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1 In accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s regulations, the unique 

identification number for documents relating to this 

environmental review is SEIS–019–20–000– 

1726224938. 40 CFR 1502.4(e)(10) (2024). 

2City of Port Isabel v. FERC, 111 F.4th 1198 (D.C. 

Cir. 2024). 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

To access this document in eLibrary, 

type the docket number excluding the 

last three digits of this document in the 

docket number field. User assistance is 

available for eLibrary and the 

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business hours from FERC Online 

Support at 202–502–6652 (toll free at 1– 

866–208–3676) or email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the 

Public Reference Room at (202) 502– 

8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the 

Public Reference Room at 

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically may mail similar 

pleadings to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand 

delivered submissions in docketed 

proceedings should be delivered to 

Health and Human Services, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

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 OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on October 12, 2024. 

Dated: September 16, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21593 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP16–116–000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed Texas LNG 

Brownsville LLC Texas LNG Project, 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues, and Schedule 

for Environmental Review 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement (supplemental EIS) for the 

Texas LNG Project, proposed by Texas 

LNG Brownsville LLC (Texas LNG) in 

Cameron County, Texas.1 On August 6, 

2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 

District of Columbia Circuit issued an 

opinion vacating and remanding the 

Commission’s November 22, 2019 Order 

Granting Authorization under Section 3 

of the Natural Gas Act and its April 21, 

2023 Order on Remand that approved 

the liquefied natural gas (LNG) 

terminal.2 On remand, the Commission 

will consider whether to grant a Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) section 3(a) 

authorization for the Texas LNG Project. 

The schedule for preparation of the 

supplemental EIS is discussed in the 

Schedule for Environmental Review 

section of this notice. 

The Commission must determine 

whether to authorize the project under 

the NGA, taking into consideration the 

factors discussed in the court’s decision. 

The supplemental EIS will tier off 

Commission staff’s analysis and 

conclusions as documented in staff’s 

March 15, 2019 final EIS for the project. 

The focus of the supplemental EIS will 

be the issues identified by the court as 

requiring further analyses (i.e., 

environmental justice impacts and air 

quality). The Commission will use this 

supplemental EIS in its decision-making 

process to determine whether to 

authorize the Texas LNG Project in light 

of the court’s vacatur and remand. 

As part of the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) review process, the 

Commission takes into account 

concerns the public may have about 

proposals and the environmental 

impacts that could result from its action 

whenever it considers the issuance of an 

authorization. This notice announces 

the opening of the scoping process the 

Commission will use to gather input 

from the public and interested agencies 

regarding the issues that will be 

analyzed in the supplemental EIS. 

Additional information about the 

Commission’s NEPA process is 

described below in the NEPA Process 

and the Supplemental EIS section of 

this notice. 

By this notice, the Commission 

requests public comments on the scope 

of issues to address in the supplemental 

EIS. To ensure that your comments are 

timely and properly recorded, please 

submit your comments so that the 

Commission receives them in 

Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on October 15, 2024. 

Comments may be submitted in written 

form. Further details on how to submit 

comments are provided in the Public 

Participation section of this notice. 

Public Participation 

There are three methods you can use 

to submit your comments to the 

Commission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) 

under the link to FERC Online. Using 

eComment 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, which is also located 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 

will be asked to select the type of filing 

you are making; a comment on a 

particular project is considered a 

‘‘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 (CP16–116–00) 

on your letter. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Debbie-Anne Reese, Acting 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 


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3The appendices referenced in this notice will 

not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the 

appendices were sent to all those receiving this 

notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 

using the link called ‘‘eLibrary.’’ For instructions on 

connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this 

notice. For assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll free, (886) 

208–3676 or TTY (202) 502–8659. 

4For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer 

to the last page of this notice. 

5 40 CFR 1508.1(hh) (2024). 

6The Commission’s deadline applies to the 

decisions of other federal agencies, and state 

agencies acting under federally delegated authority, 

that are responsible for federal authorizations, 

permits, and other approvals necessary for 

proposed projects under the Natural Gas Act. Per 

18 CFR 157.22(a), the Commission’s deadline for 

other agency’s decisions applies unless a schedule 

is otherwise established by federal law. 

