[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23516-23517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08467]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP21-467-000]


Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for The Proposed Henderson County 
Expansion Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
for the Henderson County Expansion Project (Project), proposed by Texas 
Gas Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas) in the above-referenced docket. Texas 
Gas requests a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and 
Abandonment Authorization to construct, operate, and maintain, and 
abandon certain natural gas transmission pipeline facilities in 
Henderson and Webster Counties, Kentucky and Posey and Johnson 
Counties, Indiana. The Project purpose is to provide up to 220,000 
dekatherms per day of new firm transportation service to CenterPoint 
Energy Indiana South's (CenterPoint) AB Brown Generating Station in 
Posey County, Indiana.
    The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). FERC 
staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with the 
mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would result in some 
adverse environmental impacts; however, with the exception of potential 
impacts on climate change, we conclude that impacts would be reduced to 
less than significant levels. Regarding climate change impacts, this 
EIS is not characterizing the Project's greenhouse gas emissions as 
significant or insignificant because the Commission is conducting a 
generic proceeding to determine whether and how the Commission will 
conduct significance determinations going forward.\1\
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    \1\ Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas 
Infrastructure Project Reviews, 178 FERC ] 61,108 (2022); 178 FERC ] 
61,197 (2022).
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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 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. Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides 
input to the conclusions and recommendations presented in the draft 
EIS, the agency may present its own conclusions and recommendations in 
any applicable Records of Decision or other documentation for the 
Project.
    The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following project facilities:
     Henderson Lateral--Construction of an approximately 23.5-
mile-long, 20-inch-diameter natural gas transmission pipeline extending 
from a new tie-in facility in Henderson County, Kentucky to the new AB 
Brown Meter and Regulating (M&R) Station in Posey County, Indiana 
(Henderson Lateral).
     AB Brown M&R Station and Point of Demarcation Site (Posey 
County, Indiana)--Construction of a delivery M&R station, receiver 
facility, and a 0.1-mile-long, 16-inch-diameter interconnecting 
pipeline terminating at the new Point of Demarcation Site, which would 
serve as CenterPoint's tie-in for Project facilities for its AB Brown 
Generating Station.
     Slaughters Compressor Station (Webster County, Kentucky)--
Installation of a new 4,863-horsepower Solar Centaur 50 turbine 
compressor unit with piping modifications and other appurtenant 
facilities, abandonment in place of an existing compressor unit (Unit 
5), and placement on standby of two existing compressor units (Unit 6 
and Unit 7).
     New ancillary facilities including a mainline valve and 
tie-in facility in Henderson County, Kentucky and upgrades to an 
existing M&R station in Johnson County, Indiana.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Henderson County 
Expansion 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, 
excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP21-467). 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 draft EIS's disclosure and discussion of 
potential environmental effects, measures to avoid or lessen 
environmental impacts, and the completeness of the submitted 
alternatives, information and analyses. 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 5:00pm Eastern Time on 
June 6, 2022.
    For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide equal 
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form 
or provided verbally. 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 (CP21-
467-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service 
must be addressed

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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.
    (4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the 
Commission invites you to attend one of the virtual public comment 
sessions its staff will conduct by telephone to receive comments on the 
draft EIS, scheduled as follows:

Date and Time

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (CDT), Call in number: 800-779-
8625, Participant Passcode: 3472916
Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1:30-3:30 p.m. (CDT), Call in number: 800-779-
8625, Participant Passcode: 3472916

    The primary goal of these comment sessions is to have you identify 
the specific environmental issues and concerns with the draft EIS. 
There will not be a formal presentation by Commission staff when the 
session opens. Individual oral comments will be taken on a one-on-one 
basis with a court reporter present on the line. This format is 
designed to receive the maximum amount of oral comments, in a 
convenient way during the timeframe allotted, and is in response to the 
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Prospective commentors are encouraged to 
review the draft EIS to familiarize themselves with the Project prior 
to participating in the meeting.
    Each comment session is scheduled from either 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. or 
else 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Central Time. You may call at any time 
after the listed start times, at which point you will be placed on mute 
and hold. Calls will be answered in the order they are received. Once 
answered, you will have the opportunity to provide your comment 
directly to a court reporter with FERC staff or representative present 
on the line. A time limit of 3 minutes will be implemented for each 
commentor.
    Transcripts of all comments received during the comment sessions 
will be publicly available on FERC's eLibrary system (see page 2 of 
this notice for instructions on using eLibrary).
    It is important to note that the Commission provides equal 
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form 
or provided at a virtual comment session.
    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/how-intervene. 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: April 14, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-08467 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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