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NATURAL GAS PIPELINE IN CALCASIEU, BEAUREGARD, ALLEN, AND EVANGELINE PARISHES
NAME OF APPLICANT: Cheniere Energy, Attn: Cathy Rourke, 700 Milam Street, #800, Houston, Texas 77002.
LOCATION OF WORK: Within 90.5 miles of pipeline corridor beginning at a tie-in point with an existing facility located approximately 1.1 miles north of the intersection of West Napoleon Street and Kim Street, in Sulphur, Louisiana, then proceeding north-northeast and terminating at new metering and regulating (M&R) stations located five miles northwest of Highway 10 in Ville Platte, Louisiana. All work is shown in the attached drawings. Project components will occur in Calcasieu, Beauregard, Allen, and Evangeline Parishes. The proposed project is in Hydrologic Unit Code 08080206 – Lower Calcasieu, 08080205 – West Fork Calcasieu, 08080203 – Upper Calcasieu River, and 08080201 – Mermentau Headwaters .
CHARACTER OF WORK: Clear rights-of-way, conduct trenching operations, temporarily stockpile approximately 190,589 cubic yards of material, and perform horizontal directional drilling operations, all as necessary to install approximately 90.5 miles of 42-inch and 13.4 miles of 36-inch natural gas transmission pipeline, with associated structures to include mainline valves, M&R stations, and pig launcher and receiver facilities. All work as previously described is to construct, operate and maintain facilities and equipment as required providing a pipeline system to receive, transport and liquefy domestic natural gas resources at the LNG Terminal for fuel and feed gas. Project implementation would permanently impact approximately 34.4 acres through conversion of PFO and PSS to PEM habitat on the permanent ROW, 18.48 acres through conversion of (temporary functional loss of PFO to PEM) habitat on the temporary construction ROW and additional temporary workspaces, 66.4 acres of all PEM and PSS through temporary impacts within the permanent construction ROW and temporary workspaces, for a total of 119.3 acres of jurisdictional wetlands impacted. The applicant proposes to compensate for project related unavoidable wetland impacts by purchasing mitigation credits or possibly implementing a Corps approved permittee responsible mitigation project within the New Orleans District.
JOINT PUBLIC NOTICE
November 24, 2014
United States Army
Corps of Engineers
New Orleans District
Regulatory Branch
Post Office Box 60267
New Orleans, Louisiana 70160-0267
State of Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality
Office of Environmental Services
Post Office Box 4313
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4313
(225) 342-3099
Project Manager
James W. Little, Jr.
Permit Application Number
MVN-2013-02522-WII
(225) 219-3225
Project Manager
Elizabeth Johnson
WQC Application Number
WQC 141027-01
Interested parties are hereby notified that a permit application has been received by the New Orleans District of
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to:
[X] Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1151; 33 USC 403); and/or [X] Section
404 of the Clean Water Act (86 Stat. 816; 33 USC 1344).
Application has also been made to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Environmental
Services, for a Water Quality Certification (WQC) in accordance with statutory authority contained in LRS
30:2074 A(3) and provisions of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (P.L.95-17).
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE IN CALCASIEU, BEAUREGARD, ALLEN, AND EVANGELINE PARISHES
NAME OF APPLICANT: Cheniere Energy, Attn: Cathy Rourke, 700 Milam Street, #800, Houston, Texas
77002.
LOCATION OF WORK: Within 90.5 miles of pipeline corridor beginning at a tie-in point with an existing facility
located approximately 1.1 miles north of the intersection of West Napoleon Street and Kim Street, in Sulphur,
Louisiana, then proceeding north-northeast and terminating at new metering and regulating (M&R) stations
located five miles northwest of Highway 10 in Ville Platte, Louisiana. All work is shown in the attached
drawings. Project components will occur in Calcasieu, Beauregard, Allen, and Evangeline Parishes. The
proposed project is in Hydrologic Unit Code 08080206 Lower Calcasieu, 08080205 West Fork Calcasieu,