7 40 CFR 1501.10(h) (2024). 

must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne 

Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Additionally, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription. This 

service provides automatic notification 

of filings made to subscribed dockets, 

document summaries, and direct links 

to the documents. Go to https://

www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 

register for eSubscription. 

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 OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Texas LNG’s stated purpose of the 

project is to site, construct, and operate 

an LNG export terminal on the 

Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron 

County, Texas to convert domestically 

produced natural gas to LNG for storage 

and export. Texas LNG states that it 

intends to produce up to 4 million tons 

per annum (MTPA) of LNG for export. 

The Texas LNG Project would consist 

of two natural gas liquefaction trains, 

each with a nominal capacity of 2.0 

MTPA; two LNG storage tanks; a single 

LNG carrier berth; mooring and loading 

facilities; and other appurtenant 

facilities. The general location of the 

project facilities is shown in appendix 

1.3

Based on the environmental analysis 

in the March 15, 2019 final EIS, 

construction and installation of facilities 

for the project would require temporary 

disturbance of about 311.5 acres of land. 

Following construction, the LNG 

terminal site would encompass about 

282 acres. The remaining 29.5 acres 

would return to pre-construction 

conditions and uses. 

The NEPA Process and the 

Supplemental EIS 

In order to address the court’s August 

6, 2024 remand, Commission staff will 

supplement the analysis from the 2019 

final EIS. As noted above, the focus of 

the supplemental EIS will be the issues 

identified by the court as requiring 

further analysis. Specifically, the 

supplemental EIS will include: (1) an 

updated analysis of the environmental 

justice impacts associated with the 

construction and operation of the Texas 

LNG Project; and (2) a revised analysis 

of air quality impacts resulting from 

construction and operational emissions. 

Commission staff will also make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid the impacts analyzed in the 

supplemental EIS. Your comments will 

help Commission staff focus its analysis 

on the issues that may have a significant 

effect on the human environment. 

The supplemental EIS will present 

Commission staff’s independent 

analysis of the issues. Staff will prepare 

a draft supplemental EIS which will be 

issued for public comment. Commission 

staff will consider all timely comments 

received during the comment period on 

the draft supplemental EIS and revise 

the document, as necessary, before 

issuing a final supplemental EIS. Any 

draft and final supplemental EIS will be 

available in electronic format in the 

public record through eLibrary 4 and the 

Commission’s natural gas 

environmental documents web page 

(https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/ 

natural-gas/environment/ 

environmental-documents). If 

eSubscribed, you will receive instant 

email notification when the 

environmental document is issued. 

Alternatives Under Consideration 

This supplemental EIS will evaluate 

reasonable alternatives that are 

technically and economically feasible 

and meet the purpose and need for the 

proposed action.5 Alternatives currently 

under consideration include the noaction alternative, meaning the project 

is not implemented. 

With this notice, the Commission 

requests specific comments regarding 

any additional potential alternatives to 

the proposed action. Please focus your 

comments on reasonable alternatives 

(including alternative facility sites not 

previously analyzed) that meet the 

project objectives, are technically and 

economically feasible, and avoid or 

lessen environmental impact. 

Schedule for Environmental Review 

This notice identifies the Commission 

staff’s planned schedule for completion 

of the final supplemental EIS for the 

project, which is based on an issuance 

of the draft supplemental EIS in March 

2025, opening a 45-day comment 

period. 

Issuance of Notice of Availability of the 

final supplemental EIS—July 31, 2025 

90-day Federal Authorization Decision 

Deadline 6—October 29, 2025 

In accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s regulations, for 

EISs, agencies are to make schedules for 

completing the NEPA process publicly 

available.7 This notice identifies the 

Commission’s anticipated schedule for 

issuance of the final order for the 

project, which serves as the 

Commission’s record of decision. We 

currently anticipate issuing a final order 

for the project no later than: 

Issuance of Final Order—November 20, 

2025 

If a schedule change becomes 

necessary, an additional notice will be 

provided so that the relevant agencies 

are kept informed of the project’s 

progress. 

