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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. CP93-685-000]


Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co.; Supplemental Notice of Intent To 
Prepare an Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement 
for the Tuscarora Pipeline Project

June 22, 1994.
    On November 17, 1993 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC 
or Commission) issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare a Joint Draft 
Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) 
with the California State Lands Commission (SLC) for the above proposed 
Tuscarora Pipeline Project and a related project proposed by Pacific 
Gas Transmission Company in Docket CP93-618-000 (PGT Expansion II 
Project). The purpose of the Notice was to request comments on 
environmental issues. On May 31, 1994, PGT filed an amendment to its 
original application. In a June 8, 1994 response to an FERC staff data 
request, PGT confirmed that no expansion of its mainline facilities is 
required to provide service to the Tuscarora Pipeline Project.
    Prior to this amendment, the Tuscarora Pipeline and the PGT 
Expansion II Projects were being processed concurrently because of the 
inclusion in Docket No. CP93-618-000 of additional system compression 
and three meter runs at Malin needed to deliver gas to the Tuscarora 
Pipeline Project. However, PGT's proposed amendment to eliminate the 
compression and their proposal to build the meter runs under separate 
authority make the Tuscarora Pipeline Project a stand-alone proposal 
which can be considered separately from the PGT Expansion II Project.
    Based on the above changes, we are proceeding with the joint EIR/
EIS with the SLC for the Tuscarora Pipeline Project. The three meter 
runs at Malin will still be addressed as a related facility in the 
joint EIR/EIS.

Public Participation and Scoping

    NEPA also requires us to discover and address concerns the public 
may have about proposals. We call this ``scoping''. The main goal of 
the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EIR/EIS on the 
important environmental issues, and to separate these from issues that 
are insignificant and do not require detailed study. Since scoping of 
the original project has already been completed, and no new facilities 
are being proposed, we are not seeking additional comments. Local 
scoping meetings have already been conducted for the original project. 
Additional scoping meetings are not anticipated. The purpose of this 
notice is to inform you that the PGT compression facilities are no 
longer within the scope of the joint EIR/EIS.
    Additional information about the proposed project is available from 
Ms. Alisa Lykens, EIR/EIS Project Manager, at (202) 208-0766.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-15581 Filed 6-27-94; 8:45 am]
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