[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 5078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02830]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-101-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Final 
General Conformity Determination for the Proposed Northeast Supply 
Enhancement Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final general conformity determination (GCD) 
for the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project (Project) proposed by 
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) in the above-
referenced docket. The final GCD was prepared to satisfy the 
requirements of the Clean Air Act, and was included in the final 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Project, which was issued 
on January 25, 2019. The final GCD and our responses to public comments 
on the draft GCD are included in appendices I and M of the final EIS, 
respectively. The final GCD assesses the potential air quality impacts 
associated with the construction and operation of the following 
relevant subset of Project facilities:
     10.2 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline loop in Lancaster 
County, Pennsylvania (the Quarryville Loop);
     3.4 miles of 26-inch-diameter pipeline loop in Middlesex 
County, New Jersey (the Madison Loop);
     23.5 miles of 26-inch-diameter pipeline loop in Middlesex 
and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey, and Queens and Richmond Counties, 
New York (the Raritan Bay Loop, which consists of 0.2 mile of pipe in 
onshore Middlesex County, New Jersey; 6.0 miles of offshore pipe in New 
Jersey waters; and 17.3 miles of offshore pipe in New York waters);
     modification of existing Compressor Station 200 in Chester 
County, Pennsylvania;
     construction of new Compressor Station 206 in Somerset 
County, New Jersey; and
     ancillary facilities.
    All of the emissions above the General Conformity applicability 
thresholds from construction of the Project are expected to occur in 
New York and New Jersey within the New Jersey-New York-Connecticut 
Interstate Air Quality Control Region. The FERC staff concludes that 
the Project would achieve conformity with the New York and New Jersey 
State Implementation Plans through direct mitigation and/or the 
purchase of Emission Reduction Credits and Creditable Emissions 
Reductions.
    For additional information on the Project, the public can view the 
final GCD in the final EIS on our website at https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/enviro/eis/2019/01-25-19-FEIS.asp.

    Dated: February 13, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-02830 Filed 2-19-19; 8:45 am]
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