[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3578-3579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-113]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-49-002]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Availability of the 
Amended Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Everett Delta Lateral 
Project

January 16, 2004.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) issued an amended environmental assessment (EA) on the 
natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation (Northwest) in the above-referenced docket on December 23, 
2003.
    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 Everett Delta Lateral 
Project including: 16-inch-diameter Lateral--The Everett Delta Lateral 
would consist of a 16-inch-diameter pipeline. It would begin at a new 
meter station (located at MP 1411.32 of Northwest's Ignacio to Sumas 
mainline) and extend approximately 9 miles to the west to the north end 
of the City of Everett. The alignment, with the exception of minor 
deviations, is the same as the alignment certificated by FERC in 2001. 
The beginning and end of the lateral would be equipped with permanent 
pig launching and receiving facilities. The maximum allowable operating 
pressure of the lateral would be 960 psig. The lateral would consist of 
the following:
     9.19 miles of 16-inch-diameter pipeline
     Everett Delta Meter Station
     Pigging facilities at the beginning and end of 
the lateral
     Block valve at MP 4.44 (Soper Hill)
     Various valves and piping within the meter 
station site
    The purpose of the revised Everett Delta Lateral Project is to 
install

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facilities that would deliver natural gas from Northwest's Ignacio to 
Sumas mainline to PSE's distribution system in the City of Everett, 
Washington and surrounding communities by the fall of 2004. The 
facilities would be designed to measure and deliver up to approximately 
113 million decatherms per day of natural gas on a firm basis.
    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) 502-8371.
    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 Branch 2, PJ 11.2.
     Reference Docket No. CP01-49-002; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received 
in Washington, DC, on or before January 23, 2003.
    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 this project. However, the Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments or interventions 
or protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 
instructions on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov under 
the ``e-Filing'' link and the link to the User's Guide. Before you can 
file comments you will need to create a free account which can be 
created by clicking on ``Sign-up.''
    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 in 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 project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the 
FERC Internet Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on 
the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket 
number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field. Be 
sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, 
please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or 
toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary 
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.
    In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called 
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances 
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time 
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with 
notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to 
the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov, click on ``eSubscription'' and then 
click on ``Sign-up.''

 Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-113 Filed 01-23-04; 8:45 am]
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