Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 245 / Monday, December 22, 1997 / Notices 66859

1Colorado Interstate Gas Company’s application

was filed with the Commission under Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the

Commission’s regulations.

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available from the Commission’s Public Reference

and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street,

N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, or call (202) 208–

1371. Copies of the appendices were sent to all

those receiving this notice in the mail.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. GT98–7–000]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Filing

December 16, 1997.

Take notice that on December 12,

1997, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, the

following revised tariff sheets to become

effective December 12, 1997:

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 775

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 776

Tenth Revised Sheet No. 777

Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 825

Eighteenth Revised Sheet No. 829

Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 830

Nineteenth Revised Sheet No. 831

Twenty-first Revised Sheet No. 832

Twenty-first Revised Sheet No. 833

Williston Basin states that the revised

tariff sheets are being filed simply to

update its Master Receipt/Delivery Point

List.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Sections 385.214

and 385.211 of the Commission’s Rules

and Regulations. All such motions or

protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33274 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–31–001]

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company; Notice of Compliance Filing

December 16, 1997.

Take notice that on December 12,

1997, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline

Company (Williston Basin), tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, the

following revised tariff sheets to become

effective December 1, 1997:

Substitute Original Sheet No. 283A

Substitute Original Sheet No. 283B

Substitute Original Sheet No. 283C

Williston Basin states that the revised

tariff sheets reflect modifications to

Williston Basin’s FERC Gas Tariff in

compliance with the Commission’s

‘‘Order Accepting Tariff Sheets Subject

to Conditions’’ issued November 28,

1997 in the above referenced docket as

more fully detailed in the filing.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed in accordance with Section

154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. Protests will be considered

by the Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Copies of this filing are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–769–000]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company;

Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Campo Lateral Project and

Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

December 16, 1997.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of the

facilities, about 115 miles of 16-inchdiameter pipeline, proposed in the

Campo Lateral Project.1 This EA will be

used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether

the project is in the public convenience

and necessity.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Colorado Interstate Gas Company

(CIG) wants to transport Raton Basin

Area gas directly from its existing

Picketwire Lateral through its Campo

Regulator Station through the proposed

new Camp Lateral to existing delivery

points (south of the Campo Meter

Station) for increased service to three

interstate pipelines (Transwestern

Pipeline Company, Northern Natural

Gas Company, and El Paso Natural Gas

Company). The proposed Campo Lateral

would bypass upstream bottlenecks on

CIG’s system and increase the capacity

of the Picketwire Lateral from 43 MMcf

per day to about 110.5 MMcf per day.

CIG seeks authority to:

• Construct and operate 115.53 miles

of 16-inch-diameter pipeline (to be

known as the Campo Lateral§ in Las

Animas and Baca Counties, Colorado;

• Increase the MAOP of the

Picketwire Lateral from 1233 psia to

1308 psig.

The general location of the project

facilities is shown in appendix 1.2 If you

are interested in obtaining detailed

maps of a specific portion of the project,

or procedural information please write

to the Secretary of the Commission.

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

would require the disturbance of about

1,475 acres of land. Following

construction, about 700 acres would be

maintained as new permanent right-ofway. A total of about 0.05 acre will be

maintained for five (20 feet by 20 feet

each) permanent aboveground block

valve sites. Except for the five

permanent block valve sites, all land

would be restored and allowed to revert

to its former use.

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
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1 KNW’s application was filed with the

Commission under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

2Pipeline carriers having facilities at Rockport

include K N Interstate Gas Transmission Company,

Colorado Interstate Gas Company, Trailblazer

Pipeline Company, Williams Natural Gas Company,

and Wyoming Interstate Company.

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;

• 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 several

issues that we think deserve attention

based on a preliminary review of the

proposed facilities and the

environmental information provided by

Northern. This preliminary list of issues

may be changed based on your

comments and our analysis.

• Nine federally listed endangered or

threatened species may occur in the

proposed project area.

• The Granada Branch or the

Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail

would be crossed.

• About 14 miles of the Comanche

National Grass Lands would be crossed.

• Five perennial, streams would be

crossed: Frijole, San Francisco, Salt,

Trinchera, and Chacuaco Creeks.

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 (including

alternative routes), 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–

11.2)

• Reference Docket No. CP97–769–

000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before January 15, 1998.

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 intervenors 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 or

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2).

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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–49–000]

K N. Wattenberg Transmission Limited

Liability Company; Notice of Intent To

Prepare an Environmental Assessment

for the Proposed Front Runner

Pipeline Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

December 17, 1997.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of the

facilities proposed by K N Wattenberg

Transmission Limited Liability

Company (KNW) as the Front Runner

Pipeline Project.1 This EA will be used

by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether an

environmental impact statement is

necessary and whether the project is in

the public convenience and necessity.

Summary of the Proposed Project

KNW proposes to construct, acquire,

and operate new and existing pipeline

facilities to establish a new natural gas

transportation system along the Front

Range of the Rocky Mountains in north

central Colorado. KNW would

interconnect three segments (about 75

miles) of new pipeline with two

segments (about 33.5 miles) of existing

pipeline, providing new capacity for

transporting gas between the Rockport

‘‘gas hub’’ in northern Weld County and

natural gas processors, users, and

transporters in southern Weld and

northern Adams County (northern

Denver). The new pipeline would have

the capacity to provide users at the

southern end with 250 million cubic

feet (MMcf) of natural gas per day, and

gas producers at the southern end with

the ability to transport 80 MMcf per day

to new markets accessible via several

existing interstate carriers whose

facilities converge at Rockport.2

Specifically, KNW seeks authority to

construct and operate:

• About 45.2 miles of new 24-inchdiameter pipeline extending from

Rockport (in northern Weld County)

south to northern Johnstown;