80_FR_72654 80 FR 72431 - Magnolia LNG, LLC, Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC; Notice of Availability of The Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Magnolia LNG and Lake Charles Expansion Projects

80 FR 72431 - Magnolia LNG, LLC, Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC; Notice of Availability of The Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Magnolia LNG and Lake Charles Expansion Projects

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 223 (November 19, 2015)

Page Range72431-72432
FR Document2015-29512

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 223 (Thursday, November 19, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72431-72432]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29512]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP14-347-000 CP14-511-000]


Magnolia LNG, LLC, Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC; Notice 
of Availability of The Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Proposed Magnolia LNG and Lake Charles Expansion Projects

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) 
for the Magnolia LNG Project proposed by Magnolia LNG, LLC (Magnolia) 
and the Lake Charles Expansion Project proposed by Kinder Morgan 
Louisiana Pipeline LLC (Kinder Morgan) in the above-referenced dockets. 
The Magnolia LNG Project would include construction and operation of a 
liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that would include various 
liquefaction, LNG distribution, and appurtenant facilities. The Lake

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Charles Expansion Project would include reconfiguration of Kinder 
Morgan's existing pipeline system in order to accommodate Magnolia's 
request for natural gas service at the LNG terminal site. The projects 
would provide an LNG export capacity of 1.08 billion cubic feet per day 
of natural gas.
    The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of 
construction and operation of the Magnolia LNG and Lake Charles 
Expansion Projects in accordance with the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval 
of the proposed projects would result in adverse environmental impacts; 
however, these impacts would be reduced to less-than-significant levels 
with the implementation of Magnolia's and Kinder Morgan's proposed 
mitigation and the additional measures recommended in the final EIS.
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department 
of Energy, U.S. Department of Transportation, and U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency participated as cooperating agencies in the 
preparation of the final EIS. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by 
law or special expertise with respect to resources potentially affected 
by a proposal and participate in the NEPA analysis. Although the 
cooperating agencies provided input on the conclusions and 
recommendations presented in the final EIS, the agencies will present 
their own conclusions and recommendations in their respective records 
of decision or determinations for the projects.
    The final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction, modification, and operation of the following facilities 
associated with the two projects:
     A new LNG terminal that includes four liquefaction trains, 
two LNG storage tanks, liquefaction and refrigerant units, safety and 
control systems, and associated infrastructure;
     LNG truck loading facilities;
     LNG carrier and barge loading facilities;
     one new meter station;
     one new 32,000 horsepower compressor station;
     approximately 40 feet of 36-inch-diameter feed gas line to 
supply natural gas to the LNG terminal from Kinder Morgan's existing 
natural gas transmission pipeline;
     a new 1.2-mile-long, 36-inch-diameter low pressure natural 
gas header pipeline;
     a new 700-foot-long, 24-inch-diameter high pressure 
natural gas header pipeline;
     modifications at six existing meter stations; and
     construction of miscellaneous auxiliary and appurtenant 
facilities.
    The FERC staff mailed copies of the final EIS to federal, state, 
and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; 
environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; 
potentially affected landowners; other interested individuals and non-
governmental organizations; newspapers and libraries in the project 
areas; and parties to these proceedings. Paper copy versions of this 
EIS were mailed to those specifically requesting them; all others 
received a compact disk version. In addition, the final EIS is 
available for public viewing on the FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) 
using the eLibrary link. A limited number of hardcopies 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.
    Additional information about the projects 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(s) excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field 
(i.e., CP14-347 and CP14-511). 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 www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.

