APPENDIX N 

SUBJECT INDEX 
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abandoned wells, 4-5 

aboveground facility, 1-1, 1-3, 2-5, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 

2-10, 2-12, 2-45, 2-46, 3-11, 4-19, 4-29, 4-31, 

4-34, 4-35, 4-43, 4-49, 4-74, 4-75, 4-77, 4-78, 

4-84, 4-94, 4-95, 4-106, 4-114, 4-116, 4-117, 

5-3, 5-4, 5-7, 5-9 

Acadia (Parish, River, Lake), 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-3, 

2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 3-10, 3-12, 4-1, 4-3, 4-4, 4-10, 

4-16, 4-18, 4-38, 4-50, 4-86, 4-87, 4-88, 4-89, 

4-93, 4-114, 4-115, 4-118 

access road, 1-1, 2-1, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-10, 2-

12, 2-46, 2-48, 3-6, 3-11, 4-1, 4-23, 4-29, 4-

31, 4-33, 4-34, 4-35, 4-41, 4-43, 4-49, 4-74, 4-

75, 4-77, 4-90, 4-94, 4-95, 4-107, 4-112, 4-

113, 5-3, 5-7, 5-9, 5-11, 5-15 

accidents, 4-90, 4-116, 4-117, 4-119, 4-123 

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 

(ACHP), 1-4, 4-93, 5-9 

agriculture, 1-5, 2-13, 2-15, 2-24, 2-44, 2-47, 3-

10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-

21, 3-22, 3-23, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-12, 4-13, 4-

14, 4-15, 4-16, 4-20, 4-22, 4-25, 4-34, 4-35, 4-

38, 4-42, 4-43, 4-44, 4-45, 4-46, 4-47, 4-50, 4-

52, 4-71, 4-74, 4-75, 4-77, 4-78, 4-84, 4-86, 4-

87, 4-88, 4-99, 4-100, 4-102, 4-108, 5-7 

air pollutants, 4-10, 4-108, 4-109, 4-110, 4-111, 

4-112, 4-113 

air quality, 1-3, 4-97, 4-102, 4-107, 4-108, 4-109, 

4-111, 4-112, 4-113, 5-9 

alternatives, 1-3, 1-6, 1-7, 2-10, 2-12, 2-13, 2-

15, 2-16, 2-24, 2-25, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-

6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 

3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 

4-8, 4-27, 4-33, 4-34, 4-35, 4-36, 4-38, 4-39, 

4-41, 4-49, 4-50, 4-62, 4-64, 4-69, 4-113, 5-1, 

5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-9, 5-10, 5-14, 5-15 

American Petroleum Institute (API), 2-3, 2-16, 2-

37 

American Society of Mechanical Engineers 

(ASME), 2-16, 2-37 

Ancillary Areas, 2-6, 2-7, 2-10 

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 1-5, 2-6, 4-76, 4-

77, 4-87 

Aquatic Resources Mitigation Plan, 4-13, 4-41, 

4-45, 4-50, 4-63, 4-64, 5-3, 5-6, 5-15 

aquifer, 4-16, 4-17 

area of potential effects (APE), 4-93, 4-94, 5-8 

area of probable concern (APC), 4-28 

Bayou Choupique, 2-3, 3-14, 3-17, 4-20, 4-21, 

4-22, 4-25, 4-26, 4-52 

Bayou des Cannes, 2-3, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 

4-25, 4-26, 4-32, 4-40, 4-50, 4-52, 4-53, 5-2, 

5-14, 5-15 

Bayou Lacassine, 4-20, 4-21, 4-25, 4-52, 4-53 

Bayou Nezpique, 2-3, 3-13, 3-14, 3-20, 3-21, 4-

20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-25, 4-26, 4-32, 4-39, 4-40, 4-

50, 4-52, 4-55 

Bayou Vista, 4-69 

best available control technology (BACT), 4-111 

Best Management Practices (BMPs), 4-27, 4-41, 

4-54, 4-63, 4-71, 5-3, 5-6 

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), 4-53 

Biological Assessment (BA), 4-10 

Black Bayou, 1-7, 4-26, 4-35, 4-36, 4-37, 4-52, 

4-81, 4-83, 4-100, 5-7, 5-15 

boring method, 2-34, 2-36, 2-42, 3-14, 3-19, 4-

21, 4-52, 4-53, 4-82, 4-84, 4-91, 4-107, 5-8 

Bridgeline Holdings, L.P., 1-8, 1-9, 2-5, 2-6, 4-

77, 4-87, 4-113 

Calcasieu (Parish, River, Lake), 1-1, 1-2, 1-7, 2-

1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 2-42, 2-45, 3-6, 3-10, 3-

12, 3-14, 3-18, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-7, 4-16, 4-

17, 4-18, 4-20, 4-21, 4-22, 4-26, 4-28, 4-32, 4-

36, 4-51, 4-52, 4-54, 4-55, 4-59, 4-62, 4-63, 4-

66, 4-68, 4-69, 4-79, 4-81, 4-82, 4-86, 4-87, 4-

88, 4-89, 4-90, 4-91, 4-100, 4-101, 4-105, 4-

107, 4-114, 4-115, 4-118, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-15 

