[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22056-22057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10951]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. CP93-685-000 and CP93-685-001]


Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Availability of the 
Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Proposed Tuscarora Pipeline Project

April 28, 1995.
    The staffs of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and 
the California State Lands Commission (SLC) have prepared a Final 
Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (FEIR/EIS) 
on the natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Tuscarora Gas 
Transmission Company (Tuscarora) in the above-referenced dockets.
    The FEIR/EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act and the California Environmental 
Quality Act. The FERC and the SLC staffs conclude that approval of the 
proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures including 
receipt of necessary permits and approvals, has the potential to 
significantly impact the environment. The FEIR/EIS evaluates 
alternatives to the proposal.
    The FEIR/EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed Tuscarora Pipeline Project, 
which includes the following facilities:
    <bullet> One 229-mile, 20-inch-diameter pipeline between Malin, 
Oregon and Tracy, Nevada, (the Tuscarora mainline). The Tuscarora 
mainline would interconnect with the Pacific Gas Transmission Company's 
mainline at Malin;
    <bullet> One 4.42-mile, 4-inch-diameter lateral between the 
Tuscarora mainline and Alturas, California (the Alturas Lateral);
    <bullet> One 10.61-mile, 6-inch-diameter lateral between the 
Tuscarora mainline and a point near Susanville, California (the 
Susanville Lateral);
    <bullet> One 5.45-mile, 4-inch-diameter lateral between the 
Tuscarora mainline and the Sierra Army Depot near Herlong, California 
(the Herlong Lateral);
    <bullet> Five meter stations located in Alturas, Susanville, and 
Herlong (Sierra Army Depot) California; and near Spanish Springs and 
Tracy, Nevada; and
    <bullet> Twelve mainline valves.
    The project gas would be used to generate electrical power at the 
Sierra Pacific Company (SPPC) power plant in Tracy, Nevada. A total of 
113,050 dekatherms of gas per day (Dkt/d) would be provided. Part of 
the supply would also service municipal, commercial, and industrial 
uses in the areas around Reno, Nevada; the California cities of Alturas 
and Susanville; and at the Sierra Army Depot in the Herlong area.
    The FEIR//EIS will be used in regulatory decision making process at 
the FERC. While the period for filing interventions in this case has 
expired, motions to intervene out-of-time can be filed with the FERC in 
accordance with the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.214(d). Further, anyone desiring to file a protest with the 
FERC should do so in accordance with 18 CFR 385.211.
    The SLC is expected to certify the FEIR/EIS and act on the 
application of the Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company at its regularly 
scheduled meeting in May or June. Interested parties will be notified 
of the date, time, and place of the meeting when it is scheduled. The 
SLC will accept written [[Page 22057]] comments at the address below. 
If you have any questions regarding the SLC hearing, or wish to 
testify, please contact Kirk Walter at the number below.
    The FEIR/EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and 
the SLC and is available for public inspection at the following 
addresses:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference and Files 
Maintenance Branch, 941 North Capitol Street, NE., room 3104, 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-1371.
California State Lands Commission, 100 Howe Avenue, suite 100-South, 
Sacramento, CA 95825-8202, (916) 574-1900.

    Copies of the FEIR/EIS have been mailed to Federal, state and local 
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers, 
and parties to this proceeding.
    A limited number of copies of the FEIR/EIS are available from 
either:

Ms. Alisa Lykens, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Environmental 
Project Manager, Office of Pipeline Regulation, room 7312, 825 North 
Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-0766; or
Mr. Kirk Walter, California State Lands Commission, Environmental 
Project Manager, 100 Howe Avenue, suite 100-South, Sacramento, CA 
95825-8202.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-10951 Filed 5-3-95; 8:45 am]
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