Document ID: FERC-2022-1277-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Responses to Information Requests: Texas LNG Brownsville, LLC
Posted Date: 2022-10-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60679-60680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21784]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP16-116-000; CP116-116-002]

Texas LNG Brownsville LLC; Notice Seeking Public Comment on 
Responses to Information Requests

    On March 30, 2016, Texas LNG Brownsville LLC (Texas LNG) filed an 
application under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) \1\ and Part 
153 of the Commission's regulations \2\ for authorization to construct 
and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the north 
embankment of the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas. On 
November 22, 2019, the Commission authorized Texas LNG's proposal, 
subject to conditions.\3\ On August 3, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals 
for the D.C. Circuit (D.C. Circuit) partially remanded, but did not 
vacate, the Commission's authorization.\4\ On August 16, 2022, and 
August 31, 2022, Commission staff issued environmental information 
requests to Texas LNG in order to address deficiencies noted in the 
D.C. Circuit's August 3, 2021 decision. Texas LNG responded to 
Commission staff's information requests on September 15, 2022, and 
September 21, 2022.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 717b.
    \2\ 18 CFR part 153 (2021).
    \3\ Texas LNG Brownsville LLC, 169 FERC ] 61,130 (2019), on 
reh'g, 170 FERC ] 61,139 (2020).
    \4\ Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. FERC, 6 
F.4th 1321, 1332 (D.C. Cir. 2021) (remanding order without vacatur 
for the Commission to redress deficiencies regarding its analyses of 
project impacts on climate change and environmental justice 
communities).
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    By this notice, Commission staff requests public comments on the 
issues addressed in Texas LNG's responses to staff's above-referenced 
information requests of August 16 and August 31, 2022, regarding 
environmental justice communities, visual impacts, air quality 
modeling, and emergency planning. Any person wishing to comment on 
these issues may do so.
    To ensure that your comments within the scope of this notice are 
timely and properly recorded, please submit your initial comments no 
later than October 21, 2022. Reply comments are due no later than 
November 4, 2022.
    There are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the 
Commission. Please carefully follow these instructions so that your 
comments are properly recorded. The Commission encourages electronic 
filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-
3676 or [email protected].
    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment 
feature, which is located on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) 
under the link to FERC Online. Using eComment 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, which is located 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.'' You will be asked to select the type of filing you 
are making; a comment on a particular project is considered a ``Comment 
on a Filing'';
    (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to 
the Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP16-
116-000) 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.

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    Additional information about the project, including copies of the 
above-referenced information requests and responses, are available from 
the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on 
the FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. Click on the 
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number 
in the ``Docket Number'' field. Be sure you have selected an 
appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected] or (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the 
texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, 
notices, and rulemakings.

    Dated: September 30, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-21784 Filed 10-5-22; 8:45 am]
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