LA Storage, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Hackberry Storage Project, 72936-72937 [2021-27870]

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[FR Doc. 2021–27860 Filed 12–22–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP21–44–000] jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 LA Storage, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Hackberry Storage Project The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Hackberry Storage Project (Project), proposed by LA Storage, LLC (LA Storage) in the above-referenced docket. LA Storage requests authorization to construct and operate natural gas storage and transmission facilities in Louisiana. The Project is designed to provide 20.03 billion cubic feet of working gas storage capacity and 1.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of gas deliverability and injectability, and interconnecting with the Cameron VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:50 Dec 22, 2021 Jkt 256001 Interstate Pipeline (CIP) facilities operated by Cameron Interstate Pipeline, LLC and the Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector (PAPLC) facilities to be operated by Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC. The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the Hackberry Storage Project in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). With the exception of climate change impacts, FERC staff concludes that approval of the Project would not result in significant environmental impacts. FERC staff is unable to determine the significance level of climate change impacts. The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the following Project facilities: The Project would involve the conversion of three existing salt dome caverns to natural gas storage service and the development of one new salt dome cavern for additional natural gas storage service, all within a permanent natural gas storage facility on a 160-acre tract of land owned by LA Storage in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. In addition to the storage caverns, LA Storage would construct and operate onsite compression facilities (Pelican Compressor Station) and up to six solution mining water supply wells at the storage facility on LA Storage’s property. LA Storage would also construct and operate the following natural gas facilities in in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana: The Hackberry Pipeline, consisting of approximately 11.1 miles of 42-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline connecting the certificated PAPLC pipeline (CP18–7) to the natural gas storage caverns; the CIP Lateral, an approximately 4.9-mile-long, 42-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline extending from the existing CIP to the planned natural gas storage caverns; metering and regulating at the CIP and PAPLC interconnects; and an approximately 6.2-mile-long, 16-inch-diameter brine disposal pipeline that would transport brine from the caverns to four saltwater disposal wells located on two new pads north of the facility. The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Hackberry Storage Project to federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; local libraries; newspapers; elected officials; Native American Tribes; and other interested parties. The draft EIS is only available in electronic format. It may be viewed and downloaded from the PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FERC’s website (www.ferc.gov), on the natural gas environmental documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/industriesdata/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., CP21–44–000). 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. The draft 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. Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS may do so. Your comments should focus on draft EIS’s disclosure and discussion of potential environmental effects, measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts, and the completeness of the submitted alternatives, information and analyses. 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 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 7, 2022. For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide equal consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form or provided verbally. 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 FERC Online. 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 website (www.ferc.gov) 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.’’ If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select E:\FR\FM\23DEN1.SGM 23DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 244 / Thursday, December 23, 2021 / Notices jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as the filing type; 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 (CP21–44–000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 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 part 385.214). Motions to intervene are more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/ferc-online/how-guides. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review 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 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. Questions? 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 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: December 17, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–27870 Filed 12–22–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:50 Dec 22, 2021 Jkt 256001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP22–26–000] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline Take notice that on December 3, 2021, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, NE 68124, filed an application under sections 7(c) and 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations requesting authorization to: (1) Abandon in-place and by removal the A-line and associated branch line, tie-over piping and aboveground facilities; and (2) install and operate the replacement North C-line Extension and South Cline Extension and associated branch line, tie-over piping and aboveground facilities, all with appurtenances and all located in Boone, Dallas and Polk counties in Iowa. Specifically, Northern proposes to abandon approximately 29.63 miles of its 16-inch-diameter Des Moines IAB65001 A-line (A-line) and appurtenances in Boone, Dallas and Polk counties, Iowa. Northern also requests authorization to construct and operate an approximately 9.07-mile extension of its 20-inch-diameter Des Moines IAB65003 C-line (C-line) and appurtenances in Boone, Dallas and Polk counties, Iowa, to replace the capacity associated with the abandoned A-line. Northern estimates the cost of the project to be $36,981,705, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open for public inspection. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (https:// ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72937 Any questions regarding the proposed project should be directed to Michael T. Loeffler, Senior Director of Certificates and External Affairs for Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, NE 68124, by telephone at (402) 398–7103, or by email at mike.loeffler@nngco.com. Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure,1 within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either: Complete its environmental review and place it into the Commission’s public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff’s issuance of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or environmental assessment (EA) for this proposal. The filing of an EA in the Commission’s public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff’s FEIS or EA. Public Participation There are two ways to become involved in the Commission’s review of this project: You can file comments on the project, and you can file a motion to intervene in the proceeding. There is no fee or cost for filing comments or intervening. The deadline for filing a motion to intervene is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 7, 2022. Comments Any person wishing to comment on the project may do so. Comments may include statements of support or objections to the project as a whole or specific aspects of the project. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please submit your comments on or before January 7, 2022. There are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the Project docket number CP22–26–000 in your submission. (1) You may file your comments electronically by using the eComment feature, which is located on the Commission’s website at www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings. Using eComment is an easy 1 18 E:\FR\FM\23DEN1.SGM CFR 157.9. 23DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 244 (Thursday, December 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72936-72937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27870]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP21-44-000]


