Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Willis Lateral Project, 8522 [2019-04183]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 46 (Friday, March 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 8522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04183]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-525-000]


Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Willis Lateral Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 
Willis Lateral Project (Project), proposed by Gulf South Pipeline 
Company, LP (Gulf South) in the above-referenced docket. Gulf South 
requests authorization to construct and operate certain natural gas 
pipeline facilities in Liberty, Polk, Montgomery, and San Jacinto 
Counties, Texas. The proposed facilities would allow Gulf South to 
provide about 200 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to Entergy 
Texas, Inc.'s Montgomery County Power Station Project near Willis, 
Texas.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Willis Lateral Project in accordance 
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. 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 proposed Willis Lateral Project includes the following 
facilities entirely within the state of Texas:
     Construction of approximately 19 miles of 24-inch-diameter 
pipeline in Montgomery and San Jacinto Counties;
     addition of a new 15,876 horsepower turbine engine to the 
existing Goodrich Compressor Station and construction of a new meter 
and regulator station at the compressor station in Polk County;
     construction of the Index 129 tie-in and pig \1\ launcher 
facility in San Jacinto County;
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    \1\ A pig is a tool that the pipeline company inserts into and 
pushes through the pipeline for cleaning the pipeline, conducting 
internal inspections, or other purposes.
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     construction of the new Willis meter and regulator station 
at the terminus of the Project (including a pig receiver, filter 
separators with a liquid storage tank, and ancillary equipment) in 
Montgomery County; and
     construction of a mainline valve facility in Montgomery 
County.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability for 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 (www.ferc.gov), on the 
Environmental Documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/enviro/eis.asp). In addition, the EA may be accessed by using the 
eLibrary link on the FERC's website. Click on the eLibrary link 
(https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp), click on General 
Search, and enter the docket number in the Docket Number field, 
excluding the last three digits (i.e. CP18-525). 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, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments 
should focus on 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 April 3, 2019.
    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 FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 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 (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 also file your comments electronically using the 
eFiling feature on the Commission's website (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. 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 following address. Be sure to reference the Project docket number 
(CP18-525-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426
    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 (18 CFR 385.214). Motions to intervene are more 
fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or 
judicial review of the Commission's decision. The Commission may grant 
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 which 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.
    Additional information about the Project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the 
FERC website (www.ferc.gov) 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 www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.

    Dated: March 4, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-04183 Filed 3-7-19; 8:45 am]
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