[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 60897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29802]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP96-655-001 and CP97-291-000, et al.


Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C. and Southern Natural Gas Company; 
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Proposed Destin Pipeline Project

November 6, 1997.
    The staff of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) 
on the natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Destin Pipeline 
Company, L.L.C. and Southern Natural Gas Company in the above-
referenced dockets and referred to as the Destin Pipeline Project.
    The staff prepared the FEIS to satisfy the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act. The staff concludes that approval of 
the proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would have 
limited adverse environmental impact.
    The FEIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following facilities in the central 
Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi:

     a total of about 215.5 miles of 36-, 30-, and 16-inch-
diameter interstate pipeline, consisting of 75.6 miles offshore 
pipeline and 139.9 miles of onshore pipeline;
     about 27,078 horsepower of new compression at two new 
compressor stations;
     seven new meter stations; and
     associated aboveground facilities, including a liquids 
slug catcher, and offshore gathering platform, and a related 
nonjurisdictional gas processing plant.

    The purpose of the proposed facilities is to transport up to 1 
billion cubic feet per day of natural gas from the development of new 
offshore deepwater production areas in the central Gulf of Mexico to 
interconnections with six major interstate pipelines in Mississippi. 
The proposed facilities would provide a new natural gas transportation 
infrastructure that would avoid the overburdened pipeline systems in 
southeastern Louisiana.
    The FEIS will be used in the regulatory decision-making process at 
the FERC and may be presented as evidentiary material in formal 
hearings at the FERC. While the period for filing interventions in this 
case has expired, motions to intervene out-of-time can be filed with 
FERC in accordance with the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedures, 18 CFR 385.214(d). Further, anyone desiring to file a 
protest with the FERC should do so in accordance with 18 CFR 385.211.
    The FEIS 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. Washington, D.C. 20426, (202) 208-1371.
    A limited number of copies are available from the Public Reference 
and Files Branch identified above.
    Copies of the FEIS have been mailed to Federal, state, and local 
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers, 
and parties to this proceeding.
    Additional information about the proposed project is available from 
Paul McKee in the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (202) 
208-1088.
Lois D. Cashell
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-29802 Filed 11-12-97; 8:45 am]
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