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1 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1). 

2 18 CFR [4.34(b)(5)/5.23(b)/153.4/157.22]. 

1 16 U.S.C. 824d(a). 

2 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(4). A Regional Entity is an 

entity that has been approved by the Commission 

to enforce Reliability Standards under delegated 

authority from the ERO. See 16 U.S.C. 824o(a)(7) 

and (e)(4). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 3211–010] 

Power Authority of the State of New 

York; Notice of Reasonable Period of 

Time for Water Quality Certification 

Application 

On March 11, 2022, the Power 

Authority of the State of New York 

submitted to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

evidence of its application for a Clean 

Water Act section 401(a)(1) water 

quality certification filed with New 

York State Department of 

Environmental Conservation (New York 

DEC), in conjunction with the above 

captioned project. Pursuant to section 

401 of the Clean Water Act 1 and section 

5.23(b) of the Commission’s 

regulations,2 a state certifying agency is 

deemed to have waived its certifying 

authority if it fails or refuses to act on 

a certification request within a 

reasonable period of time, which is one 

year after the date the certification 

request was received. Accordingly, we 

hereby notify New York DEC of the 

following: 

Date that New York DEC Received the 

Certification Request: March 11, 2022. 

If New York DEC fails or refuses to act 

on the water quality certification request 

on or before March 11, 2023, then the 

agency certifying authority is deemed 

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

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

1341(a)(1). 

Dated: April 7, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08036 Filed 4–13–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RD22–2–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725a, FERC–725d, 

FERC–725g, FERC–725m and FERC– 

725Z) 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is soliciting 

public comment on a renewal of 

currently approved information 

collection, (FERC–725A, FERC–725D, 

FERC–725G, FERC–725M and FERC– 

725Z) the proposed retirement of FAC– 

010–3, the proposed FAC–011–4, FAC– 

014–3, IRO–008–3, TOP–001–6 and 

proposed corresponding revisions to 

FAC–003–5, PRC–002–3, PRC–023–5 

and PRC–026–2 Reliability Standards. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due June 13, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. RD22–2–000) 

by one of the following methods: 

Electronic filing through http://

www.ferc.gov, is preferred. 

• Electronic Filing: Documents must 

be filed in acceptable native 

applications and print-to-PDF, but not 

in scanned or picture format. 

• For those unable to file 

electronically, comments may be filed 

by USPS mail or by hand (including 

courier) delivery: 

Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: 

Addressed to: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Æ Hand (including courier) delivery: 

Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

www.ferc.gov. For user assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support by email 

at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by 

phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free). 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–725A, FERC–725D, 

FERC–725G, FERC–725M and FERC– 

725Z. 

OMB Control No.: OMB Control No: 

1902–244 (FERC–725A), 1902–247 

(FERC–725D), 1902–252 (FERC–725G), 

1902–263 (FERC–725M) and 1902–276 

(FERC–725Z). 

Type of Request: Three-year approval 

of the FERC–725A, FERC–725D, FERC– 

725G, FERC–725M and FERC–725Z 

information collection requirements 

with changes to the current reporting 

requirements as follows. 

Abstract: The Electricity 

Modernization Act of 2005, which is 

Title XII of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005 1 (EPAct 2005), was enacted into 

law. Reliability Standards that NERC 

proposes to the Commission may 

include Reliability Standards that are 

proposed by a Regional Entity to be 

effective in that region.2 Section 215 of 

the FPA requires a Commission-certified 

ERO to develop mandatory and 

enforceable Reliability Standards, 

subject to Commission review and 

approval. Once approved, the Reliability 

Standards may be enforced by the ERO 

subject to Commission oversight or by 

the Commission independently. 

The number of respondents below is 

based on an estimate of the NERC 

compliance registry for balancing 

authority, transmission operator, 

generator operator, generator owner and 

reliability coordinator. The Commission 

based its paperwork burden estimates 

on the NERC compliance registry as of 

January 7, 2022. According to the 

registry, there are 98 balancing 

authorities (BAs), 325 transmission 

owners (TOs), 168 transmission 

operators (TOPs), 204 transmission 

planners (TPs), 1,068 generator owners 

(GOs), 945 generator operators (GOPs), 

302 distribution providers (DPs), 63 

planning coordinators (PCs) and 12 

reliability coordinators (RCs). The 

estimates are based on the change in 

burden from the current standards to the 

standards approved in this Order. The 

Commission based the burden estimates 

on staff experience, knowledge, and 

expertise. 

