[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62344-62345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24487]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP13-552-000; Docket No. CP13-553-000]
Sabine Pass Liquefaction Expansion, LLC, Sabine Pass
Liquefaction, LLC, and Sabine Pass LNG, L.P., Cheniere Creole Trail
Pipeline, L.P.; Notice of Application
Take notice that on September 30, 2013, Sabine Pass Liquefaction
Expansion, LLC, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, and Sabine Pass LNG,
L.P. (collectively referred to as Sabine Pass) filed with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission an application under section 3(a) of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to site, construct, and operate
additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities at the Sabine
Pass LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, which was originally
approved by the Commission in CP11-72-000 . The proposed facilities,
referred to as the Liquefaction Expansion Project (or Stage 3), would
consist of two new LNG liquefaction trains 5 and 6 and would increase
the terminal's export capacity by 503 Bcf per year (251.5 Bcf per
liquefaction train).
In addition, Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P. (CCTPL) filed, in
the same application, a request under section 7(c) of the NGA, for
authorization to construct, own, and operate new interstate natural gas
pipeline, compression, and related facilities in the State of
Louisiana, referred to as the CCTPL Expansion Project, that would
provide up to an additional 1.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of
firm reverse flow capacity on the existing Cheniere Creole Trail
pipeline system. In addition, the CCTPL Expansion Project would provide
up to 2.0 Bcf/d of firm transportation capacity on newly proposed Zone
2 facilities, which would extend the CCTPL Pipeline to new receipt
points providing access to the systems of Columbia Gulf Transmission
Company, Pine Prairie Energy Center, ANR Pipeline Company, and Texas
Gas Transmission, LLC. The new pipeline facilities would consist of
approximately 104.3 miles of new 42-inch- and 36-inch pipeline (loop,
mainline extension, and laterals), and 53,000 hp of additional
compression at the new Mamou Compressor Station in Evangeline Parish,
LA.
This application is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection. This filing is available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site
web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC at
[email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY,
(202) 502-8659.
Any questions regarding the application should be directed to
Patricia Outtrim or Rina Chang, Cheniere Energy, Inc., 700 Milam
Street, Suite 800, Houston, TX 77002, by phone at (713) 375-5000 or by
email at [email protected] or [email protected] or to Lisa
M. Tonery or Tania S. Perez, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, 666 Fifth
Avenue, New York, NY 10103, by telephone at (212) 318-3009 or by email
at [email protected] or
[email protected].
On March 8, 2013, the Commission staff granted Sabine Pass' and
CCTPL's request to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket
No. PF13-8-000 to staff activities involved the Sabine Pass
Liquefaction Expansion and CCTPL Expansion Project's. Now as of the
filing the September 30, 2013 application, the Pre-Filing Process for
these projects has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will
be conducted in Docket Nos. CP13-552-000 and CP13-553-000, as noted in
the caption of this Notice.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either:
Complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of
the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this
proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for
this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of
the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the
subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before the comment date stated below file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must
submit seven copies of filings made in the proceeding with the
Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other
party. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right
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to seek court review of the Commission's final order.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should
submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 31, 2013.
Dated: October 10, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-24487 Filed 10-17-13; 8:45 am]
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