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the Commission will not accept requests (Project), planned by Texas LNG (www.ferc.gov) under the link to for intervenor status at this time. You Brownsville LLC (Texas LNG). The Documents and Filings. This is an easy must wait until the Commission Project involves the construction and method for submitting brief, text-only receives a formal application for the operation of a liquefied natural gas comments on a project; project. (LNG) liquefaction and export terminal (2) You can file your comments on the Brownsville Ship Channel electronically by using the eFiling Additional Information located in Cameron County, Texas. The feature on the Commission’s Web site Additional information about the Project purpose is to liquefy (www.ferc.gov) under the link to project is available from the domestically produced natural gas, store Documents and Filings. With eFiling, Commission’s Office of External Affairs, LNG, and deliver LNG to carriers for you can provide comments in a variety at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web export overseas. The Commission will of formats by attaching them as a file site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary use the EIS in its decision-making with your submission. New eFiling link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on process to determine whether to users must first create an account by ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket authorize the Project. clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing number, excluding the last three digits This notice announces the opening of a comment on a particular project, in the Docket Number field (i.e., PF15– the scoping process the Commission please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as 20). Be sure you have selected an will use to gather input from the public the filing type; or appropriate date range. For assistance, and interested agencies about the (3) You can file a paper copy of your please contact FERC Online Support at Project. You can make a difference by comments by mailing them to the [email protected] or toll free providing us with your specific following address. Be sure to reference at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact comments or concerns about the Project. the project docket number (PF15–14– (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also Your comments should focus on the 000) with your submission: Kimberly D. provides access to the texts of formal potential environmental effects, Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy documents issued by the Commission, reasonable alternatives, and measures to Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street such as orders, notices, and avoid or lessen environmental impacts. NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. rulemakings. Your input will help the Commission’s (4) In lieu of sending written or In addition, the Commission offers a staff determine what issues need to be electronic comments, the Commission free service called eSubscription which evaluated in the EIS. To ensure that invites you to attend the public scoping allows you to keep track of all formal your comments are timely and properly meeting its staff will conduct in the issuances and submittals in specific recorded, please send your comments so Project area, scheduled as follows. dockets. This can reduce the amount of that the Commission receives them in FERC Public Scoping Meeting; Tuesday, time you spend researching proceedings Washington, DC on or before August 24, August 11, 2015, From 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 by automatically providing you with 2015. p.m.; Port Isabel Event & Cultural If you sent comments on this Project notification of these filings, document Center, 309 E. Railroad Ave., Port to the Commission before the opening of summaries, and direct links to the Isabel, TX 78578 documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- this docket on March 9, 2015, you will You may attend at any time during filing/esubscription.asp. need to file those comments in Docket the scoping meeting. There will not be Finally, public meetings or site visits No. PF15–14–000 to ensure they are a formal presentation presented by will be posted on the Commission’s considered as part of this proceeding. Commission staff, but you will be calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ This notice is being sent to the provided information about the FERC EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along Commission’s current environmental process. Commission staff will be with other related information. mailing list for this Project. State and local government representatives should available to take verbal comments. Dated: July 23, 2015. notify their constituents of this planned For your convenience, we are Kimberly D. Bose, Project and encourage them to comment combining the Port Isabel scoping Secretary. on their areas of concern. If you are a meetings for the three Brownsville area [FR Doc. 2015–18684 Filed 7–29–15; 8:45 am] landowner receiving this notice, a Texas LNG projects currently in our pre-filing BILLING CODE 6717–01–P LNG representative may contact you process. Representatives of Texas LNG, about the acquisition of an easement to as well as those of Annova LNG construct, operate, and maintain the Common Infrastructure, LLC for its DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY planned facilities. planned Annova LNG Brownsville Project (Docket No. PF15–15–000) and Federal Energy Regulatory Public Participation Rio Grande LNG, LLC for its planned Commission For your convenience, there are four Rio Grande LNG Export Project and Rio methods you can use to submit your Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC for its [Docket No. PF15–14–000] comments to the Commission. The planned Rio Bravo Pipeline Project Texas LNG Brownsville, LLC; Notice of Commission will provide equal (Docket No. PF15–20–000) will be Intent To Prepare an Environmental consideration to all comments received, present to answer questions about their Impact Statement for the Planned whether filed in written form or respective planned projects. Texas LNG Project, Request for provided verbally. The Commission You may comment on any one, two, Comments on Environmental Issues, encourages electronic filing of or all three planned projects. Comments and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting comments and has expert staff available will be recorded by a stenographer and to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or transcripts will be placed into the The staff of the Federal Energy [email protected]. Please carefully follow appropriate docket(s) for the project and Regulatory Commission (FERC or these instructions so that your made available for public viewing on Commission) will prepare an comments are properly recorded. FERC’s eLibrary system (see page 8 environmental impact statement (EIS) (1) You can file your comments ‘‘Additional Information’’ for examining the potential environmental electronically using the eComment instructions on using eLibrary). We effects of the Texas LNG Project feature on the Commission’s Web site believe it is important to note that

