[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 197 (Friday, October 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57419-57420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22516]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-50-000; Docket No. CP20-51-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC and Southern Natural Gas 
Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Proposed Evangeline Pass Expansion Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Evangeline Pass Expansion Project (Project), proposed by 
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC (Tennessee) and Southern Natural 
Gas Company, LLC (SNG) in the above-referenced dockets.
    Tennessee requests authorization to construct and operate about 13 
miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline and a new compressor station in St. 
Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes, Louisiana. SNG requests authorization 
to construct and operate a new compressor station and three new meter 
stations in Clarke and Smith, Counties, Mississippi; and St. Bernard 
Parish, Louisiana. The Project would enable the transportation of up to 
1,100,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas to an interconnect with 
Venture Global Gator Express, LLC's Gator Express Pipeline to provide 
feed gas for Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC's facility in 
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
    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. 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.
    The final EIS responds to comments that were received on the 
Commission's August 24, 2020 Environmental Assessment (EA) and July 16, 
2021 draft EIS \1\ and discloses downstream greenhouse gas emissions 
for the Project. With the exception of climate change impacts, FERC 
staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with the 
mitigation measures recommended in this final 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. 20200824-3066 and the draft EIS is available under accession no. 
20210716-3005.
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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, by the respective applicants:

Tennessee

     About 9 miles of 36-inch-diameter looping \2\ pipeline in 
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana (Yscloskey Toca Lateral Loop);
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    \2\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to 
an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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     about 4 miles of 36-inch-diameter looping pipeline in 
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (Grand Bayou Loop); and
     a new 23,470 horsepower (hp) compressor station consisting 
of one natural gas-fired Solar Turbines Titan 130 turbine driven 
compressor unit along Tennessee's existing 500 line in St. Bernard 
Parish, Louisiana (Compressor Station 529).

SNG

     A new 22,220 hp compressor station consisting of two 
natural gas-fired Solar Taurus 70 turbines (11,110 hp each) in Clarke 
County, Mississippi (Rose Hill Compressor Station); and
     three new meter stations: Rose Hill Receipt Meter Station 
in Clarke County, Mississippi; Midcontinent Express Pipeline Receipt 
Meter Station in Smith County, Mississippi; and Toca Delivery Meter 
Station in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Evangeline Pass Expansion 
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. CP20-50-000 or 
CP20-51-000). 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.
    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

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summaries, and direct links to the documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to register for eSubscription.

    Dated: October 8, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-22516 Filed 10-14-21; 8:45 am]
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