[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 125 (Thursday, June 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39082-39083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14014]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP21-1-000; CP21-458-000]


Golden Pass Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Mp66-69 Compressor 
Relocation and Modification Amendment and the Mp33 Compressor Station 
Modification Amendment Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the MP66-69 Compression Relocation and Modification Amendment and 
the MP33 Compressor Station Modification Amendment Project (Project), 
proposed by Golden Pass Pipeline, LLC (Golden Pass), in the above 
referenced dockets. Golden Pass requests authorization to amend its 
certificate of public convenience and necessity for the Pipeline 
Expansion Project (Docket No. CP14-518-000) that was issued by the 
Commission on December 21, 2016. Golden Pass requests authorization to 
modify the previously authorized facilities in Calcasieu Parish, 
Louisiana and Orange County, Texas.
    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 this EIS, would not result in 
significant environmental impacts, with the exception of climate change 
impacts. The EIS does not characterize the Project's greenhouse gas 
emissions as significant or insignificant because the Commission is 
conducting a generic proceeding to determine whether and how the 
Commission will conduct climate change significance determinations 
going forward.\1\
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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 incorporates by reference the Commission staff's July 
2016 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) issued in Docket Nos. 
CP14-517-000 and CP14-518-000 for the Golden Pass LNG Export Project 
(2016 FEIS) and the Commission's findings and conclusions in its 
December 21, 2016 Order. The final EIS addresses the potential 
environmental effects of the construction and operation of the 
following Project facilities:

CP21-1-000 (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana)

     relocate the approved Compressor Station at Milepost (MP) 
66 approximately three miles, to MP69;
     increase the amount of compression at the relocated 
compressor station;
     eliminate approved modifications to interconnects at MP63 
and MP66;
     minor changes to approved interconnect modifications at 
MP68; and
     eliminate the previously approved 3 miles of 24-inch-
diameter pipeline loop between MP66 and MP69.

CP21-458-000 (Orange County, Texas)

     relocate the MP33 Compressor Station approximately fifty 
feet north-northwest to avoid an existing pipeline right-of-way based 
on a landowner request;
     increase the authorized compression at the MP33 Compressor 
Station;
     construct three new interconnects and appurtenant 
facilities adjacent to the MP33 Compressor Station; and
     eliminate receipt stations at the existing Texoma delivery 
interconnect on Golden Pass's existing system at MP33.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the MP66-69 Compression 
Relocation and Modification Amendment and the MP33 Compressor Station 
Modification Amendment 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

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``General Search'' and enter the docket number in the ``Docket Number'' 
field (i.e. CP21-1-000 or CP21-458-000). 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.
    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 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: June 24, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-14014 Filed 6-29-22; 8:45 am]
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