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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 169 / Friday, September 3, 2021 / Notices
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cases; the Commission has no jurisdiction over these matters.
Spire 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 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 CP216000 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

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Summary of the Proposed Project, the Project Purpose and Need, and Expected Impacts Spire Storage proposes to expand its natural gas storage facilities at its existing Clear Creek Storage Field in Uinta County, Wyoming in order to increase the certificated gas capacities from 4.0 billion cubic feet Bcf to 20
Bcf, and increase the maximum daily injection and withdrawal capacities from 35 million cubic feet MMcf and 50 MMcf per day, to 350 MMcf and 500
MMcf per day, respectively. Spire Storage further proposes to construct pipeline connections north to the Canyon Creek Plant, south to the Kern River Gas Transmission mainline, and reconnect with the Questar Pipeline at the Clear Creek Plant. According to Spire Storage, the purpose of this project is to increase storage capacity and enhance operational capabilities to satisfy market demand for natural gas services in the Western United States.
The Clear Creek Expansion Project would consist of the following facilities:
Four compressor units at the Clear Creek Plant;
a tank storage and natural gas liquids fueling equipment facility on an existing pad;
11 new injection/withdrawal wells, one new water disposal well, and associated lines;
approximately 7.0 miles of 20-inchdiameter pipeline;
approximately 3.6 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline; and approximately 3.5 miles of 4,160volt powerline; and other related appurtenances.
The general location of the Project facilities is shown in appendix 1.1
Based on the environmental information provided by Spire Storage, construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 249.00 acres of land for the aboveground facilities and the pipeline. Following construction, Spire Storage would maintain about 128.1 acres for operation of the Project facilities; the remaining acreage would be restored and revert to former uses.
1 The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the appendices were sent to all those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov using the link called eLibrary. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commissions Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease COVID19, issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll free, 886
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Based on an initial review of Spire Storages proposal and public comments, Commission staff have identified several expected impacts that deserve attention in the EIS. The Project would impact eight waterbodies, 0.48
acre of wetland, public lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management BLM and the Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investment, and greenhouse gas emissions.
The NEPA Process and the EIS
The EIS issued by the Commission will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed Project under the relevant general resource areas:
Geology and soils;
water resources and wetlands;
vegetation and wildlife;
threatened and endangered species;
cultural resources;
land use;
socioeconomics and environmental justice;
air quality and noise; and reliability and safety.
Commission staff will also make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas. Your comments will help Commission staff focus its analysis on the issues that may have a significant effect on the human environment.
The EIS will present Commission staffs independent analysis of the issues. The BLM is a cooperating agency in the preparation of the EIS.2 Staff will prepare a draft EIS which will be issued for public comment. Commission staff will consider all timely comments received during the comment period on the draft EIS and revise the document, as necessary, before issuing a final EIS.
Any draft and final EIS will be available in electronic format in the public record through eLibrary 3 and the Commissions natural gas environmental documents web page https www.ferc.gov/industries-data/
natural-gas/environment/
environmental-documents. If eSubscribed, you will receive instant email notification when the environmental document is issued.
Alternatives Under Consideration The EIS will evaluate reasonable alternatives that are technically and economically feasible and meet the purpose and need for the proposed 2 The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations CFR, Section 1501.8. 2021.
3 For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.

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