81 FR 54077 - Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Transcameron Pipeline Project and Calcasieu Pass Terminal, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Related To New Route Amendments and Project Changes

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 157 (August 15, 2016)

Page Range		54077-54079
FR Document		2016-19370

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54077-54079]
From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19370]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Transcameron Pipeline Project and Calcasieu
Pass Terminal, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Related
To New Route Amendments and Project Changes

TransCameron Pipeline, LLC... Docket Nos. CP15-551-001
Venture Global Calcasieu CP15-550-000
Pass, LLC.

On September 4, 2015, TransCameron Pipeline, LLC (TransCameron
Pipeline) filed an application in Docket No. CP15-551-000, pursuant to
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, and Part 157 of the
Commission's regulations for authorization to construct, install, own,
operate and maintain two lateral pipelines (the East Lateral and the
West Lateral pipeline) and appurtenant facilities located in Cameron
Parish, Louisiana that comprise the TransCameron Pipeline Project
(TransCameron Pipeline or Project). The Project application was filed
jointly with an application by Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC
(Venture Global Calcasieu Pass) for authorization to construct and
operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and marine export
terminal, the Calcasieu Pass Terminal, and related facilities, in
Cameron Parish (Docket No. CP15-550-000).
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass filed modifications to the Calcasieu
Pass Terminal facilities on March 21, 2016. And, on June 28, 2016,
TransCameron Pipeline filed an amendment to its application with
additional project changes. The combined changes are detailed below,
and an overview map of the Project is provided in appendix 1. This
Supplemental Notice is being issued to seek comments on the amendment
and other changes, and to open a new scoping period for interested
parties to file comments on environmental issues.
Information about the facilities proposed by TransCameron Pipeline
and Venture Global Calcasieu Pass can be found on the Commission's
public Docket Nos. CP15-551-001, and CP15-550-000, respectively, and on
the applicant's Web site at http://venturegloballng.com/calcasieu-pass.
The FERC's environmental impact statement (EIS) will encompass all
proposed facilities and be used by the Commission in its decision-
making process to determine whether to approve the TransCameron
Pipeline Project and Calcasieu Pass Terminal.
The FERC will be the lead federal agency for the preparation of the
EIS. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S.
Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Transportation, and U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency are cooperating agencies in the preparation of the
EIS.
We \1\ are seeking comments on the project modifications to help
the Commission staff determine what issues need to be evaluated in the
EIS. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects,
reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental
impacts from the proposed modifications. To ensure that your comments
are timely and properly recorded, please send your comments so that the
Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or before September 1,
2016. If you have previously provided comments on the TransCameron
Pipeline Project or Calcasieu Pass Terminal, you do not need to
resubmit them. State and local government representatives are asked to
notify their constituents of this proposed Project amendment/
modification and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
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\1\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff
of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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This Supplemental Notice is being sent to the Commission's current
environmental mailing list for this project, including those landowners
that might be newly affected by the proposed

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pipeline modifications, and those no longer directly affected due to
the reduction in proposed facilities. Landowners previously affected by
the West Lateral should note that it is no longer being proposed. If
you wish to be removed from the mailing list, please respond either
electronically (information on filing electronically is provided below)
or through the attached Information Request (appendix 2).
If you are a newly affected landowner receiving this notice, a
pipeline company representative may contact you about the acquisition
of an easement to construct, operate, and maintain the proposed
facilities. The company would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
agreement. However, if the Commission approves the project, that
approval conveys with it the right of eminent domain. Therefore, if the
easement negotiations fail to produce an agreement, the pipeline
company could initiate condemnation proceedings where compensation
would be determined in accordance with state law.
A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural
Gas Facility on My Land? What Do I Need To Know?'' is available for
viewing on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet addresses
a number of typically asked questions, including the use of eminent
domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings.

