Federal regulators said a plan to construct about 10 miles of natural gas pipeline and other related infrastructure along the Northern Natural Gas Pipeline would not cause significant adverse environmental impacts as long as some mitigation measures were put in place.

The Northern Lights 2023 Expansion Project, targeting south/southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin, is expected to begin service in November 2023 if given final approval. Northern Natural filed the application with FERC in March [No. CP22-138-000].

The project would allow up to 44,222 Dth/d of incremental winter peak day firm transportation service to the company’s residential, commercial and industrial customer market. It also would provide 6,667 Dth/d of additional firm service to allow shippers...