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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP12–469–000]
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice
of Availability of the Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed A-Line
Abandonment Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the
A-Line Abandonment Project proposed
by Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern) in the above-referenced
docket. Northern requests authorization
to abandon by sale to DKM Enterprises,
LLC (DKM) for salvage certain facilities
known as the A-Line. These facilities
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are located in Ochiltree, Hansford,
Hutchinson, and Carson Counties,
Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma; and
Kiowa and Clark Counties, Kansas. They
consist of about 126 miles of 24-inchdiameter pipeline and appurtenant
facilities. Northern would separate the
abandoned A-Line at valve settings or
compressor stations at eight locations.
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
abandonment of the A-Line
Abandonment Project in accordance
with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA). The FERC 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 proposed A-Line Abandonment
Project includes the separation of the
abandoned A-Line by Northern at valve
settings or compressor stations at these
locations:
• Cabot Carbon Interconnect, Carson
County, Texas, milepost (MP) 7.75;
• A-Line Block Valve 5, Hutchinson
County, Texas, MP 29.75;
• Spearman Compressor Station,
Ochiltree County, Texas, MP 38.47;
• Beaver Compressor Station, Beaver
County, Oklahoma, MP 0.00;
• Northern/CNG Interconnect, Beaver
County, Oklahoma, MP 10.35;
• Englewood Branch Line, Clark
County, Kansas, MP 37.91;
• McCaustland Gathering System,
Clark County, Kansas, MP 71.10; and
• Mullinville Compressor Station,
Kiowa County, Kansas, MP 87.98.
Northern would abandon by sale to
DKM for salvage two segments of its ALine. The Skellytown to Spearman ALine is about 38 miles long and extends
from Northern’s abandoned Skellytown
Station near Skellytown, Carson County,
Texas, to its Spearman Compressor
Station in Spearman, Ochiltree County,
Texas. The second segment, the Beaver
to Mullinville A-Line, is about 88 miles
long and extends from Northern’s
Beaver Compressor Station near Beaver,
Oklahoma, to it’s Mullinville
Compressor Station near Mullinville,
Kansas. It also includes abandonment of
four lateral pipelines that are 4 or 8
inches in diameter: Compressed Natural
Gas Lateral, line number OKB57701;
Wilson Lateral, line number KSG74401;
McColm Lateral, line number
KSG66601; and Huck Lateral, line
number KSG68801. The salvage
activities conducted by DKM would be
nonjurisdicational.
The EA has been placed in the public
files of the FERC and is available for
public viewing on the FERC’s Web site
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at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link.
A limited number of copies of the EA
are 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.
Copies of the EA have been mailed to
federal, state, and local government
representatives and agencies; elected
officials; Native American tribes;
potentially affected landowners and
other interested individuals and groups;
and parties to this proceeding.
Any person wishing to comment on
the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the potential
environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or
lessen environmental impacts. The more
specific your comments, the more useful
they will be. To ensure that your
comments are properly recorded and
considered prior to a Commission
decision on the proposal, it is important
that the FERC receives your comments
in Washington, DC on or before
November 30, 2012.
For your convenience, there are three
methods you can use to submit your
comments to the Commission. In all
instances, please reference the project
docket number (CP12–469–000) with
your submission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has dedicated eFiling
expert staff available to assist you at
(202) 502–8258 or efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You may file your comments
electronically by using the eComment
feature, which is located on the
Commission’s Web site at www.ferc.gov
under the link to Documents and
Filings. An eComment is an easy
method for interested persons to submit
brief, text-only comments on a project;
(2) You may file your comments
electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is located on the
Commission’s Web site at www.ferc.gov
under the link to Documents and
Filings. With eFiling, you can provide
comments in a variety of formats by
attaching them as a file with your
submission. New eFiling users must
first create an account by clicking on
‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select
the type of filing you are making. A
comment on a particular project is
considered a ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or
(3) You may file a paper copy of your
comments at the following address:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington,
DC 20426.
Although your comments will be
considered by the Commission, simply
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filing comments 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
385.214).1 Only intervenors have the
right to seek rehearing of the
Commission’s decision.
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
comments considered.
Additional information about the
project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC Web
site (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 in
the Docket Number field (i.e., CP12–
469). Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free
at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also
provides access to the texts of formal
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and
rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission 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 www.ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm.
