FERC Notice: Environmental Assessment for Gabbs Lateral NASF Relocation Project

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The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for
the Gabbs Lateral Naval Air Station Fallon (NASF) Relocation Project (Project), proposed by Great Basin Gas Transmission Company
(Great Basin) in the above-referenced docket. (1) Great Basin requests authorization to relocate a portion of its existing Gabbs Lateral pipeline in Mineral and Nye Counties,
Nevada due to planned expansion of the NASF training range complex. Great Basin would install approximately 32.6 miles of
pipeline and abandon approximately 21.2 miles of pipeline. The Project would not provide any incremental capacity.

Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. To ensure consideration of your comments on the proposal prior to making
a decision on the project, it is important that the Commission receive your comments on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
April 13, 2026. Instructions for filing comments are provided on page 3.

FERC is the lead federal agency for authorizing interstate natural gas transmission facilities under the Natural Gas Act of
1938 (NGA) and the lead federal agency for preparation of the EA. The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
Project in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (2) and the Commission's implementing regulations. (3) The principal purposes of the EA are to: identify and assess the potential effects on the natural and human environment; describe
and evaluate reasonable alternatives; identify and recommend mitigation measures; and facilitate public involvement in the
environmental review process. The EA concludes that approval of the proposed project would not constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the United States Navy (Navy) participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation
of the EA. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resources potentially affected
by the proposal and participate in the NEPA analysis. The BLM will adopt and use the EA to consider the issuance of a right-of-way
grant for the project on federal lands. Although the cooperating agencies provided input to the conclusions and recommendations
presented in the EA, the agencies will present their own conclusions and recommendations in their respective Record of Decision
for the project.

The EA addresses the potential environmental effects of the construction, abandonment, and operation of the following project
facilities:

• construction of about 32.6 miles of new 8-inch-diameter (18.8 miles) and 6-inch-diameter (13.8 miles) pipeline;
• abandonment in-place and by removal of about 21.2 miles of 8-inch-diameter (5.4 miles) and 6-inch-diameter (15.8 miles) pipeline on Great Basin's Gabbs Lateral;
• relocation of the Scheelite rectifier (part of the cathodic protection system) from the pipeline right-of-way to be abandoned to the existing right-of-way;
• replacement of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) with a natural gas burning generator at the Gabbs Valley ground bed for the cathodic protection system; and

• installation of two aboveground valve assemblies.
  The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability of the EA 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 EA 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 EA 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, excluding the last three digits (i.e. CP25-551). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.

The EA 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. Under section 7(c) of the NGA, the Commission
determines whether interstate natural gas transportation facilities are in the public convenience and necessity and, if so,
grants a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct and operate them. Section 7(b) of the NGA specifies
that no natural gas company shall abandon any portion of its facilities subject to the Commission's jurisdiction without the
Commission first finding that the abandonment will not negatively affect the present or future public convenience and necessity.
The Commission bases its decisions on both economic issues, including need, and environmental effects.

Your comments should focus on the EA's disclosure and discussion of potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives,
and measures to avoid or lessen environmental effects. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. For
your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic
filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-3676 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 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 also file your comments electronically 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.” You must select the type
of filing you are making. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select “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 (CP25-551-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via
any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

Filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to have your comments
considered. Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review of the Commission's decision. At this point
in this proceeding, the timeframe for filing timely intervention requests has expired. Any person seeking to become a party
to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene out-of-time pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the Commission's Rules
of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and (d)) and show good cause why the time limitation should be waived. Motions
to intervene are more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/how-intervene.

For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact
the Office of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or OPP@ferc.gov. Additional information about the project is available from 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 which 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.

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)

Dated: March 13, 2026. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2026-05271 Filed 3-17-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

Footnotes

(1) For tracking purposes under the National Environmental Policy Act, the unique identification number for documents relating
to this environmental review is EAXX-019-20-000-1762338293.

(2) National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (Public Law [Pub. L.] 91-190. 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, as amended by Pub.
L. 94-52, July 3, 1975; Pub. L. 94-83, August 9, 1975; Pub. L. 97-258, 4(b), September 13, 1982; Pub. L. 118-5, June 3, 2023;
Pub. L. 119-21, July 4, 2025).

(3) 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 380.

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