[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 29338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14126]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-153-000; Docket No. CP97-343-000]
Southern Natural Gas Company, Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas
Company; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed North Alabama Pipeline Project
May 23, 1997.
The Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (FEIS)
on the natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Southern Natural Gas
Company (Southern) in Docket No. CP96-153-000.
The staff prepared the FEIS to satisfy the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act. The staff concludes that, approval
of Southern's project, with the appropriate mitigating measures as
recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact if
constructed as planned and with the recommended mitigation. The FEIS
evaluates alternatives to the proposal, including an alternative
project that is proposed by Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
(Alabama-Tennessee) under Docket No. CP97-343-000. This project is
called the Alabama-Tennessee System Alternative and, based solely on
environmental considerations, it is environmentally preferred. The FEIS
also examines major route alternatives and route variations.
The FEIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following Southern facilities:
About 118.0 miles of new natural gas pipeline (109.5 miles
of 16-inch-diameter pipeline and 8.5 miles of 12.75-inch-diameter
pipeline);
About 6,300 horsepower of new compression at two existing
compressor stations; and
Two new meter stations, and related facilities.
Facilities required by two local distribution companies are also
examined.
The purpose of Southern's proposed facilities would be to transport
about 74,850 thousand cubic feet per day of natural gas to five
customers in Alabama and Georgia.
The staff has also identified and evaluated in detail one major
route alternative, the Tarrant Alternative, and 101 other variations in
chapter 6 of the FEIS. We have accepted/recommended the use of most of
the variations.
The FEIS 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, Room 1A, 888
First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-1371.
Copies of the FEIS 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 FEIS
are available from the Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch
identified above.
The date for filing timely motions to intervene in these
proceedings has passed. Therefore, parties now seeking to file late
interventions must show good cause, as required by Rule 214 of the
FERC's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214).
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-14126 Filed 5-29-97; 8:45 am]
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