    [Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 53355-53356]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2020-18993]

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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    [Docket No. CP20-50-000; Docket No. CP20-51-000]

    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC, Southern Natural Gas
    Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment
    for the Proposed Evangeline Pass Expansion Project

        The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
    Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the
    Evangeline Pass Expansion Project, proposed by Tennessee Gas Pipeline

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    Company, LLC (Tennessee) and Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC (SNG) in
    the above-referenced dockets.
        Tennessee requests authorization to construct and operate a total
    of approximately 13 miles of 36-inch-diameter looping pipeline: \1\
    Yscloskey Toca Lateral Loop (about 9 miles) in St. Bernard Parish,
    Louisiana and Grand Bayou Loop (about 4 miles) in Plaquemines Parish,
    Louisiana. Additionally, Tennessee requests authorization to construct
    and operate a new 23,470 horsepower (hp) compressor station (Compressor
    Station [CS] 529) in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
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        \1\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to
    an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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        SNG requests authorization to construct and operate a new 22,220 hp
    compressor station (Rose Hill CS) in Clarke County, Mississippi and
    three new meter stations: Rose Hill Receipt Meter Station (MS) in
    Clarke County, Mississippi, MEP Receipt MS in Smith County,
    Mississippi, and Toca Delivery MS in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. SNG
    is also requesting authorization to abandon the new capacity by lease
    to Tennessee.
        The proposed projects, collectively known as the Evangeline Pass
    Expansion Project, would provide up to 1,100,000 dekatherms per day to
    the Venture Global Gator Express Pipeline interconnect for feed gas for
    the Plaquemines Liquified Natural Gas Terminal in Plaquemines Parish,
    Louisiana.
        The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
    construction and operation of the projects in accordance with the
    requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. The FERC staff
    concludes that approval of the proposed projects, with appropriate
    mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal action
    significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
        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 EA 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 EA
    may be accessed by using the eLibrary link on the FERC's website. Click
    on the eLibrary link (https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary/overview), select General Search and enter the docket number in the
    Docket Number field, excluding the last three digits (i.e. CP20-50 or
    CP20-51). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
    assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
    FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
    contact (202) 502-8659.
        The EA is not a decision document. It presents Commission staff's
    independent analysis of the environmental issues for the Commission to
    consider when addressing the merits of issues raised in this
    proceeding. Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your
    comments should focus on the EA's disclosure and discussion of
    potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures
    to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. The more specific your
    comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that the Commission
    has the opportunity to consider your comments prior to making its
    decision on this project, it is important that we receive your comments
    in Washington, DC on or before 5:00pm Eastern Time on September 23,
    2020.
        For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file
    your comments with the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic
    filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-
    3676 or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please carefully follow these
    instructions so that your comments are properly recorded.
        (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
    feature on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
    FERC Online. This is an easy method for submitting brief, text-only
    comments on a project;
        (2) You can also file your comments electronically using the
    eFiling feature on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the
    link to FERC Online. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a
    variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission.
    New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on
    eRegister. You must select the type of filing you are making. If you
    are filing a comment on a particular project, please select Comment on
    a Filing; or
        (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
    the Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP20-
    50-000 or CP20-51-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S.
    Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A,
    Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be
    addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
    Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
        Filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status,
    but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered.
    Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review of
    the Commission's decision. At this point in this proceeding, the
    timeframe for filing timely intervention requests has expired. Any
    person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion
    to intervene out-of-time pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the
    Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and
    (d)) and show good cause why the time limitation should be waived.
    Motions to intervene are more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides.
        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 which 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: August 24, 2020.
    Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
    Deputy Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 2020-18993 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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