[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 111 (Thursday, June 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36437-36438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14397]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-82-000]


Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.; Notice of Availability of 
the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Pleasant Hill Pipeline 
Project

June 2, 2000.
    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 Williams Gas Pipelines 
Central, Inc. (Williams) in the above-referenced docket. The proposed 
project would include the construction and operation of approximately 
1.5 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline; and 2,890-horsepower (hp) of 
compression at an existing compressor station; and the conversion of 
the regulatory authority of an 800-hp compressor unit at an existing 
compressor station from Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA) Section 311 to 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) Part 284 service.
    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.
    Williams proposes to build new pipeline and compression facilities 
to expand the capacity of its system in Kansas and Missouri. The new 
facilities would enable Williams to transport an additional 44,200 
Dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of natural gas in the winter and an 
additional 88,200 Dth/d of natural gas in the summer.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following proposed natural gas 
transmission facilities:
    <bullet> About 1.5 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline from the 
Ottawa Compressor Station to the Ottawa Crossover in Franklin County, 
Kansas;
    <bullet> Two upgraded compressor units: from 1,350-hp each to 
2,000-hp each at the existing Peculiar Compressor Station in Cass 
County, Missouri; and
    <bullet> One 1,590-hp turbine compressor at the Peculiar Compressor 
Station.
    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 Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-1371.
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, state and local 
agencies, public interest groups, affected landowners, 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:
    <bullet> Send two copies of your comments to: David P. Boergers, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., N.E., 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
    <bullet> Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the 
Gas/Hydro Group, PJ-11.3;
    Reference Docket No. CP00-082-000; and
    <bullet> Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before July 1, 2000.
    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).
    The date for filing timely motions to intervene in this proceeding 
has passed. Therefore, parties now seeking to file late interventions 
must show good cause, as required by section 385.214(b)(3), why this 
time limitation should be waived. Environmental issues have been viewed 
as good cause for late intervention. You do not need intervenor status 
to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about the proposed project is available from 
Paul McKee in the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (202) 
208-1088 or on the FERC Internet website (www.ferc.fed.us) using the 
``RIMS'' link to information this docket number. Click on the ``RIMS'' 
link, select ``Docket #'' from the RIMS Menu, and follow the 
instructions. For assistance with access to RIMS, the RIMS helpline can 
be reached at (202) 208-2222. Similarly, the ``CIPS'' link on the FERC 
Internet website provides access to the texts of formal documents 
issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. 
From the FERC Internet website, click on the ``CIPS'' link, select 
``Docket #'' from the CIPS menu, and follow the instructions. For

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assistance with access to CIPS, the CIPS helpline can be reached at 
(202) 208-2474.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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