[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9469]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Application for a Natural Gas Pipeline Right-of-Way

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that under Section 28 of the Mineral 
Leasing Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 449: 30 U.S.C. 185), as amended by Public 
Law 93-153, Midcoast Interstate Transmission, Inc. has applied to 
remove a 3.5-inch natural gas pipeline within an existing right-of-way, 
and to install and maintain a 12.75-inch pipeline, across approximately 
5,142 feet of the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, in Morgan County, 
Alabama, within the existing easement described as follows:
    An easement and right-of-way for pipeline on, over, and across two 
strips of land lying in Morgan County, State of Alabama, in the W\1/2\ 
SW\1/4\ Section 21, and W\1/2\ NW\1/4\ Section 28, Township 6 South, 
Range 4 West, on both sides of the Flint Creek Embayment of Wheeler 
Lake, approximately 4 miles north of Harselle, each strip being 35 feet 
wide lying 17.5 feet on each side of the centerline of the pipeline 
location, the said strips being identified as Parcel No. 1 and Parcel 
No. 2, the centerlines being described as follows:

Parcel No. 1

    Beginning at a point in the centerline of the pipeline location in 
the west line of Section 21, and in the boundary of the United States 
of America's land from which US-TVA Monument 136, T. 6 S., R. 4 W., 
(Coordinates: N. 1,639,961; E. 660,930) in the said section line and in 
the boundary of the United States of America's land at a corner of the 
lands of A.L. Handley and Mrs. Adele Russell bears S. 3 deg. 15' W., at 
a distance of 46 feet; thence from the point of beginning with the 
centerline of the pipeline location S. 46 deg. 38' E., 53 feet to a 
point; thence S. 32 deg. 33' E., 214 feet to a point; thence S. 22 deg. 
28' E., 143 feet to a point; thence S. 12 deg. 11' E., 419 feet to a 
point; thence S. 12 deg. 46' E., 310 feet to a point; thence S. 22 deg. 
50' W., 61 feet to a point; thence S. 1 deg. 16' W., 185 feet to a 
point; thence S. 50 deg. 04' E., 61 feet to a point in or near the 
556.3-foot contour on the shore of the Flint Creek Embayment at the 
south end of the said parcel from which the centerline of the pipeline 
location continues on a bearing of S. 73 deg. 54' E.
    The land described above as Parcel No. 1 contains 1.16 acres, more 
or less.

Parcel No. 2

    Beginning at a point in the centerline of the pipeline location in 
the south line of the NW\1/4\ Section 28, and in the boundary between 
the lands of the United States of America and S.A. Blair & John T. Kyle 
from which US-TVA Monument 96, T. 6 S., R. 4 W. (Coordinates N. 
1,635,184; E. 661,772) in the said quarter section line and at a corner 
in the boundary of the United States of America's land bears N. 88 deg. 
25' W., at a distance of 46 feet; thence from the point of beginning 
with the center line of the pipeline location N. 9 deg. 35' W., 1,346 
feet to a point; thence N. 10 deg. 50' W., 568 feet to a point; thence 
N. 4 deg. 17' E. 1,432 feet to a point; thence N. 21 deg. 29' W., 102 
feet to a point; thence N. 73 deg. 54' W., approximately 30 feet to a 
point in the 556.3-foot contour on the shore of the Flint Creek 
Embayment.
    The land described above as Parcel No. 2 contains 2.80 acres, more 
or less.
    The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service is currently considering the merits of 
approving this application.

DATES: Interested persons desiring to comment on this application 
should do so on or before May 11, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the Regional Director, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Room 420, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30345.
Sam D. Hamilton,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 98-9469 Filed 4-9-98; 8:45 am]
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