[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3735-3736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01062]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP21-113-000]


Alliance Pipeline, L.P.; Notice of Availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Three Rivers 
Interconnection Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Three Rivers Interconnection Project (Project), proposed by 
Alliance Pipeline, L.P. (Alliance) in the above-referenced docket. 
Alliance proposes to construct and operate about 2.9 miles of 20-inch-
diameter natural gas transmission pipeline and associated facilities in 
Grundy County, Illinois. This pipeline would connect Alliance's 
existing interstate natural gas transmission system to Competitive 
Power Venture's Three Rivers Energy

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Center, currently under construction; and as proposed, would transport 
up to 210 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas to this 
facility. According to Alliance, the Project is necessary to provide 
Competitive Power Venture's Three Rivers Energy Center with access to 
an additional natural gas supply source.
    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 the EIS, would result in some 
adverse environmental impacts, but none that are considered 
significant. Regarding climate change impacts, this EIS is not 
characterizing 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 significance 
determinations going forward.\1\ The EIS also concludes that no system, 
route, or other alternative would meet the Project objective while 
providing a significant environmental advantage over the Project as 
proposed.
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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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) participated as cooperating agencies in the 
preparation of the EIS. Specifically, the EPA provided FERC 
environmental staff with recommendations to inform the EIS and the NRC 
advised FERC environmental staff concerning nuclear safety reviews and 
the associated regulatory process with respect to Alliance's proposal 
and the nearby Dresden Nuclear Generating Station and General Electric 
Hitachi Nuclear Energy Morris Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation. 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 Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Three Rivers 
Interconnection Project to federal, state, and local government 
representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and 
public interest groups; Indian 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., CP21-113-000). 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 summaries, and direct links to 
the documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 
register for eSubscription.

    Dated: January 13, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01062 Filed 1-19-23; 8:45 am]
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