[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30530-30531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14129]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP95-61-000 and CP95-62-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Availability of 
the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Majorsville/Crawford 
Storage Project

June 5, 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 Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia) 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 temporary 
deactivation of the existing Majorsville- [[Page 30531]] Heard Storage 
Complex over the next 13 years and the construction and operation of 
additional natural gas storage facilities at the Crawford Storage 
Field.
    Deactivation at the Majorsville-Heard Storage Complex in Greene and 
Washington Counties, Pennsylvania and Marshall County, West Virginia 
could involve:
     Abandonment or relocation of up to 60 miles of existing 
pipeline; and
     Abandonment of up to 238 wells.
    Additional facilities proposed at the Crawford Storage Field in 
Fairfield and Hocking Counties, Ohio include:
     Installation of 0.66 mile of electronic measurement cable;
     Replacement of 3.75 miles of pipeline;
     Construction of 0.95 mile of new pipeline;
     Drilling of four new wells;
     Modifications at the Crawford Compressor Station; and
     Installation of other appurtenant facilities, including 
wellhead measurement stations, well tie-ins, launchers/receivers, and 
an anode bed.
    Temporary deactivation of the Majorsville-Heard Storage Complex is 
required to prevent damage to wells and pipelines from longwall coal 
mining that is in progress within the storage complex. The proposed 
facilities at the Crawford Storage Field would be used to offset the 
temporary deactivation of the Majorsville-Heard Storage Complex and 
would increase design day deliverability by 67.2 million cubic feet per 
day and storage capability by 5 billion cubic feet.
    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 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: Ms. Laura 
Turner, EA Project Manager, Environmental Review and Compliance Branch 
II, Office of Pipeline Regulation, Room 7312, 825 North Capitol Street, 
N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-0916.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must reference Docket Nos. CP95-61-000 and CP95-62-000, 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 June 30, 1995, to ensure consideration prior to a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Ms. Laura Turner, EA 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. EA 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 
Procedure (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. 
Laura Turner, EA Project Manager.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-14129 Filed 6-8-95; 8:45 am]
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