ANR Pipeline Company; Great Lakes Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Alberta Xpress and Lease Capacity Abandonment Project, 60806 [2021-24106]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 60806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24106]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-484-000; CP20-485-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Great Lakes Transmission Limited 
Partnership; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Proposed Alberta Xpress and Lease Capacity 
Abandonment Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Alberta Xpress and Lease Capacity Abandonment Projects, 
proposed by ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) and Great Lakes Gas Transmission 
Limited Partnership (GLGT) in Docket Nos. CP20-484-000 and CP20-485-
000, respectively. ANR proposes to construct and operate one new 
greenfield compressor station (designated as the Turkey Creek 
Compressor Station) and modify a mainline valve in Evangeline Parish, 
Louisiana, and acquire a lease agreement between ANR and GLGT. ANR has 
executed binding precedent agreements with two shippers to transport up 
to 165,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas. GLGT proposes to abandon 
firm capacity by a lease agreement with ANR. No new construction is 
proposed as part of the Lease Capacity Abandonment Project; however, 
this is related to the application filed by ANR to construct and 
operate the Alberta Xpress Project.
    The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed facilities in accordance 
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. The 
final EIS 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.
    The final EIS responds to comments that were received on the 
Commission's December 4, 2020 environmental assessment (EA) and July 
30, 2021 draft EIS,\1\ and discloses downstream greenhouse gas 
emissions for the projects. With the exception of climate change 
impacts, the FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed 
projects, with the mitigation measures recommended in this EIS, would 
not result in significant environmental impacts. FERC staff continues 
to be unable to determine significance with regards to climate change 
impacts.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ The project's EA is available on eLibrary under accession 
no. 20201204-3004 and the draft EIS is available under accession no. 
20210730-3017.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The final EIS incorporates the above-referenced EA, which addressed 
the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation 
of the Turkey Creek Compressor Station and modifications to a mainline 
valve. The Turkey Creek Compressor Station would include the following 
facilities:
     One 15,900 horsepower gas-fired turbine compressor;
     three inlet filter separators;
     three discharge gas cooling bays;
     36-inch-diameter suction and discharge piping;
     16-inch-diameter cold recycle valves and piping;
     16-inch-diameter unit control valve and bypass piping; and
     related appurtenant facilities.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Alberta Xpress 
and Lease Capacity Abandonment Projects 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 Alberta Xpress Project 
area. The final EIS is only available in electronic format. It may be 
viewed and downloaded from the FERC's website (www.ferc.gov), on the 
natural gas environmental documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents). In 
addition, the draft EIS may be accessed by using the eLibrary link on 
the FERC's website. Click on the eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search), select ``General Search,'' and 
enter the docket number in the ``Docket Number'' field (i.e., CP20-484 
and CP20-485). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    Additional information about the projects are 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 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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 
register for eSubscription.

    Dated: October 29, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-24106 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P