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Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC; Notice of Availability
of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Southside
Reliability Enhancement Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Southside Reliability
Enhancement Project (Project), proposed
by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC (Transco) in the abovereferenced docket. Transco requests
authorization to construct and operate
one new compressor station and modify
two existing compressor stations and
three existing meter stations in North
Carolina and Virginia. The Project
would provide an incremental 423,400
dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of yearround firm transportation capacity from
Transco’s Compressor Station 165 and
Pine Needle Storage Facility along the
mainline and South Virginia Lateral
pipeline systems to delivery points in
North Carolina.
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,
impacts would be reduced to less-than-
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significant levels. Regarding climate
change impacts, the Project’s
construction and operation emissions
would increase the atmospheric
concentration of greenhouse gases
(GHG), in combination with past,
present, and future emissions from all
other sources. Climate change impacts
are not characterized in the EIS as
significant or insignificant because the
Commission is conducting a generic
proceeding to determine whether and
how the Commission will conduct
significance determinations going
forward.1 The EIS also concludes that
no system or other alternative site
would meet the Project objective while
providing a significant environmental
advantage over the Project as proposed.
The final EIS addresses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
following Project facilities:
• installation of a new compressor
station (Compressor Station 168) which
includes one new 33,000 horsepower
electric motor-driven compressor unit,
and installation of new mainline valves
on South Virginia Lateral A-Line and BLine at the new Compressor Station 168
in Mecklenburg County, Virginia;
• addition of one 16,000 horsepower
electric motor-driven compressor unit at
existing Compressor Station 166 in
Pittsylvania County, Virginia;
• installation of piping modifications
to allow for flow reversal at existing
Compressor Station 155 in Davidson
County, North Carolina;
• replacement of one meter run to
increase delivery volumes at the
existing Ahoskie Meter Station in
Hertford County, North Carolina;
• installation of new facilities to
increase delivery volumes at the
existing Pleasant Hill Meter Station in
Northampton County, North Carolina;
and
• upgrade meter and controls and
debottleneck piping at the existing
Iredell Meter Station in Iredell County,
North Carolina.
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
1 Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in
Natural Gas Infrastructure Project Reviews, 178
FERC ¶ 61,108 (2022); 178 FERC ¶ 61,197 (2022).
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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
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., CP22–461). 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
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such as orders, notices, and
rulemakings.
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Dated: February 24, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP22-461-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of
Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the
Proposed Southside Reliability Enhancement Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Southside Reliability Enhancement Project (Project), proposed
by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the above-
referenced docket. Transco requests authorization to construct and
operate one new compressor station and modify two existing compressor
stations and three existing meter stations in North Carolina and
Virginia. The Project would provide an incremental 423,400 dekatherms
per day (Dth/d) of year-round firm transportation capacity from
Transco's Compressor Station 165 and Pine Needle Storage Facility along
the mainline and South Virginia Lateral pipeline systems to delivery
points in North Carolina.
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, impacts would be reduced to
less-than-significant levels. Regarding climate change impacts, the
Project's construction and operation emissions would increase the
atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG), in combination
with past, present, and future emissions from all other sources.
Climate change impacts are not characterized in the EIS as significant
or insignificant because the Commission is conducting a generic
proceeding to determine whether and how the Commission will conduct
significance determinations going forward.\1\ The EIS also concludes
that no system or other alternative site would meet the Project
objective while providing a significant environmental advantage over
the Project as proposed.
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\1\ Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas
Infrastructure Project Reviews, 178 FERC ] 61,108 (2022); 178 FERC ]
61,197 (2022).
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The final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following Project facilities:
installation of a new compressor station (Compressor
Station 168) which includes one new 33,000 horsepower electric motor-
driven compressor unit, and installation of new mainline valves on
South Virginia Lateral A-Line and B-Line at the new Compressor Station
168 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia;
addition of one 16,000 horsepower electric motor-driven
compressor unit at existing Compressor Station 166 in Pittsylvania
County, Virginia;
installation of piping modifications to allow for flow
reversal at existing Compressor Station 155 in Davidson County, North
Carolina;
replacement of one meter run to increase delivery volumes
at the existing Ahoskie Meter Station in Hertford County, North
Carolina;
installation of new facilities to increase delivery
volumes at the existing Pleasant Hill Meter Station in Northampton
County, North Carolina; and
upgrade meter and controls and debottleneck piping at the
existing Iredell Meter Station in Iredell County, North Carolina.
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 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., CP22-
461). 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 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: February 24, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-04310 Filed 3-1-23; 8:45 am]
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