[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67173-67174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27923]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP02-396-000 and PF01-1-000]


Greenbrier Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Greenbrier 
Pipeline Project

October 24, 2002.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared this draft environmental impact statement 
(DEIS) on the natural gas pipeline facilities (the Greenbrier Pipeline 
Project) proposed by Greenbrier Pipeline Company, LLC (GPC) in the 
above-referenced dockets. The application and other supplemental 
filings in these dockets are available for viewing on the FERC Internet 
Web site (www.ferc.gov). Click on the ``FERRIS'' link, select ``General 
Search,'' then ``Docket '' on the menu, and follow the 
instructions.
    The DEIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The staff concludes that approval of 
the proposed project with appropriate mitigating measures, as 
recommended, would result in some adverse environmental impacts. The 
DEIS evaluates alternatives to the proposal, including system 
alternatives, route alternatives, and route variations, and requests 
comments on them.
    The purpose of the project is to create gas supply diversity and to 
meet a portion of the growing energy market in the South Atlantic 
region. The project would be designed to meet a variety of anticipated 
loads, including the growth of two local distribution companies, four 
natural gas-fired electric generation plants and a natural gas 
marketer. The project is fully subscribed and would transport up to 
600,000 decatherms per day of natural gas.
    The proposed pipeline would extend from east of Clendenin, Kanawha 
County, West Virginia through West Virginia, southwestern Virginia, and 
North Carolina to its terminus near Stem, in Granville County, North 
Carolina. It would consist of 275.6 miles of mainline and three 
laterals totaling 3.8 miles. GPC would also construct 2 compressor 
stations, 3 meter stations, 20 block valves, and appurtenant 
facilities, and use up to 212 access roads. Mainline DG-1 would extend 
from the proposed Elk River Compressor Station adjacent to Dominion 
Transmission, Inc.''s existing Cornwell Compressor Station to the 
proposed Public Service Company of North Carolina, a South Carolina 
Corporation's compressor station near Stem, North Carolina. DG-1 would 
include 20-, 24-, and 30-inch-diameter pipeline. Lateral DG-2 would 
consist of 1.0 mile of 12-inch-diameter pipeline that extends from DG-1 
to the proposed Somerset Meter Station near Roxboro, North Carolina. 
Lateral DG-3 would consist of 2.1 miles of 10-inch-diameter pipeline 
that extends from the end of DG-1 to the proposed Mountain Creek Meter 
Station near Butner, North Carolina. Lateral DG-4 would consist of 0.7 
mile of 30-inch-diameter pipeline that would interconnect the proposed 
Transco Meter Station and the proposed Eden Compressor Station in 
Rockingham County, North Carolina.

Comment Procedures and Public Meetings

    Any person wishing to comment on the DEIS 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:
    [sbull] Send one original and two copies of your comments to: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First St., NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
    [sbull] Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the Gas 
2, PJ-11.2;
    [sbull] Reference Docket No. CP02-396-000; and
    [sbull] Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before December 16, 2002.
    Please note that we are continuing to experience delays in mail 
deliveries from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, we will include 
all comments that we receive within a reasonable time frame in our 
environmental analysis of the project. Comments 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 Internet 
Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link and the 
links to the User's Guide. Before you can file comments, you will need 
to create an account, which can be created by clicking on ``Login to 
File,'' ``New Account,'' and then following the instructions. For help 
in ``e-Filing'' call (202) 502-8258.
    We will announce in a future notice, the location and time of the 
local public meetings to receive comments on the DEIS.
    After comments have been reviewed, any significant new issues will 
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investigated. When the DEIS has been modified as appropriate, the staff 
will publish and distribute a final environmental impact statement 
(FEIS). The FEIS will contain the staff's responses to timely comments 
filed on the DEIS.
    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 (see 18 CFR 385.214). Anyone may intervene in this 
proceeding based on this DEIS. You must file your request to intervene 
as specified above.\1\ You do not need intervenor status to have your 
comments considered.
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    \1\ Interventions also may be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing 
comments electronically.
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    All intervenors, agencies, elected officials, local governments, 
Indian tribes, local libraries, media, and anyone providing written 
comments on the DEIS will receive a copy of the FEIS. If you do not 
wish to comment on the DEIS but wish to receive a copy of the FEIS, you 
must write to the Secretary of the Commission, indicating this request.
    The DEIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is 
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) 502-8371.
    A limited number of copies are available from the Public Reference 
and Files Maintenance Branch identified above. In addition, copies of 
the DEIS have been mailed to Federal, state, and local government 
agencies; elected officials, environmental and public interest groups; 
affected landowners who requested a copy of the DEIS; Native American 
tribes that might attach religious and cultural significance to 
historic properties in the area of potential effect; local libraries 
and newspapers; and the Commission's list of parties to this 
proceeding. Additional information about the proposed project is 
available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-
208-FERC (3372) or on the FERC Internet Web site (www.ferc.gov), using 
the ``FERRIS'' link to information in this docket number. Click on the 
``FERRIS'' link, select ``General Search'' from the menu, and follow 
the instructions. For assistance with access to FERRIS, the FERRIS help 
line can be reached at 1-866-208-3676, TTY (202) 502-8659. The FERRIS 
link on the FERC Internet Web site also provides access to the texts of 
formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and 
rulemakings.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-27923 Filed 11-1-02; 8:45 am]
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