Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed West Colony Expansion of the Colony Storage Field and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, 9537-9539 [E6-2622]
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and how to participate in the
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Commodities, Inc., submit notification
of change in status.
Filed Date: 2/8/2006.
Accession Number: 20060208–5047.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Wednesday, March 1, 2006.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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protest in any of the above proceedings
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time on the specified comment date. It
is not necessary to separately intervene
again in a subdocket related to a
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protestants parties to the proceeding.
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Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,
Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed West Colony Expansion of
the Colony Storage Field and Request
for Comments on Environmental
Issues
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Summary of the Proposed Project
[Docket No. CP06–49–000]
February 14, 2006.
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) that will
discuss the environmental impacts of
the Colony Storage Field involving
construction and operation of facilities
by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,
Inc. (Southern Star) in Anderson and
Allen County, Kansas.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping period that will be used to
gather environmental input from the
public and interested agencies on the
project. Your input will help the
Commission staff determine which
issues need to be evaluated in the EA.
Please note that the scoping period will
close on March 16, 2006.
This notice is being sent to affected
landowners; federal, state, and local
government representatives and
agencies; environmental and public
interest groups; Native American tribes;
other interested parties in this
proceeding; and local libraries and
newspapers. We encourage government
representatives to notify their
constituents of this planned project and
encourage them to comment on their
areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, you may be contacted by a
pipeline company representative about
the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the
proposed facilities. The pipeline
company would seek to negotiate a
mutually acceptable agreement.
However, if the project is approved by
the Commission, that approval conveys
with it the right of eminent domain.
Therefore, if easement negotiations fail
to produce an agreement, the pipeline
company could initiate condemnation
proceedings in accordance with state
law.
A fact sheet prepared by the FERC
entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
To Know?’’ is available for viewing on
the FERC Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet addresses
a number of typically asked questions,
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Southern Star proposes to increase the
certificated storage boundary and buffer
zone of the Colony Storage Field by
approximately 1,960 acres. The
additional acreage is necessary to
protect the field’s integrity by recapturing gas that has migrated outside
the currently identified storage
boundary. This added acreage is located
at the southwestern boundary of the
storage field in an area known as the
West Colony Field in Anderson County,
reaching into Allen County, Kansas. The
existing storage field consists of about
4,900 acres and operates up to a
maximum storage capacity of 12.7
billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas. No
increase in storage capacity of field
deliverability is proposed as part of this
action. The location of the project
facilities is shown in appendix 1.1
The purpose of this project is to
expand the field geographically and
geologically to collect gas that has
moved beyond the existing certificated
field boundary. A gas collection system
will be installed for collecting and
recycling gas back into the presently
certificated reservoir.
Southern Star proposes to:
• Install and operate a 180horsepower natural gas-driven
compressor in Anderson County,
Kansas;
• Construct a 0.2-mile lateral line
connecting the new compressor to an
existing well;
• Construct a 2.6-mile connection
line from the new compressor to an
existing injection/withdrawal well; and
• Install two measurement settings, a
filter separator, and an associated waste
tank.
Storage rights and wells on
approximately 680 acres have already
been acquired by Southern Star, and
approximately 1,280 additional acres
are proposed for acquisition. Within the
acreage already acquired, there are
fourteen open wells which are used for
pressure relief, observation, or salt water
disposal. Within the acreage proposed
for acquisition, there are eight active oil
wells and five temporarily abandoned
wells. Pending acquisition of the
1 The appendices referenced in this notice are not
being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are
available on the Commission’s Web site (excluding
maps) at the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link or from the
Commission’s Public Reference Room or call (202)
502–8371. For instructions on connecting to
eLibrary refer to the end of this notice. Copies of
the appendices were sent to all those receiving this
notice in the mail.
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additional acreage, Southern Star plans
to either plug these wells or convert
some to observation wells.
Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the proposed facilities
would require about 5.6 acres of land.
Of this acreage, 4.7 acres would be
temporarily impacted and 0.9 acres
would be permanently affected. An
additional 0.5 acres of permanently
affected land may or may not be
required to convert two existing wells to
pressure relief.
