Public Input Opportunities 

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FERC provides opportunities for landowners and the public to participate in decision-making on proposed natural gas pipeline projects, including telling FERC staff about environmental and socioeconomic resources that are important and should be examined, alternatives to the proposed project that should be evaluated, and commenting on the draft Environmental Impact Statement. FERC will notify communities when there are open comment periods.   

 

​In June 2024, DeLa Express held seventeen open houses at fifteen locations along the proposed pipeline route as part of the FERC pre-filing process.  In total, more than one thousand landowners and other stakeholders attended and were able to meet project team members, ask questions, and learn more about the Project.  The Project team will use the information and feedback collected at the open houses to help refine the Project before submitting a formal application to FERC.

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As part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process, FERC takes into account public comments regarding projects and the environmental impacts that could result from its action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. This gathering of public input is referred to as “scoping.” On August 22, 2024, FERC announced the opening of the scoping process it will use to gather input from the public and interested agencies regarding the Project. The notice includes an invitation to attend one of the public scoping sessions FERC staff will conduct along the Project route. See below for a map and schedule of the scoping meetings to be held starting September 9, 2024. 

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*Due to incoming threatening weather in the Gulf region, FERC has canceled the scoping session in Vinton, LA on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. The other scoping sessions will take place as scheduled.

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