99-21985. ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Wisconsin Expansion Project

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46374]
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[FR Doc No: 99-21985]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-241-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental 
Assessment for the Proposed Wisconsin Expansion Project

August 19, 1999.
    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.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed Wisconsin Expansion Project 
including:
     about 3.0 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline loop at its 
Michigan Leg South System in Kendall County, Illinois; and
     about 0.11 mile of 16-inch-diameter pipeline from the 
Weyauwega Compressor Station to ANR's Marinette Junction tap site on 
its existing 24-inch-diameter mainline in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
    In addition, ANR proposes to install the following facilities:
     two 10,000-horsepower (hp) compressor units at its 
existing Woodstock Compressor Station in McHenry County, Illinois;
     one 1,500-hp compressor unit at its existing Weyauwega 
Compressor Station in Waupaca County, Wisconsin;
     one 1,500-hp compressor unit at its existing Janesville 
Compressor Station in Rock County, Wisconsin;
     one pig launcher on ANR's existing right-of-way at Lisbon 
Road in Kendall County, and other minor related facilities.
    The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to install certain 
additional loop pipeline and expand the capacity of its facilities in 
Illinois and Wisconsin to increase its transmission capacity by up to 
194 million Decatherms per day of natural gas between the ANR Joliet 
Hub and its Wisconsin market area.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited 
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public 
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference 
and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street, N.E., Room 
2-A, Washington, DC 20426, [phone].
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, state and local 
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers, 
and parties to this proceeding.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. To ensure 
consideration prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is 
important that we receive your comments before the date specified 
below. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your 
comments are received in time and properly recorded:
     Send two copies of your comments to: Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., N.E., Room 1A, Washington, 
DC 20426;
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the 
Environmental Review and Compliance Branch, PR-11.1;
     Reference Docket No. CP99-241-000; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before September 20, 1999.
    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 the proposed project is available from 
Paul McKee in the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (202) 
208-1088 or on the FERC Internet website (www.ferc.fed.us) using the 
``RIMS'' link to information in this docket number. Click on the 
``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket #'' from the RIMS Menu, and follow the 
instructions. For assistance with access to RIMS, the RIMS helpline can 
be reached at [phone].
    Similarly, the ``CIPS'' link on the FERC Internet website provides 
access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such 
as orders, notices, and rulemarkings. From the FERC Internet website, 
click on the ``CIPS'' link, select ``Docket #'' from the CIPS menu, and 
follow the instructions. For assistance with access to CIPS, the CIPS 
helpline can be reached at [phone].
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-21985 Filed 8-24-99; 8:45 am]
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