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1Northern Natural 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, 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.

3According to the applicant, the project will not

affect any waters of the United States. We will repot

any potential impacts, or their absence, under this

heading.

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) attached as 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 § 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 Mr.

John Wisniewski, EA Project Manager,

at (202) 208–1073.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–3467 Filed 2–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP95–130–000]

Northern Natural Gas Co.; Intent To

Prepare an Environmental Assessment

for the Proposed East Leg Expansion

Project and Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

February 7, 1995.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or the

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the construction and operation of the

facilities proposed in the East Leg

Expansion 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 to approve the

project.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Northern Natural Gas Company

(Northern) wants to expand the capacity

of its facilities in Iowa, Illinois and

Wisconsin to transport an additional

107,600 million British thermal units

per day of natural gas to four local

distribution companies and one electric

cogeneration plant. