22380 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 87 / Friday, May 5, 1995 / Notices

1Tennessee Gas Pipeline 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, Room 3104, 941

North Capitol 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.

transportation customers, inclusive of

principal and interest.

Any person desiring to protect said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

825 North Capitol Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance

with § 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.211). All such protests should be

filed on or before May 9, 1995. 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–11129 Filed 5–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP95–320–000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Bayou D’Arbonne Crossing

Project and Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

May 1, 1995.

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 in the Bayou

D’Arbonne Crossing Project.1 This EA

will be used by the Commission in its

decision-making process to determine

whether an environmental impact

statement is necessary and whether to

approve the project.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

(Tennessee) wants to replace about

3,700 feet of 16-inch and 24-inchdiameter pipeline with about 1,800 feet

of 24-inch-diameter pipeline in

Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. The

replacement would be done by

directionally drilling the Bayou

D’Arbonne. Tennessee requests

Commission authorization, in Docket

No. CP95–320–000, to construct and

operate the following facilities needed

to continue service:

• Abandon in place 1,608 feet of three

16-inch-diameter pipelines beneath the

Bayou D’Arbonne;

• Abandon by removal 2,088 feet of

the remaining on-bank tie-in facilities

including two 24-inch-diameter

headers; and

• Construct 1,800 feet of 24-inchdiameter replacement pipeline by

directionally drilling the Bayou

D’Arbonne 100 feet south of the existing

pipelines.

The general location of the project

facilities is shown in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

would require about 7.2 acres of land.

Following construction, about 0.6 acre

of land would be maintained as

permanent right-of-way. The remaining

6.6 acres of 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

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, 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

recommend that the Commission

approve or not approve the project.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issue

One issue that has arisen based on a

preliminary review of the proposed

facilities and the environmental

information provided by Tennessee

concerns crossing the Bayou D’Arbonne

which is in the National Wild and

Scenic Rivers System. In the unlikely

event that the directional drill fails,

impact on the Bayou D’Arbonne could

be significant.

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 follow

the instructions below to ensure that

your comments are received and

properly recorded:

• Address your letter to: Lois Cashell,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 825 North Capitol St.,

N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426;

• Reference Docket No. CP95–320–

000;

• Send a copy of your letter to: Mrs.

Dawn Neumann, EA Project Manager,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

825 North Capitol St., N.E., Room 7312,

Washington, D.C. 20426; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, D.C. on

or before June 7, 1995.

If you wish to receive a copy of the

EA, you should request one from Mrs.

Neumann at the above address.

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
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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 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 scoping

comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Mrs.

Dawn Neumann, EA Project Manager, at

(202) 208–1046.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–11115 Filed 5–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5200–9]

Public Notice; Review of Lake

Michigan Lakewide Management Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This document provides

opportunity for comment on the revised

draft Lakewide Management Plan

(LaMP) for Lake Michigan as required

by the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act

of 1990. The Lake Michigan LaMP will

serve to satisfy the obligations of the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency (USEPA or Agency) under

Section 118 (c) (4) of the Clean Water

Act. This revised draft LaMP was

developed by USEPA, in cooperation

with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.

Geological Survey, the States of Illinois,

Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and

the Chippewa/Ottawa Treaty Fishery

Management Authority. USEPA puts

forward this draft LaMP for public

comment on behalf of these agencies.

The draft Lake Michigan LaMP

describes the pollutants impacting Lake

Michigan on a lakewide and regional

scale and informs the public of the

variety of actions that Federal, State,

Tribal, and local governments and

private organizations are taking, will

take, or could take to reduce the amount

of these pollutants entering the waters

of the Lake Michigan watershed. Due to

its length and format, the draft Lake

Michigan LaMP is summarized in this

notice, rather than published in full. As

described in this notice, USEPA is

making copies of the entire revised draft

Lake Michigan LaMP available to the

public. USEPA also has produced, and

is making available to the public, a

Responsiveness Summary which details

USEPA’s responses to comments

received on an earlier draft Lake

Michigan LaMP, dated January 1, 1992.

