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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 EAXX–019–20–000– 

1726746869. 40 CFR 1501.5(c)(4) (2024). 

2The 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. 

3A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed 

parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. eFiling is encouraged. 

More detailed information relating to 

filing requirements, interventions, 

protests, service, and qualifying 

facilities filings can be found at: https:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filingreq.pdf. For other information, call (866) 

208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 

502–8659. 

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. 

Dated: October 2, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23302 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–494–000] 

Black Bayou Gas Storage, LLC; Notice 

of Schedule for the Preparation of an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Black Bayou Gas Storage Project 

On July 17, 2024, Black Bayou Gas 

Storage, LLC filed an application in 

Docket No. CP24–494–000 requesting a 

Certificate of Public Convenience and 

Necessity pursuant to section 7(c) of the 

Natural Gas Act to construct and operate 

certain natural gas pipeline and storage 

facilities in Cameron Parish and 

Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The 

proposed project is known as the Black 

Bayou Gas Storage Project (Project), and 

would create four salt storage caverns, 

with a total working gas capacity of 34.7 

billion cubic feet (Bcf), 1.6 Bcf of peak 

daily natural gas injection capability, 

and 2.0 Bcf of peak daily natural gas 

deliverability, with an ability to cycle 

between injection and withdrawal 

services on short notice. 

On July 31, 2024, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) issued its Notice of Application 

for the Project. Among other things, that 

notice alerted agencies issuing Federal 

authorizations of the requirement to 

complete all necessary reviews and to 

reach a final decision on a request for 

a Federal authorization within 90 days 

of the date of issuance of the 

Commission staff’s environmental 

document for the Project. 

This notice identifies Commission 

staff’s intention to prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Project and the planned schedule for the 

completion of the environmental 

review.1 The EA will be issued for a 30- 

day comment period. 

Schedule for Environmental Review 

Issuance of EA February 14, 2025 

90-day Federal Authorization Decision 

Deadline 2 May 15, 2025 

If a schedule change becomes 

necessary, additional notice will be 

provided so that the relevant agencies 

are kept informed of the Project’s 

progress. 

Project Description 

The Project would include the 

following facilities in Cameron and 

Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana: 

• four underground salt dome natural 

gas storage caverns; 

• a central operations site inside the 

natural gas storage area, to include: 

Æ a 44,000-horsepower natural gaspowered reciprocating compressor 

station; 

Æ a brine leaching plant; 

Æ an electrical supply facility; 

• nine freshwater wells; 

• nine saltwater disposal wells on 

three pads; 

• associated freshwater and brine 

piping and valve settings; 

• two 27.1-mile-long, 24-inchdiameter, looped bi-directional header 

pipelines; 3

• ten metering and regulation 

stations; 

• five mainline valve sites; and 

• permanent and temporary access 

roads. 

Background 

On August 28, 2024, the Commission 

issued a ‘‘Notice of Scoping Period 

Requesting Comments on 

Environmental Issues for the Proposed 

Black Bayou Gas Storage Project and 

Notice of Public Scoping Session’’ 

(Notice of Scoping). The Notice of 

Scoping was sent to affected 

landowners; Federal, State, and local 

government agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; other 

interested parties; and local libraries 

and newspapers. In response to the 

Notice of Scoping, the Commission 

received comments from the Sierra 

Club, Fishermen Involved in Sustaining 

our Heritage (FISH), For a Better Bayou, 

Habitat Recovery Project, Healthy Gulf, 

Micah Six Eight Mission, Vessel Project 

of Louisiana, Restore Explicit Symmetry 

To Our Ravaged Earth (RESTORE), 

Louisiana Oil & Gas Association, 

Teamsters National Pipeline Labor 

Management Cooperation Trust, The 

Laborers’ International Union of North 

America, Cameron Parish Police Jury, 

and Black Bayou Land Company, LLC. 

The primary issues raised by the 

commenters are impacts on fisheries, 

surface and groundwater pollution, 

pollution that will deter engagement in 

outdoor activities, air pollution, visual 

impacts, noise, traffic, destabilization of 

salt domes, positive and negatives 

economic impacts, and cumulative 

impacts on public health. All 

substantive comments will be addressed 

in the EA. 

