[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5400-5401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2317]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service
[CO-030-5101-00-YCKD; COC-51280]


Availability of the Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement for a TransColorado Gas Transmission Project; Colorado 
and New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior and 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Amendment to Notice of Availability of a Supplement to The 
Final Environmental Impact Statement TransColorado Gas Transmission 
Project; Colorado and New Mexico; Comment period extended to March 18, 
1998.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), as lead agency, and in cooperation 
with the U. S. Forest Service (USFS) has prepared a Draft Supplement 
(Supplement) to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the 
TransColorado Gas Transmission (TransColorado) project on federal lands 
in Colorado and New Mexico.
    TransColorado is the proponent. Lands managed by the BLM in the 
Montrose, Craig, and Grand Junction Districts in Colorado, and the 
Farmington District in New Mexico, and the USFS in the Uncompahgre and 
San Juan National Forests, Colorado, are crossed by the TransColorado 
pipeline project. The Supplement addresses the environmental impacts of 
the construction, operation, maintenance, and ultimate abandonment of 
known proposed route changes and minor realignments (less than 100 feet 
from centerline of the existing right-of-way grant) of the approved 
pipeline and right-of-way (ROW) grant COC-51280, and the impacts of the 
proposed construction and use of known additional temporary work areas 
adjacent to the approved ROW or, proposed ROW route changes or minor 
realignments.
    This Supplement will also address the impacts of the construction 
and use minor realignments and alternative temporary work areas in 
unspecified locations. These unspecified temporary work areas and minor 
realignments will be addressed to accommodate conditions that might be 
encountered during construction. Also addressed in the Supplement are 
proposed modifications to several environmental protection measures 
contained in the original right-of-way (ROW) grant and Record of 
Decision (ROD).
    Please focus comments on the proposed actions and alternatives in 
the Supplement to the FEIS.
DATES: Due to an error in calculation, the 60-day public comment period 
for the Draft Supplement has been extended to March 18, 1998. This 
notice amends and extends the comment period published by the BLM and 
USFS in the Federal Register on January 23, 1998 (63 FR 3584). Written 
comments on the Draft Supplement must be submitted or postmarked no 
later than March 10, 1998. Written comments may also be submitted at 
the public meetings to be held on February 17, 1998 at 7:00 pm at the 
Double Tree Inn, 501 Camino del Rio in Durango, Colorado; on February

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18, 1998 at 7:00 pm at the Ponderosa Restaurant, 108 South 8th in 
Delores, Colorado; and at 7:00 pm at the Holiday Inn, 755 Horizon Drive 
in Grand Junction, Colorado.
    Public reading copies are available at the federal depository 
libraries in Colorado and New Mexico and public libraries within San 
Juan County, New Mexico, and La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel, 
Montrose, Delta, Mesa, Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Bottomly (970) 240-5337, Ilyse 
Auringer (970) 385-1341, or Steve Hemphill (970) 874-6633.

    Signed: January 23, 1998.
Mark W. Stiles,
District Manager, Montrose District, BLM.
Robert L. Storch,
Forest Supervisor, Grand Mesa/Uncompahgre/Gunnison National Forests.
[FR Doc. 98-2317 Filed 1-30-98; 8:45 am]
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