Notice of Scoping Period Requesting Comments

ANR Pipeline Company -  Docket No. PF24-3-000

The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental document that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Heartland Project involving construction and operation of facilities by ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) in Bureau, Kendall, Kane, McHenry, and Will Counties, Illinois; Brown, Racine, Sheboygan, Waukesha, and Winnebago Counties, Wisconsin; and Iron County, Michigan.  The Commission will use this environmental document in its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity.

By this notice, the Commission requests public comments on the scope of issues to address in the environmental document.  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 5:00 pm Eastern Time on August 21, 2024.  Comments may be submitted in written or oral form.  Further details on how to submit comments are provided in the Public Participation section of this notice.

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 environmental document.  Commission staff will consider all written or oral comments during the preparation of the environmental document.  

If you submitted comments on this project to the Commission before the opening of this docket on March 28, 2024, you will need to file those comments in Docket No. PF24-3-000 to ensure they are considered. 

In lieu of sending written comments, the Commission invites you to attend one of the public scoping sessions its staff will conduct in the project area, scheduled as follows: