[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33268-33269]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13303]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP21-14-000]

Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Marcus Hook Electric
Compression Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Marcus Hook Electric Compression Project (Project), proposed by
Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia) in the above-referenced docket.
Adelphia requests authorization to construct and operate an additional
compressor unit and ancillary facilities at its Marcus Hook Compressor
Station in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The Project purpose is to
increase the certificated capacity of Adelphia's pipeline system to
provide an additional 16,500 dekatherms per day of firm transportation
service for a new shipper on Adelphia's system to an interconnection
with Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC's pipeline system in New Castle
County, Delaware.
    The draft EIS incorporates by reference the Commission's February
9, 2021 Environmental Assessment (EA),\1\ which addressed the potential
environmental effects of the installation and operation of an electric
motor-driven 3,000-horsepower compressor unit and ancillary facilities
at the Marcus Hook Compressor Station. The draft EIS also responds to a
protest and comments that were filed following issuance of the EA,
provides additional discussion of climate change impacts in the region,
and includes disclosure of downstream greenhouse gas emissions for the
Project. With the exception of climate change impacts, the FERC staff
concludes that approval of the proposed Project would not result in
significant environmental impacts. FERC staff continues to be unable to
determine significance with regards to climate change impacts.
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    \1\ The Project's Environmental Assessment is available on
eLibrary under accession no. 20210209-3004.
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    The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Marcus Hook
Electric Compression Project 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 Project area. The draft EIS is only available in
electronic format. It may be viewed and downloaded from the FERC's
website (www.ferc.gov), on the natural gas environmental documents page
(https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents). In addition, the draft EIS may be accessed by
using the eLibrary link on the FERC's website. Click on the eLibrary
link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search) select ``General
Search'' and enter the docket number in the ``Docket Number'' field
(i.e., CP21-14). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range.
For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll free at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or for TTY,
contact<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    The draft EIS is not a decision document. It presents Commission
staff's independent analysis of the environmental issues for the
Commission to consider when addressing the merits of all issues in this
proceeding. Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS may do so.
Your comments should focus on draft EIS's disclosure and completeness
of the submitted alternatives, information and analyses, including
climate impacts, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts.
To ensure consideration of your comments on the proposal in the final
EIS, it is important that the Commission receive your comments on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 9, 2021.
    For your convenience, 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) 208-
3676 or<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please carefully follow these
instructions so that your comments are properly recorded.
    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
FERC Online. This 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 on the Commission's 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.'' If you
are filing a comment on a particular project, please select ``Comment
on a Filing'' as the filing type; 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 (CP21-
14-000) 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, Maryland 20852.
    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 part 385.214). Motions to intervene are
more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or
judicial review 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.

Questions?

    Additional information about the Project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC website (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. The eLibrary link
also provides access to the texts of all 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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to
register for eSubscription.

    Dated: June 17, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-13303 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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