[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5400-5401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2317]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
[CO-030-5101-00-YCKD; COC-51280]
Availability of the Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for a TransColorado Gas Transmission Project; Colorado
and New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior and
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Amendment to Notice of Availability of a Supplement to The
Final Environmental Impact Statement TransColorado Gas Transmission
Project; Colorado and New Mexico; Comment period extended to March 18,
1998.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), as lead agency, and in cooperation
with the U. S. Forest Service (USFS) has prepared a Draft Supplement
(Supplement) to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the
TransColorado Gas Transmission (TransColorado) project on federal lands
in Colorado and New Mexico.
TransColorado is the proponent. Lands managed by the BLM in the
Montrose, Craig, and Grand Junction Districts in Colorado, and the
Farmington District in New Mexico, and the USFS in the Uncompahgre and
San Juan National Forests, Colorado, are crossed by the TransColorado
pipeline project. The Supplement addresses the environmental impacts of
the construction, operation, maintenance, and ultimate abandonment of
known proposed route changes and minor realignments (less than 100 feet
from centerline of the existing right-of-way grant) of the approved
pipeline and right-of-way (ROW) grant COC-51280, and the impacts of the
proposed construction and use of known additional temporary work areas
adjacent to the approved ROW or, proposed ROW route changes or minor
realignments.
This Supplement will also address the impacts of the construction
and use minor realignments and alternative temporary work areas in
unspecified locations. These unspecified temporary work areas and minor
realignments will be addressed to accommodate conditions that might be
encountered during construction. Also addressed in the Supplement are
proposed modifications to several environmental protection measures
contained in the original right-of-way (ROW) grant and Record of
Decision (ROD).
Please focus comments on the proposed actions and alternatives in
the Supplement to the FEIS.
DATES: Due to an error in calculation, the 60-day public comment period
for the Draft Supplement has been extended to March 18, 1998. This
notice amends and extends the comment period published by the BLM and
USFS in the Federal Register on January 23, 1998 (63 FR 3584). Written
comments on the Draft Supplement must be submitted or postmarked no
later than March 10, 1998. Written comments may also be submitted at
the public meetings to be held on February 17, 1998 at 7:00 pm at the
Double Tree Inn, 501 Camino del Rio in Durango, Colorado; on February
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18, 1998 at 7:00 pm at the Ponderosa Restaurant, 108 South 8th in
Delores, Colorado; and at 7:00 pm at the Holiday Inn, 755 Horizon Drive
in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Public reading copies are available at the federal depository
libraries in Colorado and New Mexico and public libraries within San
Juan County, New Mexico, and La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel,
Montrose, Delta, Mesa, Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Bottomly (970) 240-5337, Ilyse
Auringer (970) 385-1341, or Steve Hemphill (970) 874-6633.
Signed: January 23, 1998.
Mark W. Stiles,
District Manager, Montrose District, BLM.
Robert L. Storch,
Forest Supervisor, Grand Mesa/Uncompahgre/Gunnison National Forests.
[FR Doc. 98-2317 Filed 1-30-98; 8:45 am]
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