Document ID: FERC-2021-0749-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Marcus Hook Electric Compression Project
Posted Date: 2021-06-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33268-33269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13303]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP21-14-000]

Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Marcus Hook Electric 
Compression Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Marcus Hook Electric Compression Project (Project), proposed by 
Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia) in the above-referenced docket. 
Adelphia requests authorization to construct and operate an additional 
compressor unit and ancillary facilities at its Marcus Hook Compressor 
Station in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The Project purpose is to 
increase the certificated capacity of Adelphia's pipeline system to 
provide an additional 16,500 dekatherms per day of firm transportation 
service for a new shipper on Adelphia's system to an interconnection 
with Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC's pipeline system in New Castle 
County, Delaware.
    The draft EIS incorporates by reference the Commission's February 
9, 2021 Environmental Assessment (EA),\1\ which addressed the potential 
environmental effects of the installation and operation of an electric 
motor-driven 3,000-horsepower compressor unit and ancillary facilities 
at the Marcus Hook Compressor Station. The draft EIS also responds to a 
protest and comments that were filed following issuance of the EA, 
provides additional discussion of climate change impacts in the region, 
and includes disclosure of downstream greenhouse gas emissions for the 
Project. With the exception of climate change impacts, the FERC staff 
concludes that approval of the proposed Project would not result in 
significant environmental impacts. FERC staff continues to be unable to 
determine significance with regards to climate change impacts.
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    \1\ The Project's Environmental Assessment is available on 
eLibrary under accession no. 20210209-3004.
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    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Marcus Hook 
Electric Compression Project 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 draft 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/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents). In addition, the draft 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., CP21-14). 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 draft EIS 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 draft EIS may do so. 
Your comments should focus on draft EIS's disclosure and completeness 
of the submitted alternatives, information and analyses, including 
climate impacts, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 
To ensure consideration of your comments on the proposal in the final 
EIS, it is important that the Commission receive your comments on or 
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 9, 2021.
    For your convenience, 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 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 file your comments electronically by 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.'' If you 
are filing a comment on a particular project, please select ``Comment 
on a Filing'' as the filing type; 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 (CP21-
14-000) 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, 
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Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    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 part 385.214). Motions to intervene are 
more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or 
judicial review of the Commission's decision. The Commission grants 
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.

Questions?

    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 that 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: June 17, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-13303 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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