[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2189-2190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-847]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Natural Gas Pipeline Right-of-Way Permit Application to Cross
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
AGENCY: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice advises the public that Mississippi Power Company,
has applied for a right-of-way permit for the installation of a twenty
(20) inch outer-diameter natural gas pipeline across 3.02 acres of
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson County, Mississippi,
described as follows:
A right-of-way with a beginning width of fifty (50) feet on, over,
across, and through that part of the Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
(NWR) lying and being in Jackson County, Mississippi. The proposed
route is paralleling, adjacent, and south of the existing railroad and
transmission rights-of-way.
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Commencing at the SW corner of the SE\1/4\ of Section 18,
Township 6 South, Range 5 West, thence run North 349.97 feet to the
point of beginning; thence S 89 46 58 E, 2632.46 feet to the East
line of Section 18. Said right-of-way contains 3.02 acres, more or
less.
Also for the purpose and duration of the initial construction and
installation of the proposed pipeline, a temporary right-of-way and
work space twenty-five (25) feet in width located on the north side of
the proposed right-of-way.
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service is currently considering the merits of
approving this application.
DATES: Interested persons desiring to comment on this application
should do so on or before February 14, 2000.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any
one of several methods. You may mail comments to Regional Director,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Room 420,
Atlanta, Georgia 30345. You may also comment via the Internet to Sam
____ Hamilton@fws.gov. Please submit Internet comments as an ASCII file
avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption.
Please also include ``Attn: Brenda Johnson'' and your name and return
address in your internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation
from the system that we have received your Internet message, contact us
at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Realty, Brenda Johnson,
1-800-419-9582. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to Regional
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite
400, Atlanta, Georgia 30345. Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public
review during regular business hours. Individual respondents may
request that we withhold their home address from the rulemaking record,
which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be
circumstances in which we would withhold from the rulemaking record a
respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish to withhold
your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comment. However, we will not consider anonymous
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Johnson, Realty Specialist, at
the above Atlanta, Georgia, address (404) 679-7202 or FAX (404) 679-
7273.
Right-of-way applications are filed in accordance with Section 28
of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 449:30 U.S.C. 185), as
amended by Public Law 93-153.
Sam D. Hamilton,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 00-847 Filed 1-12-00; 8:45 am]
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