Cameron (Parish, River, Lake, Pipeline), 1-1, 1-

2, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 3-4, 3-8, 3-10, 4-1, 

4-4, 4-7, 4-18, 4-36, 4-66, 4-82, 4-86, 4-87, 4-

88, 4-89, 4-100, 4-101, 4-102, 4-104, 4-109, 

4-114, 4-118 

cathodic protection, 2-46, 2-48, 4-121, 4-122 

Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity 

(Certificate), 1-1, 1-5, 1-8, 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-70, 

4-80, 4-117, 5-10, 5-12, 5-13 

Cheniere Sabine Pass Pipeline (SPP), 3-2, 3-3, 

3-4, 3-6 

Chevron, 1-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-7 

Chicot Aquifer, 4-16, 4-17, 5-2 

Chief Inspector, 2-47 

Clean Air Act (CAA), 4-109, 4-110 

Clean Water Act (CWA), 1-4, 1-5 

Coastal Lowlands Aquifer System, 4-16 

Coastal Management Division, 1-5, 1-8, 4-85, 5-

8 

Coastal marsh, 1-9, 3-10, 3-12, 4-1, 4-36, 4-37, 

4-46, 4-48, 4-103, 4-106, 4-108 

Coastal prairie, 4-44, 4-71, 4-72, 5-4 

Coastal Use Permit (CUP), 1-5, 1-8, 4-56, 5-8 

Coastal Wetland Planning, Protection and 

Restoration Act, 4-36, 4-48, 5-3 

coastal zone management, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 4-74, 

4-85, 5-8 

Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), 1-3, 1-

4, 4-85 

Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP), 1-

4, 5-8 

N-1 Appendix N 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 1-2, 1-4, 1-

6, 2-10, 2-46, 2-48, 4-25, 4-58, 4-93, 4-97, 4-

109, 4-110, 4-111, 4-117, 4-120 

Columbia Gulf Transmission (CGT), 1-1, 2-3, 2-

6, 4-77, 4-87 

compensatory mitigation, 4-50, 4-58, 4-63, 4-78, 

4-79, 4-80, 5-5 

compressor station, 1-1, 1-3, 2-3, 2-48, 3-2, 3-6, 

3-7, 3-8, 4-114 

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), 1-5, 4-

38, 4-81, 4-83, 5-7, 5-15 

contamination, 4-13, 4-14, 4-16, 4-17, 4-19, 4-

24, 4-27, 4-28, 4-54, 4-57, 4-83, 5-1, 5-2, 5-5 

Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 1-2, 1-

8, 4-97, 4-99 

Craft Inspectors, 2-47 

crawfish ponds, 1-7, 2-13, 2-24, 2-44, 4-46, 4-

52, 5-1 

Creole Trail Pipeline (CTP), 3-4, 3-6, 3-7 

cultural resources, 1-3, 1-8, 2-36, 3-6, 3-8, 3-11, 

3-13, 3-15, 4-27, 4-93, 4-94, 4-95, 4-96, 5-8, 

5-11, 5-16 

cumulative impacts, 1-3, 3-10, 4-1, 4-97, 4-98, 

4-99, 4-100, 4-101, 4-103, 4-104, 4-105, 4-

106, 4-107, 4-108, 5-9 

Demand Side Management (DSM), 3-2 

Director of the OEP, 2-42, 4-22, 5-9, 5-14 

earthquake, 4-6, 4-7, 4-123, 5-1 

easement, 4-43, 4-78, 4-79, 4-83, 5-7, 5-16 

emergency response, 2-10, 2-45, 2-47, 2-48, 4-

90, 4-107, 4-116, 4-120, 5-8 

eminent domain, 4-78, 5-11 

emissions, 4-108, 4-111, 4-112, 4-113, 5-9 

employment, 2-24, 2-25, 2-28, 2-45, 2-46, 2-47, 

2-48, 4-14, 4-51, 4-54, 4-71, 4-87, 4-88, 4-90, 

4-92, 4-106, 4-112, 4-122, 4-123, 5-4, 5-8, 5-

9, 5-12 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), 1-3, 1-

4, 1-5, 4-58, 4-65 

Energy Information Administration (EIA), 1-2 

environmental impact statement (EIS), 1-1, 1-2, 

1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 2-5, 2-13, 2-47, 3-1, 3-

4, 3-6, 4-1, 4-6, 4-23, 4-27, 4-32, 4-35, 4-38, 

4-51, 4-52, 4-55, 4-57, 4-64, 4-65, 4-71, 4-80, 

4-83, 4-97, 4-99, 4-108, 5-1, 5-7, 5-9, 5-10, 5-

11, 5-14, 5-15, 5-16 

Environmental Inspector (EI), 2-47, 4-33, 5-11, 

5-13 

erosion, 1-5, 1-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-15, 2-24, 2-

