[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 149 (Friday, August 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51802-51803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16632]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP22-21-000; Docket No. CP22-22-000]


Venture Global CP2 LNG, LLC; Venture Global CP Express, LLC; 
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Proposed CP2 LNG and CP Express Projects

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the CP2 LNG and CP Express Projects (Project), proposed by Venture 
Global CP2 LNG, LLC (CP2 LNG) and Venture Global CP Express, LLC (CP 
Express) in the above-referenced docket. CP2 LNG and CP Express request 
authorizations to construct, install, own, operate, and maintain 
certain liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Cameron Parish, 
Louisiana and certain pipeline facilities in Cameron and Calcasieu 
Parishes, Louisiana and Jasper and Newton Counties, Texas.
    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). The 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, most of these impacts would be 
less-than-significant, with the exception visual resources, including 
cumulative visual impacts, and visual impacts on environmental justice 
communities in the region. Climate change impacts are not characterized 
in the EIS as significant or insignificant. As part of the analysis, 
Commission staff developed specific mitigation measures (included in 
the final EIS as recommendations). Staff recommend that these 
mitigation measures be attached as conditions to any authorization 
issued by the Commission.
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans and Galveston 
Districts, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department 
of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, and National Marine Fisheries Service participated as 
cooperating agencies 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. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans and 
Galveston Districts will adopt and use the EIS to consider compliance 
with section 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972, as amended and section 
10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Although the cooperating 
agencies provided input to the conclusions and recommendations 
presented in the EIS, the agencies will present their own conclusions 
and recommendations in their respective Records of Decision for the 
Project.
    The final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following project facilities:
     a liquefaction plant consisting of 18 liquefaction blocks 
and ancillary support facilities, each block having a nameplate 
capacity of about 1.1 million tonnes per annum of LNG;
     six pretreatment systems, each including an amine gas-
sweetening unit to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) and a 
molecular sieve dehydration system to remove water;
     four 200,000 cubic meter aboveground full containment LNG 
storage tanks with cryogenic pipeline connections to the liquefaction 
plant and the berthing docks;
     carbon capture and sequestration facilities, including 
carbon capture equipment within the terminal site as well as a non-
jurisdictional CO2 send-out pipeline outside of the terminal 
site; \1\
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    \1\ CP2 LNG anticipates this pipeline would be installed under 
the southern portion of the Terminal Site floodwall and terminate at 
a non-jurisdictional offshore platform in State of Louisiana waters.
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     a combined cycle natural gas turbine power plant with a 
nameplate capacity of 1,470 megawatts;
     two marine LNG loading docks and turning basins and three 
cryogenic lines for LNG transfer from the storage tanks to the docks;
     administration, control, maintenance, and warehouse 
buildings and related parking lots;
     85.4 miles of 48-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline (CP 
Express Pipeline);
     6.0 miles of 24-inch-diameter natural gas lateral pipeline 
connecting to the CP Express Pipeline in northwest Calcasieu Parish 
(Enable Gulf Run Lateral);
     one 187,000-horsepower natural gas-fired compressor 
station (Moss Lake Compressor Station);
     six meter stations (five at interconnects with existing 
pipelines and one at the terminus of the CP

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Express Pipeline within the Terminal Site); and
     other appurtenant facilities.\2\
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    \2\ The LNG terminal would also include the following non-
jurisdictional facilities: electrical transmission line and 
substation, water pipeline, septic system, and stormwater 
facilities/outfalls.
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    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 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 (i.e. CP22-21 or 
CP22-22). 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.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202)502-6595 or [email protected].
    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: July 28, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-16632 Filed 8-3-23; 8:45 am]
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