The estimates are based combination 

on one-time (years 1 and 2) and ongoing 

execution (year 3) obligations to follow 

the revised Reliability Standards. 

The Project 2015–09 Establish and 

Communicate System Operating Limits 

Standard Drafting Team (SDT): (1) 

Developed proposed revisions to 

Reliability Standards and their 

applicable functional entities: FAC– 

011–4 (RC), FAC–014–3 (PC, RC, TO, 

TP), IRO–008–3 (RC), and TOP–001–6 

(BA, TO, GO, DP); (2) proposed the 

retirement of FAC–010–3 (PA/PC) and 

developed corresponding revisions to 

FAC–003–5 (TO, GO), PRC–002–3 (RC, 

TO, GO), PRC–023–5 (TO, GO, DP, PC), 

and PRC–026–2 (TO, GO, PC) Reliability 

Standards to remove or replace 

references to system operating limits 


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(SOLs) and interconnection reliability 

operating limits (IROLs) established by 

planning entities. 

The developed proposed revisions to 

Reliability Standards are: 

• FAC–011–4 is applicable to the RC 

and its purpose is to ensure that SOLs 

used in the reliable operation of the 

bulk electric system are determined 

based on an established RC 

methodology or methodologies. NERC 

clarified acceptable system performance 

criteria for the operations horizon and 

developed an SOL risk-based 

notification framework through the RC’s 

SOL methodology. 

• FAC–014–3 is applicable to the PC, 

RC, TOP and TP and its purpose is to 

ensure that SOLs used in the reliable 

operation of the bulk electric system are 

determined based on an established RC 

methodology or methodologies and that 

Planning Assessment performance 

criteria is coordinated with these 

methodologies. NERC removed 

references to planning horizon SOLs 

and IROLs and clearly delineate specific 

functional entity responsibility for 

determining and communicating each 

type of SOL used in operations. 

• IRO–008–3 is applicable to the RC 

and requires RCs to perform analyses 

and assessments to prevent instability, 

uncontrolled separation, or cascading. 

NERC added a new requirement 

requiring a RC to use its SOL 

methodology when determining SOL 

exceedances for its analyses and 

assessments and further revised a 

requirement requiring the RC to use its 

SOL risk-based notification framework 

when communicating SOL or IROL 

exceedances. 

• TOP–001–6 is applicable to the BA, 

TOP, GOP, and DP but the proposed 

revisions only impact the TOP. NERC 

added a new requirement requiring a 

TOP to use its RC SOL methodology 

when determining SOL exceedances 

and further revised a requirement 

requiring TOP notifications regarding 

SOL exceedances to be done according 

to the risk-based approach in the RC’s 

SOL methodology. 

NERC further proposes the retirement 

of currently effective Reliability 

Standard FAC–010–3 that requires PCs 

and TPs to establish SOLs for the 

planning horizon. The proposed 

retirement of FAC–010–3 is mainly due 

to its redundancy with currently 

effective TPL–001–4 Standard and new 

requirements in proposed FAC–014–3. 

In addition, the proposed retirement 

of FAC–010–3 developed corresponding 

revisions to proposed Reliability 

Standards FAC–003–5, PRC–002–3, 

PRC–023–5, and PRC–026–2 as follows: 

• FAC–003–5 is applicable to TOs 

and GOs and NERC proposes to modify 

Applicability Sections 4.2.2 and 4.3.1.2 

of FAC–003–5 to replace references to 

‘‘elements of an IROL under NERC 

Standard FAC–014 by the Planning 

Coordinator’’ with references to 

facilities: 

‘‘identified by the Planning Coordinator or 

Transmission Planner, per its Planning 

Assessment of the Near-Term Transmission 

Planning Horizon as a Facility that if lost or 

degraded are expected to result in instances 

of instability, Cascading, or uncontrolled 

separation that adversely impacts the 

reliability of the Bulk Electric System for a 

planning event.’’ 

