[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3438]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-641-000]
ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed Michigan Leg South Looping Project
February 6, 1997.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the
natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by ANR Pipeline Company (ANR)
in the above-referenced docket.
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.
ANR proposes to loop its existing Michigan Leg South System with
11.9 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline in two segments to provide
additional system flexibility and to alleviate a bottleneck in the
pipeline system. The two segments consist of 1.6 miles of loop in Will
County, Illinois, and 10.3 miles of loop in Porter County, Indiana. The
project also includes the addition of one aftercooling bay at the
existing St. John Compressor Station in Lake County, Indiana, and the
relocation of an existing pig launcher from milepost (MP) 885.02 to MP
874.72 in Porter County, Indiana, and a pig receiver from MP 848.31 to
MP 849.91 in Will County, Illinois.
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, 888 First
Street, N.E., Rm. 2A-1, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-1371.
Copies of the 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 the above address.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments
must be received by March 10, 1997, reference Docket No. CP96-641-000,
and be addressed to: Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Rm. 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-3438 Filed 2-11-97; 8:45 am]
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