[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 225 (Friday, November 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65720-65721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22839]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP07-417-000]


Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement and Public Comment Meeting for the 
Proposed Fayetteville/Greenville Expansion Project

November 16, 2007.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared this Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for the natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Texas Gas 
Transmission, LLC's (Texas Gas) under the above-referenced docket. 
Texas Gas's Fayetteville/Greenville Expansion Project (Project) would 
be located in Faulkner, Cleburne, White, Woodruff, St. Francis, Lee, 
and Phillips Counties, Arkansas; and Coahoma, Washington, Sunflower, 
Humphreys, Holmes, and Attalla Counties, Mississippi.
    The Draft EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act. The FERC staff concludes that the 
proposed Project, with the appropriate mitigation measures as 
recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact.
    The purpose of the Project is to add pipeline capacity to Texas 
Gas's existing interstate pipeline system to transport the new natural 
gas supplies being developed from the Fayetteville Shale gas production 
area in north-central Arkansas to markets in the mid-western, 
northeastern, and southeastern United States. Texas Gas is proposing to 
construct at total of about 262.6 miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline in 
two separate pipeline laterals, two tie-in laterals, a compressor 
station, and associated ancillary facilities.
    The Draft EIS addresses the potential environmental impacts 
resulting from the construction and operation of the following 
facilities:
     Fayetteville Lateral: 166.2 miles of 36-inch-diameter 
pipeline in Faulkner, Cleburne, White, Woodruff, St. Francis, Lee, and 
Phillips Counties, Arkansas, and Coahoma County, Mississippi;
     Greenville Lateral: 96.4 miles of 36-inch-diameter 
pipeline in Washington, Sunflower, Humphreys, Holmes, and Attalla 
Counties, Mississippi;
     36-inch tie-in lateral: 0.8 mile of 36-inch-diameter 
pipeline in Attalla County, Mississippi;
     20-inch tie-in lateral: 0.4 mile of 20-inch-diameter 
pipeline in Attalla County, Mississippi;
     the 10,650 horsepower Kosciusko Compressor Station in 
Attalla County, Mississippi;
     twenty-nine metering and regulating stations; and
     three pig launchers and three pig receivers.
    The entire project would be capable of transporting about 841,000 
million British thermal units per day (Btu/d) of natural gas on the 
Fayetteville Lateral and about 768,000 MMBtu/d on the Greenville 
Lateral. Texas Gas proposes to construct the pipeline facilities in two 
phases. Phase I would include construction of the first 66 miles of the 
Fayetteville Lateral and related facilities from Conway County to the 
Bald Knob area of White County, Arkansas. Phase II would include 
construction of the remaining 100 miles of the Fayetteville Lateral 
from White County, Arkansas, to Coahoma County, Mississippi, the entire 
Greenville Lateral and associated tie-in laterals, and the Kosciusko 
Compressor Station. Texas Gas proposes beginning construction of both 
Phases I and II in June 2008. However, Phase I would be placed in 
service by August 1, 2008, and Phase II would be placed in service by 
January 1, 2009.
    Any person wishing to comment on the Draft EIS may do so. To ensure 
that your comments are timely and properly recorded so that they may be 
considered in the Final EIS, please carefully follow these 
instructions:
     Send an original and two copies of your letter to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
     Label one copy of your comments to the attention of Gas 
Branch 2, DG2E;
     Reference Docket No. CP07-417-000 on the original and both 
copies; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC, on or before January 7, 2008.
    Please note that the Commission strongly encourages electronic 
filing of any comments to this proceeding. Instructions on ``eFiling'' 
comments can be found on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov under the ``Documents and Filings'' link and the link to 
the User's Guide. Before you can file comments, you will need to open a 
free account which can be created on-line.
    In lieu of or in addition to sending written comments, we invite 
you to attend public comment meetings the FERC will conduct in the 
Project area to receive comments on the Draft EIS. FERC staff will be 
in attendance. The meetings will all begin at 6:30 p.m. on the 
following dates and locations:


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December 11, 2007, Carmichael Community Center, Harry Miller 
Auditorium, 801 S. Elm St., Searcy, AR.
December 12, 2007, Forrest City Civic Center, 1335 N. Washington, 
Forrest City, AR.
December 13, 2007, Billie Professional Building, 115 Spring Street, 
Lexington, MS.

    The public comment meetings will be posted on the FERC's calendar 
located at http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx. 
Interested groups and individuals are encouraged to attend and present 
oral comments on the Draft EIS. Transcripts of the meetings will be 
prepared. This notice is being mailed to parties who are on the mail 
list for the Draft EIS.
    After the comments received 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 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 copies of the Draft EIS are available from the 
Public Reference Room identified above. In addition, CD copies of the 
Draft EIS have been mailed to affected landowners; various Federal, 
State, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental 
and public interest groups; Native American tribes; local libraries and 
newspapers; intervenors; and other individuals that expressed an 
interest in the proposed Project. Hard copies of the Draft EIS have 
also been mailed to those who requested that format during the scoping 
and comment periods for the proposed Project.
    Additional information about the proposed 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 of formal 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 
these 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.
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