Document ID: FERC-2022-0782-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc. Spire STL Pipeline Project
Posted Date: 2022-06-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 37852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13466]

[[Page 37852]]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-40-006]

Spire STL Pipeline LLC ; Notice of Availability of the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Spire Stl Pipeline Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the continued operation of the Spire STL Pipeline Project (Spire 
STL), proposed by Spire STL Pipeline LLC (Spire) in the above-
referenced docket. Spire requests the Commission to reissue a 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity authorizing operation 
of the Spire STL.
    The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
continued operation of the Spire STL in accordance with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). FERC 
staff concludes that impacts from the continued operation of the Spire 
STL would be less than significant, with the exception of climate 
change impacts resulting from GHG emissions that are not characterized 
as significant or insignificant.
    The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
continued operation of the following project facilities:
     59.2 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline in Scott, Greene, 
and Jersey Counties, Illinois and St. Charles and St. Louis Counties, 
Missouri;
     6.0 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline (the North County 
Extension) in St. Louis County, Missouri; and
     three new meter stations--the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 
(REX) Receipt Station in Scott County, Illinois and the Laclede/Lange 
Delivery Station and Chain of Rocks station in St. Louis County, 
Missouri.
    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability 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; and newspapers and libraries in the 
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, excluding the last 
three digits (i.e. CP17-40). 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.
    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 draft EIS's disclosure and discussion of 
potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, 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 August 8, 2022.
    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. The Commission will provide equal 
consideration to all comments received, whether filed in written form 
or provided verbally. The Commission encourages electronic filing of 
comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-3676 or 
[email protected]. 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 (CP17-
40-006) 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.

    Issued: June 16, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-13466 Filed 6-23-22; 8:45 am]
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