[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 187 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54178-54179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21265]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-493-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Availability of 
the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed; East 300 
Upgrade Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the East 300 Upgrade Project, proposed by Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company, L.L.C. (Tennessee) in the above-referenced docket. Tennessee 
requests authorization to modify two existing compressor stations and 
construct one new compressor station in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to 
create 115 million cubic feet per day of firm transportation capacity 
on Tennessee's existing 300 Line for Consolidated Edison Company of New 
York, Inc.
    The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the East 300 Upgrade Project in 
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA). The 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.
    The final EIS responds to comments that were received on the 
Commission's February 19, 2021 environmental assessment (EA) and July 
2, 2021 draft EIS \1\ and discloses downstream greenhouse gas emissions 
for the project. With the exception of climate change impacts, the FERC 
staff concludes that approval of the proposed project, with the 
mitigation measures recommended in this EIS, would not result in 
significant environmental impacts. FERC staff continues to be unable to 
determine significance with regards to climate change impacts.
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    \1\ The project's EA is available on eLibrary under accession 
no. 20210219-3034 and the draft EIS is available under accession no. 
20210702-3037.
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    The final EIS incorporates the above-referenced EA, which addressed 
the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation 
of the following project facilities:
     Modifications at existing Compressor Station 321 in 
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, including the installation of one 
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turbine with an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 
rating of 11,107 horsepower and auxiliary facilities;
     modifications at existing Compressor Station 325 in Sussex 
County, New Jersey, including installation of one Solar Titan 130 
turbine with an ISO rating of 20,500 horsepower and auxiliary 
facilities; and
     construction of the new Compressor Station 327 equipped 
with a single 19,000-horsepower electric-driven compressor unit and 
associated auxiliary facilities in Passaic County, New Jersey.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed East 300 Upgrade 
Project 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., CP20-
493). 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.
    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: September 24, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-21265 Filed 9-29-21; 8:45 am]
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