Comments on the January 1, 1992, draft

LaMP were solicited in a Federal

Register notice of availability published

on August 11, 1992 (57 FR 41941), and

during seven public meetings held

throughout the Lake Michigan basin in

the fall 1992. Because numerous

comments were received on the draft

LaMP, which led to substantial

revisions of the document, the Agency

is providing the public another

opportunity to review and comment on

the revised draft Lake Michigan LaMP.

With this notice, USEPA is soliciting

comments on all aspects of the revised

draft LaMP. In particular, USEPA seeks

comments regarding the proposed list of

Critical Pollutants and Pollutants of

Concern for Lake Michigan, and the

actions available to Federal, State, and

local agencies, as well as the public, to

reduce the release of these pollutants

from all sources and the presence of

these substances in the waters of the

Lake Michigan watershed. USEPA

hopes to publish a final Stage 1 Lake

Michigan LaMP in the Federal Register

by January 1996.

DATES: USEPA will accept comment on

the revised draft Lake Michigan LaMP

for 60 days after the date of publication

of this notice of availability. In addition,

USEPA has considered materials

submitted by the public prior to today’s

notice in the development of the revised

draft LaMP. These materials contain

comments on draft elements that have

been superseded by today’s proposal

and USEPA will not consider them in

the development of the LaMP. Further,

USEPA cannot ensure consideration of

comments submitted to other agencies

or entities other than USEPA in the

development of the LaMP. Accordingly,

USEPA advises the public that for the

purposes of exhaustion of

administrative remedies, all comments

must be submitted to USEPA based on

today’s notice.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Jeanette Morris-Collins,

Environmental Protection Assistant,

U.S. EPA, Region 5 (WQ–16J), 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois,

60604 (telephone: 312–886–0152). To

obtain a copy of the revised draft Lake

Michigan LaMP or to provide oral or

written comments, please contact

Jeanette Morris-Collins, Environmental

Protection Assistant, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency—

Region 5 (WQ–16J), 77 West Jackson,

Chicago, Illinois 60604, 312/886–0152.

Copies of the revised draft Lake

Michigan LaMP may also be obtained

from the following offices:

Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency, ATTN: Bob Schacht, 1701 S.

First Avenue, Suite 600, Maywood,

Illinois 60153, 708/338–7900

Indiana Department of Environmental

Management, ATTN: Adriane

Esparza, Gainer Bank Building, 504 N.

Broadway, Suite 418, Gary, Indiana

46402, 219/881–6707

Michigan Department of Natural

Resources, ATTN: Amy Shelton, P.O.

Box 30028, Lansing, Michigan 48909,

517/335–1211

Water Resources Management,

Wisconsin Department of Natural

Resources, ATTN: Jo Mercurio, 101 S.

Webster Street, P.O. Box 7921,

Madison, Wisconsin 53707, 608/267–

2452

Lake Michigan Federation, 59 E. Van

Buren Street, Suite 2215, Chicago,

Illinois 60605, 312/939–0838

Lake Michigan Federation, 1270 Main

Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54302,

414/432–5253

Lake Michigan Federation, 647 W.

Virginia, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

53204, 414/271–5059

Lake Michigan Federation, 425 Western

Avenue, Suite 201, Muskegon,

Michigan 49440, 616/722–5116

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary

Kohlhepp, Lake Michigan LaMP

Coordinator, U.S. EPA, Region 5 (WQ–

16J), 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago,

Illinois, 60604 (telephone: 312–886–

4680).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

In Article VI, Annex 2 of the Great

Lakes Water Quality Agreement

(GLWQA), as amended by Protocol in

1987, the United States and Canadian

Governments agreed to develop and

implement Lakewide Management Plans

(LaMPs) for each of the five Great Lakes.

In the 1987 amendments to the Clean

Water Act (CWA; Public Law 100–4,

February 4, 1987), Congress directed

USEPA to take the lead in the effort to

meet the goals embodied in the

GLWQA, with particular emphasis on