[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5914-5915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2259]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP93-613-000, CP93-613-001, CP93-673-000, CP93-673-001,
(not consolidated)]
Northwest Pipeline Corp.; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Northwest Expansion Projects
January 25, 1995.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the
natural gas facilities proposed by Northwest Pipeline Corporation
(Northwest) in the above-referenced dockets. [[Page 5915]]
The EA was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act. The staff concludes that approval of the
proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the proposed
Northwest Expansion Projects including:
Construction of 46.6 miles of new pipeline loop on
Northwest's existing system and 8.3 miles of new pipeline lateral;
Installation of approximately 14,820 horsepower of
additional compression at four existing compressor stations; and
Construction of 4 new meter stations and the upgrading
and/or installation of crossover taps proposed at 11 existing meter
stations.
Northwest proposes to construct these facilities to transport an
additional 164,175 thousand cubic feet per day of natural gas for
delivery to various customers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is
available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 941 North
Capitol Street, N.E. Room 3104, Washington, D.C. 20426, (202) 208-1371.
Copies of this EA have been mailed to Federal, state and local
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers,
and parties to this proceeding.
A limited number of copies of the EA are available from: Ms. Lauren
O'Donnell, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review and
Compliance Branch I, Office of Pipeline Regulation, Room 7312, PR-11.1,
825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, (202) 208-0325.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments
must reference Docket Nos. CP93-613-001 and CP93-673-001, and be
addressed to: Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received
no later than February 24, 1995 to ensure consideration before a
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should
also be sent to Ms. Lauren O'Donnell, Environmental Project Manager, at
the above address.
Comments will be considered by the Commission but will not serve to
make the commentor a party to the proceeding. Any person seeking to
become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene
pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).
The date for filing timely motions to intervene in this proceeding
has passed. Therefore, parties now seeking to file late interventions
must show good cause, as required by Section 385.214(b)(3), why this
time limitation should be waived. Environmental issues have been viewed
as good cause for late intervention. You do not need intervenor status
to have your comments considered.
Additional information about this project is available from Ms.
Lauren O'Donnell, Environmental Project Manager.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-2259 Filed 1-30-95; 8:45 am]
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