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The EA Process
The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
take into account the environmental
impacts that could result from an action
whenever it considers the issuance of a
Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity. NEPA also requires us to
discover and address concerns the
public may have about proposals. This
process is referred to as ‘‘scoping’’. The
main goal of the scoping process is to
focus the analysis in the EA on the
important environmental issues. By this
Notice of Intent, the Commission staff
requests public comments on the scope
of the issues to address in the EA. All
comments received will be considered
during the preparation of the EA. State
and local government representatives
are encouraged to notify their
constituents of this proposed action and
encourage them to comment on their
areas of concern.
In the EA, we 2 will discuss impacts
that could occur as a result of the
construction and operation of the
proposed project. We will also evaluate
possible alternatives to the proposed
project or portions of the project, and
make recommendations on how to
lessen or avoid impacts on the various
resource areas. This EA will be used by
the Commission in its decision-making
process to determine whether the
project is in the public convenience and
necessity.
Our independent analysis of the
issues will be presented in the EA. The
EA will also include possible
alternatives to the proposed project or
portions of the project, and our
recommendations on how to lessen or
avoid impacts on the various resource
areas of concern. Depending on the
comments received during the scoping
process, the EA may be published and
mailed to federal, state, and local
government agencies; public interest
groups; Native American tribes;
2 ‘‘We’’, ‘‘us’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects
(OEP).
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interested individuals; affected
landowners, newspapers, libraries, and
the Commission’s official service list for
this proceeding. A 30-day comment
period will be allotted for review if the
EA is published. We will consider all
comments submitted in any
Commission Order that is issued for the
project.
Public Participation
You can make a difference by
providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the project.
By becoming a commentor, your
concerns will be addressed in the EA
and considered by the Commission.
Your comments should focus on the
potential environmental effects of the
proposal, reasonable alternatives to the
proposal (including alternative locations
and routes), and measures to avoid or
lessen environmental impact. The more
specific your comments, the more useful
they will be. Please carefully follow
these instructions to ensure that your
comments are received in time and
properly recorded:
• Send an original and two copies of
your letter to: Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
• Label one copy of the comments for
the attention of Gas Branch 1.
• Reference Docket No. CP06–49–
000.
• Mail your comments so that they
will be received in Washington, DC on
or before March 13, 2006.
Please note that the Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments. See 18 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)
and the instructions on the
Commission’s Internet Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘eFiling’’
link and the link to the User’s Guide.
Prepare your submission in the same
manner as you would if filing on paper
and save it to a file on your hard drive.
Before you can file comments you will
need to create an account by clicking on
‘‘Login to File’’ and then ‘‘New User
Account.’’ You will be asked to select
the type of filing you are making. This
filing is considered a ‘‘Comment on
Filing.’’
The determination of whether to
distribute the EA for public comment
will be based on the response to this
notice. If you are interested in receiving
it, please return the Information Request
(appendix 3). An effort is being made to
send this notice to all individuals,
organizations, and government entities
interested in and/or potentially affected
by the proposed project. This includes
all landowners who are potential right-
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of-way grantors, whose property may be
used temporarily for project purposes,
or who own homes within distances
defined in the Commission’s regulations
of certain aboveground facilities.
Becoming an Intervenor
In addition to involvement in the EA
scoping process, you may want to
become an official party to the
proceeding, or ‘‘intervenor’’. To become
an intervenor you must file a motion to
intervene according to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Intervenors
have the right to seek rehearing of the
Commission’s decision. Motions to
Intervene should be electronically
submitted using the Commission’s
eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons without Internet access should
send an original and 14 copies of their
motion to the Secretary of the
Commission at the address indicated
previously. Persons filing Motions to
Intervene on or before the comment
deadline indicated above must send a
copy of the motion to the Applicant. All
filings, including late interventions,
submitted after the comment deadline
must be served on the Applicant and all
other intervenors identified on the
Commission’s service list for this
proceeding. Persons on the service list
with email addresses may be served
electronically; others must be served a
hard copy of the filing. Please refer to
appendix 2 if you would like more
information on how to intervene in
Commission proceedings.
Affected landowners and parties with
environmental concerns may be granted
intervenor status upon showing good
cause by stating that they have a clear
and direct interest in this proceeding
which would not be adequately
represented by any other parties. You do
not need intervenor status to have your
environmental comments considered.
