[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 107 (Friday, June 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30009-30010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14173]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-102-000]


Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Medicine Bow Lateral Project

May 28, 1999.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) that 
discusses the environmental impacts of the Medicine Bow Lateral Project 
proposed in the above-referenced docket. The proposed project would 
include the construction and operation of approximately 149 miles of 
24-inch-diameter pipeline and 7,170 horsepower (hp) of compression.

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    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.
    Wyoming Interstate Company Ltd. (WIC) proposes to build new 
pipeline and compression facilities to increase the transportation 
capacity of its current system in Colorado and Wyoming. The new 
facilities would enable WIC to transport an additional 269 million 
cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Powder River Basin. 
Specifically, WIC seeks Commission authority to construct and operate 
the following facilities:
     149 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline extending from 
WIC's existing mainline in Weld County, Colorado, to Converse County, 
Wyoming, where it would interconnect with nonjurisdictional gathering 
facilities;
     A new compressor station in Converse County, Wyoming, 
which would consist of one turbine-driven, centrifugal compressor unit 
rated at 7,170 hp;
     Two new meter stations in Converse County, Wyoming; and
     A new check meter and side valve at the interconnection 
with WIC's mainline in Weld County, Colorado.
    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, landowners, local newspapers and 
libraries, 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 the instructions to ensure that your 
comments are received in time and properly recorded.
     Send two copies of your comments to: David P. Boergers, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Room 1A, Washington, D.C. 20426.
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the 
Environmental Review and Compliance Branch, PR11.1;
     Reference Docket No. CP99-102-000; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before June 28, 1999.
    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 395.214(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 environmental comments considered.
    Additional information about the proposed project is available from 
Mr. Paul McKee of the Commission's Office of External Affairs at (202) 
208-1088 or on the FERC website (www.ferc.fed.us) using the ``RIMS'' 
link to information in this docket number. Click on the ``RIMS'' link, 
select ``Docket #'' from the RIMS Menu, and follow the instructions. 
For assistance with access to RIMS, the RIMS helpline can be reached at 
(202) 208-2222. Similarly, the ``CIPS'' link on the FERC Internet 
website provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the 
Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. From the FERC 
Internet website, click on the ``CIPS'' link, select ``Docket #'' from 
the CIPS menu, and follow the instructions. For assistance with access 
to CIPS, the CIPS helpline can be reached at (202) 208-2474.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14173 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am]
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