New Mexico Gas Compressor Gets Environmental Okay from Feds
Published Date: 8/6/2025
Notice
Summary
Transwestern Pipeline wants to build a new compressor station in Chaves County, New Mexico, to help move more natural gas—about 80,000 dekatherms daily. The government checked the project’s environmental impact and found it won’t harm the environment much. This means the project can move forward soon, helping energy flow better without big delays or extra costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Adds 80,000 dekatherms/day capacity
Transwestern proposes a new compressor station in Chaves County, New Mexico that would provide about 80,000 dekatherms per day of new firm natural gas transportation service, including receipts in the West Texas Lateral Central Zone and deliveries on the Panhandle Lateral.
EA finds no significant environmental impact; BLM may grant ROW
FERC staff concluded that approval of the proposed WT-0 Compressor Station Project would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the human environment. The Bureau of Land Management will adopt and use the Environmental Assessment to consider issuing a Mineral Leasing Act right-of-way grant because the proposed site is on federal lands managed by the BLM.
Public comment deadline and filing options
The Commission invites public comments on the Environmental Assessment; comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 2, 2025. You can file comments via FERC's eComment, eFiling (after eRegister), or by mailing a paper copy referencing Docket No. CP25-37-000.
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