Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Piceance Basin Expansion Project, 48697-48698 [E5-4518]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 160 / Friday, August 19, 2005 / Notices Applicants: Pacific Gas & Electric Company. Description: Pacific Gas & Electric Company submits revised interconnection agreement between Pacific gas and Electric Company and Modesto Irrigation District. Filed Date: 08/03/2005. Accession Number: 20050811–0266. Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Wednesday, August 24, 2005. Docket Numbers: ER05–1288–000. Applicants: Wheelabrator North Andover Inc. Description: Petition of Wheelabrator North Andover Inc. for order accepting market-based rate tariff for filing, granting waiver of certain Commission regulations; and granting certain blanket approvals. Filed Date: 08/03/2005. Accession Number: 20050805–0169. Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on Wednesday, August 24, 2005. 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The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission’s VerDate jul<14>2003 16:47 Aug 18, 2005 Jkt 205001 48697 eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. For further information, contact Gaylord Hoisington at (202) 502–6032. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–4521 Filed 8–18–05; 8:45 am] Linda Mitry, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–4539 Filed 8–18–05; 8:45 am] Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Piceance Basin Expansion Project BILLING CODE 6717–01–P BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP05–54–000] August 12, 2005. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12063–001 Idaho] Little Wood River Ranch II William Arkoosh; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment August 12, 2005. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 F.R. 47897), the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the application and prepared the enclosed Environmental Assessment (EA) for an original license for William Arkoosh’s Little Wood River Ranch II Hydroelectric Project. The proposed project would be located on the Little Wood River, 6 miles west of the town of Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho. The proposed project would be located entirely on private lands owned by William Arkoosh. The EA contains the staff’s analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project and concludes that licensing the project, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment. A copy of the EA is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 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, call 1–866–208–3676 or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd. (WIC) in the above-referenced docket. The final EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. 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 Piceance Basin Expansion Project (Piceance 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 the proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures as recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact. The Piceance Project involves the construction and operation of a new interstate natural gas pipeline system that would extend between the existing Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG) Greasewood Compressor Station in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, and the existing CIG Wamsutter Compressor Station in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.1 The final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the following facilities in Colorado and Wyoming: • About 141.8 miles of 24-inchdiameter new pipeline with 89.9 miles located in Colorado (Rio Blanco and 1 Both WIC and CIG are affiliates owned by El Paso Corporation. E:\FR\FM\19AUN1.SGM 19AUN1 48698 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 160 / Friday, August 19, 2005 / Notices Moffat Counties) and 51.9 miles located in Wyoming (Sweetwater County); • Additional compression to be installed at the existing CIG Greasewood Compressor Station in Colorado; • Four meter stations at interconnections with other pipeline systems (two associated with the CIG Greasewood Compressor Station, two at the CIG Wamsutter Compressor Station); • Three pigging facilities (one associated with each compressor station and a new facility at milepost 54.0 near County Road 4 in Moffat County, Colorado); • Nine mainline valves (one valve at each of the two existing compressor stations and seven valves along the pipeline ROW); and • Other associated facilities, such as access roads and communication towers. The proposed project would be capable of transporting up to 350,000 dekatherms of natural gas per day (Dthd) from the CIG Greasewood Compressor Station to interconnections at Wamsutter, Wyoming with the CIG and WIC interstate transmission pipeline systems that serve markets east and west of Wamsutter. The final EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is available for 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; libraries; newspapers; and parties to this proceeding. In accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, no agency decision on a proposed action may be made until 30 days after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publishes a notice of availability of the final EIS. 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 VerDate jul<14>2003 16:47 Aug 18, 2005 Jkt 205001 agency decision may be made at the same time the notice of the final EIS is published, allowing both periods to run concurrently. The Commission 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 (CP05–54) 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 provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–4518 Filed 8–18–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PF05–4–000] Broadwater Energy; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Broadwater LNG Project; Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Joint Public Meetings August 11, 2005. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard) are in the process of evaluating the Broadwater LNG 1 Project planned by Broadwater Energy (Broadwater), a joint venture between TCPL (TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.) USA LNG, Inc. and Shell U.S. Gas & Power LLC. The project would be located in Long PO 00000 1 Liquefied Frm 00036 natural gas. Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Island Sound, within New York State Waters, and would consist of an offshore LNG import terminal and an offshore natural gas pipeline that would connect to an existing offshore natural gas transmission pipeline. As a part of this evaluation, FERC staff will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) that will address the environmental impacts of the project and the Coast Guard will assess the safety and security of the project. As described below, the FERC and the Coast Guard will hold joint public meetings to allow the public to provide input to these assessments. The Commission will use the EIS in its decisionmaking process to determine whether or not to authorize the project. This notice explains the scoping process we 2 will use to gather information on the project from the public and interested agencies and summarizes the process that the Coast Guard will use. Your input will help identify the issues that need to be evaluated in the EIS and in the Coast Guard’s safety and security assessment. The FERC will be the lead Federal agency in the preparation of an EIS that will satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Several Federal agencies will serve as cooperating agencies during preparation of the EIS: the Coast Guard; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. In addition, we have invited the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the New York State Department of State to serve as cooperating agencies in preparation of the EIS. Comments on the project may be submitted in written form or verbally. Further details on how to submit written comments are provided in the Public Participation section of this notice. In lieu of sending written comments, we invite you to attend the public scoping meetings that we have scheduled as follows: 2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy Projects. E:\FR\FM\19AUN1.SGM 19AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48697-48698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4518]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP05-54-000]


Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Availability of the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Piceance Basin 
Expansion Project

August 12, 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 Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd. (WIC) in the 
above-referenced docket.
    The final EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act. 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 Piceance Basin Expansion Project (Piceance 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 the proposed project, with appropriate mitigating 
measures as recommended, would have limited adverse environmental 
impact.
    The Piceance Project involves the construction and operation of a 
new interstate natural gas pipeline system that would extend between 
the existing Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG) Greasewood 
Compressor Station in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, and the existing CIG 
Wamsutter Compressor Station in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.\1\ The 
final EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following facilities in Colorado and 
Wyoming:
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    \1\ Both WIC and CIG are affiliates owned by El Paso 
Corporation.
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     About 141.8 miles of 24-inch-diameter new pipeline with 
89.9 miles located in Colorado (Rio Blanco and

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Moffat Counties) and 51.9 miles located in Wyoming (Sweetwater County);
     Additional compression to be installed at the existing CIG 
Greasewood Compressor Station in Colorado;
     Four meter stations at interconnections with other 
pipeline systems (two associated with the CIG Greasewood Compressor 
Station, two at the CIG Wamsutter Compressor Station);
     Three pigging facilities (one associated with each 
compressor station and a new facility at milepost 54.0 near County Road 
4 in Moffat County, Colorado);
     Nine mainline valves (one valve at each of the two 
existing compressor stations and seven valves along the pipeline ROW); 
and
     Other associated facilities, such as access roads and 
communication towers.
    The proposed project would be capable of transporting up to 350,000 
dekatherms of natural gas per day (Dthd) from the CIG Greasewood 
Compressor Station to interconnections at Wamsutter, Wyoming with the 
CIG and WIC interstate transmission pipeline systems that serve markets 
east and west of Wamsutter.
    The final EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and 
is available for 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; libraries; newspapers; and 
parties to this proceeding.
    In accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) 
regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, no 
agency decision on a proposed action may be made until 30 days after 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publishes a notice of 
availability of the final EIS. 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, allowing 
both periods to run concurrently. The Commission 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 (CP05-54) 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 provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the 
Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4518 Filed 8-18-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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