Golden Pass Terminal, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Golden Pass LNG Export Variance Request No. 15 Variance Amendment, 18014-18015 [2022-06572]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18014-18015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06572]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP14-517-001]


Golden Pass Terminal, LLC; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Golden Pass LNG Export 
Variance Request No. 15 Variance Amendment

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 
Golden Pass LNG Export Variance Request No. 15 Amendment (Amendment), 
proposed by Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC (GPLNG) in the above 
referenced docket.
    GPLNG is requesting authority to increase the peak workforce in the 
Amendment, up to 7,700 workers per day. GPLNG is also requesting the 
authority to increase traffic volumes to accommodate the additional 
workforce, and a 7-day-per-week, 24-hour-per-day construction schedule 
for certain activities during the remaining construction period at the 
terminal site in Jefferson County, Texas. GPLNG anticipates completing 
the Golden Pass LNG Export Project in 2025.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the proposed 
construction modification of the Amendment in accordance with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC 
staff concludes that approval of the proposed Amendment, with 
appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal 
action

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significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    The EA incorporates by reference the Commission staff's July 2016 
Final Environmental Impact Statement issued in Docket No. CP14-517-000 
and CP14-518-000 for the Golden Pass LNG Export Project and the 
Commission's findings and conclusions in its December 21, 2016 Order. 
The EA addresses the potential environmental effects of the Amendment 
on socioeconomics, environmental justice, visual resources, air 
quality, climate change, and noise.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability for this 
EA to federal, state, and local government representatives and 
agencies; Native American tribes; potentially affected landowners; and 
other interested individuals and groups. The EA 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 EA 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., CP14-
517). 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 EA 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 issues raised in this 
proceeding. Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your 
comments should focus on the 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 Amendment, it is important that we receive your 
comments in Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 
21, 2022.
    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. 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 also file your comments electronically 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.'' 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 using the U.S. Postal Service. Be sure to 
reference the project docket number (CP14-517-001) with your 
submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 
Submissions sent through carriers other than the U.S. Postal Service 
must be sent to 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852 for 
processing.
    Filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, 
but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. 
Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review of 
the Commission's decision. At this point in this proceeding, the 
timeframe for filing timely intervention requests has expired. Any 
person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion 
to intervene out-of-time pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and 
(d)) and show good cause why the time limitation should be waived. 
Motions to intervene are more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides.
    Additional information about the Golden Pass LNG Export Variance 
Request No. 15 Amendment is available from the Commission's Office of 
External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the FERC website 
(www.ferc.gov) using eLibrary. 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, 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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 
register for eSubscription.

    Dated: March 23, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-06572 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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