[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35344-35345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14375]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP12-507-000; CP12-508-000]
Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC; Cheniere Corpus Christi
Pipeline, LP; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Corpus Christi LNG Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Corpus Christi LNG Project (Project), proposed by Corpus
Christi Liquefaction, LLC and Cheniere Corpus Christ Pipeline, LP
(collectively Cheniere) in the above-referenced docket. Cheniere
requests authorization to construct and operate the facilities
necessary to import, export, store, vaporize, and liquefy natural gas
and deliver the resulting product either into existing interstate and
intrastate natural gas pipelines in the Corpus Christi area, or export
liquefied natural gas (LNG) elsewhere.
The draft EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the 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), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
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 DOE will adopt and use the EIS in issuing their permit.
The U.S. Coast Guard, EPA, 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
provide 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 draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following Project facilities:
Liquefaction facilities, including three liquefaction
trains capable of producing 782 million British thermal units (MMBtu)
per year of LNG;
vaporization facilities, including two trains of ambient
air vaporizers and send out pumps capable of vaporizing sufficient LNG
volume for each to send out 200 MMBtu per day of natural gas;
LNG storage facilities, including three LNG storage tanks
each capable of storing 160,000 cubic meters of LNG;
marine terminal with two LNG carrier berths;
23 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline;
one 41,000 horsepower compressor station and one 12,260
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 August 4,
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 (CP12-507-000 and CP12-508-000) with your
submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and
has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or
[email protected].
(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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July 15, 2014......................... Portland Community Center, 2000
Billy G Webb Drive, Portland,
TX 78374.
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Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a
motion to
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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
comments.
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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 Web site (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., CP12-
507 and CP12-508). 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; 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: June 13, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-14375 Filed 6-19-14; 8:45 am]
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