[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42562-42563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16705]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-13-000]


Floridian Natural Gas Storage Company, LLC; Notice of 
Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Floridian Natural Gas Storage Project

July 11, 2008.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared this Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for the natural gas facilities proposed by the Floridian Natural 
Gas Storage Company, LLC (FGS) under the above-referenced docket. FGS's 
proposed Floridian Natural Gas Storage Project (Project) would be 
located approximately two miles north of the unincorporated 
municipality of Indiantown in Martin County, Florida.
    The Final EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act. The FERC staff concludes that the 
proposed Project, with the appropriate mitigation measures as 
recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact.
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are cooperating agencies 
for the development of this EIS. A cooperating agency has jurisdiction 
by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental impact 
involved with the proposal and is involved in the NEPA analysis.
    The general purpose of the proposed Project is to respond to the 
growing demand for natural gas and natural gas infrastructure in the 
United States, and, more specifically, in Florida. The Project would 
enhance access to additional, competitively-priced supplies of natural 
gas by providing liquefaction, storage, and vaporization services to 
customers in Florida and the southeastern United States.
    The Final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of 
construction and operation of the facilities listed below. FGS proposes 
to construct and operate:
     An approximately 53.1 acre liquefied natural gas storage 
facility;
     An approximately 4-mile-long, 12-inch-diameter receiving 
pipeline to interconnect with and receive natural gas from the 
Gulfstream and/or Florida Power & Light (FPL) lateral pipelines;
     An approximately 4-mile-long, 24-inch-diameter sendout 
pipeline that would parallel the 12-inch pipeline and

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interconnect with and deliver natural gas from the storage facility to 
the Gulfstream and the FPL lateral pipelines;
     Interconnection points with the Gulfstream pipeline at 
milepost (MP) 4.18 and with the FPL lateral at MP 4.05; and
     A metering and regulating station.
    FGS proposes to have the facilities installed and operational 
within 36 months of commencing construction; however, based on market 
conditions at the time of construction, the storage facility 
construction may be separated into two phases.
    The Final EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and 
is available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
    CD-ROM copies of the Final EIS have been mailed to federal, state, 
and local agencies; public interest groups; individuals and affected 
landowners who requested a copy of the Final EIS or provided comments 
during scoping; libraries and newspapers in the Project area; and 
parties to this proceeding. Hard copy versions of the Final EIS were 
mailed to those specifically requesting them. A limited number of hard 
copies and CD-ROMs are available from the Public Reference Room 
identified above.
    In accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's 
regulations implementing NEPA, no agency decision on a proposed action 
may be made until 30 days after the EPA publishes a notice of 
availability of a Final EIS.
    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC (3372) or on 
the FERC Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov). Using the ``eLibrary 
link,'' select ``General Search'' and enter the project docket number 
excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP08-13) in the ``Docket 
Number'' field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. 
For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or TTY (202) 
502-8659. The eLibrary link on the FERC Internet Web site also provides 
access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such 
as orders, notices, and rule makings.
    In addition, the FERC now 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. To register for this service, go to http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
    It is requested that you communicate the foregoing information 
concerning the proposed work to any persons known by you to be 
interested and not being known to this office, who did not receive a 
copy of this notice.

 Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-16705 Filed 7-21-08; 8:45 am]
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