25, 2-42, 2-46, 3-14, 3-16, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-10, 

4-11, 4-12, 4-15, 4-24, 4-25, 4-27, 4-29, 4-33, 

4-36, 4-37, 4-38, 4-39, 4-41, 4-43, 4-44, 4-53, 

4-54, 4-59, 4-63, 4-69, 4-72, 4-97, 4-107, 4-

116, 5-1, 5-2, 5-5, 5-11 

Erosion and Sediment Control (ES&C), 2-10, 5-

14 

essential fish habitat (EFH), 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-7, 3-

12, 4-21, 4-27, 4-32, 4-40, 4-41, 4-55, 4-58, 4-

59, 4-60, 4-61, 4-62, 4-63, 4-64, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 

5-6 

estuarine emergent (E2EM), 4-29, 4-31, 4-39, 4-

62 

estuarine scrub-shrub (E2SS), 4-29, 4-31, 4-39 

Eunice, LA, 3-4, 3-10, 3-12, 3-13 

Evangeline (Parish, River, Lake, Aquifer), 1-1, 1-

2, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 3-10, 3-12, 3-13, 4-

1, 4-3, 4-16, 4-17, 4-18, 4-38, 4-50, 4-66, 4-

81, 4-86, 4-87, 4-88, 4-89, 4-109, 4-118 

extra workspaces, 2-6, 2-8, 2-12, 2-24, 2-44, 4-

27, 4-29, 4-31, 4-34, 4-35, 4-43, 4-49, 4-57, 4-

62, 4-74, 4-77, 4-80, 4-94, 4-97, 5-3, 5-7 

farmlands, 1-5, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 5-1 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA), 4-7 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC 

or Commission), 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-

8, 1-9, 2-5, 2-10, 2-12, 2-24, 2-34, 2-45, 2-46, 

2-47, 2-48, 2-49, 3-1, 3-2, 3-6, 3-14, 4-1, 4-6, 

4-45, 4-59, 4-65, 4-70, 4-71, 4-73, 4-80, 4-86, 

4-90, 4-93, 4-95, 4-96, 4-101, 4-105, 4-117, 5-

1, 5-9, 5-10, 5-12, 5-13, 5-16 

FERC’s Office of Energy Projects (OEP), 1-2, 2-

9, 2-10, 2-47, 4-8, 4-14, 4-23, 4-28, 4-35, 4-

38, 4-73, 4-83, 4-84, 4-96, 4-115, 5-7, 5-10, 5-

11, 5-12, 5-13, 5-14, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17 

FGT Lateral, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8, 2-9, 2-15, 3-

1, 3-8, 4-18, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 4-26, 4-32, 4-

34, 4-40, 4-44, 4-50, 4-53, 4-75, 4-76, 4-77, 4-

87, 4-94, 4-95, 4-118, 4-119, 5-2, 5-4, 5-13, 5-

14, 5-15 

fish entrainment or impingement, 4-25, 4-54, 5-5 

fisheries, 1-3, 1-4, 1-7, 2-33, 4-19, 4-21, 4-25, 4-

27, 4-28, 4-37, 4-51, 4-52, 4-53, 4-54, 4-55, 4-

56, 4-57, 4-58, 4-59, 4-62, 4-65, 4-67, 5-4, 5-

5, 5-6, 5-7 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP), 4-59 

floodplains, 1-5, 4-2, 4-3, 4-7 

Florida Gas Transmission (FGT), 1-1, 2-1, 2-3, 

2-4, 2-6, 2-8, 2-9, 2-15, 3-1, 3-4, 3-8, 4-18, 4-

21, 4-22, 4-23, 4-26, 4-32, 4-34, 4-40, 4-44, 4-

50, 4-53, 4-75, 4-76, 4-77, 4-87, 4-94, 4-95, 4-

118, 4-119, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-13, 5-14, 5-15 

geology, 1-3, 1-5, 1-7, 2-8, 2-9, 2-12, 2-15, 2-16, 

2-24, 2-25, 2-28, 2-32, 2-34, 2-37, 2-42, 2-44, 

2-45, 2-46, 2-48, 3-12, 4-2, 4-3, 4-5, 4-7, 4-9, 

4-10, 4-11, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14, 4-15, 4-19, 4-20, 

