[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3438]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-641-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental 
Assessment for the Proposed Michigan Leg South Looping Project

February 6, 1997.
    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 ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) 
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.
    ANR proposes to loop its existing Michigan Leg South System with 
11.9 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline in two segments to provide 
additional system flexibility and to alleviate a bottleneck in the 
pipeline system. The two segments consist of 1.6 miles of loop in Will 
County, Illinois, and 10.3 miles of loop in Porter County, Indiana. The 
project also includes the addition of one aftercooling bay at the 
existing St. John Compressor Station in Lake County, Indiana, and the 
relocation of an existing pig launcher from milepost (MP) 885.02 to MP 
874.72 in Porter County, Indiana, and a pig receiver from MP 848.31 to 
MP 849.91 in Will County, Illinois.
    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., Rm. 2A-1, 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 the above address.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must be received by March 10, 1997, reference Docket No. CP96-641-000, 
and be addressed to: Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Rm. 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
    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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-3438 Filed 2-11-97; 8:45 am]
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