Document ID: FERC-2020-0607-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC; Louisiana Connector Amendment Project
Posted Date: 2020-05-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 94 (Thursday, May 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28941-28942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10325]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-21-000]

Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Louisiana Connector Amendment 
Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 
Louisiana Connector Amendment Project (Project), proposed by Port 
Arthur Pipeline, LLC (PAPL) in the above-referenced docket. The Project 
is an amendment to the Louisiana Connector Project (Docket CP18-7-000), 
which was previously authorized by the Commission on April 18, 2019. In 
its amended Project, PAPL requests authorization to construct and 
operate natural gas transportation facilities (including compression) 
in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. Specifically, the Project would 
relocate the previously certificated but as yet not constructed 
compressor station from its authorized site in Allen Parish, Louisiana 
to a site in Beauregard Parish. The Project would also consist of 
associated facilities within the new Beauregard Parish Compressor 
Station boundaries.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of construction 
and operation of the Project in accordance with the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act. The FERC staff concludes that 
approval of the proposed Project, with appropriate mitigating measures, 
would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment.
    The proposed Project includes the following new facilities in 
Beauregard Parish:
     A 93,880-horsepower compressor station;
     four pipeline interconnections ranging from 30 inches to 
42 inches in diameter;
     four meter stations;
     one mainline block valve; and

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     one pig launcher/receiver facility.\1\
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    \1\ A pipeline pig is a device used to clean or inspect the 
pipeline. A pig launcher/receiver is an aboveground facility where 
pigs are inserted or retrieved from the pipeline.
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    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 and other interested 
parties; and local libraries and newspapers. The EA is only available 
in electronic format. It may be viewed and downloaded from FERC's 
website (www.ferc.gov), on the Environmental Documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/enviro/eis.asp). In addition, the EA may be 
accessed by using the eLibrary link on FERC's website. Click on the 
eLibrary link (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp), click on 
General Search, and enter the docket number in the Docket Number field, 
excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP20-21). 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.
    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 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 8, 2020.
    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 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 on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to 
Documents and Filings. 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 Documents and Filings. 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 following address. Be sure to reference the project docket number 
(CP20-21-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a 
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214). Motions to intervene are more 
fully described at http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or 
judicial review of the Commission's decision. The Commission may grant 
affected landowners and others with environmental concerns intervenor 
status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and 
direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can adequately 
represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not give you 
intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to have your 
comments considered.
    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.
    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 www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.

    Dated: May 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-10325 Filed 5-13-20; 8:45 am]
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