[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 65 (Thursday, April 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16781-16782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6316]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP07-14-000; BLM Reference No. 2880/UTU-82750 and WYW-67229 
(EA No. UT-080-06-156)]


Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Kanda Lateral and Mainline 
Expansion Project

March 30, 2007.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission), with the cooperation of the U.S. Department of Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Sweetwater County Conservation 
District, has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the natural 
gas pipeline facilities proposed by Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd. in 
the above-referenced docket.
    The EA was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act. The staff concludes that approval of the 
proposed Kanda Lateral and Mainline Expansion Project, with appropriate 
mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    The BLM is participating as a cooperating agency in the preparation 
of the EA because the project would cross federal lands under BLM 
administration

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in Utah and Wyoming. The EA will be used by the BLM to consider the 
issuance of a right-of-way grant for the portion of the project on 
Federal lands.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed project. The project is 
comprised of two components. The first component includes 123.7 miles 
of 24-inch-diameter pipeline commencing at a new interconnect in Uintah 
County, Utah and traversing in a northerly direction through Daggett 
County, Utah to a proposed interconnect in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 
The second component involves the installation of two compressor units 
at the existing Wamsutter Compressor Station located in Sweetwater 
County, Wyoming. The proposed pipeline would deliver up to 400,000 
decatherms per day to Kerr-McGee Corporation in response to increasing 
gas production in the Uintah Basin in eastern Utah to West, Central, 
and Eastern markets. Additional pipeline facilities would consist of 
pig launchers/receivers, meter stations and associated interconnects, 
and mainline block valves.
    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 
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, Native American tribes, interested 
individuals, local libraries, 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 note that 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''.
    If you are filing written comments, 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: 
Philis J. Posey, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
     Reference Docket No. CP07-14-000;
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the 
Gas Branch 1, PJ-11.1, and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before April 30, 2007.
    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 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, contact (202) 502-8659. The 
eLibrary link 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/esubscribenow.htm.
    Information concerning the involvement of the BLM is available from 
Mark A. Mackiewicz, National Project Manager, at (435) 636-3616.

Philis J. Posey,
 Acting Secretary.
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