4-23, 4-24, 4-27, 4-29, 4-32, 4-33, 4-34, 4-38, 

4-39, 4-44, 4-45, 4-46, 4-53, 4-54, 4-58, 4-63, 

4-72, 4-83, 4-116, 4-118, 4-121, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 

5-4, 5-7, 5-14 

global positioning system (GPS), 2-36, 4-63 

Golden Pass Pipeline (GPP), 3-3 

N-2 Appendix N 
gravel pit, 4-3, 4-6, 4-74, 4-75, 5-1, 5-7, 5-14 

groundwater, 4-14, 4-16, 4-17, 4-18, 4-19, 4-29, 

4-44, 4-54, 4-83, 4-99, 4-108, 5-1, 5-2, 5-7, 5-

14 

Gulf Coast, 1-2, 4-3, 4-6, 4-9, 4-59, 4-68, 4-71, 

4-97, 4-103 

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), 2-3, 2-12, 

3-12, 3-16, 4-20, 4-22, 4-26, 4-32, 4-34, 4-35, 

4-36, 4-37, 4-40, 4-52, 4-62, 4-100, 4-107, 5-

4, 5-5 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council 

(GMFMC), 4-59, 4-60, 4-61, 4-62, 4-63 

hazardous waste site, 4-81, 4-83, 5-7 

high consequence areas (HCAs), 4-119 

horizontal directional drill (HDD), 2-12, 2-13, 2-

24, 2-25, 2-32, 2-33, 2-36, 2-42, 2-44, 2-45, 3-

10, 3-12, 3-14, 3-18, 3-19, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-12, 

4-21, 4-22, 4-24, 4-25, 4-26, 4-27, 4-28, 4-31, 

4-32, 4-34, 4-35, 4-37, 4-39, 4-40, 4-41, 4-44, 

4-50, 4-52, 4-53, 4-54, 4-57, 4-58, 4-62, 4-63, 

4-79, 4-80, 4-82, 4-84, 4-91, 4-94, 4-95, 4-

107, 4-108, 4-114, 4-115, 4-116, 4-118, 5-1, 

5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-8, 5-9, 5-14, 5-15, 5-17 

Houston, Texas, 2-5 

human disturbance, 4-69 

hurricanes, 3-12, 4-7, 4-52, 4-100, 4-106, 4-109, 

4-116 

hydric soils, 1-5, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-13 

hydrostatic test, 1-5, 2-16, 2-24, 2-48, 4-25, 4-

26, 4-39, 4-53, 4-57, 4-63, 4-118, 5-5 

Integrated Resource Planning, 3-2 

Integrity Management Plan, 2-48 

interconnecting pipelines (interconnects), 1-1, 1-

2, 1-3, 1-8, 1-9, 2-1, 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 2-10, 2-12, 

2-45, 2-48, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 4-

1, 4-9, 4-12, 4-13, 4-15, 4-31, 4-34, 4-35, 4-

40, 4-43, 4-77, 4-84, 4-87, 4-94, 4-95, 4-101, 

4-112, 4-113, 5-3, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-16 

invasive species, 4-33, 4-40, 4-44, 4-45, 4-103, 

4-108 

invertebrates, 4-32, 4-40, 4-58, 4-59, 4-60, 4-61, 

5-5 

Jefferson Davis (Parish, River, Lake), 1-1, 1-2, 

2-1, 2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 3-10, 3-12, 4-1, 4-3, 4-4, 4-

16, 4-17, 4-18, 4-38, 4-39, 4-50, 4-81, 4-86, 4-

87, 4-88, 4-89, 4-118, 5-7, 5-15 

Johnsons Bayou, 1-8, 1-9, 2-3, 2-6, 3-8, 3-10, 3-

12, 4-4, 4-77, 4-87, 4-100 

Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge (LNWR), 4-

48, 4-82 

Lake Charles, 1-7, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 3-10, 3-12, 3-

13, 4-4, 4-90, 4-100 

land use, 1-3, 1-7, 2-7, 2-46, 3-6, 3-11, 3-15, 3-

17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 4-52, 4-

74, 4-75, 4-77, 4-78, 4-80, 4-91, 4-97, 4-102, 

4-106, 4-108, 5-2, 5-7, 5-9, 5-11 

landslide, 5-1 

Liberty Pipeline, 3-3, 3-8, 4-104 

liquefied natural gas, 1-1, 1-2, 1-9, 2-3, 2-13, 3-

1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-6, 4-26, 4-79, 4-97, 4-98, 4-

100, 4-101, 4-102, 4-103, 4-104, 4-105, 4-

108, 5-9, 5-10 

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality 

(LDEQ), 1-5, 4-14, 4-19, 4-83, 4-112 

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources 

(LDNR), 1-4, 1-5, 1-8, 4-36, 4-37, 4-41, 4-50, 

4-56, 4-85, 5-7, 5-8, 5-15, 5-16 

Louisiana Department of Transportation (LDOT), 

1-5, 3-12, 4-17 

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 

(LDWF), 1-3, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 2-25, 3-8, 3-12, 4-

22, 4-32, 4-41, 4-43, 4-49, 4-50, 4-51, 4-52, 4-

55, 4-56, 4-57, 4-58, 4-63, 4-65, 4-67, 4-71, 4-

72, 4-79, 4-83, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-14, 5-

15, 5-16 

Louisiana Irrigation Canal, 4-26 

Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers, 3-6, 3-7, 3-

11, 3-12, 4-83 

Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinators Office (LOSCO), 

4-3 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (MSA), 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 4-58 

mainline block valve (MLV), 1-1, 1-3, 2-1, 2-4, 2-

5, 2-45, 2-46, 2-48, 4-77, 4-108, 4-113, 4-118 

Major Land Resource Areas (MLRAs), 4-9 

maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP), 

4-118, 4-119 

Memorandum of Understanding on Natural Gas 

Transportation Facilities (Memorandum), 4-

117 

milepost (MP), 1-1, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 2-11, 2-12, 

2-28, 2-32, 2-36, 2-42, 2-44, 3-4, 3-8, 3-12, 3-

13, 3-14, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 3-

22, 3-23, 4-3, 4-4, 4-6, 4-8, 4-17, 4-18, 4-21, 

4-22, 4-23, 4-25, 4-26, 4-27, 4-28, 4-32, 4-34, 

4-35, 4-36, 4-37, 4-44, 4-50, 4-53, 4-57, 4-58, 

4-62, 4-71, 4-76, 4-77, 4-79, 4-80, 4-81, 4-82, 

4-84, 4-85, 4-86, 4-91, 4-94, 4-113, 4-114, 4-

115, 4-118, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-8, 5-9, 5-14, 5-15, 

5-16, 5-17 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS), 4-109, 4-110, 4-111 

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-8, 3-1, 4-58, 4-59, 4-

99 

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), 1-3, 

1-4, 1-5, 4-93, 4-95 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 

2-25, 3-8, 4-13, 4-32, 4-36, 4-37, 4-41, 4-58, 

4-59, 4-60, 4-61, 4-62, 4-63, 4-65, 4-67, 4-68, 

4-72, 4-73, 5-3, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-15, 5-16 

N-3 Appendix N 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES), 2-24, 4-25 

National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), 1-

4, 3-6, 3-11, 4-93, 4-94, 4-95, 5-8 

National Wetland Inventory (NWI), 3-6, 3-8, 3-

16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 4-

29 

National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), 3-10, 3-11, 4-

48, 4-81, 4-82, 4-111 

Native Americans, 4-93 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), 1-1, 1-5, 1-8, 3-1, 4-78, 

5-11 

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America 

(NGPL), 1-1, 1-9, 2-3, 2-6, 3-3, 3-10, 4-35, 4-

40, 4-76, 4-77, 4-87, 5-10 

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act (NGPSA), 4-117 

Natural Heritage Program (NHP), 4-49, 4-50, 4-

51, 4-65, 4-71, 4-72, 5-4, 5-6, 5-16 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

(NRCS), 1-5, 4-9, 4-11, 4-36, 4-37, 4-38, 5-7, 

5-15 

navigation, 1-4, 2-28, 2-36, 2-37, 4-8, 4-20, 4-

79, 4-81, 4-91, 4-118 

New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), 4-

109, 4-111 

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NOAA Fisheries Service), 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 

1-7, 2-25, 3-8, 4-13, 4-32, 4-36, 4-37, 4-41, 4-

58, 4-59, 4-63, 4-65, 4-68, 4-72, 4-73, 5-3, 5-

5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-15, 5-16 

noise, 1-3, 2-4, 4-49, 4-51, 4-68, 4-80, 4-82, 4-

97, 4-102, 4-107, 4-108, 4-113, 4-114, 4-115, 

5-6, 5-9, 5-17 

noise-sensitive area (NSA), 4-114, 4-115 

Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR), 4-

110 

Notice of Intent, 1-6 

Notice to Mariners, 2-37, 4-91 

Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), 4-116, 4-119 

Orange County, 2-7, 4-86 

oysters, 1-5, 1-7, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 4-20, 4-27, 4-

28, 4-52, 4-56, 4-57, 4-58, 4-59, 4-61, 4-63, 4-

79, 5-2, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7 

palustrine emergent (PEM), 4-29, 4-31, 4-39, 4-

40 

palustrine forested (PFO), 4-29, 4-31, 4-40, 4-41 

palustrine scrub-shrub (PSS), 4-29, 4-31, 4-39, 

4-40 

peak ground acceleration (PGA), 4-6, 4-7 

Perry Ridge, 1-7, 4-36, 4-37, 4-38, 4-81, 4-83, 4-

100, 5-7, 5-15 

Pig Launchers/Receivers, 1-1, 1-3, 2-1, 2-4, 2-

45, 2-46, 2-48 

pipe storage and contractor yards, 2-1, 2-6, 2-7, 

2-10, 2-46, 4-1, 4-29, 4-31, 4-43, 4-49, 4-74, 

4-78, 4-94, 4-95, 5-3, 5-7, 5-11 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration (PHMSA), 4-116 

pipeline right-of-way, 1-1, 1-7, 2-1, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 

2-8, 2-9, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-15, 2-16, 2-24, 2-

25, 2-28, 2-32, 2-34, 2-36, 2-37, 2-42, 2-44, 2-

45, 2-46, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 

3-14, 3-16, 3-19, 3-20, 4-1, 4-3, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 

4-12, 4-13, 4-14, 4-17, 4-19, 4-27, 4-29, 4-31, 

4-32, 4-33, 4-34, 4-35, 4-37, 4-39, 4-40, 4-41, 

4-42, 4-43, 4-44, 4-45, 4-49, 4-50, 4-54, 4-57, 

4-58, 4-63, 4-70, 4-71, 4-72, 4-74, 4-75, 4-76, 

4-77, 4-78, 4-79, 4-80, 4-81, 4-83, 4-84, 4-91, 

4-94, 4-97, 4-103, 4-105, 4-106, 4-116, 4-118, 

5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-11, 5-12, 5-

13 

FERC’s Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation 

and Maintenance Plan (our Plan), 1-5, 2-10, 

2-12, 2-24, 2-44, 2-46, 2-47, 4-8, 4-12, 4-13, 

4-14, 4-24, 4-41, 4-44, 4-45, 4-49, 4-50, 4-53, 

4-54, 4-71, 4-72, 4-78, 4-79, 4-80, 4-82, 4-83, 

4-96, 4-99, 4-100, 4-101, 4-102, 4-120, 5-1, 5-

2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-11, 5-12, 5-14 

Port Arthur Pipeline (PAP), 3-3 

Pre-Filing Process, 1-6, 3-8, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-

19, 3-20, 4-80, 4-83 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), 4-

109, 4-110, 4-111 

FERC’s Wetland and Waterbody Construction 

and Mitigation Procedures (our Procedures), 

2-9, 2-10, 2-12, 2-24, 2-25, 2-28, 2-34, 2-44, 

2-46, 2-47, 2-48, 4-13, 4-14, 4-18, 4-19, 4-23, 

4-25, 4-26, 4-32, 4-33, 4-34, 4-35, 4-39, 4-40, 

4-41, 4-44, 4-45, 4-49, 4-50, 4-53, 4-54, 4-63, 

4-64, 4-71, 4-72, 4-80, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6 

push/pull method, 2-9, 2-25, 2-28, 4-32, 4-34, 4-

35, 4-39 

recreational activities, 1-3, 1-5, 2-37, 3-6, 3-11, 

3-13, 4-20, 4-21, 4-27, 4-28, 4-29, 4-48, 4-52, 

4-53, 4-55, 4-56, 4-57, 4-65, 4-68, 4-71, 4-74, 

4-81, 4-82, 4-83, 4-87, 4-88, 4-89, 4-91, 4-

100, 4-102, 4-106, 4-107, 4-115, 4-123, 5-7 

red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW), 4-70, 4-72, 

5-6, 5-16 

Rivers and Harbors Act, 1-4, 1-5 

route variation, 3-1, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11, 3-

12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-

20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 4-27, 4-83, 5-10 

runoff, 1-9, 4-8, 4-12, 4-24, 4-29, 4-39, 4-44, 4-

53, 4-61, 4-99, 5-3 

Sabine Lake, 1-5, 1-7, 2-3, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13, 2-28, 

2-32, 2-36, 3-10, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 

4-3, 4-19, 4-20, 4-21, 4-26, 4-27, 4-32, 4-34, 

4-36, 4-39, 4-41, 4-55, 4-56, 4-57, 4-58, 4-59, 

4-62, 4-63, 4-67, 4-68, 4-69, 4-74, 4-79, 4-81, 

4-82, 4-91, 4-94, 4-99, 4-100, 4-105, 4-106, 4-

107, 4-116, 5-2, 5-4, 5-5, 5-7, 5-8 

N-4 Appendix N 
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge (SNWR), 3-10, 

4-36, 4-48, 4-82, 4-103 

Sabine Pass LNG Terminal, 1-1, 1-2, 1-8, 2-1, 2-

3, 2-5, 2-6, 2-12, 2-21, 2-22, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-

4, 3-6, 3-8, 3-10, 3-12, 3-15, 4-34, 4-35, 4-75, 

4-88, 4-100, 4-102, 4-104, 4-116, 5-10 

Sabine Pipeline, LLC, 2-6, 3-2, 3-4 

Sabine River, 2-3, 2-12, 2-36, 3-3, 4-2, 4-20, 4-

21, 4-22, 4-26, 4-27, 4-32, 4-34, 4-40, 4-57, 4-

59, 4-62, 4-63, 4-100, 4-106, 4-107, 5-5 

safety, 1-3, 1-7, 2-4, 2-10, 2-15, 2-25, 2-37, 2-

45, 2-46, 3-16, 4-1, 4-5, 4-25, 4-33, 4-68, 4-

80, 4-91, 4-107, 4-114, 4-116, 4-117, 4-119, 

4-122, 4-123, 5-9 

Scenic Byways, 4-82 

scoping, 1-6, 1-7, 4-97 

Sea Turtle and Smalltooth Sawfish Construction 

Conditions (Construction Conditions), 4-68, 4-

72, 5-6 

sea turtles, 4-65, 4-67, 4-68, 5-6 

Secretary of the Commission (Secretary), 2-9, 2-

10, 2-42, 2-47, 4-6, 4-8, 4-14, 4-19, 4-22, 4-

23, 4-28, 4-35, 4-38, 4-41, 4-58, 4-70, 4-72, 4-

80, 4-83, 4-84, 4-85, 4-96, 4-115, 5-1, 5-3, 5-

7, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 5-14, 5-15, 5-16, 5-

17 

Shell Island, 2-3, 3-12, 4-32, 4-62, 5-5 

socioeconomics, 1-3, 1-7, 4-56, 4-86, 4-97, 4-

102, 4-106, 5-8 

soil compaction, 1-7, 4-9, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14, 4-39, 

5-1 

soil contamination, 4-14, 4-15, 4-19 

Spill Prevention and Response Plan (SPRP), 2-

10, 4-14, 4-15, 4-24, 4-25, 4-54, 5-2, 5-5, 5-14 

spills, 2-10, 4-14, 4-19, 4-24, 4-27, 4-33, 4-39, 4-

54, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5 

Starks, Louisiana, 3-12, 4-101, 4-102, 4-105 

State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), 4-93, 

4-94, 4-95, 4-96, 5-8, 5-9, 5-16 

stormwater, 1-5, 2-10, 2-16, 4-12, 4-19, 4-39 

Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), 

2-10, 4-14, 4-15, 4-24, 4-27, 4-54, 4-63, 5-2, 

5-3, 5-5, 5-14 

submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), 4-59, 4-

61, 4-62, 4-66, 4-67 

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition 

(SCADA), 2-5, 2-48 

surface water, 2-24, 2-32, 4-24, 4-25, 4-26, 4-

29, 4-99, 4-100, 4-108, 5-5 

Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS), 4-68 

Temporary workspaces, 2-6, 2-12, 2-13, 2-36, 2-

44, 2-46, 3-6, 3-11, 3-14, 3-18, 4-3, 4-5, 4-17, 

4-34, 4-43, 4-70, 4-74, 4-81, 4-86, 4-114, 5-3, 

5-11 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 2-6 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LLC, 2-6, 3-3, 3-4 

Texas Gas Transmission, 2-6 

threatened and endangered species, 1-3, 1-5, 1-

7, 1-8, 3-6, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 4-20, 4-46, 4-48, 

4-52, 4-59, 4-65, 4-67, 4-68, 4-69, 4-70, 4-72, 

4-82, 5-6, 5-9, 5-11, 5-16 

topsoil, 2-7, 2-9, 2-13, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17, 2-18, 2-

19, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 2-

27, 2-28, 2-29, 2-30, 2-44, 4-9, 4-12, 4-14, 4-

33, 4-39, 4-78, 5-1, 5-4 

Total LNG USA, 1-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-7 

Transco pipeline, 3-3, 3-12, 4-76, 5-10 

Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation 

(Transco), 2-6, 3-3, 3-4, 3-12, 4-76, 4-77, 4-

84, 4-87, 5-8, 5-10, 5-16 

transportation, 1-8, 2-3, 2-10, 3-2, 4-12, 4-44, 4-

75, 4-79, 4-90, 4-91, 4-99, 4-100, 4-102, 4-

116, 4-117, 4-123, 5-9, 5-11 

Trunkline Gas Company, LLC, 2-6, 4-77 

Trunkline LNG Terminal, 2-42, 4-28, 4-102, 4-

105 

Trunkline Pipeline Lateral, 3-3 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), 1-2, 1-4, 

1-5, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 2-25, 2-37, 2-42, 3-8, 3-14, 

3-18, 4-13, 4-22, 4-23, 4-28, 4-29, 4-32, 4-36, 

4-38, 4-41, 4-45, 4-50, 4-85, 4-103, 5-2, 5-3, 

5-8, 5-14, 5-15 

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), 2-37, 4-79, 4-91, 5-7 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 1-5, 4-

14, 4-38 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1-3, 1-5, 4-123 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), 1-2 

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 2-4, 

2-10, 2-16, 2-24, 2-47, 2-48, 4-25, 4-34, 4-35, 

4-116, 4-117, 4-118, 4-119, 4-120, 4-123, 5-9 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 1-

4, 1-7, 4-14, 4-16, 4-17, 4-29, 4-54, 4-83, 4-

112, 4-114 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 1-2, 1-3, 

1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 2-25, 2-44, 3-8, 4-13, 4-22, 4-

29, 4-32, 4-36, 4-37, 4-41, 4-48, 4-50, 4-51, 4-

65, 4-67, 4-68, 4-69, 4-70, 4-71, 4-73, 4-81, 4-

82, 4-83, 4-103, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-6, 5-7, 5-14, 

5-15, 5-16 

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 3-8, 3-15, 3-16, 

3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 4-1, 

4-3, 4-6, 4-16, 4-107 

Unanticipated Discovery Plan, 4-96 

United States Code (USC), 1-3, 4-109, 4-116, 4-

119 

vegetation, 1-3, 1-7, 2-12, 2-13, 2-15, 2-24, 2-

25, 2-28, 2-44, 2-46, 4-9, 4-23, 4-24, 4-25, 4-

27, 4-28, 4-29, 4-32, 4-36, 4-38, 4-39, 4-42, 4-

43, 4-44, 4-45, 4-46, 4-47, 4-48, 4-49, 4-53, 4-

54, 4-67, 4-71, 4-84, 4-102, 4-103, 4-106, 5-3, 

5-4, 5-5, 5-9, 5-15 

N-5 Appendix N 
Vinton Drainage Canal, 3-14, 3-16, 3-17, 4-20, 

4-21, 4-22, 4-25, 4-52 

Vinton, Louisiana, 3-12 

visual resources, 1-3, 4-74, 4-82, 4-84, 4-106, 5-

8 

water resources, 1-3, 1-7, 3-10, 4-13, 4-24, 4-

41, 4-45, 4-46, 4-50, 4-51, 4-54, 4-57, 4-58, 4-

63, 4-64, 4-97, 4-99, 4-102, 4-108, 5-2, 5-3, 5-

4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-15 

Wellhead Protection Areas, 4-16, 4-17 

Wetland Reserve Program (WRP), 4-81, 4-83 

wetlands, 1-3, 1-4, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 2-6, 2-8, 2-9, 2-

10, 2-12, 2-13, 2-25, 2-26, 2-27, 2-28, 2-29, 2-

30, 2-32, 2-34, 2-42, 2-44, 2-46, 3-1, 3-6, 3-7, 

3-8, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 

3-17, 3-18, 4-13, 4-21, 4-22, 4-23, 4-25, 4-27, 

4-29, 4-30, 4-31, 4-32, 4-33, 4-34, 4-35, 4-36, 

4-38, 4-39, 4-40, 4-41, 4-42, 4-43, 4-45, 4-46, 

4-47, 4-48, 4-49, 4-50, 4-59, 4-60, 4-61, 4-62, 

4-63, 4-72, 4-74, 4-75, 4-79, 4-81, 4-83, 4-97, 

4-99, 4-100, 4-102, 4-103, 4-104, 4-105, 4-

108, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-

11, 5-14, 5-15 

wildlife, 1-3, 1-4, 1-7, 3-12, 4-3, 4-9, 4-19, 4-20, 

4-27, 4-28, 4-29, 4-38, 4-43, 4-44, 4-46, 4-47, 

4-48, 4-49, 4-50, 4-52, 4-55, 4-82, 4-83, 4-

102, 4-103, 4-108, 5-4, 5-9 

N-6 Appendix N