[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54586-54587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23603]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP15-550-000; CP15-551-000; CP15-551-001]
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC; TransCameron Pipeline, LLC;
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Calcasieu Pass Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Calcasieu Pass Project, proposed by Venture Global Calcasieu
Pass, LLC (Venture Global Calcasieu Pass) and TransCameron Pipeline,
LLC (TransCameron Pipeline) in the above-referenced dockets. Venture
Global Calcasieu Pass requests authorization to site, construct, and
operate a natural gas liquefaction and storage facility, and marine
export terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. TransCameron Pipeline
requests authorization to construct, install, and operate certain
natural gas pipeline facilities also in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The
new liquefaction facilities would have a peak production capacity of 12
million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum.
The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of
construction and operation of the Calcasieu Pass Project in accordance
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. The
FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed project, with the
mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would have some adverse
environmental impact; however, all of these impacts would be reduced to
less-than-significant levels.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department
of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Department of
Transportation participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation
of the EIS. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special
expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by a proposal
and participate in the National Environmental Policy Act analysis.
Although the cooperating agencies provided input on the conclusions and
recommendations presented in the final EIS, the agencies will present
their own conclusions and recommendations in their respective Records
of Decision for the project.
The final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following project facilities:
Nine integrated pre-cooled single mixed refrigerant (SMR)
blocks;
two full-containment aboveground LNG storage tanks, each
with a usable capacity of approximately 200,000 cubic meters;
a 1,500-foot by 3,000-foot turning basin adjacent to the
Calcasieu River Ship Channel;
two LNG berthing docks, each designed to handle carriers
of 120,000 to 210,000 cubic meter cargo capacity;
a 720 megawatt natural gas-fired combined cycle gas
turbine electric generation facility;
approximately 23.4 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline to
bring feed gas from interconnections with ANR Pipeline Company, Texas
Eastern Transmission, LP, and Bridgeline Holdings, LP to the terminal
site;
one meter station;
three mainline valves; and
one pig launcher at the meter station and one pig receiver
at the gas gate station on the terminal site.
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The Commission staff mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability 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 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 Environmental
Documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/enviro/eis.asp). In
addition, the final EIS may be accessed by using the eLibrary link on
the FERC's website. Click on the eLibrary link (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp), click on General Search, and enter the
docket number in the ``Docket Number'' field, excluding the last three
digits (i.e. CP15-550 or CP15-551). 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 www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
Dated: October 22, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-23603 Filed 10-29-18; 8:45 am]
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