• PRC–002–3 is applicable to the RC, 

TO and GO and NERC proposes to 

modify the applicability of the PRC– 

002–3 standard to remove PCs as a 

responsible entity subject to the 

standard and replace any references in 

the standard that would have included 

PCs with references to RCs. NERC 

concluded that the RC was the 

appropriate entity to carry out the duties 

that currently apply to PCs in certain 

interconnections, including the 

identification of BES elements that are 

part of an IROL or stability-related SOL. 

• PRC–023–5 is applicable to the TO, 

GO, DP and PC and NERC proposes to 

modify Section B2 of Attachment B to 

PRC–023–5 as follows: 

‘‘B2. The circuit is selected by the Planning 

Coordinator or Transmission Planner based 

on Planning Assessments of the Near-Term 

Transmission Planning Horizon that identify 

instances of instability, Cascading, or 

uncontrolled separation, that adversely 

impact the reliability of the Bulk Electric 

System for planning events.‘‘ 

Attachment B sets the criteria used to 

determine the circuits in a Planning 

Coordinator area for which 

Transmission Owners, Generator 

Owners, and Distribution Providers 

must comply with certain requirements 

in the standard applicable to protective 

relays. 

• PRC–026–2 is applicable to the GO, 

PC and TO and NERC proposes 

modification to the PRC–026–2 

standard, Requirement R1, Criteria 1, 2, 

and 4 to replace references to planning 

horizon SOLs with references to the 

TPL–001–4 Planning Assessment. 

The Commission estimates that the 

NERC proposal, which would retire 

FAC–010–3, moves impacted and 

revised Reliability Standards without 

adding new obligations on registered 

entities resulting in a change in burden 

for industry of 128 hours. The proposed 

retirement of FAC–010–3 is mainly due 

to its redundancy with currently 

effective TPL–001–4 Standard and new 

requirements in proposed FAC–014–3. 

The Commission based the change in 

burden estimates on staff experience, 

knowledge, and expertise. 

PROPOSED CHANGES DUE TO THE APPROVAL OF NERC’S PROPOSED RELIABILITY STANDARDS AND THE RETIREMENT OF

FAC–010–3 IN DOCKET NO. RD22–2 

Reliability standard Type 3 and number 

of entity 

Number 

of annual 

responses per 

entity 

Total number 

of responses 

Average number of burden 

hours per response Total burden hours 

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) 

FERC–725D 

FAC–010–3 4 Retire 

(marked in red).

PA/PC (63) ............. 1 (63) (220.6 hrs.); ($19,192) ............ (13,898 hrs.); ($1,209,109). 

FAC–010–2.1, R5 5

(FERC–725D).

PA ........................... 1 (63) (25.4 hrs.); ($2,209.8) ............. (1,600 hrs.); ($139,217). 

Total Retirement for 

FAC–010–3 6.

PA ........................... 1 (63) (246) ........................................ (15,498 hrs.); ($1,348,326). 

One Time Estimate 

Years 1 and 2: 

FAC–011–4 ...... RC (12) ................... 1 12 176 hrs.; $15,312 .................... 2,112 hrs.; $183,744. 

FAC–014–3 ...... RC (12) ................... 1 12 64 hrs.; $5,568 ........................ 768 hrs.; $66,816. 


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PROPOSED CHANGES DUE TO THE APPROVAL OF NERC’S PROPOSED RELIABILITY STANDARDS AND THE RETIREMENT OF

FAC–010–3 IN DOCKET NO. RD22–2—Continued 

Reliability standard Type 3 and number 

of entity 

Number 

of annual 

responses per 

entity 

Total number 

of responses 

Average number of burden 

hours per response Total burden hours 

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) 

FAC–014–3 ...... PA/PC (63) ............. 1 63 96 hrs.; $8,352 ........................ 6,048 hrs.; $526,176. 

FAC–014–3 ...... TP (204) .................. 1 204 96 hrs.; $8,352 ........................ 19,584 hrs.; $1,703,808. 

FAC–014–3 ...... TOP (168) ............... 1 168 32 hrs.; $2,784 ........................ 5,376 hrs.; $467,712. 

Ongoing Estimate 

Year 3 ongoing: 

FAC–011–4 ...... RC (12) ................... 1 12 16 hrs.; $1,392 ........................ 192 hrs.; $16,704. 

FAC–014–3 ...... RC (12) ................... 1 12 16 hrs.; $1,392 ........................ 192 hrs.; $16,704. 

