PHMSA Environmental Review Notice of Availability

PHMSA Environmental Review Notice of Availability

In cooperation with the City of Donaldsonville, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), has prepared a Tier 2 Environmental Assessment (EA), as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, for the proposed replacement of all cast iron gas mains, sized 2 inches to 4 inches in diameter, existing 1-inch steel service lines, and installation of service risers at the customer end of service lines connecting to existing gas meters.

PHMSA published a Tier 1 Nationwide EA for the Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program (NGDISM) on November 9, 2022.

The stated purpose of NGDISM is for municipality or community owned utilities to repair, rehabilitate, or replace its natural gas distribution pipeline system or portions thereof or to acquire equipment to (1) reduce incidents and fatalities and (2) avoid economic losses by providing grant opportunities to municipality or community owned utilities.

The Tier 1 EA is available at https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/2023-07/Tier-1-PHMSA....

The Tier 2 EA is available for review and comment on the web at https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/about-phmsa/working-phmsa/grants/pipeline/tier... and a copy is available at Donaldsonville City Hall.

Please submit all comments to: PHMSABILGrantNEPAComments@dot.gov and reference NGDISM-FY22-EA-2023-30 in your response.

Pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act, PHMSA has issued a No Historic Properties Affected finding which is available for review in the Tier 2 EA. Comments on the Tier 2 EA are due by [April 23, 2024].