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The Commission’s Office of Public
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public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
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information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
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ferc.gov.
Dated: May 23, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. CP23–516–000; CP23–516–
001]
East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC;
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Ridgeline Expansion
Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Ridgeline Expansion Project
(Project), proposed by East Tennessee
Natural Gas, LLC (East Tennessee) in the
above-referenced docket. East Tennessee
requests authorization to construct and
operate 122.2 miles of 30-inch-diameter
natural gas pipeline and associated
facilities in Trousdale, Smith, Jackson,
Putnam, Overton, Fentress, Morgan, and
Roane Counties, Tennessee. The
purpose of the Project is to provide
about 300,000 dekatherms per day of
new firm natural gas transportation
capacity and up to 95,000 dekatherms of
customized delivery service (i.e.,
parking capability) from multiple
providers to the site of Tennessee Valley
Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant.
The draft 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 would have some
limited adverse environmental effects;
however, with implementation of the
mitigation measures recommended in
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the EIS, these effects would be avoided,
mitigated, or reduced to less-thansignificant levels.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, and the National Park
Service 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 USACE will adopt and use
the EIS to consider the issuance of an
Individual Permit under section 404 of
the Clean Water Act. Although the
USACE provided input to the
conclusions and recommendations
presented in the draft EIS, the USACE
will present its own conclusions and
recommendations in its Record of
Decision for the Project. A copy of the
USACE Nashville District’s Public
Notice is included as appendix 1.1
The draft EIS addresses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
following Project facilities, all in the
state of Tennessee:
• 122.2 miles of 30-inch-diameter
pipeline in Trousdale, Smith, Jackson,
Putnam, Overton, Fentress, Morgan, and
Roane Counties, including 4.0 miles of
header pipeline and 118.2 miles of
mainline pipeline (collectively referred
to as the Mainline);
• a new 14,600-horsepower, electricdriven compressor station (Hartsville
Compressor Station) and an associated
solar array to partially power the facility
in Trousdale County;
• a new meter and regulating station
to receive gas from Columbia Gulf
Transmission, LLC in Trousdale County;
• modifications to two existing meter
and regulating stations to receive gas
from Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
and Midwestern Gas Transmission
Company in Trousdale County;
• a new delivery meter station to
measure gas delivered to the Kingston
Fossil Plant in Roane County; and
• related appurtenances.
East Tennessee also proposes to
remove approximately 24 miles of
previously abandoned-in-place pipe
segments along East Tennessee’s
existing 22-inch-diameter Line 3100–1
associated with various prior pipeline
replacement projects. East Tennessee
would relay the new 30-inch-diameter
Mainline pipe into the same trench.
The Commission mailed a copy of the
Notice of Availability to federal and
state resources agencies, elected
officials, environmental groups and
non-governmental organizations, Native
American Tribes, potentially affected
landowners, local libraries and
newspapers, and other stakeholders.
The draft EIS is only available in
electronic format. It may be viewed and
downloaded from FERC’s website
(www.ferc.gov), on the natural gas
environmental documents page (https://
www.ferc.gov/industries-data/naturalgas/environment/environmentaldocuments). In addition, the draft EIS
may be accessed by using the eLibrary
link on 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., CP23–516). 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 the
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.
In addition, landowner comments are
encouraged on the site-specific
construction plans that East Tennessee
developed for residences within 25 feet
of construction work areas, provided in
appendix J of the draft EIS. 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 July 15, 2024.
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
‘‘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 (CP23–516) on
your letter. Submissions sent via the
U.S. Postal Service must be addressed
to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A.
Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
(4) In lieu of sending written or
electronic comments, the Commission
invites you to attend one of the public
comment sessions its staff will conduct
in the project area to receive comments
on the draft EIS, scheduled as follows:
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Trousdale Community Center, 301 E Main Street, Hartsville, TN 37074,
(615) 374–9574.
The primary goal of these comment
sessions is to have you identify the
specific environmental issues and
concerns with the draft EIS. Individual
verbal comments will be taken on a oneon-one basis with a court reporter. This
format is designed to receive the
maximum amount of verbal comments,
in a convenient way during the
timeframe allotted.
Each comment session is scheduled
from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. You may
arrive at any time after 6:00 p.m. There
will not be a formal presentation by
Commission staff when the session
opens. If you wish to speak, the
Commission staff will hand out
numbers in the order of your arrival.
Comments will be taken until the end
times listed above. However, if no
additional numbers have been handed
out and all individuals who wish to
provide comments have had an
opportunity to do so, staff may conclude
the session at 7:30 p.m. Please see
appendix 2 for additional information
on the session format and conduct.
Your oral comments will be recorded
by the court reporter (with FERC staff or
representative present) and become part
of the public record for this proceeding.
Transcripts will be publicly available on
FERC’s eLibrary system (see page 2 and
3 for instructions on using eLibrary). If
a significant number of people are
interested in providing oral comments
in the one-on-one settings, a time limit
may be implemented for each
commentor. Although there will not be
a formal presentation, Commission staff
will be available throughout the
comment session to answer your
questions about the environmental
review process.
