[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 72 (Friday, April 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25871-25872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07813]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP23-544-000]


Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Bison Xpress Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the Bison 
XPress Project proposed by Northern Border Pipeline Company (Northern 
Border) in the above-referenced docket. Northern Border requests 
authorization to replace and expand compression facilities at Northern 
Border's existing Arnegard, Manning, and Glen Ullin Compressor Stations 
in McKenzie, Dunn, and Morton Counties, North Dakota, respectively. The 
project purpose is to improve system reliability and provide 300,000 
dekatherms per day of incremental capacity, which Northern Border would 
lease to Wyoming Interstate Company, LLC.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of Northern Border's Bison XPress Project in 
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act. The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed project 
would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment.
    The Bison XPress Project includes the following components:
     abandoning by removal the existing 20,000 HP Rolls Royce 
Avon gas-fired, turbine compressor, installing two new 23,470 HP Solar 
Turbine Titan 130 gas-fired, turbine compressors, and installing 
associated piping, six new gas cooling bays and appurtenances at the 
existing Arnegard (No. 4) Compressor Station;
     placing the existing 38,000 HP Rolls Royce RB211 gas-
fired, turbine compressor on standby for planned and unplanned outages 
up to 500 hours annually, installing two new 31,900 HP Solar Turbine 
Titan 250 gas-fired, turbine compressors, and installing associated 
piping and appurtenances at the existing Manning (No. 5) Compressor 
Station; and
     placing the existing 38,000 HP Rolls Royce RB211 gas-
fired, turbine compressor on standby for planned and unplanned outages 
up to 500 hours annually, installing two new 31,900 HP Solar Turbine 
Titan 250 gas-fired, turbine compressors, and installing associated 
piping, four new gas cooling bays and appurtenances at the existing 
Glen Ullin (No. 6) Compressor Station.
    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, religious 
organizations and other interested individuals and groups; and 
newspapers and libraries in the project area. The EA 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 EA 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. CP23-544). 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 EA 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 EA may do so. Your comments should 
focus on the EA's disclosure and discussion of potential environmental 
effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen 
environmental impacts. The more specific your comments, the more useful 
they will be. To ensure that the Commission has the opportunity to 
consider your comments prior to making its decision on this project, it 
is important that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or 
before 5:00pm Eastern Time on May 8, 2024.
    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file 
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

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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 also file your comments electronically 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.'' You must select the type of filing you are making. If 
you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select 
``Comment on a Filing''; 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 (CP23-
544-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service 
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 
DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: 
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, 
but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. 
Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review of 
the Commission's decision. At this point in this proceeding, the 
timeframe for filing timely intervention requests has expired. Any 
person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion 
to intervene out-of-time pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and 
(d)) and show good cause why the time limitation should be waived. 
Motions to intervene are more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/how-intervene.
    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: April 8, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-07813 Filed 4-11-24; 8:45 am]
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