FAC–014–3 ...... PA/PC (63) ............. 1 63 16 hrs.; $1,392 ........................ 1,008 hrs.; $87,696. 

FAC–014–3 ...... TP (204) .................. 1 204 16 hrs.; $1,392 ........................ 3,264 hrs.; $334,080. 

FAC–014–3 ...... TOP (168) ............... 1 168 16 hrs.; $1,392 ........................ 2,688 hrs.; $233,856. 

Sub-Total 

for 

FERC– 

725D.

................................. ........................ 918 .................................................. 41,232hrs; $3,637,296. 

FERC–725M 7

One Time Estimate 

Years 1 and 2: 

FAC–003–5 ...... TO (325) ................. 4 1,300 8 hrs.; $696 ............................. 10,400 hrs.; $904,800. 

FAC–003–5 ...... GO (1068) ............... 4 4,272 8 hrs.; $696 ............................. 34,176 hrs.; $2,973,312. 

Ongoing Estimate 

Year 3 ongoing: 

Sub-Total 

for 

FERC– 

725M.

................................. ........................ 5,572 .................................................. 44,576hrs; $3,878,112. 

FERC–725G 

One Time Estimate 

Years 1 and 2: 

PRC–002–3 8 ... RC (12) ................... 1 12 32 hrs.; $2,784 ........................ 384 hrs.; $33,408. 

PRC–002–3 9

Retired 

(marked in 

red).

PA/PC (35) ............. 1 (35) (32 hrs.); ($2,784) ................... (2,016 hrs.); ($175,392). 

PRC–023–5 10 .. PA/PC (63) ............. 1 63 32 hrs.; $2,784 ........................ 2,016 hrs.; $175,392. 

PRC–026–2 11 .. PA/PC (63) ............. 1 63 32 hrs.; $2,784 ........................ 2,016 hrs.; $175,392. 

Ongoing Estimate 

Year 3 ongoing: 

PRC–002–3 ..... RC (12) ................... 1 12 16 hrs.; $1,392 ........................ 192 hrs.; $16,704. 

Sub-Total 

for 

FERC– 

725G.

................................. ........................ 150 .................................................. 4,608hrs; $400,896. 

FERC–725Z 

One Time Estimate 

Years 1 and 2: 

IRO–008–3 ...... RC (12) ................... 1 12 32 hrs.; $2784 ......................... 384 hrs.; $33,408. 

Ongoing Estimate 

Year 3 ongoing: 

IRO–008–3 ...... RC (12) ................... 1 12 16 hrs.; $1,392 ........................ 144 hrs.; $16,704. 

Sub-Total 

for 

FERC– 

725Z.

................................. ........................ 24 .................................................. 528 hrs.; $50,112. 


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3RC=Reliability Coordinator; BA=Balancing 

Authority; TP=Transmission Planner; 

TOP=Transmission Operator; TO=Transmission 

Owner; GO=Generator Owner; DP=Distribution 

Provider; PA/PC=Planning Coordinator; and 

RC=Reliability Coordinator. 

4FAC–010–2, FAC–011–2 and FAC–014 –2 were 

all approved by the Commission in ((Docket No. 

IC14–5–000 COMMISSION INFORMATION 

COLLECTION ACTIVITIES (FERC–725D); 

COMMENT REQUEST; EXTENSION (February 21, 

2014)) with a burden of 138,979 hours. Staff 

estimates that the PC burden under FAC–010–3 

from that estimate is 10 percent of the total or 

13,898 hours. FERC staff estimates that industry 

costs for salary plus benefits are similar to 

Commission costs. The FERC 2021 average salary 

plus benefits for one FERC full-time equivalent 

(FTE) is $180,703/year (or $87.00/hour) posted by 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Utilities sector 

(available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

naics3_221000.htm). 

5 In Docket No. RM13–8–000 FERC 725D OMB 

Control: From 1902–0247 for the FAC–010–2.1 

Requirement R5 burden of 1,600hrs should be 

retired with full retirement of FAC–010–3. 

6The total of manhours associated FAC–010–3 

equals the sum of 13,898 hrs. + 1,600 hrs. = 15,498 

hrs. 

7Proposed revision is a one-time change to align 

updated terminology in the NERC Standards. 

8Proposed revision adds burden to the RC only. 

