Document ID: FERC-2021-1527-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: ANR Pipeline Co.; Proposed Wisconsin Access Project
Posted Date: 2021-12-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 234 (Thursday, December 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70119-70120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26663]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP21-78-000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of The Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Wisconsin Access 
Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Wisconsin Access Project, proposed by ANR Pipeline Company 
(ANR) in the above-referenced docket. ANR requests authorization to 
modify seven existing meter stations in Oneida, Marathon, Oconto, and 
Manitowoc Counties, Wisconsin and increase firm transportation capacity 
on its pipeline by 50,707 dekatherms per day.
    The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Wisconsin Access Project in 
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act. With the exception of climate change impacts, FERC staff concludes 
that approval of the Project would not result in significant 
environmental impacts. FERC staff is unable to determine the 
significance level of climate change impacts.
    The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of minor modifications to ANR's existing 
Coleman, Lena, Meeme, Mosinee, Rhinelander, Suring, and Two Rivers 
Meter Stations. The modifications include the replacement of some 
metering and filtering equipment, installation of additional metering 
equipment, and replacement of two meter station buildings at the Lena 
and Rhinelander Meter Stations.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Wisconsin Access 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., CP21-78). 
Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, 
please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] 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

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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 the draft EIS's disclosure and discussion 
of potential environmental effects, measures to avoid or lessen 
environmental impacts and the completeness of the submitted 
alternatives, information, and analyses. 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 January 24, 2022.
    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 [email protected]. 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-
78-000) 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, MD 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/how-intervene. 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: December 3, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-26663 Filed 12-8-21; 8:45 am]
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