Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Regional Energy Access Expansion, 47741-47742 [2022-16708]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 149 / Thursday, August 4, 2022 / Notices elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ fercgensearch.asp) by querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: July 29, 2022. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–16731 Filed 8–3–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP21–94–000] jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Regional Energy Access Expansion The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Regional Energy Access Expansion (Project), proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the abovereferenced docket. Transco requests authorization to construct and operate approximately 36.0 miles of pipeline loop 1 and one new compressor station, abandon and replace certain existing compression facilities, and modify existing compressor stations and facilities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to provide about 829 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day to multiple delivery points along Transco’s existing system in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland, providing customers with enhanced access to Marcellus and Utica Shale natural gas supplies. The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 1 A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Aug 03, 2022 Jkt 256001 construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with the mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would result in some adverse environmental impacts; however, with the exception of climate change impacts, those impacts would not be significant. Construction and operation of the Project would increase the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG), in combination with past, current, and future emissions from all other sources globally and would contribute incrementally to future climate change impacts. The EIS does not characterize the Project’s GHG emissions as significant or insignificant because the Commission is conducting a generic proceeding to determine whether and how the Commission will conduct climate change significance determinations going forward. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EIS. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by the proposal and participate in the NEPA analysis. The EIS is intended to fulfill the cooperating federal agencies’ NEPA obligations, as applicable, and to support subsequent conclusions and decisions made by the cooperating agencies. Although cooperating agencies provide input to the conclusions and recommendations presented in the final EIS, the agencies may present their own conclusions and recommendations in any applicable Records of Decision for the Project. The final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the following Project facilities: • installation of 22.2 miles of 30-inchdiameter pipeline loop in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (Regional Energy Lateral); • installation of 13.8 miles of 42-inchdiameter pipeline loop in Monroe County, Pennsylvania (Effort Loop); • installation of the new electricmotor driven Compressor Station 201 (9,000 nominal horsepower [hp] at International Organization of Standardization [ISO] conditions) in Gloucester County, New Jersey); • installation of two gas turbine driven compressor units (31,800 nominal hp at ISO conditions) at existing Compressor Station 505 in Somerset County, New Jersey to accommodate the abandonment and PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47741 replacement of approximately 16,000 hp from eight existing internal combustion engine-driven compressor units and increase the certificated station compression by 15,800 hp; • installation of a gas turbine compressor unit (63,742 nominal hp at ISO conditions) and modifications to three existing compressors at existing Compressor Station 515 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania to accommodate the abandonment and replacement of approximately 17,000 hp from five existing gas-fired reciprocating engine driven compressors and increase the certificated station compression by 46,742 hp; • uprate and rewheel two existing electric motor-driven compressor units at existing Compressor Station 195 in York County, Pennsylvania to increase the certificated station compression by 5,000 hp and accommodate the abandonment of two existing gas-fired reciprocating engine driven compressors, which total approximately 8,000 hp; • installation of piping modifications at existing Compressor Station 200 in Chester County, Pennsylvania to support south flow of natural gas; • uprate one existing electric motordriven compressor unit at existing Compressor Station 207 in Middlesex County, New Jersey to increase the certificated station compression by 4,100 hp; • modifications at existing compressor stations, meter stations, interconnects, and ancillary facilities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland; and • installation of ancillary facilities such as mainline valves, communication facilities, and pig launchers 2 and receivers. The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the final EIS 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 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/industriesdata/natural-gas/environment/ environmental-documents). In addition, the final EIS may be accessed by using 2 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. E:\FR\FM\04AUN1.SGM 04AUN1 47742 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 149 / Thursday, August 4, 2022 / Notices 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, excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP21–94). 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 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. 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: July 29, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–16708 Filed 8–3–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES Filings Instituting Proceedings Docket Numbers: RP22–1069–000. Applicants: Big Sandy Pipeline, LLC. Description: Compliance filing: Big Sandy Fuel Filing effective 9/1/2022 to be effective N/A. Filed Date: 7/28/22. Accession Number: 20220728–5053. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/9/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1070–000. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Aug 03, 2022 Jkt 256001 Applicants: Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: A Limited Section 4 Rate Change to be effective 9/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/28/22. Accession Number: 20220728–5080. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/9/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1071–000. Applicants: Equitrans, L.P. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rate Agreement Amendment—8/1/2022 to be effective 8/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5008. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1072–000. Applicants: Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Tuscarora Section 4 Rate Case (1 of 3) to be effective 9/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5021. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1073–000. Applicants: Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Timeline for Sale of Capacity to be effective 9/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5024. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1074–000. Applicants: Sierrita Gas Pipeline LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Qtrly Fuel_LU Update Filing to be effective 9/ 1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5034. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1075–000. Applicants: Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rates Filing—7/29/22 to be effective 8/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5049. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1076–000. Applicants: ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rate Filing—BP Energy to be effective 8/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5050. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1077–000. Applicants: Trunkline Gas Company, LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rate Filing—16 to be effective 8/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Accession Number: 20220729–5051. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1078–000. Applicants: Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: EGTS—July 29, 2022 Negotiated Rate and Nonconforming Service Agreement to be effective 9/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5054. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1079–000. Applicants: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Rate Schedule S–2 Tracker FIling eff 8/1/ 2022 to be effective 8/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5069. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1080–000. Applicants: Wyoming Interstate Company, L.L.C. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Fuel_ LU Quarterly Update Filing to be effective 9/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5074. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–1081–000. Applicants: Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: FLU_ EPC Recomputation Update Filing to be effective 9/1/2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5082. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Docket Numbers: RP22–501–000. Applicants: ANR Pipeline Company. Description: Motion Filing: ANR Section 4 Rate Case Motion to Place in Effect RP22–501 to be effective 8/1/ 2022. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5022. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. Filings in Existing Proceedings Docket Numbers: RP21–778–000. Applicants: Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. Description: Refund Report: Rate Case (RP21–778) Refund Report Filing to be effective N/A. Filed Date: 7/29/22. Accession Number: 20220729–5061. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 8/10/22. E:\FR\FM\04AUN1.SGM 04AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47741-47742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16708]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP21-94-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of 
Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Proposed Regional Energy Access Expansion

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Regional Energy Access Expansion (Project), proposed by 
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the above-
referenced docket. Transco requests authorization to construct and 
operate approximately 36.0 miles of pipeline loop \1\ and one new 
compressor station, abandon and replace certain existing compression 
facilities, and modify existing compressor stations and facilities in 
Pennsylvania and New Jersey to provide about 829 million standard cubic 
feet of natural gas per day to multiple delivery points along Transco's 
existing system in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland, providing 
customers with enhanced access to Marcellus and Utica Shale natural gas 
supplies.
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    \1\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to 
an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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    The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC 
staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with the 
mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would result in some 
adverse environmental impacts; however, with the exception of climate 
change impacts, those impacts would not be significant. Construction 
and operation of the Project would increase the atmospheric 
concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG), in combination with past, 
current, and future emissions from all other sources globally and would 
contribute incrementally to future climate change impacts. The EIS does 
not characterize the Project's GHG emissions as significant or 
insignificant because the Commission is conducting a generic proceeding 
to determine whether and how the Commission will conduct climate change 
significance determinations going forward.
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation of 
the EIS. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special 
expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by the 
proposal and participate in the NEPA analysis. The EIS is intended to 
fulfill the cooperating federal agencies' NEPA obligations, as 
applicable, and to support subsequent conclusions and decisions made by 
the cooperating agencies. Although cooperating agencies provide input 
to the conclusions and recommendations presented in the final EIS, the 
agencies may present their own conclusions and recommendations in any 
applicable Records of Decision for the Project.
    The final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following Project facilities:
     installation of 22.2 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline 
loop in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (Regional Energy Lateral);
     installation of 13.8 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline 
loop in Monroe County, Pennsylvania (Effort Loop);
     installation of the new electric-motor driven Compressor 
Station 201 (9,000 nominal horsepower [hp] at International 
Organization of Standardization [ISO] conditions) in Gloucester County, 
New Jersey);
     installation of two gas turbine driven compressor units 
(31,800 nominal hp at ISO conditions) at existing Compressor Station 
505 in Somerset County, New Jersey to accommodate the abandonment and 
replacement of approximately 16,000 hp from eight existing internal 
combustion engine-driven compressor units and increase the certificated 
station compression by 15,800 hp;
     installation of a gas turbine compressor unit (63,742 
nominal hp at ISO conditions) and modifications to three existing 
compressors at existing Compressor Station 515 in Luzerne County, 
Pennsylvania to accommodate the abandonment and replacement of 
approximately 17,000 hp from five existing gas-fired reciprocating 
engine driven compressors and increase the certificated station 
compression by 46,742 hp;
     uprate and rewheel two existing electric motor-driven 
compressor units at existing Compressor Station 195 in York County, 
Pennsylvania to increase the certificated station compression by 5,000 
hp and accommodate the abandonment of two existing gas-fired 
reciprocating engine driven compressors, which total approximately 
8,000 hp;
     installation of piping modifications at existing 
Compressor Station 200 in Chester County, Pennsylvania to support south 
flow of natural gas;
     uprate one existing electric motor-driven compressor unit 
at existing Compressor Station 207 in Middlesex County, New Jersey to 
increase the certificated station compression by 4,100 hp;
     modifications at existing compressor stations, meter 
stations, interconnects, and ancillary facilities in Pennsylvania, New 
Jersey, and Maryland; and
     installation of ancillary facilities such as mainline 
valves, communication facilities, and pig launchers \2\ and receivers.
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    \2\ 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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    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
final EIS 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 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 final EIS may be accessed by using

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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, excluding 
the last three digits (i.e., CP21-94). 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 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. 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: July 29, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-16708 Filed 8-3-22; 8:45 am]
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