# 2025-20704: FERC Plans Eco Review Timeline for TTC Connector Build

2025-20704, Notice Of Schedule for the Preparation of an Environmental Assessment for the TTC Connector Project, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2025-11-24, effective 2026-01-16 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20704
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20704
- Title: Notice Of Schedule for the Preparation of an Environmental Assessment for the TTC Connector Project
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 52951
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: 2026-01-16
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

FERC Plans Eco Review Timeline for TTC Connector Build

## Summary

TTC Connector, LLC plans to build a new natural gas pipeline in Texas that can carry a lot of gas every day. The government is getting ready to check how this project might affect the environment and will share their findings by January 16, 2026. People and agencies involved should know decisions about permits and approvals will wrap up by April 16, 2026, so things move along smoothly and on time.

## Effects PRIA read

- EA Issued Jan 16, 2026: benefit, low. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will issue an environmental assessment (EA) for the TTC Connector Project on January 16, 2026. The EA will be posted for a 30-day public comment period, so landowners, Tribal members, and community groups can submit comments during that window.
- EA to Analyze Ecosystem and Farming Impacts: cost, medium. The EA will address environmental issues raised by the U.S. EPA and landowners, including water quality, dredge and fill impacts, biological resources, air quality, hazardous materials, Tribal coordination, and the National Historic Preservation Act. Landowners specifically raised potential effects…
- Free Public Participation Help & Alerts: benefit, low. FERC offers a free eSubscription service (register at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview) to receive automatic notifications and document links for the docket, and the Office of Public Participation can help the public make filings. The OPP phone number is (202) 502-6595 and the eLibrary hel…
- Landowners Question Eminent Domain Use: cost, medium. Commenters questioned whether public necessity for the Project has been demonstrated and questioned the validity of using eminent domain for private financial gain; the EA will address all substantive comments. This concern was raised by potentially affected landowners in the docket.

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## Sources
- [2025-20704 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20704/notice-of-schedule-for-the-preparation-of-an-environmental-assessment-for-the-ttc-connector-project)
- [2025-20704 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20704.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20704 (as of 2026-06-08).