[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 76 (Friday, April 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19919-19920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7566]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP07-8-000]


Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C; Notice of Availability of the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Guardian Expansion and Extension 
Project

April 13, 2007.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared this draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for the construction and operation of the natural gas pipeline 
facilities (referred to as the G-II Project or Project) as proposed by 
Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C. (Guardian) in the above-referenced docket.
    The draft EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that 
approval of the G-II Project, with appropriate mitigating measures as 
recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact. The draft 
EIS evaluates alternatives to the proposal, including system 
alternatives and pipeline route alternatives.
    The Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
(COE) are federal cooperating agencies for the development of this EIS. 
The State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is also a 
cooperating agency. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or 
have special expertise with respect to any environmental impact 
involved with the proposal and is involved in the NEPA analysis or 
similar type of environmental analysis.
    The purpose of the G-II Project is to provide the facilities 
necessary to provide about 537,200 decatherms per day of additional 
natural gas capacity to Guardian's existing pipeline system. The 
proposed additional capacity would facilitate the transport of natural 
gas to customers within the state of Wisconsin and provide those 
customers with the necessary infrastructure to support growth and 
competition within the natural gas marketplace. Guardian proposes to 
have the project constructed and operational by November 2008.
    The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following natural gas pipeline 
facilities:
     83.6 miles of 30-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline in 
Jefferson, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Calumet, Brown, and Outagamie Counties, 
Wisconsin;

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     25.9 miles of 20-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline in 
Brown and Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin;
     two new 39,000 horsepower (hp) electric motor driven 
compressor stations including the Sycamore Compressor Station located 
in the Sycamore Township in DeKalb County, Illinois and the Bluff Creek 
Compressor Station located in the Town of La Grange in Walworth County, 
Wisconsin;
     modifications to the existing Ixonia Meter Station in 
Jefferson County, Wisconsin and the construction of seven new meter 
stations in the Counties of Dodge, Fond du Lac, Calumet, Brown, and 
Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin;
     two new pig launcher facilities including a 30-inch 
launcher within Guardian's existing Ixonia Meter Station in Jefferson 
County, Wisconsin; a 30-inch-diameter receiver and 20-inch-diameter 
launcher within the proposed Fox Valley Meter Station in Brown County, 
Wisconsin; and a 20-inch-diameter receiver within the proposed West 
Green Bay Meter Station in Outagamie County Wisconsin; and
     six new mainline valves (MLV), four of which would occur 
along the 30-inch-diameter pipeline in the counties of Dodge, Fond du 
Lac, and Calumet, Wisconsin and two which would occur along the 20-
inch-diameter pipeline in Brown and Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin.
    Project construction would be initiated in the spring of 2008 and 
would be completed for a proposed in-service date in November 2008.

Comment Procedures and Public Meetings

    Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS 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 and properly recorded:
     Send an original and two copies of your comments to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the 
Gas Branch 1, DG2E; and Reference Docket No. CP07-8-000 on the original 
and both copies.
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before May 29, 2007.
    Please note that the Commission strongly encourages electronic 
filing (``eFiling'') of comments. Instructions on how to ``eFile'' can 
be found on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov under the 
``Documents and Filings'' link.
    In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, we invite 
you to attend the public comment meeting scheduled as follows:
    May 15, 2007, 7 p.m. (CST)
    Radisson Hotel and Conference Center of Green Bay 2040 Airport 
Drive
    Green Bay, WI US
    Telephone: (920) 405-6404
    May 16, 2007, 7 p.m. (CST)
    Bauer Ramada Plaza Hotel 1 North Main Street
    Fond Du Lac, WI 54935
    Telephone: (920) 923-3000
    May 17, 2007, 7 p.m. (CST)
    Olympia Conference Center 1350 Royale Mile Road
    Oconomowoc, WI 53066
    Telephone: (262) 369-4969
    The public comment meetings will be posted on the FERC's calendar 
located at http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx. 
Interested parties and individuals are encouraged to attend and present 
oral comments on the draft EIS. Transcripts of the meetings will be 
prepared.
    After these comments are reviewed, any significant new issues are 
investigated, and modifications are made to the draft EIS, a final EIS 
will be published and distributed by the FERC staff. The final EIS will 
contain the staff's responses to timely comments received on the draft 
EIS.
    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). Anyone may intervene in this proceeding 
based on this draft EIS. 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 may also be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing 
comments electronically.
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    The draft EIS 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 Room, 888 First Street, NE., 
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
    A limited number of hard copies and CD copies of the draft EIS are 
available from the Public Reference Room identified above. Copies of 
the draft EIS have been mailed to federal, state, and local agencies; 
public interest groups; individuals and affected landowners who 
requested a copy of the draft EIS or provided comments during scoping; 
libraries; newspapers; and parties to this proceeding.
    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 (http://www.ferc.gov).
    To access information via the FERC Web site click on the 
``eLibrary'' link then 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. The ``eLibrary'' link 
provides access to the texts for formals documents issued by the 
Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. For assistance 
with ``eLibrary'', please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    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. To learn more about ``eSubscription'' and to sign up for 
this service please go to http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-7566 Filed 4-19-07; 8:45 am]
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