[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48128-48129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23202]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-79-000]


ANR Pipeline Co.; Notice of Availability of the Environmental 
Assessment for the Proposed Badger Pipeline Project

September 12, 2001.
    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.

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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.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed Badger Pipeline Project 
facilities including:
     About 12.8 miles of 20-inch-diameter loop along ANR's 
existing 10- and 12-inch-diameter Racine Laterals between Mainline 
Valve (MLV) No. 8 (milepost (MP) 0.0) in Burlington Township, Racine 
County and the existing Somers Meter Station (MP 12.8) in Paris 
Township, Kenosha County, Wisconsin;
     About 9.5 miles of 20-inch-diameter lateral would be 
located adjacent to existing rights-of-way (gas pipelines, Wisconsin 
Electric Power Company's (WEPCo) 345 kV electric transmission line, and 
the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) between the 
Somers Meter Station (MP 12.8) and the planned Badger Generating Plant 
(MP 22.3) in Pleasant Prairie Township, Kenosha County; and
     Aboveground facilities consisting of a pig trap/launcher 
assembly at the tie-in of the proposed pipeline on the existing MLV No. 
8 site (MP 0.0); a mainline valve and crossover piping at the existing 
Somers Meter Station (MP 12.8); and a meter station, valve, and pig 
trap/receiver assembly to be located at the planned Badger Generating 
Plant site (MP 22.3).
    ANR proposed the Badger Pipeline Project to provide up to 
210,000,000 cubic feet per day of gas to Badger Generating Company, 
LLC's (Badger) proposed 1,050 megawatt gas-fired power plant to be 
constructed in the Village of Pleasant Prairie in Kenosha County, 
Wisconsin.
    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, NE., 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 an original and two copies of your comments to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the 
Gas Group 1, PJ11.1.
     Reference Docket No. CP01-79-000; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before October 12, 2001.
    Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically 
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and 
the instructions on the Commission's web site under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    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).\1\ Only intervenors have the right to seek 
rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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    \1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing 
comments electronically.
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    Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be 
granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they 
have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be 
adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor 
status to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about the proposed project is available from 
the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (202) 208-1088 or on 
the FERC Internet website (www.ferc.gov) 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.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-23202 Filed 9-17-01; 8:45 am]
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