9The removal of the PC from PRC–002–3 is a onetime reduction in burden. Eastern and ERCOT 

interconnection impacted. 

10Proposed revision adds burden to the PA/PC 

only and is a one-time change to align updated 

terminology in the NERC Standards. 

11Proposed revision adds burden to the PA/PC 

only and is a one-time change to align updated 

terminology in the NERC Standards. 

12Proposed revision adds burden to the TOP 

only. 

PROPOSED CHANGES DUE TO THE APPROVAL OF NERC’S PROPOSED RELIABILITY STANDARDS AND THE RETIREMENT OF

FAC–010–3 IN DOCKET NO. RD22–2—Continued 

Reliability standard Type 3 and number 

of entity 

Number 

of annual 

responses per 

entity 

Total number 

of responses 

Average number of burden 

hours per response Total burden hours 

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) 

FERC–725A 

One Time Estimate 

Years 1 and 2: 

TOP–001–6 12 .. TOP (168) ............... 1 168 32 hrs.; $2,784 ........................ 5,376 hrs.; $467,712. 

Ongoing Estimate 

Year 3 ongoing: 

TOP–001–6 ..... TOP (168) ............... 1 168 16 hrs.; $1,392 ........................ 2,688hrs; $233,856. 

Sub-Total 

for 

FERC– 

725A.

................................. ........................ 336 .................................................. 8,064 hrs.; $701,568. 

Total Reductions 

Due to 

Docket 

No. 

RD22–2– 

000.

................................. ........................ ........................ .................................................. 99,008 hrs.; $8,667,984. 

Titles: FERC–725A, Mandatory 

Reliability Standard: TOP–001–6; 

FERC–725D, Mandatory Reliability 

Standards for the Bulk Power System: 

Reliability Standards FAC–010, FAC– 

011, FAC–014; FERC–725G, Mandatory 

Reliability Standards for Bulk-Power 

System: Reliability Standard PRC; 

FERC–725Z, Mandatory Reliability 

Standards for the Bulk-Power System: 

Reliability Standard IRO; FERC–725M, 

Mandatory Reliability Standards: 

Action: Changes to Existing 

Collections of Information, FERC–725A, 

FERC–725G, FERC–725M, FERC–725Z, 

725D, and Elimination of Collections of 

Information. 

OMB Control Nos: 1902–0244 (FERC– 

725A); 1902–0247 (FERC–725D); 1902– 

0252 (FERC–725G); 1902–0263 (FERC– 

725M) and 1902–0276 (FERC–725Z). 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit, and not for profit institutions. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion 

(and proposed for deletion). 

Necessity of the Information: This 

proceeding approves the retirement of 

FAC–010–3 (System Operating Limits 

Methodology for the Planning Horizon) 

Reliability Standards. Reliability 

Standards FAC–011–4 (System 

Operating Limits Methodology for the 

Operations Horizon), FAC–014–3 

(Establish and Communicate System 

Operating Limits), FAC–003–5 

(Transmission Vegetation Management), 

PRC–002–3 (Disturbance Monitoring 

and Reporting Requirements), PRC– 

023–5 (Transmission Relay Loadability), PRC–026–2 (Transmission 

Relay Load-ability), IRO–008–3 

(Reliability Coordinator Operational 

Analyses and Real-time Assessments), 

TOP–001–6 (Transmission Operations) 

are part of the implementation of the 

Congressional mandate of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 to develop 

mandatory and enforceable Reliability 

Standards to better ensure the reliability 

of the nation’s Bulk Power system. 

Specifically, the revised standards 

ensure generating resources are 

prepared for local cold weather events 

and that entities will effectively 

communicate information need 

operating the Bulk Power System. 

Internal review: The Commission has 

reviewed NERC’s proposal and 

determined that its action is necessary 

to implement section 215 of the FPA. 

The Commission has assured itself, by 

means of its internal review, that there 

is specific, objective support for the 

burden reduction estimates associated 

with the information requirements 

approved for retirement. 

Interested persons may obtain 

information on the reporting 

requirements by contacting the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, Office 

of the Executive Director, 888 First 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20426 

[Attention: Ellen Brown, email: 

DataClearance@ferc.gov, phone: (202) 

502–8663, fax: (202) 273–0873]. 