Summary of Project Modifications

TransCameron Pipeline and Venture Global Calcasieu Pass have made
the following Project modifications, filed in a March 21, 2016
supplement and June 28, 2016 amendment:
Elimination of the West Lateral Pipeline and its
associated facilities (meter station, mainline valves, access roads,
and contractor yard) reducing the overall project workspace of
TransCameron Pipeline's proposal from 637.6 acres to 372.2 acres;
minor workspace and layout modifications, including
additional access roads, and a contractor yard on the East Lateral
Pipeline;
reduction of the Terminal Site area from 393.7 acres to
268.4 acres through layout redesign;
redesign and relocation of the two 200,000 cubic meters
LNG aboveground storage tanks, including replacement of full
containment with single containment design and addition of LNG
retention basins;
redesign of the piling system for LNG dock facilities;
reduction of the number of integrated pre-cooled SMR
liquefaction blocks located at the Terminal Site from ten to nine,
while maintaining the same output capability;
relocation of the administration/security building
complex;
removal of the construction utility dock from proposed
Terminal design;
addition of three off-site construction support facilities
(Martin Support Facility, DeHyCo Support Facility, and Baker Hughes
Support Facility) at existing marine industrial facilities on Calcasieu
Pass;
addition of two temporary access roads to provide access
to the DeHyCo and Martin Support Facilities;
increase in width of the Northeast Access Road from 50 to
125 feet from the intersection of the Martin Access Road to the
Terminal's perimeter berm, and from 50 to 75 feet from the Liberty
Support Facility to the intersection of the Martin Access Road;
addition of one off-site facility (Mudd Support Facility)
to provide parking space and a point of access to a private ferry that
would carry construction personnel across the Calcasieu Ship Channel
during construction;
addition of a service road (Southwest Service Road) at the
Terminal to provide restricted access to Cameron Parish's Jetty Pier
Facility; and
redesign of the Terminal's flood protection structure,
replacing the earthen berm along the full perimeter of the plant site
with an earthen berm on the west side and a steel pile floodwall on the
east, north, and south sides. The berm will include the Northwest
Access Road ramp. The floodwall would be +31.5 feet North American
Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88); the berm would be +26 feet NAVD 88,
with a sliding flood gate over the ramp to bring the height to +31.5
feet NAVD 88.

The EIS Process

NEPA requires the Commission to take into account the environmental
impacts that could result from an action whenever it considers the
issuance of an Authorization or Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity. NEPA also requires us to discover and address concerns the
public may have about proposals. This process is referred to as
scoping. The main goal of the scoping process is to focus the analysis
in the EIS on the important environmental issues. By this notice, the
Commission requests public comments on the scope of the issues to
address in the EIS. We will consider all filed comments during the
preparation of the EIS.
In the EIS we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of
the construction and operation of the proposed projects under these
general headings:
Geology and soils;
land use;
socioeconomics;
water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
cultural resources;
vegetation and wildlife;
air quality and noise;
endangered and threatened species;
reliability and safety; and
cumulative impacts.
We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed
project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to
lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
The EIS will present our independent analysis of the issues. We
will publish and distribute the draft EIS for public comment. After the
comment period, we will consider all timely comments and revise the
document, as necessary, before issuing a final EIS. To ensure we have
the opportunity to consider and address your comments, please carefully
follow the instructions in the Public Participation section beginning
on page 4.
The Cooperating Agencies also have responsibilities under NEPA and
can adopt the EIS for their own agency's purposes.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the proposed amendments to the TransCameron
Pipeline Project or the modifications to the Calcasieu Pass Terminal
facilities. 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 your comments are timely and properly
recorded, please send your comments so that the Commission receives
them in Washington DC on or before September 1, 2016. If you have
previously provided comments on the TransCameron Pipeline Project or
Calcasieu Pass Terminal, you do not need to resubmit them.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the
appropriate project docket number (CP15-551-001 for the TransCameron
Pipeline Project; CP15-550-000 for the Calcasieu Pass Terminal) with
your submission. The Commission will provide equal consideration to all

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comments received. The Commission encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258
or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully follow these instructions so that
your comments are properly recorded.
(1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature located on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the
link to Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for interested
persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project;
(2) You can file your comments electronically using the eFiling
feature located 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.'' 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.

Environmental Mailing List

The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other
interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also
includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's
regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property
may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within
certain distances of aboveground facilities, as well as anyone who
submits comments on the projects. We will update the environmental
mailing list as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the
information related to this environmental review to all individuals,
organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially
affected by the planned projects.
Copies of the completed draft EIS will be sent to the environmental
mailing list for public review and comment. If you would prefer to
receive a paper copy of the document instead of the CD version or would
like to remove your name from the mailing list, please return the
attached Information Request (appendix 2).

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EIS scoping process, you may want
to become an ``intervenor'' which is an official party to the
Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the
process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard
by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling.
An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a
request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are in
the User's Guide under the ``e-filing'' link on the Commission's Web
site.

Additional Information

Additional information about the TransCameron Pipeline Project and
the Calcasieu Pass Terminal 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 (i.e., CP15-551 or CP15-550). Be sure you have
selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC
Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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/esubscribenow.htm.
Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the
Commission's calendar located at www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information.

