[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 66580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26979]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the 
Gulf Coast Pipeline Project

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: This notice represents the Record of Decision (ROD) regarding 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS's) decision to 
subordinate its rights, acquired under the Wetland Reserve Program, to 
allow the Gulf Coast Segment (Gulf Coast Pipeline Project) of the 
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP to cross one NRCS held conservation 
easement in Fannin County, Texas associated with this approximately 480 
mile pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma, to Nederland, Texas. This is in 
accordance with agency policy CPM-440, Part 514, Circular 7, 
Infrastructure Policy on Easements, dated September 6, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available upon request from the 
Natural Resource Conservation Service, 101 South Main, Temple, Texas 
76502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claude W. Ross, Natural Resources 
Specialist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 101 South Main, 
Temple, TX 76501; Phone: 254-742-9822.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In September 2008, TransCanada Keystone 
Pipeline, LP (TransCanada) filed an application for a Presidential 
Permit with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) to build and operate the 
Keystone XL Project.
    In the original application, TransCanada had proposed that the 
project would consist of 1,375 miles of new 36-inch diameter pipeline, 
to be built in three segments: The approximately 850-mile long ``Steele 
City'' segment from the U.S. border to Steele City, Nebraska; the 
approximately 478-mile long ``Gulf Coast'' segment from Cushing, 
Oklahoma to Nederland, Texas; and the 47-mile long ``Houston Lateral'' 
segment from Liberty County, Texas, to the Moore Junction area in 
Harris County, Texas.
    On February 27, 2012, TransCanada submitted a letter to the 
Department of State giving advanced notice of the intent to move 
forward with the Gulf Coast Segment (Gulf Coast Pipeline Project). The 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) included analysis of the 
Gulf Coast Pipeline Project.
    The ROD noticed herein pertains only to the Gulf Coast Pipeline 
Project and to NRCS's decision to subordinate its rights, acquired 
under the Wetlands Reserve Program, thereby allowing the pipeline to 
cross a conservation easement in Fannin County, Texas.

    Dated: October 29, 2012.
Salvador Salinas,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 2012-26979 Filed 11-5-12; 8:45 am]
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