LA Storage, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Hackberry Storage 
Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Hackberry Storage Project (Project), proposed by LA Storage, 
LLC (LA Storage) in the above-referenced docket. LA Storage requests 
authorization to construct and operate natural gas storage and 
transmission facilities in Louisiana. The Project is designed to 
provide 20.03 billion cubic feet of working gas storage capacity and 
1.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of gas deliverability and 
injectability, and interconnecting with the Cameron Interstate Pipeline 
(CIP) facilities operated by Cameron Interstate Pipeline, LLC and the 
Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector (PAPLC) facilities to be 
operated by Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC.
    The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Hackberry Storage Project in 
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA). With the exception of climate change impacts, FERC staff 
concludes that approval of the Project would not result in significant 
environmental impacts. FERC staff is unable to determine the 
significance level of climate change impacts.
    The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following Project facilities: The 
Project would involve the conversion of three existing salt dome 
caverns to natural gas storage service and the development of one new 
salt dome cavern for additional natural gas storage service, all within 
a permanent natural gas storage facility on a 160-acre tract of land 
owned by LA Storage in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. In addition to the 
storage caverns, LA Storage would construct and operate on-site 
compression facilities (Pelican Compressor Station) and up to six 
solution mining water supply wells at the storage facility on LA 
Storage's property. LA Storage would also construct and operate the 
following natural gas facilities in in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, 
Louisiana: The Hackberry Pipeline, consisting of approximately 11.1 
miles of 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline connecting the 
certificated PAPLC pipeline (CP18-7) to the natural gas storage 
caverns; the CIP Lateral, an approximately 4.9-mile-long, 42-inch-
diameter natural gas pipeline extending from the existing CIP to the 
planned natural gas storage caverns; metering and regulating at the CIP 
and PAPLC interconnects; and an approximately 6.2-mile-long, 16-inch-
diameter brine disposal pipeline that would transport brine from the 
caverns to four saltwater disposal wells located on two new pads north 
of the facility.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Hackberry Storage 
Project to federal, state, and local government representatives and 
agencies; local libraries; newspapers; elected officials; Native 
American Tribes; and other interested parties. The draft 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., CP21-44-000). 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.
    The draft 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. Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS may do so. 
Your comments should focus on draft EIS's disclosure and discussion of 
potential environmental effects, measures to avoid or lessen 
environmental impacts, and the completeness of the submitted 
alternatives, information and analyses. 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 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 
February 7, 2022.
    For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide equal 
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form 
or provided verbally. The Commission encourages electronic filing of 
comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-3676 or 
[email protected]. 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 
FERC Online. 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 website (www.ferc.gov) 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.'' If you 
are filing a comment on a particular project, please select

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``Comment on a Filing'' as the filing type; 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 (CP21-
44-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service 
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 
20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    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 part 385.214). Motions to intervene are 
more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or 
judicial review 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 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.

Questions?

    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 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: December 17, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-27870 Filed 12-22-21; 8:45 am]
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