[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 129 (Friday, July 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36277-36278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14625]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-493-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Availability of 
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed East 300 
Upgrade Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the East 300 Upgrade Project, proposed by Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company, L.L.C. (Tennessee) in the above-referenced docket. Tennessee 
requests authorization to modify two existing compressor stations and 
construct one new compressor station in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to 
create 115 million cubic feet per day of firm transportation capacity 
on Tennessee's existing 300 Line for Consolidated Edison Company of New 
York, Inc.
    The draft EIS responds to comments that were received on the 
Commission's February 19, 2021 environmental assessment (EA) \1\ and 
discloses downstream greenhouse gas emissions for the project. With the 
exception of climate change impacts, the FERC staff concludes that 
approval of the proposed

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project, with the mitigation measures recommended in this EIS, would 
not result in significant environmental impacts. FERC staff continues 
to be unable to determine significance with regards to climate change 
impacts.
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    \1\ The project's EA is available on eLibrary under accession 
no. 20210219-3034.
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    The draft EIS incorporates the above-referenced EA, which addressed 
the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation 
of the following project facilities:
     Modifications at existing Compressor Station 321 in 
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, including the installation of one 
Solar Taurus 70 turbine with an International Organization for 
Standardization (ISO) rating of 11,107 horsepower and auxiliary 
facilities;
     modifications at existing Compressor Station 325 in Sussex 
County, New Jersey, including installation of one Solar Titan 130 
turbine with an ISO rating of 20,500 horsepower and auxiliary 
facilities; and
     construction of the new Compressor Station 327 equipped 
with a single 19,000-horsepower electric-driven compressor unit and 
associated auxiliary facilities in Passaic County, New Jersey.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed East 300 Upgrade 
Project 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 draft EIS 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 draft EIS may be accessed by using the eLibrary link on 
the FERC's website. Click on the eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search), select ``General Search,'' and 
enter the docket number in the ``Docket Number'' field (i.e., CP20-
493). 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.
    The draft EIS 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 all issues in this 
proceeding. Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS may do so. 
Your comments should focus on the draft EIS's disclosure and discussion 
of potential environmental effects, including climate impacts due to 
downstream greenhouse gas emissions, and measures to avoid or lessen 
environmental impacts. To ensure consideration of your comments on the 
proposal in the final EIS, it is important that the Commission receive 
your comments on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 23, 2021.
    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic 
filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-
3676 or [email protected]. 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 file your comments electronically by 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.'' If you 
are filing a comment on a particular project, please select ``Comment 
on a Filing'' as the filing type; 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-
493-000) 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, MD 20852.
    Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a 
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR part 385.214). Motions to intervene are 
more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or 
judicial review of the Commission's decision. The Commission grants 
affected landowners and others with environmental concerns intervenor 
status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and 
direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can adequately 
represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not give you 
intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to have your 
comments considered.

Questions?

    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 
https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to register for 
eSubscription.

    Dated: July 2, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-14625 Filed 7-8-21; 8:45 am]
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