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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Lake Charles
Liquefaction Project
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Trunkline Gas Company, LLC .............................................................................................................................
Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC .......................................................................................................................
Lake Charles LNG Export Company, LLC ...........................................................................................................
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Lake Charles Liquefaction
Project, proposed by Trunkline Gas
Company, LLC (Trunkline), Lake
Charles LNG Company, LLC, and Lake
Charles LNG Export Company, LLC in
the above-referenced dockets. Trunkline
requests authorization to construct,
install, and operate new natural gas
pipeline and compression facilities and
meter stations; modify certain existing
pipeline facilities; modify certain
compressor and meter stations; and
abandon one compressor unit in the
states of Arkansas, Mississippi, and
Louisiana (collectively referred to as the
Non-Liquefaction Facilities). Lake
Charles LNG Company, LLC and Lake
Charles LNG Export Company, LLC
(collectively referred to as Lake Charles
LNG) jointly request authorization to
site, construct, and operate new
liquefaction facilities adjacent to an
existing liquefied natural gas (LNG)
terminal located in Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana, and to construct and operate
certain facility modifications at the
existing LNG terminal. The new
liquefaction facilities would have a
design production capacity of 16.45
million metric tons of LNG per annum.
Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC also
requests authorization to abandon
certain terminal facilities previously
certificated under the Natural Gas Act
(NGA) section 7; abandon services
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provided under its existing FERC Gas
Tariff and Certificates of Public
Convenience and Necessity; cancel its
FERC Gas Tariff, including all rate
schedules therein; and convert such
certificated facilities and operation
under NGA section 3, so that the
entirety of the company’s facilities and
operations are authorized solely under
NGA section 3.
The draft EIS assesses the potential
environmental effects of construction
and operation of the Lake Charles
Liquefaction Project in accordance with
the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act. The FERC
staff concludes that approval of the
proposed project would have some
adverse environmental impacts;
however, most of these impacts would
be reduced to less-than-significant
levels with the implementation of Lake
Charles LNG’s and Trunkline’s
proposed mitigation and the additional
measures recommended in the draft EIS.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of
Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
and U.S. Department of Transportation
participated as cooperating agencies in
the preparation of the draft EIS.
Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction
by law or special expertise with respect
to resources potentially affected by a
proposal and participate in the National
Environmental Policy Act analysis.
Although the cooperating agencies
provided input on the conclusions and
recommendations presented in the draft
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Docket Nos. CP14–119–000.
CP14–120–000.
CP14–122–000.
EIS, the agencies will present their own
conclusions and recommendations in
their respective records of decision or
determinations for the project.
The draft EIS addresses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction, modification, and
operation of the following project
facilities:
• Three liquefaction trains, each with
a production capacity sufficient to
produce 5.48 million metric tons per
annum of LNG for export (each train
would contain metering and gas
treatment facilities, liquefaction and
refrigerant units, safety and control
systems, and associated infrastructure);
• modifications and upgrades at the
existing LNG terminal;
• about 0.5 mile of 48-inch-diameter
feed gas line to supply natural gas to the
liquefaction facility from existing gas
transmission pipelines;
• approximately 17.9 miles of 24- and
42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline;
• a new 98,685 horsepower (hp)
compressor station;
• abandonment of a 3,000-hp
compressor unit, installation of a
15,002-hp unit, and piping
modifications at one existing
compressor station;
• modification of station piping at
three other existing compressor stations;
• five new meter stations and
modifications and upgrades of five
existing meter stations;
• modification of certain existing
pipeline facilities; and
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• construction of miscellaneous
auxiliary and appurtenant facilities.
The FERC staff mailed copies of the
draft EIS to federal, state, and local
government representatives and
agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American tribes;
potentially affected landowners; other
interested individuals and nongovernmental organizations;
newspapers and libraries in the project
area; and parties to this proceeding.
Paper copy versions of this EIS were
mailed to those specifically requesting
them; all others received a compact disk
version. In addition, the draft EIS is
available for public viewing on the
FERC’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) using
the eLibrary link. A limited number of
hardcopies are available for distribution
and public inspection at: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Public
Reference Room, 888 First Street NE.,
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202)
502–8371.
