Entrega Gas Pipeline Inc.; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Entrega Pipeline Project, 39504-39505 [E5-3609]
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
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Comment Date: 5 p.m. on July 11,
2005.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5–3606 Filed 7–7–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. CP04–413–000, CP04–414–
000, and CP04–415–000]
Entrega Gas Pipeline Inc.; Notice of
Availability of the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the Proposed
Entrega Pipeline Project
July 1, 2005.
The environmental staff of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC
or Commission) has prepared a final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
on the interstate natural gas pipeline
transmission facilities proposed by
Entrega Gas Pipeline Inc. (Entrega) in
the above-referenced dockets.
The final EIS was prepared to satisfy
the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Its
purpose is to inform the Commission,
the public, and other permitting
agencies about the potential adverse and
beneficial environmental impacts
associated with the proposed project
and its alternatives, and to recommend
practical, reasonable, and appropriate
mitigation measures which would avoid
or reduce any significant adverse
impacts to the maximum extent
practicable and, where feasible, to less
than significant levels. The final EIS
concludes that approval of the proposed
project, with appropriate mitigating
measures as recommended, would have
limited adverse environmental impact.
The Entrega Pipeline Project involves
the construction and operation of a new
interstate natural gas pipeline system
that would extend between a proposed
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Meeker Hub in Rio Blanco County,
Colorado; to Wamsutter, in Sweetwater
County, Wyoming; and continuing on to
the Cheyenne Hub in Weld County,
Colorado. The final EIS assesses the
potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
following facilities in Colorado and
Wyoming:
• About 328.1 miles of new pipeline
of 36- and 42-inch-diameter pipeline—
—136.3 miles of 36-inch-diameter
pipeline, with 86.1 miles in Colorado
(Rio Blanco and Moffat Counties) and
50.2 miles in Wyoming (Sweetwater
County); and
—191.8 miles of 42-inch-diameter
pipeline, with 183.1 miles in
Wyoming (Sweetwater, Carbon,
Albany, and Laramie Counties) and
8.7 miles in Colorado (Larimer and
Weld Counties);
• Three new compressor stations (the
Meeker Hub and Bighole Compressor
Stations in Colorado, the Wamsutter
Compressor Station in Wyoming);
• Seven meter stations at
interconnections with other pipeline
systems (three associated with the new
compressor stations, one of which
would be constructed by Wyoming
Interstate Company), four at the new
Cheyenne Hub Metering Station in
Wyoming;
• Four pig launchers and four pig
receivers (six associated with
compressor and metering stations, one
launcher and one receiver at the new
Arlington Pigging Station in Wyoming);
• 22 mainline valves (5 valves at
compressor and metering stations, 17
valves along the pipeline ROW); and
• Other associated facilities, such as
access roads and powerlines.
The proposed project would be
capable of transporting up to 1.5 billion
cubic feet of natural gas per day from
the Meeker Hub Compressor Station to
interconnections at:
• Wamsutter, Wyoming with the
Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG)
and Wyoming Interstate Company
transmission systems that serve markets
east and west of Wamsutter; and
• The Cheyenne Hub (Weld County,
Colorado) with CIG, Cheyenne Plains
Gas Pipeline Company, Trailblazer
Pipeline Company, and Public Service
Company of Colorado. These systems
would transport gas to markets in the
Midwest and Central U.S. and the
Eastern Slope south of the Cheyenne
Hub.
The purpose of the Entrega Pipeline
Project is to transport natural gas from
supply basins in the central Rocky
Mountains to interstate pipelines at
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Wamsutter and the Cheyenne Hub.
From these points, the gas could be
transported to markets in the West, the
Midwest, or the Central United States,
depending on the delivery location
specified by the shipper. The need for
the project arises from the current and
projected increase of natural gas
production in the Rocky Mountain
region, which is occurring without a
concurrent increase in pipeline capacity
to transport this gas out from the
production basins and into the interstate
pipeline network.
The final EIS has been placed in the
public files of the FERC and is available
for distribution and public inspection
at: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Public Reference Room,
888 First Street, NE., Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371.
A limited number of copies are
available from the FERC’s Public
Reference Room identified above. In
addition, copies of the final EIS have
been mailed to Federal, State, and local
agencies; public interest groups;
individuals and affected landowners
who have requested the draft EIS;
libraries and newspapers in the project
area; and parties to this proceeding.
In accordance with Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations implementing NEPA, no
agency decision on a proposed action
may be made until 30 days after the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
publishes a Notice of Availability of the
final EIS in the Federal Register.