It is important to note that the
Commission provides equal
consideration to all comments received,
whether filed in written form or
provided orally at a comment session.
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/howintervene. 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
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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.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
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: May 24, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP23-516-000; CP23-516-001]
East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC; Notice of Availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Ridgeline
Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Ridgeline Expansion Project (Project), proposed by East
Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC (East Tennessee) in the above-referenced
docket. East Tennessee requests authorization to construct and operate
122.2 miles of 30-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline and associated
facilities in Trousdale, Smith, Jackson, Putnam, Overton, Fentress,
Morgan, and Roane Counties, Tennessee. The purpose of the Project is to
provide about 300,000 dekatherms per day of new firm natural gas
transportation capacity and up to 95,000 dekatherms of customized
delivery service (i.e., parking capability) from multiple providers to
the site of Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant.
The draft 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 would have some
limited adverse environmental effects; however, with implementation of
the mitigation measures recommended in
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the EIS, these effects would be avoided, mitigated, or reduced to less-
than-significant levels.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National
Park Service 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 USACE will adopt and
use the EIS to consider the issuance of an Individual Permit under
section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Although the USACE provided input
to the conclusions and recommendations presented in the draft EIS, the
USACE will present its own conclusions and recommendations in its
Record of Decision for the Project. A copy of the USACE Nashville
District's Public Notice is included as appendix 1.\1\
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connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. For
assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll
free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY (202) 502-8659.
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The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following Project facilities, all in
the state of Tennessee:
122.2 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline in Trousdale,
Smith, Jackson, Putnam, Overton, Fentress, Morgan, and Roane Counties,
including 4.0 miles of header pipeline and 118.2 miles of mainline
pipeline (collectively referred to as the Mainline);
a new 14,600-horsepower, electric-driven compressor
station (Hartsville Compressor Station) and an associated solar array
to partially power the facility in Trousdale County;
a new meter and regulating station to receive gas from
Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC in Trousdale County;
modifications to two existing meter and regulating
stations to receive gas from Texas Eastern Transmission, LP and
Midwestern Gas Transmission Company in Trousdale County;
a new delivery meter station to measure gas delivered to
the Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County; and
related appurtenances.
East Tennessee also proposes to remove approximately 24 miles of
previously abandoned-in-place pipe segments along East Tennessee's
existing 22-inch-diameter Line 3100-1 associated with various prior
pipeline replacement projects. East Tennessee would relay the new 30-
inch-diameter Mainline pipe into the same trench.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability to
federal and state resources agencies, elected officials, environmental
groups and non-governmental organizations, Native American Tribes,
potentially affected landowners, local libraries and newspapers, and
other stakeholders. The draft EIS is only available in electronic
format. It may be viewed and downloaded from 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 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., CP23-516). 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 the 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. In addition, landowner
comments are encouraged on the site-specific construction plans that
East Tennessee developed for residences within 25 feet of construction
work areas, provided in appendix J of the draft EIS. 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 July 15, 2024.
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 ``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 (CP23-
516) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must
be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC
20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
(4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the
Commission invites you to attend one of the public comment sessions its
staff will conduct in the project area to receive comments on the draft
EIS, scheduled as follows:
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Date and time Location
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024: 6:00 to 8:00 Kingston Community Center, 201
p.m. EDT. Patton Ferry Road, Kingston,
TN 37763, (865) 376-1356.
Wednesday, June 12, 2024: 6:00 to 8:00 Cookeville High School, 1
p.m. CDT. Cavalier Drive, Cookeville, TN
38501, (931) 520-2287.
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Thursday, June 13, 2024: 6:00 to 8:00 Trousdale Community Center, 301
p.m. CDT. E Main Street, Hartsville, TN
37074, (615) 374-9574.
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The primary goal of these comment sessions is to have you identify
the specific environmental issues and concerns with the draft EIS.
Individual verbal comments will be taken on a one-on-one basis with a
court reporter. This format is designed to receive the maximum amount
of verbal comments, in a convenient way during the timeframe allotted.
Each comment session is scheduled from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. You
may arrive at any time after 6:00 p.m. There will not be a formal
presentation by Commission staff when the session opens. If you wish to
speak, the Commission staff will hand out numbers in the order of your
arrival. Comments will be taken until the end times listed above.
However, if no additional numbers have been handed out and all
individuals who wish to provide comments have had an opportunity to do
so, staff may conclude the session at 7:30 p.m. Please see appendix 2
for additional information on the session format and conduct.
Your oral comments will be recorded by the court reporter (with
FERC staff or representative present) and become part of the public
record for this proceeding. Transcripts will be publicly available on
FERC's eLibrary system (see page 2 and 3 for instructions on using
eLibrary). If a significant number of people are interested in
providing oral comments in the one-on-one settings, a time limit may be
implemented for each commentor. Although there will not be a formal
presentation, Commission staff will be available throughout the comment
session to answer your questions about the environmental review
process.
It is important to note that the Commission provides equal
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form
or provided orally at a comment session.
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/how-intervene. 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.
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
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: May 24, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-11999 Filed 5-30-24; 8:45 am]
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