Any person wishing to comment on
the draft EIS may do so. To ensure
consideration of your comments on the
proposal in the final EIS, it is important
that the Commission receive your
comments on or before June 1, 2015.
For your convenience, there are four
methods you can use to submit your
comments to the Commission. In all
instances, please reference the project
docket number(s) (CP14–119–000,
CP14–120–000, and CP14–122–000)
with your submission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available
to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You can file your comments
electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission’s Web site
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy
method for submitting brief, text-only
comments on a project.
(2) You can file your comments
electronically by using the eFiling
feature on the Commission’s Web site
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. 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.’’ If you are filing
a comment on a particular project,
please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as
the filing type.
(3) You can file a paper copy of your
comments by mailing them to the
following address: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
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(4) In lieu of sending written or
electronic comments, the Commission
invites you to attend a public comment
meeting its staff will conduct in the
project area to receive comments on the
draft EIS. We encourage interested
groups and individuals to attend and
present oral comments on the draft EIS.
A transcript of the meeting will be
available for review in eLibrary under
the project docket numbers. The
meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. and is
scheduled as follows:
time you spend researching proceedings
by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document
summaries, and direct links to the
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp.
Dated: April 10, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
May 7, 2015 ...
Holiday Inn Lake Charles—
W. Sulphur, 330 Arena
Road, Sulphur, Louisiana
70665, (337) 527–0858.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Any person seeking to become a party
to the proceeding must file a motion to
intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedures (Title 18 Code of Federal
Regulations Part 385.214).1 Only
intervenors have the right to seek
rehearing of the Commission’s decision.
The Commission grants affected
landowners and others with
environmental concerns intervenor
status upon showing good cause by
stating that they have a clear and direct
interest in this proceeding that no other
party can adequately represent. Simply
filing environmental comments will not
give you intervenor status, but you do
not need intervenor status to have your
comments considered.
Questions?
Additional information about the
project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary
link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on
‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the docket
number(s) excluding the last three digits
in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP14–
119, CP14–120, and CP14–122). Be sure
you have selected an appropriate date
range. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free
at (866) 208–3676; for TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also
provides access to the texts of formal
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and
rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission offers a
free service called eSubscription that
allows you to keep track of all formal
issuances and submittals in specific
dockets. This can reduce the amount of
1 See the previous discussion on the methods for
filing comments.
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Navopache Electric Cooperative, Inc.;
Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order
Take notice that on April 8, 2015,
pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s
(Commission) Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207, Navopache
Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Navopache),
filed a petition for declaratory order
requesting that the Commission confirm
Navopache’s rights to purchase power
and energy to serve its customer from
suppliers other than the Public Service
Company of New Mexico without
anticompetitive limitations on the
amount of such purchases, all as more
fully explained in the petition.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Petitioner.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Lake Charles Liquefaction Project
Trunkline Gas Company, LLC... Docket Nos. CP14-119-000.
Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC CP14-120-000.
Lake Charles LNG Export CP14-122-000.
Company, LLC.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Lake Charles Liquefaction Project, proposed by Trunkline Gas
Company, LLC (Trunkline), Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC, and Lake
Charles LNG Export Company, LLC in the above-referenced dockets.
Trunkline requests authorization to construct, install, and operate new
natural gas pipeline and compression facilities and meter stations;
modify certain existing pipeline facilities; modify certain compressor
and meter stations; and abandon one compressor unit in the states of
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana (collectively referred to as the
Non-Liquefaction Facilities). Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC and Lake
Charles LNG Export Company, LLC (collectively referred to as Lake
Charles LNG) jointly request authorization to site, construct, and
operate new liquefaction facilities adjacent to an existing liquefied
natural gas (LNG) terminal located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, and
to construct and operate certain facility modifications at the existing
LNG terminal. The new liquefaction facilities would have a design
production capacity of 16.45 million metric tons of LNG per annum.
Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC also requests authorization to
abandon certain terminal facilities previously certificated under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) section 7; abandon services provided under its
existing FERC Gas Tariff and Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity; cancel its FERC Gas Tariff, including all rate schedules
therein; and convert such certificated facilities and operation under
NGA section 3, so that the entirety of the company's facilities and
operations are authorized solely under NGA section 3.
The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of
construction and operation of the Lake Charles Liquefaction Project in
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act. The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed project
would have some adverse environmental impacts; however, most of these
impacts would be reduced to less-than-significant levels with the
implementation of Lake Charles LNG's and Trunkline's proposed
mitigation and the additional measures recommended in the draft EIS.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department
of Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Department of
Transportation participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation
of the draft EIS. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or
special expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by a
proposal and participate in the National Environmental Policy Act
analysis. Although the cooperating agencies provided input on the
conclusions and recommendations presented in the draft EIS, the
agencies will present their own conclusions and recommendations in
their respective records of decision or determinations for the project.
The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction, modification, and operation of the following project
facilities:
Three liquefaction trains, each with a production capacity
sufficient to produce 5.48 million metric tons per annum of LNG for
export (each train would contain metering and gas treatment facilities,
liquefaction and refrigerant units, safety and control systems, and
associated infrastructure);
modifications and upgrades at the existing LNG terminal;
about 0.5 mile of 48-inch-diameter feed gas line to supply
natural gas to the liquefaction facility from existing gas transmission
pipelines;
approximately 17.9 miles of 24- and 42-inch-diameter
natural gas pipeline;
a new 98,685 horsepower (hp) compressor station;
abandonment of a 3,000-hp compressor unit, installation of
a 15,002-hp unit, and piping modifications at one existing compressor
station;
modification of station piping at three other existing
compressor stations;
five new meter stations and modifications and upgrades of
five existing meter stations;
modification of certain existing pipeline facilities; and
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construction of miscellaneous auxiliary and appurtenant
facilities.
The FERC staff mailed copies of the draft EIS to federal, state,
and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes;
potentially affected landowners; other interested individuals and non-
governmental organizations; newspapers and libraries in the project
area; and parties to this proceeding. Paper copy versions of this EIS
were mailed to those specifically requesting them; all others received
a compact disk version. In addition, the draft EIS is available for
public viewing on the FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary
link. A limited number of hardcopies are available for distribution and
public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public
Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502-8371.
Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS may do so. To ensure
consideration of your comments on the proposal in the final EIS, it is
important that the Commission receive your comments on or before June
1, 2015.
For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the
project docket number(s) (CP14-119-000, CP14-120-000, and CP14-122-000)
with your submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258
or efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief,
text-only comments on a project.
(2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. 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.'' If you are filing a comment on a particular project,
please select ``Comment on a Filing'' as the filing type.
(3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC
20426.
(4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the
Commission invites you to attend a public comment meeting its staff
will conduct in the project area to receive comments on the draft EIS.
We encourage interested groups and individuals to attend and present
oral comments on the draft EIS. A transcript of the meeting will be
available for review in eLibrary under the project docket numbers. The
meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. and is scheduled as follows:
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Date Location
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May 7, 2015............................ Holiday Inn Lake Charles--W.
Sulphur, 330 Arena Road,
Sulphur, Louisiana 70665,
(337) 527-0858.
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Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedures (Title 18 Code of Federal Regulations Part
385.214).\1\ Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the
Commission's decision. The Commission grants affected landowners and
others with environmental concerns intervenor status upon showing good
cause by stating that they have a clear and direct interest in this
proceeding that no other party can adequately represent. Simply filing
environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, but you do
not need intervenor status to have your comments considered.
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\1\ See the previous discussion on the methods for filing
comments.
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Questions?
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search,'' and enter the docket
number(s) excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field
(i.e., CP14-119, CP14-120, and CP14-122). Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676;
for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access
to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as
orders, notices, and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription that 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 www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
Dated: April 10, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-08740 Filed 4-15-15; 8:45 am]
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