[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5914-5915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2259]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP93-613-000, CP93-613-001, CP93-673-000, CP93-673-001, 
(not consolidated)]


Northwest Pipeline Corp.; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Northwest Expansion Projects

January 25, 1995.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the 
natural gas facilities proposed by Northwest Pipeline Corporation 
(Northwest) in the above-referenced dockets. [[Page 5915]] 
    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 
Northwest Expansion Projects including:
     Construction of 46.6 miles of new pipeline loop on 
Northwest's existing system and 8.3 miles of new pipeline lateral;
     Installation of approximately 14,820 horsepower of 
additional compression at four existing compressor stations; and
     Construction of 4 new meter stations and the upgrading 
and/or installation of crossover taps proposed at 11 existing meter 
stations.
    Northwest proposes to construct these facilities to transport an 
additional 164,175 thousand cubic feet per day of natural gas for 
delivery to various customers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
    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, D.C. 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, D.C. 20426, (202) 208-0325.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must reference Docket Nos. CP93-613-001 and CP93-673-001, and be 
addressed to: Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
    Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received 
no later than February 24, 1995 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, 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. 95-2259 Filed 1-30-95; 8:45 am]
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