Dated: October 31, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous
discussion on filing comments electronically.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14154–001–Idaho]
Mr. William Arkoosh; Notice of
Availability of Environmental
Assessment
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR Part
380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47,897), the
Office of Energy Projects has reviewed
the application for an original license to
construct the Little Wood River Ranch
II Hydropower Project, and has prepared
an Environmental Assessment (EA). The
proposed 1.23-megawatt project would
be located on the Little Wood River, six
miles west of the Town of Shoshone, in
Lincoln County, Idaho. The project
would be located on 119.1 acres of
private land and would occupy 3.3 acres
of federal lands managed by the U.S.
Bureau of Land Management.
The EA includes staff’s analysis of the
potential environmental impacts of the
project and concludes that licensing the
project, with appropriate environmental
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, contact FERC Online
Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, (202)
502–8659.
You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm
to be notified via email of new filings
and issuances related to this or other
pending projects. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. Please contact Jennifer
Harper by telephone at (202) 502–6136,
or by email at
Jennifer.Harper@FERC.gov, if you have
any questions.
Dated: October 25, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP12-469-000]
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed A-Line Abandonment Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the A-
Line Abandonment Project proposed by Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern) in the above-referenced docket. Northern requests
authorization to abandon by sale to DKM Enterprises, LLC (DKM) for
salvage certain facilities known as the A-Line. These facilities are
located in Ochiltree, Hansford, Hutchinson, and Carson Counties, Texas;
Beaver County, Oklahoma; and Kiowa and Clark Counties, Kansas. They
consist of about 126 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline and appurtenant
facilities. Northern would separate the abandoned A-Line at valve
settings or compressor stations at eight locations.
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
abandonment of the A-Line Abandonment Project in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
The FERC 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 proposed A-Line Abandonment Project includes the separation of
the abandoned A-Line by Northern at valve settings or compressor
stations at these locations:
Cabot Carbon Interconnect, Carson County, Texas, milepost
(MP) 7.75;
A-Line Block Valve 5, Hutchinson County, Texas, MP 29.75;
Spearman Compressor Station, Ochiltree County, Texas, MP
38.47;
Beaver Compressor Station, Beaver County, Oklahoma, MP
0.00;
Northern/CNG Interconnect, Beaver County, Oklahoma, MP
10.35;
Englewood Branch Line, Clark County, Kansas, MP 37.91;
McCaustland Gathering System, Clark County, Kansas, MP
71.10; and
Mullinville Compressor Station, Kiowa County, Kansas, MP
87.98.
Northern would abandon by sale to DKM for salvage two segments of
its A-Line. The Skellytown to Spearman A-Line is about 38 miles long
and extends from Northern's abandoned Skellytown Station near
Skellytown, Carson County, Texas, to its Spearman Compressor Station in
Spearman, Ochiltree County, Texas. The second segment, the Beaver to
Mullinville A-Line, is about 88 miles long and extends from Northern's
Beaver Compressor Station near Beaver, Oklahoma, to it's Mullinville
Compressor Station near Mullinville, Kansas. It also includes
abandonment of four lateral pipelines that are 4 or 8 inches in
diameter: Compressed Natural Gas Lateral, line number OKB57701; Wilson
Lateral, line number KSG74401; McColm Lateral, line number KSG66601;
and Huck Lateral, line number KSG68801. The salvage activities
conducted by DKM would be nonjurisdicational.
The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is
available for public viewing on the FERC's Web site
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at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. A limited number of copies of
the EA are 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.
Copies of the EA have been mailed to federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; Native
American tribes; potentially affected landowners and other interested
individuals and groups; and parties to this proceeding.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts.
The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To
ensure that your comments are properly recorded and considered prior to
a Commission decision on the proposal, it is important that the FERC
receives your comments in Washington, DC on or before November 30,
2012.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the
project docket number (CP12-469-000) with your submission. The
Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has dedicated
eFiling expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or
efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You may file your comments electronically by using the eComment
feature, which is located on the Commission's Web site at www.ferc.gov
under the link to Documents and Filings. An eComment is an easy method
for interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a
project;
(2) You may file your comments electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is located on the Commission's Web site at www.ferc.gov
under the link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide
comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your
submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking
on ``eRegister.'' You will be asked to select the type of filing you
are making. A comment on a particular project is considered a ``Comment
on a Filing''; or
(3) You may file a paper copy of your comments at the following
address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Although your comments will be considered by the Commission, simply
filing comments 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 385.214).\1\ Only intervenors
have the right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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\1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing
comments electronically.
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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 comments considered.
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC or on the
FERC Web site (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 in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP12-
469). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission 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 www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Dated: October 31, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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