[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18919]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-765-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental 
Assessment for the Proposed Wisconsin Loop Expansion Project

July 10, 1998.
    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.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed Wisconsin Loop Expansion 
Project facilities including:
     About 11.7 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline loop on 
ANR's existing Wisconsin mainline in Waukesha County, Wisconsin;
     The relocation of an existing pig receiver from ANR's 
existing Milwaukee Tap and Meter Station No. 10 to a parcel of land 
adjacent to ANR's existing mainline Station No. 12 in Waukesha County, 
Wisconsin;
     A valve station at milepost 7.7 along the proposed 30-
inch-diameter pipeline loop; and
     A new meter station (Somers Meter Station) at milepost 
12.19 along ANR's existing Racine lateral in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
    ANR would transport an additional 116 million cubic feet of natural 
gas per day to shippers in the Chicago hub markets.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited 
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public 
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference 
and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street, N.E., Room 2A, 
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.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. To ensure 
consideration prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is 
important that we receive your comments before the date specified 
below. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your 
comments are received in time and properly recorded:
     Send two copies of your comments to: Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., N.E., Room 1A, Washington, 
DC 20426;
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the 
Environmental Review and Compliance Branch, PR-11.1.
     Reference Docket No. CP97-765-000; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before August 7, 1998.
    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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-18919 Filed 7-15-98; 8:45 am]
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