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Land Requirements for Construction

ANR proposes to use a construction

right-of-way width of 75 feet. ANR

would construct about 1.2 miles of the

loop adjacent to its existing 18-inchdiameter mainline and 20-inch-diameter

loop, and the remaining 10.2 miles of

pipeline would deviate from these

existing facilities. Construction of the

proposed pipeline loop facilities would

require about 123.96 acres of land.

Following construction, ANR would

maintain about 54.02 acres as new

aboveground facility sites. The

remaining 69.94 acres of land would be

restored and allowed to revert to its

former use.

In addition, constructing the proposed

Somers Meter Station would

permanently impact 0.52 acres of land

and temporarily impact 0.26 acres of

land; relocating the pig receiver would

permanently require 0.19 acres of land

and temporarily impact 0.04 acres of

land; and constructing the proposed

valve station would permanently

require 0.2 acres of land.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. We

call this ‘‘scoping’’. The main goal of the

scoping process is to focus the analysis

in the EA on the important

environmental issues. By this Notice of

Intent, the Commission requests public

comments on the scope of the issues it

will address in the EA. All comments

received are considered during the

preparation of the EA. State and local

government representatives are

encouraged to notify their constituents

of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern.

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils.

• Water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands.

• Vegetation and wildlife.

• Public safety.

• Land use.

• Cultural resources.

• Endangered and threatened species.

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we make

our recommendations to the

Commission.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified two issues

that we think deserve attention based on

a preliminary review of the proposed

facilities and the environmental

information provided by ANR. This

preliminary list of issues may be

changed based on your comments and

our analysis.

• The proposed pipeline right-of-way

would cross about 1.2 miles of

residential areas; a total of six

residences are within 50 feet of the

proposed construction work area.

• The proposed project would cross

about 19,680 linear feet of wetlands, and

temporarily impact about 34.80 acres of

wetlands.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by sending

a letter addressing your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

You should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal, and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please carefully follow

these instructions to ensure that your

comments are received in time and

properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your letter to:

Lois Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First St.,

N.E., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Environmental

Review and Compliance Branch, PR–

11.1;

• Reference Docket No. CP97–765–

000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before November 18, 1997.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding or become an ‘‘intervenor’’.

Among other things, intervenors have

the right to receive copies of caserelated Commission documents and

filings by other intervenors. Likewise,

each intervenor must provide copies of

its filings to all other parties. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding is October

20, 1997. Parties seeking to file late

interventions must show good cause, as

required by § 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information, (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed October 13,

1997 Through October 17, 1997

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970401, FINAL EIS, FHW, CA,

US 101 Realignment Construction,

near Cushing Creek from Mile Post

20.3 to 22.3 South of Crescent City,

Funding and COE Permits, Del Norte

County, CA, Due: November 24, 1997,

Contact: John R. Schultz, (916) 551–

1314.

EIS No. 970402, FINAL SUPPLEMENT,

EPA, TX, Oak Hill Surface Lignite

Mine (formerly known as the Martin

Lake D Area Mine) Expansion Project

into the DIII Area, Modification/

Reissuance of a New Source NPDES

Permit, Rusk County, TX, Due:

November 24, 1997, Contact: Robert

D. Lawrence, (214) 665–2258.

EIS No. 970403, FINAL EIS, USN, WA,

Puget Sound Naval Station, Sand

Point, Disposal and Reuse,

Implementation, King County, WA,
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Due: November 24, 1997, Contact:

Chingmin Cher, (703) 604–1268.

EIS No. 970404, SECOND FINAL

SUPPLE, DOE, CA, Petroleum

Production at Maximum Efficient

Rate, Updated Information for the

Sale of Naval Petroleum Reserve No.

1 (NPR–1 also called ‘‘Elk Hills’’)

Amendment for Kern County General

Plan, Elk Hills, Kern County, CA, Due:

November 24, 1997, Contact: Anthony

J. Como, (202) 586–5935.

Dated: October 21, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared October 13, 1997 Through

October 17, 1997 pursuant to the

Environmental Review Process (ERP),

under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act

and Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act as amended.

Requests for copies of EPA comments

can be directed to the Office of Federal

Activities at (202) 564–7167. An

explanation of the ratings assigned to

draft environmental impact statements

(EISs) was published in FR dated April

11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–L65287–OR Rating

EC2, Little River (DEMO) Demonstration

of Ecosystem Management Options

Timber Sale, Implementation, Umpqua

National Forest, North Umpqua Ranger

District, Douglas County, OR.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns with potential

impacts of proposed harvest activities

within riparian reserves.

