Document ID: FERC-2014-0060-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Cameron LNG, LLC and Cameron Interstate, LLC; Cameron Liquefaction Project
Posted Date: 2014-01-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3197-3198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00786]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP13-25-000; CP13-27-000]

Cameron LNG, LLC and Cameron Interstate, LLC; Notice of 
Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Proposed Cameron Liquefaction Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Cameron Liquefaction Project (Project), proposed by Cameron 
LNG, LLC and Cameron Interstate Pipeline, LLC (collectively Cameron) in 
the above-referenced docket. Cameron requests authorization to export 
12 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year from its 
terminal in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana.
    The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Cameron Liquefaction Project in 
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed 
Project, with the mitigation measures recommended in the EIS, would 
ensure that impacts in the Project area would be avoided or minimized 
and would not be significant. Construction and operation of the Project 
would result in mostly temporary and short-term environmental impacts; 
however, some long-term and permanent environmental impacts would 
occur.
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE), and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 
participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EIS. 
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 COE and DOE will adopt and use 
the EIS in issuing their respective permits. The U.S. Coast Guard and 
DOT cooperated in the preparation of this EIS because of their special 
expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by the 
proposal. Although the cooperating agencies provided input to the 
conclusions and recommendations presented in the draft EIS, the 
agencies will present their own conclusions and recommendations in 
their respective Records of Decision for the Project.
    The Project would use the facilities at the existing Cameron LNG 
Terminal, including the existing berthing facilities and LNG storage 
tanks, as well as the existing Cameron Interstate Pipeline. Operation 
of the Project would not increase LNG carrier traffic beyond that 
previously authorized for the existing Cameron LNG Terminal. The draft 
EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the construction 
and operation of the following Project facilities:

 Three separate systems that liquefy natural gas, each capable 
of producing 4 million metric tons per year of LNG for export;
 one 160,000-cubic-meter, full-containment LNG storage tank;
 refrigerant make-up and condensate product storage;
 truck loading/unloading area;
 one marine work dock for delivery of equipment and 
construction materials;
 minor modifications to existing terminal facilities;
 21 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline;
 one 56,820-horsepower compressor station; and
 ancillary facilities.

    The FERC staff mailed copies of the draft EIS 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. Everyone on our environmental mailing list will 
receive a CD version of the draft EIS. In addition, the draft EIS is 
available for public viewing on the FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) 
using the eLibrary link. A limited number of copies 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.

If you would like a hard copy of the draft EIS, please contact the 
Public Reference Room.
    Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS may do so. To ensure 
consideration of your comments on the proposal in the final EIS, it is 
important that the Commission receive your comments before March 3, 
2014.
    For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the 
Project docket numbers (CP13-25-000 and CP13-27-000) with your 
submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and 
has 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 (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 file your comments electronically by 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.'' 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 following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 
20426.
    (4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the 
Commission invites you to attend the public comment meeting its staff 
will conduct in the Project area to receive comments on the draft EIS. 
We encourage interested groups and individuals to attend and present 
oral comments on the draft EIS. Transcripts of the meetings will be 
available for review in eLibrary under the Project docket numbers. The 
meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. and is scheduled as follows:

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                 Date                               Location
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February 13, 2014.....................  Holiday Inn Lake Charles--West
                                         Sulphur (Indigo Meeting Room)
                                         330 Arena Road, Sulphur, LA
                                         70665, (337) 527-0858.
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    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).\1\ 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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    \1\ See the previous discussion on the methods for filing 
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Questions?

    Additional information about the Project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the 
FERC (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., CP13-
25 and CP13-27). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. 
For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FercOnline 
Support@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676; 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 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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.

    Dated: January 10, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-00786 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
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