[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30866-30867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15354]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. CP94-29-000, and CP94-29-001, CP94-29-002]


Paiute Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Paiute Expansion II Project

June 12, 1996.
    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 Paiute Pipeline Company 
(Paiute) 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 
construction and operation of the Paiute Expansion II Project 
facilities including:
     Construction of 19.6 miles of new pipeline;
     Relocation of the South Tahoe Pressure Limiting Station;
     Installation of pressure-regulating equipment at the 
California Check Meter; and
     Modification of the Wadsworth Junction Pressure Limiting 
Station.
    The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to provide 
Southwest Gas Corporation (Southwest), a local distribution company 
operating in Nevada and California, with additional gas to expand 
service on the north shore of Lake Tahoe in California and provide new 
natural gas service to the Truckee, California, area.
    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, 888 First 
Street, N.E., Room 2-A, 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.

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    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, PR-11.1, 888 First 
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. CP94-29-000, -001, and -002 and be addressed 
to: Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
    Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received 
no later than July 12, 1996, to ensure consideration prior to a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Ms. Lauren O' Donnell, Environmental Project Manager, 
PR-11.1 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15354 Filed 6-17-96; 8:45 am]
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