Additional Information 

In order to receive notification of the 

issuance of the EA and to keep track of 

formal issuances and submittals in 

specific dockets, 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. 


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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, select ‘‘General Search’’ 

from the eLibrary menu, enter the 

selected date range and ‘‘Docket 

Number’’ excluding the last three digits 

(i.e., CP24–494), and follow the 

instructions. For assistance with access 

to eLibrary, the helpline can be reached 

at (866) 208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, 

or at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The 

eLibrary link on the FERC website also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and rule 

makings. 

Dated: October 2, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23303 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15364–000] 

Desert Bloom Energy Storage, LLC; 

Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

On June 14, 2024, Desert Bloom 

Energy Storage, LLC, filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Desert Bloom Energy 

Storage Project (Desert Bloom Project or 

project) to be located near the city of Las 

Vegas in Clark County, Nevada. The 

proposed project would occupy federal 

land managed by the Bureau of Land 

Management. The sole purpose of a 

preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant 

the permit holder priority to file a 

license application during the permit 

term. A preliminary permit does not 

authorize the permit holder to perform 

any land-disturbing activities or 

otherwise enter upon lands or waters 

owned by others without the owners’ 

express permission. 

The proposed project would be a 

closed-loop pumped storage project that 

would consist of the following: (1) a 

new upper reservoir with a maximum 

elevation of 4,810 feet above mean sea 

level (MSL), and a storage capacity of 

4,900 acre-feet; (2) a new lower reservoir 

with a maximum elevation of 3,320 feet 

MSL, and a storage capacity of 4,900 

acre-feet; (3) a 21-foot-diameter, 4,300- 

foot-long concrete and steel penstock; 

(4) a powerhouse with approximate 

dimensions of 200 feet by 100 feet and 

150 feet high, and containing two 

vertical single-stage reversible Francistype pump/turbine units with a total 

installed capacity of 450 megawatts; (5) 

a 132-kilovolt, 3.5-mile-long 

transmission line; and (6) appurtenant 

facilities. The water used to initially fill 

the reservoirs and supplement 

evaporative losses will either be hauled 

or piped in from a yet-to-be-determined 

source. The estimated annual generation 

of the Desert Bloom Project would be 

1,170 gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Jonathan Blum, 

Desert Bloom Energy Storage, LLC; 

10000 West Charleston Blvd., Suite 230, 

Las Vegas, Nevada 89135; (702) 910– 

3329. 

FERC Contact: Lee Baker; email: 

everard.baker@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 

502–8554. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. 

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 filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, notices of intent, 

and competing applications using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/.aspx. You 

must include your name and contact 

information at the end of your 

comments. 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: Acting Secretary DebbieAnne A. Reese, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Acting Secretary 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket number P–15364–000. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s website at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

Enter the docket number (P–15364) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Dated: October 3, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23385 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2024–0446; FRL–12268–01– 

OAR] 

Notice of Pending Approval for Other 

Use of Phosphogypsum 

AGENCY: Office of Air and Radiation, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (the EPA or the Agency) seeks 

public comment on its pending 

approval of a request for a ‘‘Small-scale 

Road Pilot Project on Private Land in 

Florida’’ submitted by Mosaic Fertilizer, 

LLC in March 2022, and updated by the 

‘‘Revised Request for Approval of Use of 

Phosphogypsum in Small-scale Pilot 

Project’’, submitted in August 2023. The 

Agency’s review found that Mosaic’s 

request is complete per the 

requirements of EPA’s National 

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants under the Clean Air Act, and 

that the potential radiological risks from 

conducting the pilot project meet the 

regulatory requirement that the project 

is at least as protective of public health 

as maintaining the phosphogypsum in a 

stack. On October 9, 2024 the EPA 

issued a pending approval of the request 

subject to certain conditions. The EPA 

is soliciting public comments on the 

pending approval. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before November 8, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 


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