[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44400-44401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20197]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP15-499-000, CP15-499-001 and CP17-26-000]
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Pomelo Connector Pipeline, LLC;
Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed
South Texas Expansion Project and Pomelo Connector Pipeline Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the
proposed South Texas Expansion Project (STEP), proposed by Texas
Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) and the Pomelo Connector
Pipeline Project (Pomelo Project), proposed by Pomelo Connector, LLC
(Pomelo) in the above referenced dockets. Collectively, the STEP and
Pomelo Project, are referred to as the Projects. The Pomelo Project
would provide up to 400,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of firm
transportation service from an interconnection with Texas Eastern at
the proposed Pomelo Petronila Compressor Station in Nueces County,
Texas, to the Nueces Header pipeline system. STEP would provide
approximately 400,000 Dth/d of firm natural gas transportation service
to an interconnection with the Nueces Header.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Projects in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC
staff concludes that approval of the proposed Projects, with
appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
The proposed Pomelo Project would consists of construction and
operation of approximately 14 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline, a new
5,000 horsepower (hp) compressor station, approximately 0.2 mile of new
30-inch-diameter pipeline, and associated aboveground facilities in
Nueces County, Texas. Pomelo would engage in certain construction,
operation, maintenance, and abandonment activities under blanket
construction certificate authorization, and abandon all of the capacity
of the Pomelo Connector Pipeline by lease to Texas Eastern. The
proposed STEP consists of construction and operation of a new 8,400 hp
gas turbine unit in Nueces County, Texas; piping modifications at its
existing Angleton Station property in Brazoria County, Texas; a new
8,400 hp gas turbine unit at its existing Blessing Compressor Station
in Matagorda County, Texas; clean burn emission work and piping
modifications at its existing Mont Belvieu Compressor Station in
Chambers County, Texas; and piping modifications at its existing Vidor
Compressor Station in Orange County, Texas.
The FERC staff mailed copies of the EA 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 Projects areas. In
addition, the EA is available for public viewing on the FERC's Web site
(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited number of copies of
the EA 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.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts.
The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To
ensure that the Commission has the opportunity to consider your
comments prior to making its decision on this project, it is important
that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or before October
18, 2017.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the
project docket number (CP17-26-000 and CP15-499) 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 also file your comments electronically 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
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of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New
eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on eRegister.
You must select the type of filing you are making. If you are filing a
comment on a particular project, please select ``Comment on a Filing'';
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.
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 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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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., CP17-
26 and CP15-499). 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 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 which 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 www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
Dated: September 18, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-20197 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am]
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