Document ID: FERC-2020-1286-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Iroquois Gas Transmission System, LP; Enhancement By Compression Project
Posted Date: 2020-10-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63108-63109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22035]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. Cp20-48-000]

Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Availability of 
The Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Enhancement by 
Compression Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 
Enhancement by Compression Project (Project), proposed by Iroquois Gas 
Transmission, L.P. (Iroquois) in the above-referenced docket. Iroquois 
requests authorization to construct and operate natural gas 
transmission facilities in New York and Connecticut. The Project is 
designed to provide a total of 125,000 Dekatherms per day \1\ of 
incremental firm transportation service to two existing customers of 
Iroquois, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and KeySpan Gas 
East Corporation doing business as National Grid.
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    \1\ 1 dekatherm is approximately 1,000 cubic feet.
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    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 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 facilities:
     Athens Compressor Station--installation of one new 12,000 
horsepower (hp) turbine (Unit A2) in a new building with associated 
cooling, filter separators, and other appurtenant facilities, within 
the existing fenced boundary (Greene County, New York).
     Dover Compressor Station--installation of one new 12,000 
hp turbine (Unit A2) in a new building with associated cooling, filter 
separators, appurtenant facilities, and expansion of the existing 
fenceline within the property boundary (Dutchess County, New York).
     Brookfield Compressor Station--construction of a control/
office building, and addition of two new 12,000 hp turbines (Unit B1 
and Unit B2) in a new building with associated cooling, filter 
separators, and other appurtenant facilities. Additionally, Iroquois 
would install incremental cooling at Plant 2-A to allow natural gas to 
be cooled, prior to being compressed at the proposed downstream 
compressors (Units B1 and B2). Iroquois would also replace turbine 
stacks on the existing compressor units (Unit-A1 and Unit-A2) and add 
other noise reduction measures (e.g., louvers, seals) to minimize 
existing noise at the site. Modifications at this site would require 
expansion of the existing fenceline within the property boundary 
(Fairfield County, Connecticut).
     Milford Compressor Station--addition of gas cooling to 
existing compressor units and associated piping, within the existing 
fenced boundary (New Haven County, Connecticut).
    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 
individuals and groups; and newspapers and libraries in the Project 
area. The EA 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/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents). In addition, the EA 
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, excluding the last three digits (i.e. CP20-48). 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.
    The EA is not a decision document. It presents Commission staff's 
independent analysis of the environmental issues for the Commission to 
consider when addressing the merits of all issues in this proceeding. 
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

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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 
October 30, 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 
FERC Online. 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 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 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 Commission. Be sure to reference the Project docket number (CP20-
48-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service 
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 
20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, 
but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. 
Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review of 
the Commission's decision. At this point in this proceeding, the 
timeframe for filing timely intervention requests has expired. Any 
person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion 
to intervene out-of-time pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and 
(d)) and show good cause why the time limitation should be waived. 
Motions to intervene are more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides.
    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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 
register for eSubscription.

    Dated: September 30, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-22035 Filed 10-5-20; 8:45 am]
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