Comments concerning the 

information collections and 

requirements approved for retirement in 

this Final Rule and the associated 


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13Regulations Implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Order No. 486, 

52 FR 47897 (Dec. 17, 1987), FERC Stats. & Regs., 

Regulations Preambles 1986–1990 ¶ 30,783 (1987). 

14 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii). 

1 Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 

Natural Gas Infrastructure Project Reviews, 178 

FERC ¶ 61,108 (2022); 178 FERC ¶ 61,197 (2022). 

burden estimates, should be sent to the 

Commission in this docket and may also 

be sent to the Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs [Attention: Desk 

Officer for the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission]. For security 

reasons, comments should be sent by 

email to OMB at the following email 

address: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Please refer to the appropriate OMB 

Control Number(s) and Docket No. 

RD22–2–000 in your submission. 

Environmental Analysis 

The Commission is required to 

prepare an Environmental Assessment 

or an Environmental Impact Statement 

for any action that may have a 

significant adverse effect on the human 

environment.13 The Commission has 

categorically excluded certain actions 

from this requirement as not having a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. Included in the exclusion 

are rules that are clarifying, corrective, 

or procedural or that do not 

substantially change the effect of the 

regulations being amended.14 The 

actions approved here fall within this 

categorical exclusion in the 

Commission’s regulations. 

Document Availability 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) and in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room during normal 

business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE, 

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. 

From the Commission’s Home Page 

on the internet, this information is 

available on eLibrary. The full text of 

this document is available on eLibrary 

in PDF and Microsoft Word format for 

viewing, printing, and/or downloading. 

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 Commission’s website 

during normal business hours from the 

Commission’s 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. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Dated: April 8, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP21–44–000] 

LA Storage, LLC; Notice of Availability 

of the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed Hackberry 

Storage Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared a final 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the Hackberry Storage Project 

(Project), proposed by LA Storage, LLC 

(LA Storage) in the above-referenced 

docket. LA Storage requests 

authorization to construct and operate 

natural gas storage and transmission 

facilities in Louisiana. The Project is 

designed to provide 20.03 billion cubic 

feet of working gas storage capacity and 

1.5 billion cubic feet per day of gas 

deliverability and injectability, and 

interconnecting with the Cameron 

Interstate Pipeline (CIP) facilities 

operated by Cameron Interstate 

Pipeline, LLC and the Port Arthur 

Pipeline Louisiana Connector (PAPLC) 

facilities to be operated by Port Arthur 

Pipeline, LLC. 

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. 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, with the exception of climate 

change impacts, those impacts would 

not be significant. The EIS does not 

characterize the Project’s greenhouse gas 

emissions as significant or insignificant 

because the Commission is conducting 

a generic proceeding to determine 

whether and how the Commission will 

conduct climate change significance 

determinations going forward.1

The final EIS addresses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

following Project facilities: The Project 

would involve the conversion of three 

existing salt dome caverns to natural gas 

storage service and the development of 

one new salt dome cavern for additional 

natural gas storage service, all within a 

permanent natural gas storage facility on 

a 160-acre tract of land owned by LA 

Storage in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. 

In addition to the storage caverns, LA 

Storage would construct and operate onsite compression facilities (Pelican 

Compressor Station) and up to six 

solution mining water supply wells at 

the storage facility on LA Storage’s 

property. LA Storage would also 

construct and operate the following 

natural gas facilities in Cameron and 

Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana: The 

Hackberry Pipeline, consisting of 

approximately 11.1 miles of 42-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline 

connecting the certificated PAPLC 

pipeline (CP18–7) to the natural gas 

storage caverns; the CIP Lateral, an 

approximately 4.9-mile-long, 42-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline extending 

from the existing CIP to the planned 

natural gas storage caverns; metering 

and regulating at the CIP and PAPLC 

interconnects; and an approximately 

6.2-mile-long, 16-inch-diameter brine 

disposal pipeline that would transport 

brine from the caverns to four saltwater 

disposal wells located on two new pads 

north of the facility. 

The Commission mailed a copy of the 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Proposed Hackberry Storage Project to 

federal, state, and local government 

representatives and agencies; local 

libraries; newspapers; elected officials; 

Native American Tribes; and other 

interested parties. 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/industriesdata/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., CP21–44–000). Be sure you have 

selected an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

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 


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