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verbal comments hold the same weight support permanent operational public may have about proposals. This as written or electronically submitted facilities, approximately 75 acres would process is referred to as scoping. The comments. If a significant number of be temporarily disturbed during main goal of the scoping process is to people are interested in providing construction activities, and the focus the analysis in the EIS on the verbal comments, a time limit of 3 to 5 remaining approximately 365 acres important environmental issues. By this minutes may be implemented for each would be undisturbed. Of the notice, the Commission requests public commenter to ensure all those wishing approximately 185 acres supporting comments on the scope of the issues to to comment have the opportunity to do permanent operational facilities, address in the EIS. We will consider all so within the designated meeting time. approximately 46 acres would be filed comments during the preparation Time limits will be strictly enforced if converted to open water through of the EIS. they are implemented. excavation and dredging to create the In the EIS, we will discuss impacts Please note this is not your only LNG carrier berthing area. An additional that could occur as a result of the public input opportunity; please refer to approximately 19 acres of impacts construction and operation of the the review process flow chart in located outside of the site boundaries planned Project under these general appendix 1.1 would be associated with dredging of headings: • Geology and soils; Summary of the Planned Project the turning basin within the Brownsville Ship Channel. • land use, recreation, and visual Texas LNG plans to site, construct, resources; Non-Jurisdictional Facilities and operate a natural gas liquefaction • water resources and wetlands; and export terminal at the Port of The LNG facility would receive • cultural resources; Brownsville, on north side of the natural gas via a non-jurisdictional • vegetation, fisheries, and wildlife; Brownsville Ship Channel located in intrastate natural gas pipeline to be • endangered and threatened species; Cameron County, Texas. The Project constructed from the Agua Dulce • socioeconomics; would have the capacity to produce 4.4 natural gas hub approximately 150 • air quality and noise; million tons of LNG each year for miles north of Brownsville to the • public safety and reliability; and export. Brownsville market. This pipeline • cumulative impacts. Texas LNG’s proposed terminal is would provide natural gas to the We will also evaluate possible composed of multiple LNG facility planned Project, industrial projects, alternatives to the planned Project or components at an approximately 625- power generation facilities, gas utility portions of the Project, and make acre site. The Project would include a companies, and export markets in recommendations on how to lessen or liquefaction plant, two single Mexico. Texas LNG does not plan to avoid impacts on the various resource containment storage tanks with a own or operate the proposed intrastate areas. capacity of 210,000 cubic meters (m3) of pipeline that will provide feed gas Although no formal application has LNG each, an LNG carrier berthing supply to the Texas LNG Project. been filed, we have already initiated our dock, and a materials offloading facility. Construction of the pipeline would NEPA review under the Commission’s As currently planned, the Texas LNG likely require a construction right-of- pre-filing process. The purpose of the Project site would consist of the way about 100 feet wide and additional pre-filing process is to encourage early following facilities: temporary extra workspaces at features involvement of interested stakeholders • Natural Gas Pipeline Receiving such as road and stream crossings. and to identify and resolve issues before Interface; The planned Project would also • the FERC receives an application. As Natural Gas Pretreatment Process; require the installation of a new non- part of our pre-filing review, we have • LNG Liquefaction Process; • jurisdictional electric transmission line. begun to contact some federal and state LNG Loading Marine Terminal; To provide power to the facility, • LNG Transfer Lines; agencies to discuss their involvement in • LNG Storage Tanks; American Electric Power would build a the scoping process and the preparation • Vapor Handling System; new approximately 10 mile long radial of the EIS. • Control Systems, and Safety line to the Project site from the existing The EIS will present our independent Systems; and Union Carbide Substation located near analysis of the issues. We will publish • Utilities, Infrastructure, and the Port of Brownsville. and distribute the draft EIS for public Support Systems. Although FERC has no regulatory comment. After the comment period, we The general location of the planned authority to modify, approve, or deny will consider all timely comments and facilities is shown in appendix 2. the construction of the above-described revise the document, as necessary, facilities, we will disclose available before issuing a final EIS. To ensure we Land Requirements for Construction information regarding the construction have the opportunity to consider and The planned Texas LNG Project impacts in the cumulative impacts address your comments, please carefully would occupy an approximately 625- section of our EIS. follow the instructions in the Public acre property secured via a lease option The EIS Process Participation section beginning on page and subsequent amendment from the 2 of this notice. Brownsville Navigation District by The National Environmental Policy With this notice, we are asking Texas LNG. Of the approximately 625 Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ acres, approximately 185 acres would take into account the environmental or special expertise with respect to impacts that could result from an action environmental issues related to this 1 The appendices referenced in this notice will whenever it considers the authorization Project to formally cooperate with staff not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the of LNG facilities under Section 3a of the in preparing the EIS.3 Agencies that appendices were sent to all those receiving this Natural Gas Act. NEPA also requires us 2 notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov would like to request cooperating using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the to discover and address concerns the Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First 3 The Council on Environmental Quality Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the regulations addressing cooperating agency 502–8371. For instructions on connecting to environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. Energy Projects. Regulations, Part 1501.6.

