Document ID: FERC-2021-1255-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Proposed Marcus Hook Electric Compression Project
Posted Date: 2021-10-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 56698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22123]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP21-14-000]

Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final 
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 final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Marcus Hook Electric Compression Project, proposed by Adelphia 
Gateway, LLC (Adelphia) in the above-referenced docket. Adelphia 
requests authorization to construct and operate certain natural gas 
compression facilities in order 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.
    The final EIS responds to comments that were received on the 
Commission's February 9, 2021 Environmental Assessment (EA) and June 
17, 2021 draft EIS \1\ and discloses downstream greenhouse gas 
emissions for the Project. With the exception of climate change 
impacts, the FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed 
project, with the mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would not 
result in significant environmental impacts. FERC staff continues to be 
unable to determine the significance of the Project's contribution to 
climate change.
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    \1\ The Project's EA is available on FERC's eLibrary under 
accession no. 20210209-3004 and the draft EIS is available under 
accession no. 20210617-3051.
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    The final EIS incorporates and appends the above referenced EA, 
which addressed the potential environmental effects of the construction 
and operation of the following Project facilities at the existing 
Marcus Hook Compressor Station in Delaware County, Pennsylvania:
     An electric motor-driven 3,000-horsepower (hp) compressor 
unit;
     one horizontal process gas cooler with two 25-hp electric-
driven motors;
     two variable frequency drives; and
     a motor control center assembly to control the electric 
compressor engine from a central location.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Marcus Hook Electric 
Compressor Station 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 final 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 final 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, 
excluding the last three digits (i.e. CP21-14). 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.
    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: October 5, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-22123 Filed 10-8-21; 8:45 am]
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