[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47500-47501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22515]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-522-000]
Transwestern Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment For The Proposed Gallup Expansion Project
August 25, 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 Transwestern Pipeline
Company (Transwestern) 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 Gallup Expansion project.
Transwestern proposes to construct and operate a new 10,000-horsepower
electric motor-driven Gallup Compressor Station near the interconnect
between its mainline and San Juan Lateral in McKinley County, New
Mexico. Transwestern also proposes to install gas coolers at its
Bloomfield and LaPlata ``A'' Compressor Stations on its San Juan
Lateral in San Juan County, New Mexico and LaPlata County, Colorado,
respectively.
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The proposed facilities would create incremental firm capacity of
approximately 50,000 cubic feet per day (Mcfd) on the San Juan Lateral
downstream of the Bloomfield Compressor Station. The project would also
allow Transwestern to operate its mainline facilities at their
certificated capacity of 1,090,000 Mcfd on a firm basis. The primary
purpose of installing the gas coolers is to reduce the temperature of
the gas flowing within the pipeline and protect the integrity of the
pipeline coating. As a result of the reduced gas temperatures, the
pipeline and associated downstream compression would operate more
efficiently, creating additional incremental firm capacity on the San
Juan Lateral.
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, 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.
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., NE, 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. CP99-522-000; and
Mail your comments so that they will be received in
Washington, DC on or before September 24, 1999.
Comments will be considered by the Commission but will not serve to
make the commenter 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 285.214).
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 (202) 208-2222.
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 rulemakings. 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 (202) 208-2474.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-22515 Filed 8-30-99; 8:45 am]
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