    Dated: November 13, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-29512 Filed 11-18-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 223 / Thursday, November 19, 2015 / Notices 72431 Applicants: California Independent Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/3/15. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY System Operator Corporation. Docket Numbers: ER16–312–000. Federal Energy Regulatory Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 2015–11–10 Filing to Maintain Default Applicants: Parrey, LLC. Commission Loss Allocation Provisions Effectiveness Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: [Project No. 6623–011] to be effective 2/11/2016. Shared Facilities Agreement, FERC Filed Date: 11/10/15. Electric Rate Schedule No. 1 to be Idarado Mining Company, Newmont Accession Number: 20151110–5165. effective 1/12/2016. Mining Corporation; Notice of Transfer Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/1/15. of Exemption Filed Date: 11/12/15. Docket Numbers: ER16–306–000. 1. By letter filed December 12, 2010, Applicants: Midcontinent Accession Number: 20151112–5251. Idarado Mining Company and Newmont Independent System Operator, Inc. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/3/15. Mining Corporation informed the Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Commission that the exemption from 2015–11–11_SA 2865 ITCTransmission- Docket Numbers: ER16–313–000. Applicants: Java Solar, LLC. licensing for the Bridal Veil Falls Project Michigan Wind 3 E&P Agreement (J321) No. 6623, originally issued August 3, to be effective 11/12/2015. Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 1989,1 has been transferred to Newmont Filed Date: 11/12/15. Shared Facilities Agreement, FERC Mining Corporation. The project is Accession Number: 20151112–5008. Electric Rate Schedule No. 1 to be located on Bridal Veil Creek in San Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/3/15. effective 1/12/2016. Miguel County, Colorado. The transfer Docket Numbers: ER16–307–000. Filed Date: 11/12/15. of an exemption does not require Applicants: ISO New England Inc. Commission approval. Description: ISO New England Inc. Accession Number: 20151112–5252. 2. Newmont Mining Corporation is submits Installed Capacity Requirement, Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/3/15. now the exemptee of the Bridal Veil Hydro Quebec Interconnection Falls Project, No. 6623. All Capability Credits and Related Values Docket Numbers: ER16–314–000. correspondence should be forwarded to: for the 2019/2020 Capacity Commitment Applicants: Midcontinent Mr. Lawrence E. Fiske, Newmont Period. Independent System Operator, Inc., Mining Corporation, 6363 South Filed Date: 11/10/15. South Mississippi Electric Power Fiddler’s Green Circle, Suite 800, Accession Number: 20151110–5193. Association. Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/1/15. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Dated: November 12, 2015. Docket Numbers: ER16–308–000. 2015–11–12_SMEPA Protocol Filing to Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Applicants: ISO New England Inc. be effective 6/1/2015. Deputy Secretary. Description: ISO New England Inc. submits Informational filing for Filed Date: 11/12/15. [FR Doc. 2015–29508 Filed 11–18–15; 8:45 am] Qualification in the Forward Capacity Accession Number: 20151112–5255. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Market. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/3/15. Filed Date: 11/10/15. The filings are accessible in the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Accession Number: 20151110–5195. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/25/15. Commission’s eLibrary system by Federal Energy Regulatory Docket Numbers: ER16–309–000. clicking on the links or querying the Commission Applicants: PJM Interconnection, docket number. [Docket Nos. CP14–347–000 CP14–511–000] L.L.C. Any person desiring to intervene or Description: Tariff Cancellation: protest in any of the above proceedings Magnolia LNG, LLC, Kinder Morgan Notice of Cancellation of ISA No. 4076, must file in accordance with Rules 211 Louisiana Pipeline LLC; Notice of Queue No. Z1–098 to be effective 1/5/ and 214 of the Commission’s Availability of The Final Environmental 2016. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and Impact Statement for the Proposed Filed Date: 11/12/15. 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Magnolia LNG and Lake Charles Accession Number: 20151112–5143. time on the specified comment date. Expansion Projects Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/3/15. Protests may be considered, but Docket Numbers: ER16–310–000. intervention is necessary to become a The staff of the Federal Energy Applicants: PJM Interconnection, Regulatory Commission (FERC or party to the proceeding. L.L.C. Commission) has prepared a final eFiling is encouraged. More detailed environmental impact statement (EIS) Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: information relating to filing for the Magnolia LNG Project proposed Amendment to Oregon Clean Energy requirements, interventions, protests, by Magnolia LNG, LLC (Magnolia) and ISA No. 3876, Queue No. Y1–069 to be effective 5/9/2014. service, and qualifying facilities filings the Lake Charles Expansion Project Filed Date: 11/12/15. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ proposed by Kinder Morgan Louisiana Accession Number: 20151112–5153. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For Pipeline LLC (Kinder Morgan) in the Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/3/15. other information, call (866) 208–3676 above-referenced dockets. The Magnolia (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. LNG Project would include construction mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Docket Numbers: ER16–311–000. and operation of a liquefied natural gas Applicants: PJM Interconnection, Dated: November 12, 2015. (LNG) terminal that would include L.L.C. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., various liquefaction, LNG distribution, Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: ice Deputy Secretary. and appurtenant facilities. The Lake Agreement No. 4299; Queue No. AA2– [FR Doc. 2015–29506 Filed 11–18–15; 8:45 am] 072 to be effective 10/13/2015. 1 Order Accepting Settlement Agreement and BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Filed Date: 11/12/15. Granting Exemption from Licensing (5MW or less), Accession Number: 20151112–5204. (48 FERC ¶ 61,188). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:00 Nov 18, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19NON1.SGM 19NON1

