[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53470-53471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18790]


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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 Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Henderson County 
Expansion Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final 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 final 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 final 
EIS, the agency may present its own conclusions and recommendations in 
any applicable Records of Decision or other documentation for the 
Project.
    The final 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.
     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 
Final 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

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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 natural gas environmental documents page 
(https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents). In addition, the final 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.
    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: August 25, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18790 Filed 8-30-22; 8:45 am]
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