ERP No. D–BLM–K65198–00 Rating

EC2, Rangeland Health Standards and

Guidelines for Livestock Grazing on

Public Rangelands in California and

Northwestern Nevada, CA and NV.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns due to the high

percentage of habitats in a functional-atrisk and non-functional condition. EPA

strongly recommended the Final EIS

provide an expanded and more detailed

description of implementation,

monitoring cumulative impacts, and

adaptive management measure and

tools.

ERP No. D–FHW–D40290–MD Rating

EO2, US 113 Planning Study,

Transportation Improvement from south

of Snow Hill, Maryland to Delaware

State Line, Funding and COE Section

404 Permit, Worcester County, MD.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objections to the

potential impacts to upland forest

habitat; stream channels; palustrine

forested wetland; and historic and

cultural resources.

ERP No. D–FTA–K54021–CA Rating

EC2, Caltrain San Francisco Downtown

Extension Project, Fourth and

Townsend Streets in San Francisco to a

proposed terminal at a site of the

present Transbay Terminal in

Downtown San Francisco, Funding,

Approvals and Permits, San Francisco,

San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties,

CA.

Summary: EPA raised environmental

concerns with the proposed parking

development aspect of FTA’s Caltrain

Downtown Extension Project DEIS.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–C65002–PR,

Caribbean National Forest Land and

Resource Management Plan,

Implementation, PR.

Summary: Based on EPA review of

the Final EIS. EPA does not object to the

proposed action.

ERP No. F1–FHW–K40202–CA, CA–

58—Mojave Freeway Project,

Construction from 0.1 mile east of the

Cache Creek Bridge to 5.0 miles east of

the town of Mojave, Funding, COE

Section 404 Permit and Right-of-Way

Acquisition, Kern County, CA.

Summary: EPA’s previous objections

to the DEIS was satisfactorily addressed

in FEIS. EPA asked that the mitigation

measures referenced for adoption in the

DEIS and FEIS be noted as

commitments in the Tier I Record of

Decision.

Dated: October 21, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Industrial Combustion Coordinated

Rulemaking Federal Advisory

Committee Notice of Upcoming

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Industrial Combustion

Coordinated Rulemaking (ICCR) Federal

Advisory Committee notice of upcoming

meeting.

SUMMARY: As required by section 9(a)(2)

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 9(c),

EPA gave notice of the establishment of

the ICCR Federal Advisory Committee

(hereafter referred to as the ICCR

Coordinating Committee) in the Federal

Register on August 2, 1996 (61 FR

40413).

The public can follow the progress of

the ICCR through attendance at

meetings (which will be announced in

advance) and by accessing the

Technology Transfer Network (TTN),

which serves as the primary means of

disseminating information about the

ICCR.

DATES: The next meeting of the ICCR

Coordinating Committee is scheduled

for November 18–19, 1997. Also, the

ICCR Work Groups—which report to the

Coordinating Committee—have

meetings scheduled in November, 1997.

The dates of these Work Group meetings

are summarized below. Further

information on the dates of the

Coordinating Committee meeting and

the Work Group meetings may be

obtained by accessing the TTN or by

calling EPA (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT).

ADDRESSES: The Coordinating

Committee meeting on November 18–

19, 1997 will be held at the Red Lion

Hotel, 2525 West Loop South, Houston,

Texas, 77027. The telephone number for

the Red Lion Hotel is (713) 961–3000.

The Red Lion Hotel requests that

reservations be made by October 27,

1997 for those staying at the hotel for

the meeting. The locations of the Work

Group meetings are summarized below.

Further information on the locations of

the Coordinating Committee meeting

and the Work Group meetings may be

obtained by accessing the TTN or by

calling EPA (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT).

Inspection of Documents: Docket.

Minutes of the meetings, as well as

other relevant materials, will be

available for public inspection at U.S.

EPA Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center, Docket No. A–96–

17. The docket is open for public

inspection and copying between 8 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday

except for Federal holidays, at the

following address: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation

Docket and Information Center (6102),

401 M Street SW, Washington, DC

20460; telephone: (202) 260–7548. The

docket is located at the above address in