72432 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 223 / Thursday, November 19, 2015 / Notices Charles Expansion Project would • modifications at six existing meter ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION include reconfiguration of Kinder stations; and AGENCY Morgan’s existing pipeline system in • construction of miscellaneous [FRL–9937–20–ORD] order to accommodate Magnolia’s auxiliary and appurtenant facilities. request for natural gas service at the Office of Research and Development; LNG terminal site. The projects would The FERC staff mailed copies of the final EIS to federal, state, and local Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and provide an LNG export capacity of 1.08 Equivalent Methods: Designation of billion cubic feet per day of natural gas. government representatives and One New Reference Method and One The final EIS assesses the potential agencies; elected officials; New Equivalent Method environmental effects of construction environmental and public interest and operation of the Magnolia LNG and groups; Native American tribes; AGENCY: Environmental Protection Lake Charles Expansion Projects in potentially affected landowners; other Agency (EPA). accordance with the requirements of the interested individuals and non- ACTION: Notice of the designation of one National Environmental Policy Act governmental organizations; new reference method and one new (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that newspapers and libraries in the project equivalent method for monitoring approval of the proposed projects would areas; and parties to these proceedings. ambient air quality. result in adverse environmental Paper copy versions of this EIS were impacts; however, these impacts would mailed to those specifically requesting SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that be reduced to less-than-significant the Environmental Protection Agency them; all others received a compact disk levels with the implementation of (EPA) has designated, in accordance version. In addition, the final EIS is Magnolia’s and Kinder Morgan’s with 40 CFR part 53, one new reference available for public viewing on the method for measuring concentrations of proposed mitigation and the additional FERC’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) using measures recommended in the final EIS. carbon monoxide (CO) and one new the eLibrary link. A limited number of equivalent method for measuring The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, hardcopies are available for distribution U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of concentrations of ozone (O3) in the and public inspection at: Federal Energy ambient air. Energy, U.S. Department of Regulatory Commission, Public FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Transportation, and U.S. Environmental Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Robert Vanderpool, Human Exposure Protection Agency participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) and Atmospheric Sciences Division of the final EIS. Cooperating agencies 502–8371. (MD–D205–03), National Exposure have jurisdiction by law or special Additional information about the Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, expertise with respect to resources projects is available from the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina potentially affected by a proposal and Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 27711. Email: Vanderpool.Robert@ participate in the NEPA analysis. at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web epa.gov. Although the cooperating agencies site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In provided input on the conclusions and link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on accordance with regulations at 40 CFR recommendations presented in the final ‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the docket part 53, the EPA evaluates various EIS, the agencies will present their own number(s) excluding the last three digits methods for monitoring the conclusions and recommendations in in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP14– concentrations of those ambient air their respective records of decision or 347 and CP14–511). Be sure you have pollutants for which EPA has determinations for the projects. selected an appropriate date range. For established National Ambient Air The final EIS addresses the potential assistance, please contact FERC Online Quality Standards (NAAQSs) as set environmental effects of the Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov forth in 40 CFR part 50. Monitoring construction, modification, and or toll free at (866) 208–3676; for TTY, methods that are determined to meet operation of the following facilities specific requirements for adequacy are contact (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary associated with the two projects: designated by the EPA as either link also provides access to the texts of • A new LNG terminal that includes reference or equivalent methods (as formal documents issued by the four liquefaction trains, two LNG applicable), thereby permitting their use storage tanks, liquefaction and Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. under 40 CFR part 58 by States and refrigerant units, safety and control other agencies for determining systems, and associated infrastructure; In addition, the Commission offers a compliance with the NAAQSs. A list of • LNG truck loading facilities; free service called eSubscription that all reference or equivalent methods that • LNG carrier and barge loading allows you to keep track of all formal have been previously designated by EPA facilities; issuances and submittals in specific may be found at http://www.epa.gov/ • one new meter station; dockets. This can reduce the amount of ttn/amtic/criteria.html. • one new 32,000 horsepower time you spend researching proceedings The EPA hereby announces the compressor station; by automatically providing you with designation of one new reference • approximately 40 feet of 36-inch- notification of these filings, document method for measuring concentrations of diameter feed gas line to supply natural summaries, and direct links to the carbon monoxide (CO) in the ambient gas to the LNG terminal from Kinder documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- air and one new equivalent method for mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Morgan’s existing natural gas filing/esubscription.asp. measuring concentrations of ozone (O3) transmission pipeline; in the ambient air. These designations Dated: November 13, 2015. • a new 1.2-mile-long, 36-inch- are made under the provisions of 40 diameter low pressure natural gas Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., CFR part 53, as amended on August 31, header pipeline; Deputy Secretary. 2011(76 FR 54326–54341). • a new 700-foot-long, 24-inch- [FR Doc. 2015–29512 Filed 11–18–15; 8:45 am] The new reference method for CO is diameter high pressure natural gas BILLING CODE 6717–01–P an automated method (analyzer) header pipeline; utilizing a measurement principle based VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:00 Nov 18, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19NON1.SGM 19NON1


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FR Citation80 FR 72431 
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