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Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 14/Friday, January 23, 2009/Notices
plans to complete the proposed project
and commence service by April 2012.
Specifically, HGS proposes the
following primary components for the
HGS Project:
* Main Plant Site-Approximately
367 acres which would include the
following:
-Solution mining equipment;
Gas dehydration system;
- Gas meter and pig launcher and
receiving facilities;
- Power generation, utility systems,
safety and fire equipment; and
- Compressor Station which would
consist of 14 reciprocating gas-fired
engine/compressor packages with a total
of 66,220 horsepower;
* Four salt dome natural gas storage
caverns;
* Brine decanting tank site;
* Raw water intake;
* Ferry landing, barge dock & helipad
site;
* Approximately 25 miles of subsea
24-inch diameter brine disposal
pipeline terminating at the brine
disposal outlet;
* Brine disposal outlet approximately
6.5 miles south-southeast of Marsh
Island in Iberia Parish Louisiana;
* Approximately 12 miles of 24-inch
diameter natural gas pipeline;
* Eight tie-in and metering facilities
along the natural gas pipeline route; and
* Pipe fabrication yard.
The EA Process
The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
take into account the environmental
impacts that could result from an action
whenever it considers the issuance of a
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 EA on the
important environmental issues. By this
Notice of Intent, the Commission staff
requests public comments on the scope
of the issues to address in the EA. All
comments received are considered
during the preparation of the EA. State
and local government representatives
are encouraged to notify their
constituents of this proposed action and
encourage them to comment on their
areas of concern.
In the EA we will discuss impacts that
could occur as a result of the
construction and operation of the
proposed project under these general
headings:
* Geology and Soils.
* Water Resources.* Aquatic Resources.
* Vegetation and Wildlife.
* Threatened and Endangered
Species.
* Land use, Recreation, and Visual
Resources.
* Cultural Resources.
* Socioeconomics.
* Air Quality and Noise.
* Reliability and Safety.
" 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.
Our independent analysis of the
issues will be in the EA. Depending on
the comments received during the
scoping process, the EA may be
published and mailed to federal, state,
and local agencies, public interest
groups, interested individuals, affected
landowners, newspapers, libraries, and
the Commission's official service list for
this proceeding. A comment period will
be allotted for review if the EA is
published. We will consider all
comments on the EA before we make
our recommendations to the
Commission. To ensure your comments
are considered, please carefully follow
the instructions in the public
participation section below.
With this NOI, we are asking federal,
state, and local agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues to
formally cooperate with us in the
preparation of the EA. These agencies
may choose to participate once they
have evaluated the proposal relative to
their responsibilities. Additional
agencies that would like to request
cooperating agency status should follow
the instructions for filing comments
provided under the Public Participation
section of this NOI.
Currently Identified Environmental
Issues
We have already identified issues that
we think deserve attention based on our
previous experience with similar
projects in the region. This preliminary
list of issues, which is presented below,
may be revised based on your comments
and our continuing analyses specific to
the HGS Project.
* Impacts of the pipeline on
waterbodies, wetlands and endangered
species;
* Air quality impacts due to
emissions from compressor station;
* Water quality and fisheries impacts
due to brine disposal; and
* Impacts to fisheries and oyster bedsfrom the brine disposal pipeline.
Public Participation
You can make a difference by
providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the HGS
Project. 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 in your comments
so that they will be received in
Washington, DC on or before February
13, 2009.
For your convenience, there are three
methods which you can use to submit
your written comments to the
Commission. In all instances please
reference the Project docket number
PF08-28-000 with your submission.
The docket numbers can be found on
the front of this notice. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has dedicated eFiling
expert staff available to assist you at
202-502-8258 or efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You may file your comments
electronically by using the Quick
Comment feature, which is located on
the Commission's Internet Web site at
http://www.ferc.gov under the link to
Documents and Filings. A Quick
Comment is an easy method for
interested persons to submit text-only
comments on a project;
(2) You may file your comments
electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is located on the
Commission's Internet Web site at
http://www.ferc.gov under the link to
Documents and Filings. eFiling involves
preparing your submission in the same
manner as you would if filing on paper,
and then saving the file on your
computer's hard drive. You will attach
that file as your submission. New
eFiling users must first create an
account by clicking on "Sign up" or
"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 may file your comments via
mail to the Commission by sending an
original and two copies of your letter to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC
20426;
Label one copy of the comments for
the attention of Gas Branch 3, PJ-11.3.
The public scoping meeting (date,
time, and location listed below) are
designed to provide another opportunity
to offer comments on the proposed
Project. Interested groups andindividuals are encouraged to attend the
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