# 2025-20782: FERC Opens Scoping Comments for North Padre Island Pipeline Abandonment 2025-20782, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Scoping Period Requesting Comments on Environmental Issues for the Proposed North Padre Island Lateral Abandonment Project, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2025-11-24, effective 2025-11-24 (as of 2026-06-08). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20782 - As of: 2026-06-08 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-20782 - Title: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Scoping Period Requesting Comments on Environmental Issues for the Proposed North Padre Island Lateral Abandonment Project - Type: Notice - Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Citation: 90 FR 52945 - Published: 2025-11-24 - Effective: 2025-11-24 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: no - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-06-08 ## In one line FERC Opens Scoping Comments for North Padre Island Pipeline Abandonment ## Summary Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company wants to stop using some pipeline parts in four Texas counties, and the government is asking the public for ideas about how this might affect the environment. People have until December 19, 2025, to share their thoughts, which will help decide if the project moves forward. This could change local pipeline use but won’t cost the public money directly. ## Effects PRIA read - Public Scoping Comments Open: benefit, low. You can submit public comments on the North Padre Island Lateral Abandonment Project through FERC by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 19, 2025. Comments may be filed via eComment, eFiling, or by mailing a paper letter to Docket No. CP26-4-000. - Landowners May Be Asked To Grant Easements: mixed, low. If you own land that the pipeline crosses in the project area, Transco or a company representative may contact you about acquiring an easement to abandon pipeline facilities; the company would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable easement agreement and you are not required to enter into an agree… - Potential Eminent Domain Risk for Landowners: cost, high. If the Commission approves the project, the Natural Gas Act conveys the right of eminent domain to the company, so if you and the company do not reach an easement agreement the pipeline company could initiate condemnation proceedings in court. In such cases, compensation would be determined by a ju… - Pipeline Abandonment Method and Extent: mixed, medium. Transco proposes to abandon about 50 miles of 24-inch pipeline in Brooks, Jim Wells, Kenedy, and Kleberg counties, Texas — roughly 45 miles would be abandoned in-place and about 5 miles would be removed under landowner easement agreements or where under highways, railroads, or Texas General Land Of… - Temporary Land Use: 500 Acres Needed: mixed, medium. Transco would use its existing permanent easement plus additional temporary workspaces totaling about 500 acres of land to carry out the abandonment activities; following abandonment Transco would relinquish its permanent easement to the respective property owner(s). On state and federal lands, Tra… - NEPA Review Will Evaluate Environmental Effects: benefit, low. FERC staff will prepare an environmental document (either an Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement) that evaluates effects on geology and soils, water resources and wetlands, vegetation and wildlife, threatened and endangered species, cultural resources, land use, and air qu… ## Related documents - [2026-20744](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20744): Combined Notice of Filings #2, 2026-10-09 - [2026-20658](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20658): Shoshone Irrigation District; Notice of Existing Licensee's Failure To File a Timely Notice of Intent To File a New License Application, an…, 2026-10-08 - [2026-20659](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20659): Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline, 2026-10-08 - [2026-20642](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20642): Combined Notice of Filings, 2026-10-08 - [2026-20580](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20580): Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Ventura to Farmington A-Line Abandonm…, 2026-10-08 - [2026-20582](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20582): Combined Notice of Filings, 2026-10-08 ## Sources - [2025-20782 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20782/transcontinental-gas-pipe-line-company-llc-notice-of-scoping-period-requesting-comments-on) - [2025-20782 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20782.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2025-20781, Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Scoping Period Requesting Comments on…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20781) - [Next: 2025-20783, 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request Self-Help Hom…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20783) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20782 (as of 2026-06-08).