Additional Information
Additional information about the
project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs
at 1–866–208 FERC (3372) or on the
FERC Internet Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov). Using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link, select ‘‘General Search’’ from the
eLibrary menu, enter the selected date
range and ‘‘Docket Number’’ (i.e., PF06–
49–000), and follow the instructions.
For assistance with access to eLibrary,
the helpline can be reached at 1–866–
208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, or at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The
eLibrary link on the FERC Internet Web
site also provides access to the texts of
formal documents issued by the
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which allows you to keep track of all
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amount of time you spend researching
proceedings by automatically providing
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Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP06-49-000]
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed West Colony
Expansion of the Colony Storage Field and Request for Comments on
Environmental Issues
February 14, 2006.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will
discuss the environmental impacts of the Colony Storage Field involving
construction and operation of facilities by Southern Star Central Gas
Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star) in Anderson and Allen County, Kansas.
This notice announces the opening of the scoping period that will
be used to gather environmental input from the public and interested
agencies on the project. Your input will help the Commission staff
determine which issues need to be evaluated in the EA. Please note that
the scoping period will close on March 16, 2006.
This notice is being sent to affected landowners; federal, state,
and local government representatives and agencies; environmental and
public interest groups; Native American tribes; other interested
parties in this proceeding; and local libraries and newspapers. We
encourage government representatives to notify their constituents of
this planned project and encourage them to comment on their areas of
concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this notice, you may be contacted
by a pipeline company representative about the acquisition of an
easement to construct, operate, and maintain the proposed facilities.
The pipeline company would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
agreement. However, if the project is approved by the Commission, that
approval conveys with it the right of eminent domain. Therefore, if
easement negotiations fail to produce an agreement, the pipeline
company could initiate condemnation proceedings in accordance with
state law.
A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural
Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?'' is available for
viewing on the FERC Web site (https://www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet
addresses a number of typically asked questions, including the use of
eminent domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings.
Summary of the Proposed Project
Southern Star proposes to increase the certificated storage
boundary and buffer zone of the Colony Storage Field by approximately
1,960 acres. The additional acreage is necessary to protect the field's
integrity by re-capturing gas that has migrated outside the currently
identified storage boundary. This added acreage is located at the
southwestern boundary of the storage field in an area known as the West
Colony Field in Anderson County, reaching into Allen County, Kansas.
The existing storage field consists of about 4,900 acres and operates
up to a maximum storage capacity of 12.7 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of
natural gas. No increase in storage capacity of field deliverability is
proposed as part of this action. The location of the project facilities
is shown in appendix 1.\1\
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\1\ The appendices referenced in this notice are not being
printed in the Federal Register. Copies are available on the
Commission's Web site (excluding maps) at the ``eLibrary'' link or
from the Commission's Public Reference Room or call (202) 502-8371.
For instructions on connecting to eLibrary refer to the end of this
notice. Copies of the appendices were sent to all those receiving
this notice in the mail.
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The purpose of this project is to expand the field geographically
and geologically to collect gas that has moved beyond the existing
certificated field boundary. A gas collection system will be installed
for collecting and recycling gas back into the presently certificated
reservoir.
Southern Star proposes to:
Install and operate a 180-horsepower natural gas-driven
compressor in Anderson County, Kansas;
Construct a 0.2-mile lateral line connecting the new
compressor to an existing well;
Construct a 2.6-mile connection line from the new
compressor to an existing injection/withdrawal well; and
Install two measurement settings, a filter separator, and
an associated waste tank.
Storage rights and wells on approximately 680 acres have already
been acquired by Southern Star, and approximately 1,280 additional
acres are proposed for acquisition. Within the acreage already
acquired, there are fourteen open wells which are used for pressure
relief, observation, or salt water disposal. Within the acreage
proposed for acquisition, there are eight active oil wells and five
temporarily abandoned wells. Pending acquisition of the
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additional acreage, Southern Star plans to either plug these wells or
convert some to observation wells.
Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the proposed facilities would require about 5.6
acres of land. Of this acreage, 4.7 acres would be temporarily impacted
and 0.9 acres would be permanently affected. An additional 0.5 acres of
permanently affected land may or may not be required to convert two
existing wells to pressure relief.
