Signal of the week · Research note · 28 Oct 2026
46 FERC notices on natural gas pipeline, storage and LNG projects ran in the Federal Register from 1 September to 23 October 2026. On 15 October FERC proposed dropping air modeling from its environmental reviews
Public Federal Register records in Svatantra.ai's signal database show 46 notices from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, published between 1 September and 23 October 2026, that each name one natural gas pipeline, storage or LNG project at one step of its review. They come from 31 applicants. On 15 October 2026 FERC issued a draft policy statement that would end its routine request for air dispersion modeling in those reviews, and proposed a blanket authorization program for LNG plants. This note sets out the counts, five named notices checked against the Federal Register, the two FERC documents of 15 October, and what the data does not show.
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Every number, and where it comes from
The first five figures in the note.
The full table has 13 rows. Each figure is as published on the date shown, with its denominator.
| Figure | What it measures | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 46 | FERC notices in the Federal Register, published 1 Sep to 23 Oct 2026, each naming a natural gas pipeline, storage or LNG project under the Natural Gas Act; 46 distinct URLs; 33 in September, 13 in October | Svatantra.ai signal database, count at 23 Oct 2026 |
| 12, 9, 8, 8, 7, 2 | The 46 by step read from the title: blanket authorization request; scoping notice; certificate application; EA schedule; EA published; EIS published. Sums to 46 | Svatantra.ai signal database, count at 23 Oct 2026 |
| 31 | Lead applicants among the 46, after merging two name variants by hand. Author's arithmetic on the 33 rows the query returns | Derived from Svatantra.ai signal database, count at 23 Oct 2026 |
| 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 | Notices from Florida Gas Transmission; Natural Gas Pipeline Co of America; Southern Star Central; Transcontinental; Columbia Gas Transmission; Northern Natural; Tennessee Gas; Transwestern; Enable Gas Transmission. 24 of the 46; 22 applicants appear once. Author's arithmetic | Derived from Svatantra.ai signal database, count at 23 Oct 2026 |
| 4 and 3 | LNG terminal notices (Rio Grande Train 6, Freeport, Corpus Christi Stage 4, Sabine Pass Stage 5) and storage-only applicants (Golden Triangle, Vinton Dome, Tres Palacios) among the 46. Author's classification of the titles | Derived from Svatantra.ai signal database, count at 23 Oct 2026 |
8 more figures in the PDF, each with its source.
Sources
10 primary releases.
- Federal Register (FERC), Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Scoping Period Requesting Comments on Environmental Issues for the Proposed Texas Gateway Project (16 October 2026)Docket CP26-547-000, 91 FR 65742. About 155 miles of new 36-inch and 42-inch pipeline in Panola, Shelby, San Augustine, Sabine, Jasper, Newton and San Jacinto counties, Texas, and Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; new 13,410 hp Cleveland Compressor Station. The project would "allow Gulf South to transport approximately 1.8 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas", "connecting shippers to diverse natural gas supplies from the Permian, Eagle Ford, and Haynesville basins". FERC is preparing an EIS; comments "on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 12, 2026".federalregister.gov
- Federal Register (FERC), Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Texas-Arkansas Power Project (10 September 2026)Docket CP26-46-000, 91 FR 57589. Abandon nine reciprocating compressors (30,850 hp) at Compressor Station 308, Randolph County, Arkansas, and install two 20,482 hp Solar Titan 130 units; up to 400,000 dekatherms per day under a precedent agreement with Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation "to power new and existing natural gas-fired electric generation plants in northern Texas and Arkansas". Staff concludes approval "would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment". Comments were due 5 October 2026.federalregister.gov
- Federal Register (FERC), Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Scoping Period Requesting Comments on Environmental Issues for the Proposed Evergy McNew Power Plant Delivery Project (6 October 2026)Docket CP26-572-000, 91 FR 63534. About 1.6 miles of new 30-inch pipeline (Line RE) in Reno County, Kansas, a new Hutchinson Compressor Station and modifications at Hesston and Stafford; serves Evergy Kansas Central's McNew Power Plant, being converted from coal to natural gas; "the project is designed to provide up to 710 megawatts per day of firm natural gas transportation service" (as printed); "Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb about 74.23 acres of land." "Commission staff have already identified a routing issue." Comments by 5:00 p.m. Eastern, 2 November 2026.federalregister.gov
