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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. Docket No. CP20-48-000 NOTICE OF INTENT TO PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSED ENHANCEMENT BY COMPRESSION PROJECT• AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (March 25, 2020) The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Enhancement by Compression Project involving construction and operation of facilities by Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. (Iroquois) in Greene and Dutchess Counties, New York, and Fairfield and New Haven Counties, Connecticut. The Commission will use this EA in its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity. This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested agencies about issues regarding the project. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the. Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from its action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires the Commission to'discover 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, the Commission requests public comments on the scope of issues to address in the EA. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please submit your comments so that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or before 5:OOpm Eastern Time on April 24, 2020. You can make a difference by submitting your specific comments or concerns about the project. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. Your input will help the Commission staff determine what issues they need to evaluate in the EA. Commission staff will consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA. If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the opening of this docket on February 3, 2020, you will need to file those comments in Docket No. CP20- 48-000 to ensure they are considered as part of this proceeding.