[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 233 (Thursday, December 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64222-64223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31758]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-92-001]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of 
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Mobile 
Bay Extension and Expansion Project

November 28, 1997.
    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 Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco) in the above-referenced docket.
    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.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed gas pipeline facilities 
including a total of 75.66 miles of pipeline and 30,000 horsepower (hp) 
of compression:
    <bullet> 19.08 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline from existing 
compressor station 82 in Mobile County, Alabama to a new offshore 
connection platform in Mobile Block 822 (this segment involves 
approximately 4.00 miles of onshore pipeline);
    <bullet> 56.58 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline from the new 
offshore connection platform in Mobile Block 822 to a new platform in 
Main Pass Viosca Knoll Block 261;
    <bullet> 15,000 hp of additional compression at compressor station 
82; and
    <bullet> 15,000 hp of compression at a new compressor station 83 in 
Mobile County, Alabama.
    The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to provide about 
350,000 thousand cubic feet per day (Mcfd) of gas on the offshore 
facilities and 264,000 Mcfd on the onshore portion.
    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, N.E., Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-1371.
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, state and local 
agencies, public interest groups, 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: Lois Cashell, 
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 
Environmental Review and Compliance Branch, PR-11.2;
    <bullet> Reference Docket No. CP97-92-001; and
    <bullet> Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before December 29, 1997.
    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

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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.
[FR Doc. 97-31758 Filed 12-3-97; 8:45 am]
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