[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-24048]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-282-000]
Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Availability of the Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed Hood River Pipeline Loop and Extension
Project
September 23, 1994.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the
natural gas facilities proposed by Northwest Pipeline Corporation
(Northwest) 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 Hood River Pipeline Loop and
Extension Project in Klickitat County, Washington, including:
3.7 miles of loop of 6-inch-diameter pipeline,
1.6 miles of new 6-inch-diameter pipeline, and
a new meter station.
The purpose of the proposed project would be to provide up to
11,000 million British thermal units per day of natural gas to the
planned Klickitat Energy Partners cogeneration facility.
The staff has recommended an alternative to the proposed route in
the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area's agriculturally
designated General Management Area. The discussion of the alternatives
begins on page 11 of the EA.
The EA has been placed in the public files on the FERC and is
available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Division of Public Information, 941 North Capitol Street
NE., Room 3104, 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: Mr. Bob
Kopka, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review and
Compliance Branch I, Office of Pipeline Regulation, Room 7215, 825
North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-0282.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments
must reference Docket No. CP94-282-000, and be addressed to: Office of
the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received
no later than October 24, 1994, to ensure consideration prior to a
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should
also be sent to Mr. Bob Kopka, Environmental Project Manager.
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
Procedure (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 Sec. 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 this project is available from Mr. Bob
Kopka, Environmental Review and Compliance Branch I, Office of Pipeline
Regulations, at (202) 208-0282.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-24048 Filed 9-28-94; 8:45 am]
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