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agency status should follow the including eco-tourism and the local described at http://www.ferc.gov/ instructions for filing comments shrimp fishery; resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. provided in the Public Participation • potential for disproportionate Please note that the Commission will section of this notice. Currently, the impact on lower income communities; not accept requests for intervenor status U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. • potential impacts on air quality, at this time. You must wait until the Department of Transportation, U.S. and associated impacts on human Commission receives a formal Coast Guard, U.S. Fish and Wildlife health and local agricultural areas; application for the Project. • Service, U.S. Environmental Protection public safety and hazards Additional Information Agency, and the U.S. Army Corps of associated with the transport of natural Engineers have expressed their gas and LNG; and Additional information about the • intention to participate as cooperating cumulative impacts from Project is available from the agencies in the preparation of the EIS. construction and operation of multiple Commission’s Office of External Affairs, LNG facilities within the Port of at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web Consultations Under Section 106 of the Brownsville, and from the Brownsville site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary National Historic Preservation Act Ship Channel deepening project. link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on In accordance with the Advisory Environmental Mailing List ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket Council on Historic Preservation’s number, excluding the last three digits The environmental mailing list implementing regulations for Section in the Docket Number field (i.e., PF15– includes federal, state, and local 106 of the National Historic 14). Be sure you have selected an government representatives and Preservation Act, we are using this appropriate date range. For assistance, agencies; elected officials; notice to initiate consultation with please contact FERC Online Support at environmental and public interest applicable State Historic Preservation [email protected] or toll free groups; Native American Tribes; other Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact interested parties; and local libraries and those of other government agencies, (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also and newspapers. This list also includes interested Indian tribes, and the public provides access to the texts of formal affected landowners (as defined in the on the Project’s potential effects on documents issued by the Commission, Commission’s regulations) who are historic properties.4 We will define the such as orders, notices, and potential right-of-way grantors, whose project-specific Area of Potential Effects rulemakings. property may be used temporarily for (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as In addition, the Commission offers a Project purposes, or who own homes the Project develops. On natural gas free service called eSubscription which within certain distances of aboveground facility projects, the APE at a minimum allows you to keep track of all formal facilities, and anyone who submits encompasses all areas subject to ground issuances and submittals in specific comments on the Project. Staff will disturbance (examples include dockets. This can reduce the amount of update the environmental mailing list as construction area, contractor storage time you spend researching proceedings the analysis proceeds to ensure that it yards, and access roads). Our EIS for by automatically providing you with sends the information related to this this Project will document our findings notification of these filings, document environmental review to all individuals, on the impacts on historic properties summaries, and direct links to the organizations, and government entities and summarize the status of documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/ interested in and/or potentially affected consultations under Section 106. esubscribenow.htm. by the planned Project. FERC public meetings or site visits Copies of the completed draft EIS will Currently Identified Environmental will be posted on the Commission’s be sent to the environmental mailing list Issues calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ for public review and comment. If you EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along We have identified several issues would prefer to receive a paper copy of with other related information. based on a preliminary review of the the document instead of the CD version Finally, Texas LNG has established a planned facilities and the or would like to remove your name from Web site at www.txlng.com with further environmental information provided by the mailing list, please return the information about its planned Project. Texas LNG that we think deserves attached Information Request attention. This preliminary list of issues (appendix 3). Dated: July 23, 2015. may be changed based on your Kimberly D. Bose, comments and our continued analysis. Becoming an Intervenor Secretary. The issues identified to date include: Once Texas LNG files its application [FR Doc. 2015–18682 Filed 7–29–15; 8:45 am] • Potential impacts on water quality; with the Commission, you may want to BILLING CODE 6717–01–P • potential impact on fisheries and become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an aquatic resources; official party to the Commission’s • potential impact on federally listed proceeding. Intervenors play a more DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY endangered and threatened species; formal role in the process and are able • visual effects on surrounding areas, to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be Federal Energy Regulatory including Port Isabel, Laguna Vista, and heard by the courts if they choose to Commission South Padre Island; appeal the Commission’s final ruling. [Docket No. CP15–500–000] • potential impacts on tourism and An intervenor formally participates in recreational and commercial fisheries, the proceeding by filing a request to Trans-Pecos Pipeline, LLC; Notice of intervene. Instructions for becoming an Intent To Prepare an Environmental 4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less Assessment for the Proposed Presidio regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’ Border Crossing Project Request for Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define link on the Commission’s Web site historic properties as any prehistoric or historic Comments on Environmental Issues district, site, building, structure, or object included (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/ in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register document-less-intervention.pdf). The staff of the Federal Energy for Historic Places. Motions to intervene are more fully Regulatory Commission (FERC or

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