[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11965-11966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5223]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-38-000]


Ouachita River Gas Storage Company, L.L.C.; Notice of 
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Ouachita 
River Gas Storage Project

February 27, 1995.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the 
natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Ouachita River Gas Storage 
Company, L.L.C. (Ouachita) in the above-referenced docket.
    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 
construction and operation of the proposed underground gas storage 
facility and related hub facilities including:
     About 5 miles of 6-, 8-, and 12-inch-diameter field 
gathering lines (designated as Lines FG-1, FG-2, and FG-3) in Lincoln 
and Union Parishes, Louisiana;
     About 2.6 miles of dual 24-inch-diameter header pipeline 
(designated as Lines B and C) and four meter stations in Ouachita 
Parish, Louisiana;
     About 23.9 miles of 24-inch-diameter bi-directional flow 
transmission pipeline (Line A) in Lincoln, Union, and Ouachita 
Parishes, Louisiana;
     About 4.5 miles of 16-inch-diameter bi-directional flow 
transmission pipeline (line D) and one meter station in Ouachita 
Parish, Louisiana;
     A 6,260-horsepower (hp) Remote Compressor Station in 
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana;
     A 12,520-hp Central Compressor Station in Section 30-T19N-
R1W, Union Parish, Louisiana; and
     Drill 11 injection/withdrawal wells and 2 observation 
wells in Lincoln and Union Parishes, Louisiana.
    The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to provide about 27 
billion cubic feet of working gas capacity with an estimated peak 
withdrawal capacity of 550 MMcf of gas a day and an estimated peak 
injection capacity of 250 MMcf of gas a day via the hub facilities. The 
hub facilities near Monroe, Louisiana would be interconnected with 
certain interstate and intrastate pipelines.
    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, NE., room 3104, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-1371.
    Copies of the 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: Mr. Herman 
Der, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review and Compliance 
Branch I, Office of Pipeline Regulation, room 7312, 825 North Capitol 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-0896.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must reference Docket No. CP94-38-000, and be addressed to: Office of 
the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol 
Street, NE., Washington, DC. 20426.
    Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received 
no later than April 3, 1995, to ensure consideration prior to a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Mr. Herman Der, Environmental Project Manager, room 
7312, at the above address. [[Page 11966]] 
    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 interventor status 
to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about this project is available from Mr. 
Herman Der, Environmental Project Manager.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-5223 Filed 3-2-95; 8:45 am]
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