[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7380]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WY-050-5101-00-K038; WYW147148]


Notice of Intent, and Notice of Scoping Meetings and Comment 
Period; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct an environmental analysis and 
prepare either an environmental assessment or environmental impact 
statement, and notice of scoping meetings and public comment period.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the 
Bureau of Land Management is directing the preparation of an 
environmental document for the construction, operation, and maintenance 
of a 24-inch diameter natural gas pipeline gathering system that would 
be approximately 127 miles in length. The proposed project is known as 
the Lost Creek Gathering System Project. The environmental document is 
being prepared as an environmental assessment, but may be advanced to 
the environmental impact statement level based on public scoping or if 
the environmental assessment concludes that significant issues or 
impacts are present. Public scoping meetings will be held for the 
proposed project and will include a public comment period.

DATES: Public scoping meetings will be at the Jeffrey Center, 315 W. 
Pine, Rawlins, Wyoming from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on April 13, 1999 
and at the Riverton School District #25 Public Meeting Room, 121 N. 5th 
Street West, Riverton, Wyoming on April 14, 1999. The agenda for both 
meetings will be to conduct an open-house to receive interested parties 
between 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., followed by a formal presentation 
starting at 7:00 p.m., and concluding with a public comment period. The 
meeting will conclude at 9:00 p.m. Written comments on the proposed 
project will be accepted until April 30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Any comments should be sent to Bureau of Land Management, 
Lander Field Office, Attention: Bill Bartlett, P.O. Box 589, Lander, 
Wyoming 82520. E-mail comments may be sent to Bill__B[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Bartlett, (307) 332-8402.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 28 of the Mineral 
Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.) as amended by the Act of November 16, 
1973 (37 Stat. 587), the Lost Creek Gathering Company has applied for a 
right-of-way, serial number WYW147148, for the construction, operation, 
and maintenance of a natural gas gathering system. The proposed project 
crosses Federal, State, and private land. The proposed Lost Creek 
Gathering System Project is comprised of (1) A 127 mile, 24-inch 
diameter natural gas pipeline that would start at the Burlington 
Resources' Lost Cabin gas treating plant near Lost Cabin in Fremont 
County, would go south passing near Jeffrey City and would end at the 
Interstate 80 corridor near Western Gas Resources' Red Desert plant in 
Sweetwater County; (2) a 36 mile 12-inch diameter lateral that connects 
Snyder's Beaver Creek gas plant to the proposed 24-inch header within 
Fremont County; (3) dew-point control facilities at the southern 
terminus of the 24-inch header; and (4) a compressor station located at 
the southern terminus of the gathering system. Current compressor 
design calls for approximately 5,000 horsepower of compression. The 
pipeline would be able to deliver approximately 120 million cubic feet 
per day into the Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG) and Wyoming Interstate 
Gas Company (WIC) interstate pipelines without compression, and 
approximately 275 million cubic feet per day with compression. 
Additional smaller-diameter laterals could be added to this system 
after the right-of-way application for the Lost Creek project is filed 
with the BLM. Inclusion of additional laterals into the Lost Creek 
project will depend upon the progress of negotiations between Lost 
Creek and producers in these fields. Maps of the Lost Creek Gathering 
System Project, proposed and alternate routes, are available for 
viewing at the Bureau of Land Management, Lander Field Office, 1335 
Main Street, Lander, Wyoming, and Rawlins Field Office, 1300 North 
Third Street, Rawlins, Wyoming.

    Dated: March 19, 1999.
Ed Womack,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 99-7380 Filed 3-25-99; 8:45 am]
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