08080203 Upper Calcasieu River, and 08080201 Mermentau Headwaters .
CHARACTER OF WORK: Clear rights-of-way, conduct trenching operations, temporarily stockpile
approximately 190,589 cubic yards of material, and perform horizontal directional drilling operations, all as
necessary to install approximately 90.5 miles of 42-inch and 13.4 miles of 36-inch natural gas transmission
pipeline, with associated structures to include mainline valves, M&R stations, and pig launcher and receiver
facilities. All work as previously described is to construct, operate and maintain facilities and equipment as
required providing a pipeline system to receive, transport and liquefy domestic natural gas resources at the
LNG Terminal for fuel and feed gas. Project implementation would permanently impact approximately 34.4
acres through conversion of PFO and PSS to PEM habitat on the permanent ROW, 18.48 acres through
conversion of (temporary functional loss of PFO to PEM) habitat on the temporary construction ROW and
additional temporary workspaces, 66.4 acres of all PEM and PSS through temporary impacts within the
permanent construction ROW and temporary workspaces, for a total of 119.3 acres of jurisdictional wetlands
impacted. The applicant proposes to compensate for project related unavoidable wetland impacts by
purchasing mitigation credits or possibly implementing a Corps approved permittee responsible mitigation
project within the New Orleans District.
The comment period for the Department of the Army Permit and the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality WQC will close 20 days from the date of this joint public notice. Written comments,
including suggestions for modifications or objections to the proposed work, stating reasons thereof, are being
solicited from anyone having interest in this permit and/or this WQC request and must be mailed so as to be
received before or by the last day of the comment period. Letters concerning the Corps of Engineers permit
application must reference the applicant's name and the Permit Application Number, and be mailed to the
Corps of Engineers at the address above, ATTENTION: REGULATORY BRANCH. Similar letters
concerning the Water Quality Certification must reference the applicant's name and the WQC
Application number and be mailed to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality at the address
above. Individuals or parties may request an extension of time in which to comment on the proposed
work by writing to the project manager or clicking on the project manager's name on the public notice
grid on the web page. Any request must be specific and substantively supportive of the requested
extension, and received by this office prior to the end of the initial comment period. The Section Chief
will review the request and the requestor will be promptly notified of the decision to grant or deny the
request. If granted, the time extension will be continuous to the initial comment period and, inclusive
of the initial comment period, will not exceed a total of 30 calendar days.
The application for this proposed project is on file with the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality and may be examined during weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Copies may be obtained
upon payment of costs of reproduction.
Corps of Engineers Permit Criteria
The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable impacts, including
cumulative impacts of the proposed activity on the public interest. That decision will reflect the national concern
for both protection and utilization of important resources. The benefit which reasonably may be expected to
accrue from the proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors which
may be relevant to the proposal will be considered including the cumulative effects thereof; among those are
conservation, economics, aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, historic properties, fish and
wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values, land use, navigation, shoreline erosion and accretion,
recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality, energy needs, safety, food and fiber production,
mineral needs, considerations of property ownership and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments from the public, federal, state, and local
agencies and officials, Indian Tribes, and other interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts
of this proposed activity. Any comments received will be considered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to
determine whether to make, modify, condition, or deny a permit for this proposal. To make this decision,
comments are used to assess impacts on endangered species, historic properties, water quality, general
environmental effects, and other public interest factors listed above. Comments are used in the preparation of
an Environmental Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act. Comments are also used to determine the need for a public hearing and to
determine the overall public interest of the proposed activity.
No properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places are near the proposed work. The
possibility exists that the proposed work may damage or destroy presently unknown archeological, scientific,
prehistorical, historical sites, or data. Copies of this notice are being sent to the State Archeologist and the
State Historic Preservation Officer.
Our initial finding is that the proposed work would neither affect any species listed as endangered by the
U.S. Departments of Interior or Commerce, nor affect any habitat designated as critical to the survival and
recovery of any endangered species.
This notice initiates the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) consultation requirements of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The applicant's proposal would result in the destruction
or alteration of N/A acres of EFH utilized by various life stages of red drum and penaeid shrimp. Our initial
determination is that the proposed action would not have a substantial adverse impact on EFH or federally
managed fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico. Our final determination relative to project impacts and the need for
mitigation measures is subject to review by and coordination with the National Marine Fisheries Service.
If the proposed work involves deposits of dredged or fill material into navigable waters, the evaluation of
the probable impacts will include the application of guidelines established by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency. Also, a certification that the proposed activity will not violate applicable water
quality standards will be required from the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Environmental
Services before a permit is issued.
Any person may request, in writing, within the comment period specified in this notice, that a public
hearing be held to consider this application. Requests for public hearings shall state, with particularity, the
reasons for holding a public hearing.
You are requested to communicate the information contained in this notice to any other parties whom
you deem likely to have interest in the matter.
Darrell S. Barbara
Chief, Western Evaluation Section
Regulatory Branch
Enclosures