- Federal Register (FERC), Double E Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline (20 October 2026)Docket CP27-3-000, 91 FR 66324; application filed 2 October 2026. Texas Mainline Compressor Station Project, Loving County, Texas: two gas-fired turbine compressor units "totaling approximately 54,000 horsepower"; "The Project will create an additional 800,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation service"; "Double E estimates the total cost of the Project to be $103,839,697"; "The deadline for filing a motion to intervene is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 5, 2026."federalregister.gov
- Federal Register (FERC), Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline, LP, Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage IV, LLC, Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage 4 Project and the CCPL Expansion Project (23 September 2026)Dockets CP18-513-000, CP26-82-000, CP26-87-000; 91 FR 60373. Four new liquefaction trains (Trains 4 to 7), two LNG storage tanks, a marine berth, about 25.8 miles of 42-inch pipeline loop and the Sinton 2 Compressor Station, San Patricio and Nueces Counties, Texas. Staff: approval with recommended mitigation "would have some limited adverse environmental effects"; "most effects would be avoided, mitigated, or reduced to less-than-significant levels". Comments on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern, 9 November 2026.federalregister.gov
- Federal Register (FERC), Environmental Review of Natural Gas Act Applications; Notice of Availability of Draft Policy Statement on Efficient Environmental Reviews of Natural Gas Project Applications (20 October 2026)Docket PL26-3-000, 91 FR 66328, dated 15 October 2026. The Commission "would no longer ordinarily ask applicants to prepare or submit air dispersion modeling" for compressor stations or LNG facilities, relying on "information on governing state and federal air quality regulations and applicants' compliance therewith"; it "specifically seeks comment on the optimal implementation of its new policy". Comments by 5:00 p.m. Eastern, 16 November 2026.federalregister.gov
- Federal Register (FERC), Authorizations for Certain Activities at Liquefied Natural Gas Plants (notice of proposed rulemaking) (20 October 2026)Docket RM26-2-001, RIN 1902-AG43, 91 FR 66492. "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposes to revise its regulations to establish procedures for authorizing" certain activities at LNG plants without case-specific orders: automatic authorization, 60-day prior notice and 90-day prior notice tiers; 25 acres maximum permanent occupancy outside an existing plant footprint; 45-day landowner notice; more than 100 LNG-plant applications evaluated since 2006; seven large-scale LNG export terminals in operation. Comments due 21 December 2026.federalregister.gov
- Akin Gump, FERC Hits the Gas: New Proposals Aim to Speed LNG and Pipeline Approvals (client alert) (19 October 2026)FERC acted on 15 October 2026. Draft Policy Statement PL26-3-000 would "end FERC's routine requirement for operational air dispersion modeling"; NOPR RM26-2-001 would "create a three-tiered blanket authorization program for FERC-regulated liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities". Commissioner Judy Chang dissented from the draft policy statement, warning of "substantial appellate risk"; Chairman Laura Swett and Commissioner David Rosner concurred. "Comments on the Draft Policy Statement must be filed with FERC by November 16, 2026." "Comments on the NOPR are due December 21, 2026."akingump.com
- Federal Register API, Documents by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 1 September to 23 October 2026 (Fetched 23 October 2026)"count": 205 documents (80 of them 1 to 23 October 2026). The author classified 47 as company-specific Natural Gas Act pipeline, storage or LNG project notices; the list with the classification is kept with the research pack.federalregister.gov
- Svatantra.ai, Signal database (23 October 2026)Counted: signals from the Federal Register feed with a publication date between 1 September and 23 October 2026 whose document number is one of the 47 FERC natural gas project notices identified in the Federal Register's own FERC list for the window. 46 records, 46 distinct URLs; 33 in September, 13 in October; by step read from the title: 12 blanket authorization requests, 9 scoping notices, 8 certificate applications, 8 EA schedules, 7 EAs, 2 EISs; 31 lead applicants after merging name variants. Coverage check: 151 of the 205 FERC documents in the window are in the database. Counts at 23 October 2026.svatantra.ai