[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 156 (Monday, August 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 41886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19961]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-763-000]


Northern Natural Gas Co.; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Peoples/L.S. Power-Cottage 
Grove Project

August 8, 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 Northern Natural Gas 
Company (Northern) 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 Northern's proposed Peoples/L.S. Power-
Cottage Grove Project, which includes the following facilities:
     about 1.42 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline to loop its 
existing 24-inch-diameter pipeline (MNM 86501) in Washington County, 
Minnesota;
     a new L.S. Power-Cottage Grove Town Border Station in 
Washington County, Minnesota; and
     a 1,250-horsepower electric-motor driven compressor at 
Northern's existing Farmington Compressor Station in Dakota County, 
Minnesota.
    Northern indicates the proposed facilities would deliver an 
additional firm transportation capacity of 29,120 thousand cubic feet 
per day of natural gas to Peoples Natural Gas Company and L.S. Power-
Cottage Grove Limited Partnership (L.S. Power-Cottage Grove) for the 
L.S. Power-Cottage Grove cogneration Plant.
    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. Hugh Thomas, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review 
and Compliance Branch I, Office of Pipeline Regulation, Room 7312, 
825 North Capitol Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-0980.

    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must reference Docket No. CP94-763-000. Comments should be addressed 
to:

Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 
North Capitol Street NE., Washington, D.C. 20426.

    Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received 
no later than September 7, 1995, to ensure consideration prior to a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Mr. Hugh Thomas, 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 
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 
reviewed 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 Mr. 
Hugh Thomas, Environmental Review and Compliance Branch I, Office of 
Pipeline Regulation, at (202) 208-0980.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-19961 Filed 8-11-95; 8:45 am]
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