However, the CEQ regulations provide
an exception to this rule when an
agency decision is subject to a formal
internal appeal process which allows
other agencies or the public to make
their views known. In such cases, the
agency decision may be made at the
same time the notice of the final EIS is
published by the EPA, allowing both
periods to run concurrently. The
Commission’s decision for this
proposed action is subject to a 30-day
rehearing period.
Additional information about the
proposed project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
at 1–866–208–FERC or on the FERC
Internet Web site (https://www.ferc.gov)
using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the
eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search’’
and enter the docket number excluding
the last three digits (i.e., CP04–413) in
the Docket Number field. Be sure you
have selected an appropriate date range.
For assistance, please contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676; or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary
link on the FERC Internet Web site also
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provides access to the texts of formal
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and
rulemakings.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5–3609 Filed 7–7–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 12484–000]
Metro Hydroelectric Company; Notice
of Intent To File License Application,
Filing of Pre-Application Document,
Commencement of Licensing
Proceeding, Scoping Meetings and
Study Request Workshop, Solicitation
of Comments on the Pad and Scoping
Document, and Identification of Issues
and Associated Study Requests
July 1, 2005.
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent To
File License Application for an Original
License and Pre-Application Document;
Commencing Licensing Proceeding.
b. Project No.: 12484–000.
c. Date Filed: May 5, 2005.
d. Submitted by: Metro Hydroelectric
Company (MHC).
e. Name of Project: Metro
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The proposed Metro
Hydroelectric Project would be located
on the Cuyahoga River in Summit
County, Ohio. The project would not
affect Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of
the Commission’s Regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: M.
Clifford Phillips, Metro Hydroelectric
Company, LLC, 150 North Miller Road,
Suite 450 C, Fairlawn, Ohio 44333,
(330) 869–8451.
i. FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert
(202) 502–6359 or via e-mail at
timothy.konnert@ferc.gov.
j. We are asking Federal, State, local,
and tribal agencies with jurisdiction
and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to cooperate with
us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who
would like to request cooperating status
should follow the instructions for filing
comments described in paragraph o
below. Cooperating agencies should
note the Commission’s policy that
agencies that cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See, 94
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with: (a) The U.S.
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Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and the joint
agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR
part 402 and (b) the State Historic
Preservation Officer, as required by
section 106, National Historical
Preservation Act, and the implementing
regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating
Metro Hydroelectric Company as the
Commission’s non-federal
representative for carrying out informal
consultation, pursuant to section 7 of
the Endangered Species Act and section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. Metro Hydroelectric Company
filed a Pre-Application Document
(PAD), including a proposed process
plan and schedule with the
Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of
the Commission’s regulations. The
Commission issued Scoping Document
1 on July 1, 2005.
n. Copies of the PAD and Scoping
Document 1 (SD1) are available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link. Enter the docket number,
excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in paragraph h.
Register online at https://ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related
to this or other pending projects. For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
o. With this notice, we are soliciting
comments on the PAD and SD1 as well
as study requests. All comments on the
PAD and SD1, and study requests
should be sent to the address above in
paragraph h. In addition, all comments
on the PAD and SD1, study requests,
requests for cooperating agency status,
and all communications to Commission
staff related to the merits of the
potential application (original and eight
copies) must be filed with the
Commission at the following address:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
All filings with the Commission must
include on the first page, the project
name (Metro Hydroelectric Project) and
number (P–12484–000), and bear the
heading ‘‘Comments on Pre-Application
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Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’
‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’
‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency
Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and
from Commission Staff.’’ Any
individual or entity interested in
submitting study requests, commenting
on the PAD or SD1, and any agency
requesting cooperating status must do so
by August 27, 2005.
Comments on the PAD and SD1,
study requests, requests for cooperating
agency status, and other permissible
forms of communications with the
Commission may be filed electronically
via the Internet in lieu of paper. The
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link.
p. At this time, Commission staff
intends to prepare a single
Environmental Assessment for the
project, in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act.
Scoping Meetings
We will hold two scoping meetings at
the times and places noted below. The
daytime meeting will focus on resource
agency, Indian tribes, and nongovernmental organization concerns,
while the evening meeting is primarily
for receiving input from the public. We
invite all interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies to attend
one or both of the meetings, and to
assist staff in identifying particular
study needs, as well as the scope of
environmental issues to be addressed in
the environmental document. The times
and locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 27,
2005, 9:30 a.m. (EST).
Location: Sheraton Suites Akron/
Cuyahoga Falls, 1989 Front Street,
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 27,
2005, 6:30 p.m. (EST).
Location: Sheraton Suites Akron/
Cuyahoga Falls, 1989 Front Street,
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
For Directions: Please call Clifford
Phillips at (330) 869–8451.
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which
outlines the subject areas to be
addressed in the environmental
document, has been mailed to the
individuals and entities on the
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of
SD1 will be available at the scoping
meetings, or may be viewed on the Web
at https://www.ferc.gov, using the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP04-413-000, CP04-414-000, and CP04-415-000]
Entrega Gas Pipeline Inc.; Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Entrega Pipeline
Project
July 1, 2005.
The environmental staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC or Commission) has prepared a final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) on the interstate natural gas pipeline transmission
facilities proposed by Entrega Gas Pipeline Inc. (Entrega) in the
above-referenced dockets.
The final EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Its purpose is to inform the
Commission, the public, and other permitting agencies about the
potential adverse and beneficial environmental impacts associated with
the proposed project and its alternatives, and to recommend practical,
reasonable, and appropriate mitigation measures which would avoid or
reduce any significant adverse impacts to the maximum extent
practicable and, where feasible, to less than significant levels. The
final EIS concludes that approval of the proposed project, with
appropriate mitigating measures as recommended, would have limited
adverse environmental impact.
The Entrega Pipeline Project involves the construction and
operation of a new interstate natural gas pipeline system that would
extend between a proposed Meeker Hub in Rio Blanco County, Colorado; to
Wamsutter, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming; and continuing on to the
Cheyenne Hub in Weld County, Colorado. The final EIS assesses the
potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of
the following facilities in Colorado and Wyoming:
About 328.1 miles of new pipeline of 36- and 42-inch-
diameter pipeline--
--136.3 miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline, with 86.1 miles in Colorado
(Rio Blanco and Moffat Counties) and 50.2 miles in Wyoming (Sweetwater
County); and
--191.8 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline, with 183.1 miles in Wyoming
(Sweetwater, Carbon, Albany, and Laramie Counties) and 8.7 miles in
Colorado (Larimer and Weld Counties);
Three new compressor stations (the Meeker Hub and Bighole
Compressor Stations in Colorado, the Wamsutter Compressor Station in
Wyoming);
Seven meter stations at interconnections with other
pipeline systems (three associated with the new compressor stations,
one of which would be constructed by Wyoming Interstate Company), four
at the new Cheyenne Hub Metering Station in Wyoming;
Four pig launchers and four pig receivers (six associated
with compressor and metering stations, one launcher and one receiver at
the new Arlington Pigging Station in Wyoming);
22 mainline valves (5 valves at compressor and metering
stations, 17 valves along the pipeline ROW); and
Other associated facilities, such as access roads and
powerlines.
The proposed project would be capable of transporting up to 1.5
billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Meeker Hub
Compressor Station to interconnections at:
Wamsutter, Wyoming with the Colorado Interstate Gas
Company (CIG) and Wyoming Interstate Company transmission systems that
serve markets east and west of Wamsutter; and
The Cheyenne Hub (Weld County, Colorado) with CIG,
Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company, Trailblazer Pipeline Company, and
Public Service Company of Colorado. These systems would transport gas
to markets in the Midwest and Central U.S. and the Eastern Slope south
of the Cheyenne Hub.
The purpose of the Entrega Pipeline Project is to transport natural
gas from supply basins in the central Rocky Mountains to interstate
pipelines at Wamsutter and the Cheyenne Hub. From these points, the gas
could be transported to markets in the West, the Midwest, or the
Central United States, depending on the delivery location specified by
the shipper. The need for the project arises from the current and
projected increase of natural gas production in the Rocky Mountain
region, which is occurring without a concurrent increase in pipeline
capacity to transport this gas out from the production basins and into
the interstate pipeline network.
The final EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and
is available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE.,
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
A limited number of copies are available from the FERC's Public
Reference Room identified above. In addition, copies of the final EIS
have been mailed to Federal, State, and local agencies; public interest
groups; individuals and affected landowners who have requested the
draft EIS; libraries and newspapers in the project area; and parties to
this proceeding.
In accordance with Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations implementing NEPA, no agency decision on a proposed action
may be made until 30 days after the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) publishes a Notice of Availability of the final EIS in the
Federal Register. However, the CEQ regulations provide an exception to
this rule when an agency decision is subject to a formal internal
appeal process which allows other agencies or the public to make their
views known. In such cases, the agency decision may be made at the same
time the notice of the final EIS is published by the EPA, allowing both
periods to run concurrently. The Commission's decision for this
proposed action is subject to a 30-day rehearing period.
Additional information about the proposed project is available from
the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on
the FERC Internet Web site (https://www.ferc.gov) using the ``eLibrary''
link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter
the docket number excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP04-413) in
the Docket Number field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date
range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676; or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link on the FERC Internet Web site
also
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provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the
Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-3609 Filed 7-7-05; 8:45 am]
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