[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10051]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-25-000]
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Peak Day 2000 Expansion
Project
April 14, 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 Northern Natural Gas
Company (Northern) 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.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the proposed pipeline looping facilities
including:
Three 30-inch-diameter mainline loops in Hardin County,
Iowa and Rice and Washington Counties, Minnesota;
Four branchline loops (6-, 6-, 6-, and 12-inch-diameter
pipelines in Dakota, Scott, Wright, and Carver Counties, Minnesota and
Dickinson County, Iowa;
One 8-inch-diameter branchline replacement (Carver County,
Minnesota) and one 6-inch-diameter branchline tie-over (Jackson County,
Iowa);
Three new compressor stations and six modified compressor
stations in Washington, Steele, Rice, and Dakota Counties, Minnesota,
Guthrie and Hardin Counties, Iowa, Clay County, Kansas, and Gage and
Otoe County, Nebraska; and
Three new town border stations and 31 modified town border
stations in various counties in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and
Nebraska.
The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to provide about
267,161 thousand cubic feet per day (Mcfd) of gas to 26 local
distribution companies, commercial, and industrial customers in
Northerns operational zones ABC, D, and EF.
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, NE., Room 2A, 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.
Specific Comment Request
Areas residents, local or state governments, intervenors, Northern,
and other interested parties are asked to provide specific comments on
whether the Rockford branchline alternative is reasonable and
practicable and environmentally preferable to the proposed facilities.
Comments should also address any effect on project timing and related
cost/benefits.
Comment Procedures
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments
must reference Docket No. CP97-25-000, and be addressed to: Office of
the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received
no later than May 16, 1997, to ensure consideration prior to a
Commission decision on this proposal.
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).
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-10051 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
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