The EA Process
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the
Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could
result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us
to discover and address concerns the public may have about proposals.
This process is referred to as ``scoping''. The main goal of the
scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important
environmental issues. By this Notice of Intent, the Commission staff
requests public comments on the scope of the issues to address in the
EA. All comments received will be considered during the preparation of
the EA. State and local government representatives are encouraged to
notify their constituents of this proposed action and encourage them to
comment on their areas of concern.
In the EA, we \2\ will discuss impacts that could occur as a result
of the construction and operation of the proposed project. We will also
evaluate possible alternatives to the proposed project or portions of
the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts
on the various resource areas. This EA will be used by the Commission
in its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in
the public convenience and necessity.
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\2\ ``We'', ``us'', and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff
of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP).
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Our independent analysis of the issues will be presented in the EA.
The EA will also include possible alternatives to the proposed project
or portions of the project, and our recommendations on how to lessen or
avoid impacts on the various resource areas of concern. Depending on
the comments received during the scoping process, the EA may be
published and mailed to federal, state, and local government agencies;
public interest groups; Native American tribes; interested individuals;
affected landowners, newspapers, libraries, and the Commission's
official service list for this proceeding. A 30-day comment period will
be allotted for review if the EA is published. We will consider all
comments submitted in any Commission Order that is issued for the
project.
Public Participation
You can make a difference by providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the project. By becoming a commentor, your
concerns will be addressed in the EA and considered by the Commission.
Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects of
the proposal, reasonable alternatives to the proposal (including
alternative locations and routes), and measures to avoid or lessen
environmental impact. The more specific your comments, the more useful
they will be. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that
your comments are received in time and properly recorded:
Send an original and two copies of your letter to: Magalie
R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Gas
Branch 1.
Reference Docket No. CP06-49-000.
Mail your comments so that they will be received in
Washington, DC on or before March 13, 2006.
Please note that the Commission encourages electronic filing of
comments. See 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)
and the instructions on the Commission's Internet Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov under the ``eFiling'' link and the link to the User's
Guide. Prepare your submission in the same manner as you would if
filing on paper and save it to a file on your hard drive. Before you
can file comments you will need to create an account by clicking on
``Login to File'' and then ``New User Account.'' You will be asked to
select the type of filing you are making. This filing is considered a
``Comment on Filing.''
The determination of whether to distribute the EA for public
comment will be based on the response to this notice. If you are
interested in receiving it, please return the Information Request
(appendix 3). An effort is being made to send this notice to all
individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/
or potentially affected by the proposed project. This includes all
landowners who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property may
be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within
distances defined in the Commission's regulations of certain
aboveground facilities.
Becoming an Intervenor
In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want
to become an official party to the proceeding, or ``intervenor''. To
become an intervenor you must file a motion to intervene according to
Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.214). Intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the
Commission's decision. Motions to Intervene should be electronically
submitted using the Commission's eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons without Internet access should send an original and 14 copies
of their motion to the Secretary of the Commission at the address
indicated previously. Persons filing Motions to Intervene on or before
the comment deadline indicated above must send a copy of the motion to
the Applicant. All filings, including late interventions, submitted
after the comment deadline must be served on the Applicant and all
other intervenors identified on the Commission's service list for this
proceeding. Persons on the service list with email addresses may be
served electronically; others must be served a hard copy of the filing.
Please refer to appendix 2 if you would like more information on how to
intervene in Commission proceedings.
Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be
granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they
have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be
adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor
status to have your environmental comments considered.
Additional Information
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs at 1-866-208 FERC (3372) or on
the FERC Internet Web site (https://www.ferc.gov). Using the
``eLibrary'' link, select ``General Search'' from the eLibrary menu,
enter the selected date range and ``Docket Number'' (i.e., PF06-49-
000), and follow the instructions. For assistance with access to
eLibrary, the helpline can be reached at 1-866-208-3676, TTY (202) 502-
8659, or at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The eLibrary link on the FERC
Internet Web site also provides access to the texts of formal documents
issued by the
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Commission, such as orders, notices, and rule makings.
In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to
the documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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