would be located entirely
within the existing 190-acre facility site
on Elba Island.
The LNG terminal expansion would
be constructed in two phases, A and B.
Southern LNG anticipates completing
Phase A as early as January 2010. Phase
A would include the following facilities:
a. One new 200,000-m3 (1.25 million
barrels [bbls]) LNG storage tank, one
associated boil-off gas condenser, and
three boil-off gas compressors;
b. three submerged combustion
vaporizers, each with a peak capacity of
180 MMcfd (providing a total peak
send-out capacity of 1,755 MMcfd for
the full facility at the completion of
phase A); and
c. modifications to the unloading
docks to accommodate larger LNG
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 11437-016]
Hydro Matrix Limited Partnership; Notice of Availability of
Environment Assessment
March 30, 2007.
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, the Office
of Energy Projects has reviewed the Hydro Matrix Limited Partnership's
(licensee) application requesting the Commission's authorization to
amend its license for the Jordan Dam Hydroelectric Project. The
licensee proposes to install two generating units rated at 2200 kW,
rather than the authorized eighty 100 kW units. This would reduce the
generating capacity of the project from 8.0 MW to 4.4 MW, and reduce
the hydraulic capacity of the project form 2320 cubic feet per second
(cfs) to 1200 cfs. The unconstructed project is located at the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) B. Everett Jordan Dam on the Haw River,
in Chatham County, North Carolina. An environmental assessment (EA) has
been prepared.
In the EA, the Commission's staff concludes that approval of the
licensee's application would not constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. No ground
disturbing activities are involved with the licensee's proposal.
A copy of the EA is attached to a Commission order titled ``Order
Amending License and Revising Annual Charges,'' issued March 30, 2007,
and is available at the Commission's Public Reference Room. A copy of
the EA may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ``elibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-
11437) in the docket field to access the document. For assistance, call
(202) 502-8222 or (202) 502-8659 (for TTY).
Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-6324 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]
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