[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20871-20872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09719]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP17-66-000; CP17-67-000]


Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC and Venture Global Gator 
Express, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Proposed Plaquemines LNG and Gator Express Pipeline 
Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Plaquemines LNG and Gator Express Pipeline Project, proposed by 
Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC and Venture Global Gator Express, 
LLC in the above-referenced dockets. Venture Global requests 
authorization to construct and operate a new liquefied natural gas 
(LNG) export terminal and associated facilities along the west bank of 
the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (Terminal) and 
to construct and operate two new 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline 
laterals that would connect to the LNG Terminal. The new liquefaction 
facilities would have a nameplate production capacity of 20.0 million 
metric tons per annum (MTPA) of LNG and peak production capacity of 24 
MTPA.
    The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Plaquemines LNG and Gator Express 
Pipeline 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 final EIS, would have some adverse environmental impacts. These 
impacts would be reduced to less-than-significant levels with the 
implementation of Venture Global's proposed mitigation measures and the 
additional measures recommended in the final EIS.
    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

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of the EIS. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special 
expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by the 
proposal and participate in the NEPA analysis. Although the cooperating 
agencies provided input to the conclusions and recommendations 
presented in the 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:
     LNG Terminal: Construction and operation of various 
liquefaction, LNG distribution, and appurtenant facilities within the 
boundaries of the site leased by Venture Global on the Mississippi 
River, including:
    [cir] Six pretreatment facilities (three in each phase);
    [cir] a liquefaction plant with 18 integrated single-mixed 
refrigerant blocks and support facilities (otherwise referred to as 
liquefaction blocks or blocks) to be constructed in two phases (nine 
blocks in each phase);
    [cir] four 200,000-cubic-meter aboveground LNG storage tanks;
    [cir] three LNG loading docks within a common LNG berthing area; 
and
    [cir] air-cooled electric power generation facilities.
     Pipeline System: Construction and operation of two 
parallel 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipelines that share one right-
of-way corridor for the majority of their respective routes and 
appurtenant aboveground facilities, including the following:
    [cir] 15.1-mile-long Southwest Lateral Tennessee Gas Pipeline, LLC 
(TGP) Pipeline;
    [cir] 11.7-mile-long Southwest Lateral Texas Eastern Transmission, 
LP (TETCO) Pipeline;
    [cir] TGP metering and regulation station; and
    [cir] TETCO metering and regulation station.
    The Commission 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 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 
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., CP17-66 or CP17-67). 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: May 3, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-09719 Filed 5-10-19; 8:45 am]
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