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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. CP94-267-000 and CP94-267-001]

 

NorAm Gas Transmission Co.; Availability of the Environmental 
Assessment for the Proposed Line F Replacement Project

October 28, 1994.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC of 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the 
natural gas facilities proposed by NorAm Gas Transmission Company (NGT) 
in the above-referenced dockets.
    The EA was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act. The 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 EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the proposed 
Line F Replacement Project including:

     Construction of about 90.9 miles of 20-inch-diameter 
pipeline to replace about 87 miles of 20-inch-diameter pipeline on 
Line F in Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, and 
Ouachita Parishes, Louisiana;
     Rerouting a portion of Line F included in the above 
90.9 miles of replacement pipeline to connect Line F directly to the 
Ruston Compressor Station in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana;
     Reclassification of about 8.2 miles of Line F as a low-
pressure gas supply line and operate it as part of Line F-1-F in 
Caddo Parish, Louisiana;
     Abandonment of Line 1-F in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, a 
0.8-mile-long, 20-inch-diameter storage line no longer needed after 
the reroute of Line F;
     Abandonment of Line FT-5 in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, 
a 0.9-mile-long, 10-inch-diameter gas supply line, no longer needed 
after the reroute of Line F;
     Construction of 10 new metering and regulating 
facilities at various locations on Line F;
     Abandonment of 66 delivery taps on Lines F, 1-F, and 
FT-5 installed to deliver gas to rural customers served by Arkansas 
Louisiana Gas Company;
     Construction of about 2.2 miles of 20-inch-diameter 
pipeline (Line ACT-4) in Hot Spring County, Arkansas;
     Installation of one 2,200-horsepower compressor unit 
and the rearrangement and upgrading of existing facilities at the 
existing Ruston Compressor Station in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana;
     Abandonment of about 0.4 mile of Line S in Harrison 
County, Texas; and
     Uprating the maximum allowable operating pressure on 
NGT's Line S from 880 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) to 930 psi 
in Harrison County, Texas; Caddo, Bossier, and Webster Parishes, 
Louisiana; and Columbia County, Arkansas.

    NGT indicates that the Line F Replacement Project would enhance the 
safety, reliability, and efficiency of its pipeline system.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is 
available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 941 North 
Capitol Street, N.E., Room 3104, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-1371.
    Copies of this EA have been mailed to Federal, state and local 
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers, 
and parties to this proceeding.
    A limited number of copies of the EA are available from: Ms. Lauren 
O'Donnell, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review and 
Compliance Branch I, Office of Pipeline Regulation, Room 7312, PR-11.1, 
825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-0325.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must reference Docket Nos. CP94-267-000 and -001 and be addressed to: 
Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 
North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426.
    Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received 
no later than November 28, 1994 to ensure consideration before a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Ms. Lauren O'Donnell, Environmental Project Manager, 
Room 7312 at the above address.
    Comments will be considered by the Commission but will not serve to 
make the commentor 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).
    The date for filing timely motions to intervene in this proceeding 
has passed. Therefore, parties now seeking to file late interventions 
must show good cause, as required by Section 385.214(b)(3), why this 
time limitation should be waived. Environmental issues have been viewed 
as good cause for late intervention. You do not need intervenor status 
to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about this project is available from Ms. 
Lauren O'Donnell, Environmental Project Manager.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-27220 Filed 11-2-94; 8:45 am]
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