[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47139-47140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1727]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP02-60-004; CP04-64-000]


Trunkline LNG Company, LLC; Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Notice of 
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Trunkline 
LNG and Loop Project

July 29, 2004.
    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 Trunkline LNG Company, LLC 
(Trunkline LNG) and Trunkline Gas Company, LLC (Trunkline Gas) in the 
above-referenced docket numbers.
    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 Trunkline Gas wants to 
expand the capacity of its facilities in Louisiana.
    In Docket No. CP02-60-004, Trunkline LNG proposes to:
     Convert an LNG vessel lay berth to a LNG ship unloading 
dock with three liquid unloading arms and one vapor return/delivery arm 
at the import terminal;
     Construct a desuperheater knockout drum;
     Construct three 200 million standard cubic feet per day 
(MMscf/d) second stage pumps;
     Construct four 150 MMscf/d submerged combustion 
vaporizers; and
     Construct an additional fuel gas heater.
    In Docket No. CP04-64-000, Trunkline Gas seeks authority to:
     Construct 22.2 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline from the 
Trunkline LNG Import Terminal at milepost (MP) 0.0 to the Trunkline Gas 
Lakeside Pipeline Gate 203A (MP 22.2);
     Construct 0.6 mile of 30-inch-diameter pipeline inside the 
Trunkline LNG Import Terminal;
     Construct a new meter station facility at the existing 
Trunkline LNG Import Terminal for receipt of regassified LNG into the 
proposed loop;
     Construct four new meter facilities for interconnections 
with 1) Calcasieu Gas Gathering System (Calcasieu Gas) at MP 0.0 in 
Calcasieu Parish; 2) Sabine Gas Transmission Company (MP 8.1) in 
Calcasieu Parish; 3) Texas Gas Transmission Corporation (MP L-191.6) 
\1\ in Jefferson Davis Parish; and 4) Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 
(MP L-198.1) in Calcasieu Parish;
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    \1\ MP L-is the milepost designation for the existing 30-inch-
diameter LNG Lateral, which is part of Trunkline Gas' Lakeside 
Pipeline System.
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     Modify two existing meter stations on Trunkline's Lakeside 
Pipeline System to increase capacity at the Texas Eastern Transmission, 
LP's delivery point interconnection (MP L-203.9) to 500,000 decatherms 
per day (Dth/day) and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation's 
(Transco) Ragley delivery point interconnection (MP L-203.4) to 500,000 
Dth/day in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.
    The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to transport an 
additional 2.1 billion cubic feet per day for service to Trunkline Gas' 
customers.
    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 Room, 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 and LNG Engineering Branch), PJ11.2;
     Reference Docket Nos. CP02-60-004 and CP04-64-000; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC, on or before August 30, 2004.
    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).\2\ Only intervenors have the right to seek 
rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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    \2\ 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 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 with 
eLibrary, the eLibrary helpline can be reached at 1-866-208-3676, TTY 
(202) 502-8659 or at [email protected]. The eLibrary link on 
the FERC Internet website 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

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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.''

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-1727 Filed 8-3-04; 8:45 am]
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