Document ID: FERC-2021-0950-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: ANR Pipeline Co., Great Lakes Transmission Limited Partnership; Proposed Alberta Xpress and Lease Capacity Abandonment Project
Posted Date: 2021-08-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 148 (Thursday, August 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42816-42817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16718]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-484-000; CP20-485-000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Lakes Transmission Limited Partnership; 
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Proposed Alberta Xpress and Lease Capacity Abandonment Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Alberta Xpress and Lease Capacity Abandonment Projects, 
proposed by ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) and Great Lakes Gas Transmission 
Limited Partnership (GLGT) in Docket Nos. CP20-484-000 and CP20-485-
000, respectively. ANR proposes to construct and operate one new 
greenfield compressor station (designated as the Turkey Creek 
Compressor Station) and modify a mainline valve in Evangeline Parish, 
Louisiana, and acquire a lease agreement between ANR and GLGT. ANR has 
executed binding precedent agreements with two shippers to transport up 
to 165,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas. GLGT proposes to abandon 
firm capacity by a lease agreement with ANR. No new construction is 
proposed as part of the Lease Capacity Abandonment Project; however, 
this is related to the application filed by ANR to construct and 
operate the Alberta Xpress Project.
    The draft EIS responds to comments that were received on the 
Commission's December 4, 2020 environmental assessment (EA),\1\ 
provides additional discussion of climate change impacts in the region, 
and discloses downstream greenhouse gas emissions for the projects. 
With the exception of climate change impacts, the FERC staff concludes 
that approval of the proposed projects, with the mitigation measures 
recommended in this EIS, 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 EA is available on eLibrary under accession 
no. 20201204-3004.

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    The draft EIS incorporates the above-referenced EA, which addressed 
the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation 
of the Turkey Creek Compressor Station and modifications to a mainline 
valve. The Turkey Creek Compressor Station would include the following 
facilities:
     One 15,900 horsepower gas-fired turbine compressor;
     three inlet filter separators;
     three discharge gas cooling bays;
     36-inch-diameter suction and discharge piping;
     16-inch-diameter cold recycle valves and piping;
     16-inch-diameter unit control valve and bypass piping; and
     related appurtenant facilities.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Alberta Xpress 
and Lease Capacity Abandonment Projects 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 Alberta Xpress 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., CP20-484 
and CP20-485). 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 the draft EIS's disclosure and discussion 
of potential environmental effects, including climate impacts due to 
downstream greenhouse gas emissions, 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 September 20, 
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(s) 
(CP20-484-000 and CP20-485-000) 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/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: July 30, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-16718 Filed 8-4-21; 8:45 am]
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