Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Texas-Louisiana Expansion Project, 49870-49871 [2024-12869]
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Dated: June 6, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–12866 Filed 6–11–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP24–8–000]
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Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
America LLC; Notice of Availability of
the Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Texas-Louisiana Expansion
Project
The staff of the Regulatory
Commission (FERC or Commission) has
prepared an environmental assessment
(EA) for the Texas-Louisiana Expansion
Project, proposed by Natural Gas
Company of America LLC (Natural) in
the above-referenced docket. Natural
requests authorization for construction,
installation, modification, operation,
and maintenance of facilities at two
existing compressor stations in Liberty
County (Compressor Station 343) and
Montgomery County (Compressor
Station 302), Texas. Through
installation of the proposed facilities,
Natural would add an incremental
300,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/day)
of firm gas capacity in Segment 25 of its
eastbound Louisiana Line. When
combined with the unsubscribed
capacity Natural has reserved for the
Texas-Louisiana Expansion Project, this
would allow Natural to provide up to
467,000 Dth/day of firm transportation
service to the Project shippers.
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the TexasLouisiana Expansion Project in
accordance with the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA). FERC staff concludes that
approval of the proposed project would
not constitute a major Federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The proposed Texas-Louisiana
Expansion Project includes the
following facilities and activities:
Modifications and Installations at
Compressor Station 302 in Montgomery
County, Texas:
• Uprate the existing compressor
controls to increase the horsepower (hp)
of existing compressor Units 7 and 8 by
1,600 hp each, for a total of 3,200 hp;
• Re-wheel existing compressor Units
7, 8 and 9; and
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• Install one new electric motor
driven compressor unit with a rating of
18,340 hp.
Modification at Compressor Station
343 in Liberty County, Texas:
• Re-wheel existing electric motor
driven compressor Units 9 and 10.
The Commission mailed a copy of the
Notice of Availability of the EA 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 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/naturalgas/environment/environmentaldocuments). 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, excluding
the last three digits (i.e., CP24–8). 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 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 all issues 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 project, it is
important that we receive your
comments in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 8,
2024.
For your convenience, there are three
methods you can use to file your
comments to the Commission. 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.
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(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
Commission. Be sure to reference the
project docket number (CP24–8–000) 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, MD 20852.
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 Code of Federal
Regulations 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/how-intervene.
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
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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 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: June 6, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–12869 Filed 6–11–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC24–13–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–716) Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
716, Good Faith Requests for
Transmission Services under Section
213(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)
and Applications for Interconnection or
Transmission Orders under Sections
211(a) and 212 of the FPA (OMB Control
Number 1902–0170). The information
collection will be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due July 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–716 to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
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Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0170) in the subject line of your
comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your
comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments
(identified by Docket No. IC24–13–000)
by one of the following methods:
Electronic filing through https://
www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery.
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (including courier) delivery:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: OMB submissions must
be formatted and filed in accordance
with submission guidelines at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Using the search function under the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ field, select
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
click ‘‘submit,’’ and select ‘‘comment’’
to the right of the subject collection.
FERC submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. For
user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by email at ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676
(toll-free).
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean
Sonneman may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at
(202) 502–6362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–716, Good Faith Requests
for Transmission Services under Section
213(a) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)
and Applications for Interconnection or
Transmission Orders under Sections
211(a) and 212 of the FPA.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0170.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–716 information collection
requirements with revisions.
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Abstract: FERC–716 pertains to
transmission of electricity generated and
sold at the wholesale level, i.e., sold to
a utility or other entity reselling that
energy to residential, business, or
industrial customers. The term of art for
such a transaction is ‘‘sale for resale.’’
The FPA and the relevant Commission
regulations provide for two procedures
that a generator of electricity may use to
seek transmission services from an
entity that does not own or directly use
the power it is transmitting. One
procedure involves the exchange of
information between generators and
transmitting utilities, and does not
require submission of information to the
Commission. The other procedure,
which is applicable only if the exchange
of information is unsuccessful, involves
an application for a Commission
interconnection or transmission order.
Section 213(a) of the FPA (16 U.S.C.
16 U.S.C. 824l) provides that whenever
a person generating wholesale electric
energy makes a good faith request to a
transmitting utility to provide wholesale
transmission services, and includes in
that request specific rates and charges
and other terms and conditions, the
transmitting utility must either:
• Agree to provide such services at
rates, charges, terms and conditions
acceptable to the generator-requester; or
• Within 60 days or other mutually
agreed upon period, provide the
generator-requester with a detailed
written explanation, with specific
reference to the facts and circumstances
of the request, stating (1) the
transmitting utility’s basis for the
proposed rates, charges, terms, and
conditions for such services, and (2) its
analysis of any physical or other
constraints affecting the provision of
such services.
Section 211(a) of the FPA (16 U.S.C.
824j(a)) provides that any person
generating wholesale electric energy
may apply to the Commission for an
order requiring a transmitting utility to
provide wholesale transmission services
to the applicant. The Commission’s
regulation at 18 CFR 2.20 provides that
the Commission may issue an FPA
section 211 order only if the applicant
has made a request for transmission
services to the transmitting utility at
least 60 days prior to the filing of an
application for such order. A
Commission order requiring
interconnection or transmission services
must include a determination that the
order meets the requirements of FPA
section 212 (16 U.S.C. 824k) and would
otherwise be in the public interest.
Program changes are necessary to
increase the accuracy of this
information collection request. As
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP24-8-000]
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC; Notice of
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Texas-
Louisiana Expansion Project
The staff of the Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has
prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the Texas-Louisiana
Expansion Project, proposed by Natural Gas Company of America LLC
(Natural) in the above-referenced docket. Natural requests
authorization for construction, installation, modification, operation,
and maintenance of facilities at two existing compressor stations in
Liberty County (Compressor Station 343) and Montgomery County
(Compressor Station 302), Texas. Through installation of the proposed
facilities, Natural would add an incremental 300,000 dekatherms per day
(Dth/day) of firm gas capacity in Segment 25 of its eastbound Louisiana
Line. When combined with the unsubscribed capacity Natural has reserved
for the Texas-Louisiana Expansion Project, this would allow Natural to
provide up to 467,000 Dth/day of firm transportation service to the
Project shippers.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Texas-Louisiana Expansion Project in
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA). FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed
project would not constitute a major Federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human environment.
The proposed Texas-Louisiana Expansion Project includes the
following facilities and activities:
Modifications and Installations at Compressor Station 302 in
Montgomery County, Texas:
Uprate the existing compressor controls to increase the
horsepower (hp) of existing compressor Units 7 and 8 by 1,600 hp each,
for a total of 3,200 hp;
Re-wheel existing compressor Units 7, 8 and 9; and
Install one new electric motor driven compressor unit with
a rating of 18,340 hp.
Modification at Compressor Station 343 in Liberty County, Texas:
Re-wheel existing electric motor driven compressor Units 9
and 10.
The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
EA 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 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, excluding the last three digits (i.e.,
CP24-8). 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 all issues 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 project, it
is important that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 8, 2024.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file
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 Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP24-8-
000) 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, MD 20852.
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 Code of Federal
Regulations 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/how-intervene.
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
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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 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: June 6, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-12869 Filed 6-11-24; 8:45 am]
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