Dated: August 2, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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pipeline modifications, and those no blocks located at the Terminal Site from proposed projects under these general
longer directly affected due to the ten to nine, while maintaining the same headings:
reduction in proposed facilities. output capability; • Geology and soils;
Landowners previously affected by the • relocation of the administration/ • land use;
West Lateral should note that it is no security building complex; • socioeconomics;
longer being proposed. If you wish to be • removal of the construction utility • water resources, fisheries, and
removed from the mailing list, please dock from proposed Terminal design; wetlands;
respond either electronically • addition of three off-site • cultural resources;
(information on filing electronically is construction support facilities (Martin • vegetation and wildlife;
provided below) or through the attached Support Facility, DeHyCo Support • air quality and noise;
Information Request (appendix 2). Facility, and Baker Hughes Support • endangered and threatened species;
If you are a newly affected landowner Facility) at existing marine industrial • reliability and safety; and
receiving this notice, a pipeline facilities on Calcasieu Pass; • cumulative impacts.
• addition of two temporary access We will also evaluate reasonable
company representative may contact
roads to provide access to the DeHyCo alternatives to the proposed project or
you about the acquisition of an
and Martin Support Facilities; portions of the project, and make
easement to construct, operate, and
maintain the proposed facilities. The • increase in width of the Northeast recommendations on how to lessen or
Access Road from 50 to 125 feet from avoid impacts on the various resource
company would seek to negotiate a
the intersection of the Martin Access areas.
mutually acceptable agreement.
Road to the Terminal’s perimeter berm, The EIS will present our independent
However, if the Commission approves
and from 50 to 75 feet from the Liberty analysis of the issues. We will publish
the project, that approval conveys with
Support Facility to the intersection of and distribute the draft EIS for public
it the right of eminent domain.
the Martin Access Road; comment. After the comment period, we
Therefore, if the easement negotiations
fail to produce an agreement, the • addition of one off-site facility will consider all timely comments and
(Mudd Support Facility) to provide revise the document, as necessary,
pipeline company could initiate
parking space and a point of access to before issuing a final EIS. To ensure we
condemnation proceedings where
a private ferry that would carry have the opportunity to consider and
compensation would be determined in
construction personnel across the address your comments, please carefully
accordance with state law.
A fact sheet prepared by the FERC Calcasieu Ship Channel during follow the instructions in the Public
entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas construction; Participation section beginning on page
Facility on My Land? What Do I Need • addition of a service road 4.
(Southwest Service Road) at the The Cooperating Agencies also have
To Know?’’ is available for viewing on
Terminal to provide restricted access to responsibilities under NEPA and can
the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This
Cameron Parish’s Jetty Pier Facility; and adopt the EIS for their own agency’s
fact sheet addresses a number of
typically asked questions, including the • redesign of the Terminal’s flood purposes.
use of eminent domain and how to protection structure, replacing the Public Participation
participate in the Commission’s earthen berm along the full perimeter of
the plant site with an earthen berm on You can make a difference by
proceedings. providing us with your specific
the west side and a steel pile floodwall
Summary of Project Modifications on the east, north, and south sides. The comments or concerns about the
TransCameron Pipeline and Venture berm will include the Northwest Access proposed amendments to the
Global Calcasieu Pass have made the Road ramp. The floodwall would be TransCameron Pipeline Project or the
following Project modifications, filed in +31.5 feet North American Vertical modifications to the Calcasieu Pass
a March 21, 2016 supplement and June Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88); the berm Terminal facilities. Your comments
28, 2016 amendment: would be +26 feet NAVD 88, with a should focus on the potential
• Elimination of the West Lateral sliding flood gate over the ramp to bring environmental effects, reasonable
Pipeline and its associated facilities the height to +31.5 feet NAVD 88. alternatives, and measures to avoid or
(meter station, mainline valves, access lessen environmental impacts. The more
The EIS Process specific your comments, the more useful
roads, and contractor yard) reducing the
overall project workspace of NEPA requires the Commission to they will be. To ensure that your
TransCameron Pipeline’s proposal from take into account the environmental comments are timely and properly
637.6 acres to 372.2 acres; impacts that could result from an action recorded, please send your comments so
• minor workspace and layout whenever it considers the issuance of an that the Commission receives them in
modifications, including additional Authorization or Certificate of Public Washington DC on or before September
access roads, and a contractor yard on Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also 1, 2016. If you have previously provided
the East Lateral Pipeline; requires us to discover and address comments on the TransCameron
• reduction of the Terminal Site area concerns the public may have about Pipeline Project or Calcasieu Pass
from 393.7 acres to 268.4 acres through proposals. This process is referred to as Terminal, you do not need to resubmit
layout redesign; scoping. The main goal of the scoping them.
• redesign and relocation of the two process is to focus the analysis in the For your convenience, there are three
200,000 cubic meters LNG aboveground EIS on the important environmental methods you can use to submit your
comments to the Commission. In all
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storage tanks, including replacement of issues. By this notice, the Commission
full containment with single requests public comments on the scope instances, please reference the
containment design and addition of of the issues to address in the EIS. We appropriate project docket number
LNG retention basins; will consider all filed comments during (CP15–551–001 for the TransCameron
• redesign of the piling system for the preparation of the EIS. Pipeline Project; CP15–550–000 for the
LNG dock facilities; In the EIS we will discuss impacts Calcasieu Pass Terminal) with your
• reduction of the number of that could occur as a result of the submission. The Commission will
integrated pre-cooled SMR liquefaction construction and operation of the provide equal consideration to all

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81 FR 54077 - Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Transcameron Pipeline Project and Calcasieu Pass Terminal, and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Related To New Route Amendments and Project Changes

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 157 (August 15, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission