[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12449-12450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04535]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP21-197-000]


Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Availability of 
the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed; Delta 
Lateral Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Delta Lateral Project, proposed by Kern River Gas Transmission 
Company (Kern River) in the above-referenced docket. Kern River 
requests authorization to construct, own, and operate an approximately 
36 mile-long, 24-inch-diameter pipeline; a delivery meter station; and 
appurtenant facilities, all located in Millard County, Utah. According 
to Kern River, the Project purpose is to provide firm transportation 
service of 140,000 dekatherms of natural gas per day from Opal, Wyoming 
to the Intermountain Power Project, an electrical generating facility 
in Delta, Utah. Prior to filing its application, Kern River 
participated in the Commission's Pre-filing Process for this Project 
under Docket No. PF20-4-000.
    The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Delta Lateral Project in accordance 
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
and responds to comments that were received on the Commission's 
November 4, 2021 draft EIS.\1\ As described in the final EIS, the FERC 
staff concludes that approval of the Project would result in some 
adverse environmental impacts; however, with the potential exception of 
climate change impacts, these impacts would be reduced to less-than-
significant levels because of the impact avoidance, minimization, and 
mitigation measures proposed by Kern River and those recommended by 
staff in the EIS.
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    \1\ The draft EIS is available on FERC's eLibrary under 
Accession No. 20211104-3025.
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    The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), participated as a cooperating agency in the preparation 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. A portion of the Project would be 
constructed on lands managed by the BLM Fillmore Field Office. The BLM 
assisted in the preparation of this EIS and may adopt all or portions 
of the document to satisfy its requirements under NEPA in response to 
Kern River's application.
    The Project would consist of the following specific facilities:
     A 35.84-mile-long, 24-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline;
     a delivery meter station;
     two mainline taps with automated lateral inlet valve 
assemblies;
     an in-line inspection device launcher and receiver;
     an automated lateral block valve assembly; and
     ancillary facilities.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Delta Lateral 
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 areas. The 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 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, excluding the last three digits 
(i.e.,

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CP21-197). 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 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: February 25, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-04535 Filed 3-3-22; 8:45 am]
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