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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 168 / Thursday, September 2, 2021 / Notices Dated: August 27, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Docket No. CP2144000

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LA Storage, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Hackberry Storage Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Schedule for Environmental Review The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC or Commission will prepare an environmental impact statement EIS
that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Hackberry Storage Project Project involving construction and operation of facilities by LA Storage, LLC LA Storage in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana. The Commission will use the EIS in its decision-making process to determine whether LA Storages proposed Project is in the public convenience and necessity. The schedule for preparation of the EIS is discussed in the Schedule for Environmental Review section of this notice.
As part of the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA review process, the Commission takes into account concerns the public may have about proposals and the environmental impacts that could result whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. This gathering of public input is referred to as scoping. By notice issued on October 20, 2020, in Docket No. PF20
5000, the Commission opened a scoping period during LA Storages planning process for the Project and prior to filing a formal application with the Commission, a process referred to as pre-filing. LA Storage has now filed an application with the Commission, and staff intends to prepare an EIS that will address the concerns raised during the pre-filing scoping process as well as comments received in response to this notice. Therefore, the Commission requests comments on potential alternatives and impacts, and any relevant information, studies, or analyses of any kind concerning impacts affecting the quality of the human environment. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly
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recorded, please submit your comments so that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on September 26, 2021.
Further details on how to submit comments are provided in the Public Participation section of this notice.
As mentioned above, during the prefiling process, the Commission opened a scoping period which expired on November 19, 2020; however, Commission staff continued to accept comments during the entire pre-filing process. All substantive written and oral comments provided during pre-filing will be considered during the preparation of the EIS. Therefore, if you submitted comments on this Project to the Commission during the pre-filing process in Docket No. PF205000 you do not need to file those comments again.
If you are a 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 easement agreement. You are not required to enter into an agreement.
However, if the Commission approves the Project, the Natural Gas Act conveys the right of eminent domain to the company. Therefore, if you and the company do not reach an easement agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation proceedings in court. In such instances, compensation would be determined by a judge in accordance with state law. The Commission does not grant, exercise, or oversee the exercise of eminent domain authority. The courts have exclusive authority to handle eminent domain cases; the Commission has no jurisdiction over these matters.
LA Storage provided landowners with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC
entitled An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know? which addresses typically asked questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate in the Commissions proceedings. This fact sheet along with other landowner topics of interest are available for viewing on the FERC website www.ferc.gov under the Natural Gas Questions or Landowner Topics link.
Public Participation There are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at 866 2083676 or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please
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carefully follow these instructions so that your comments are properly recorded.
1 You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature, which is located on the Commissions website www.ferc.gov under the link to FERC Online. Using eComment 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, which is located on the Commissions website www.ferc.gov under the link to FERC Online. 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 will be asked to select the type of filing you are making; a comment on a particular project is considered a Comment on a Filing; or 3 You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number CP2144000
on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852.
Additionally, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription. This service provides automatic notification of filings made to subscribed dockets, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. Go to https
www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to register for eSubscription.
Summary of the Proposed Project, the Project Purpose and Need, and Expected Impacts The Project would involve the conversion of three existing salt dome caverns to natural gas storage service and the development of one new salt dome cavern for additional natural gas storage service, all within a permanent natural gas storage facility on a 160-acre tract of land owned by LA Storage. In addition to the storage caverns, LA
Storage would construct and operate onsite compression facilities Pelican Compressor Station and up to six solution mining water supply wells at the storage facility on LA Storages property; the Hackberry Pipeline, consisting of approximately 11.1 miles of 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline connecting the certificated Port Arthur
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