Environmental Mailing List 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for the project which 

includes: federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; Native American Tribes; 

elected officials; environmental and 

public interest groups; other interested 

parties. This list also includes all 

affected landowners (as defined in the 

Commission’s regulations) who are 

potential right-of-way grantors, whose 

property may be used temporarily for 

project purposes, or who own homes 

within certain distances of aboveground 

facilities, and anyone who submits 

comments on the project and includes a 

mailing address with their comments. 

Commission staff will update the 

environmental mailing list as the 

analysis proceeds to ensure that 

Commission notices related to this 

environmental review are sent to all 

individuals, organizations, and 

government entities interested in and/or 

potentially affected by the project. 


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1 18 CFR [4.34(b)(5)]. 

If you need to make changes to your 

name/address, or if you would like to 

remove your name from the mailing list, 

please complete one of the following 

steps: 

(1) Send an email to 

GasProjectAddressChange@ferc.gov 

stating your request. You must include 

the docket number CP16–116–000 in 

your request. If you are requesting a 

change to your address, please be sure 

to include your name and the correct 

address. If you are requesting to delete 

your address from the mailing list, 

please include your name and address 

as it appeared on this notice. This email 

address is unable to accept comments. 

OR 

(2) Return the attached ‘‘Mailing List 

Update Form’’ (appendix 2). 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC 

website at www.ferc.gov using the 

eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, 

click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the 

docket number in the ‘‘Docket Number’’ 

field, excluding the last three digits (i.e., 

CP16–116). Be sure you have selected 

an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of all formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

Public sessions or site visits will be 

posted on the Commission’s calendar 

located at https://www.ferc.gov/newsevents/events along with other related 

information. 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21474 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. P–7887–019] 

Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.; Notice of 

Reasonable Period of Time for Water 

Quality Certification Application 

On August 27, 2024, the New 

Hampshire Department of 

Environmental Services (New 

Hampshire DES) submitted to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) notice that it received a 

request for a Clean Water Act section 

401(a)(1) water quality certification as 

defined in 40 CFR 121.5, from Ashuelot 

River Hydro, Inc., in conjunction with 

the above captioned project on July 8, 

2024. Pursuant to section 4.34(b) of the 

Commission’s regulations,1 we hereby 

notify New Hampshire DES of the 

following: 

Date of Receipt of the Certification 

Request: July 8, 2024. 

Reasonable Period of Time to Act on 

the Certification Request: One year, July 

8, 2025. 

If New Hampshire DES fails or refuses 

to act on the water quality certification 

request on or before the above date, then 

the certifying authority is deemed 

waived pursuant to section 401(a)(1) of 

the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 

1341(a)(1). 

Dated: September 16, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21595 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2232–893] 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of 

Application for Non-Project Use of 

Project Land and Waters Accepted for 

Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions 

To Intervene, and Protests 

September 16, 2024. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Non-Project Use 

of Project Lands and Waters. 

b. Project No: 2232–893. 

c. Date Filed: July 31, 2024. 

d. Applicant: Duke Energy Carolinas, 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Catawba-Wateree 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: Bridgewater Development 

(Lake James) in McDowell County, 

North Carolina. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Dennis 

Whitaker, 704–382–1594, 

dennis.whitaker@duke-energy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Shana High, 202– 

502–8674, shana.high@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: With this 

notice, the Commission is inviting 

Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies 

with jurisdiction and/or special 

expertise with respect to environmental 

issues affected by the proposal, that 

wish to cooperate in the preparation of 

any environmental document, if 

applicable, to follow the instructions for 

filing such requests described in item k 

below. Cooperating agencies should 

note the Commission’s policy that 

agencies that cooperate in the 

preparation of any environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

October 16, 2024. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests using 

the Commission’s eFiling system at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you 

may submit a paper copy. 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. 

The first page of any filing should 

include the docket number P–2232–893. 

Comments emailed to Commission staff 

are not considered part of the 

Commission record. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

l. Description of Request: The 

licensee’s application requests 

Commission authorization to permit 

The Reserve at Barefoot Landing on 

Lake James, LLC (The Reserve) to 

construct a residential marina. Within 

the project boundary, The Reserve’s 

marina would consist of seven floating 


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