Document ID: FERC-2012-0530-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Choctaw Hub Expansion Project, PetroLogistics Natural Gas Storage Co., LLC
Posted Date: 2012-03-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17471-17472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7153]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP11-50-000]

PetroLogistics Natural Gas Storage Company, LLC; Notice of 
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Choctaw 
Hub Expansion Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 
Choctaw Hub Expansion Project (Project) proposed by PetroLogistics 
Natural Gas Storage, LLC (PetroLogistics) in the above-referenced 
docket. PetroLogistics requests authorization to build and operate 
high-deliverability, multi-cycle natural gas storage facilities in 
order to increase the total working capacity of the Choctaw Hub from 16 
billion cubic feet (bcf) to 26.6 bcf. The proposed facilities would be 
adjacent to PetroLogistics' existing natural gas storage, compression 
and pipeline facilities within the Choctaw Salt Dome located 
approximately 4 miles northwest of the City of Plaquemine, Louisiana.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental impacts of the 
construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of (NEPA). The 
FERC staff concludes that approval of the Project, with appropriate 
mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers participated as a cooperating 
agency in the preparation of the EA. Cooperating agencies have 
jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resources 
potentially affected by the proposal and participate in the NEPA 
analysis.
    The Project includes the following:

Within the Choctaw Salt Dome

     A change in service of one existing underground storage 
cavern to natural gas storage: Cavern 28, currently used for commercial 
brine service;
     Addition of two compressor units totaling 27,000 
horsepower to the existing PetroLogistics Compressor Station;
     One 0.67-mile-long, 30-inch-diameter cavern injection/
withdrawal pipeline from the compressor station expansion site to the 
Cavern 28 wellhead (30-Inch Lateral to Cavern 28); and
     One 0.06-mile-long, 10-inch-diameter cavern injection/
withdrawal pipeline extending from the 30-Inch-Lateral to Cavern 28 to 
the existing certificated Cavern 24 wellhead (10-Inch Lateral to Cavern 
24).

Extending South From the Choctaw Salt Dome

     One 13-mile-long, 30-inch-diameter expansion header 
pipeline (30-Inch Expansion Header) looping PetroLogistics' existing 
pipelines,\1\
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    \1\ A pipeline loop is constructed parallel to an existing 
pipeline to increase capacity.
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     One 0.90-mile-long, 20-inch-diameter pipeline to the 
proposed Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (TETCO) Station Expansion (20-
Inch TETCO Lateral);
     One 0.11-mile-long, 12-inch-diameter interconnect pipeline 
to CrossTex LIG Pipeline Company's (Crosstex) existing system (12-Inch 
CrossTex Lateral);
     One 0.04-mile-long, 12-inch diameter interconnect pipeline 
to Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC (FGT) (12-Inch FGT Lateral);
     A 0.23-acre expansion of the meter station interconnect to 
Bridgeline Pipeline System (Bridgeline) at Station Number (SN) 381+00 
(Milepost (MP) 7.21) (Bridgeline Station Expansion);
     A 0.68-acre expansion of the existing Southern Natural Gas 
Company (SONAT) Station at SN 684+50 (MP 12.95) (SONAT Station 
Expansion);
     A 0.52-acre expansion of the TETCO Station at SN 47+74 of 
the 20-Inch TETCO Lateral (TETCO Station Expansion);
     A 0.05-acre expansion of the TETCO-future Gulf South 
Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf South) Interconnect Station at SN 384+00 (MP 
7.27) (TETCO-future Gulf South Interconnect Station Expansion);
     Expansion of two valve sites on the existing 
PetroLogistics mainline to accommodate the 30-Inch Expansion Header, at 
SN 228+40 (MP 4.33) and SN 292+42 (MP 5.54) (Expanded Mainline Valve 
Sites 1 and 2);
     Three side valves on the 30-Inch Expansion Header for 
future lateral interconnects to Gulf South's, Cypress Pipeline 
Company's (Cypress'), and Enterprise Products Partners' (Enterprise's) 
natural gas systems at SN 83+50 (MP 1.58) (Cypress Valve Set); and
     A 5.5-acre non-jurisdictional electrical substation 
(Sawmill Substation) along with a 200-foot-long 69-kilovolt (kv) 
electrical supply line to Entergy LLC's (Entergy's) powerline.
    The FERC staff mailed copies of the EA 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; newspapers and libraries in the project area; and parties to 
this proceeding. In addition, the EA is available for public viewing on 
the FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited 
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public 
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference 
Room, 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. (202) 502-
8371.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments 
should focus on the 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

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comments in Washington, DC on or before April 16, 2012.
    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file 
your comments with the Commission. In all instances please reference 
the project docket number (CP11-50-000) with your submission. The 
Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has dedicated 
eFiling expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or 
efiling@ferc.gov.
    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment 
feature on the Commission's Web site at (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 Web site (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: 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).\2\ Only intervenors have the 
right to seek rehearing 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.
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    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC or on the 
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the 
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number 
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP11-
50). 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 eLibrary link also provides access to the 
texts of 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/esubscribenow.htm.

    Dated: March 16, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-7153 Filed 3-23-12; 8:45 am]
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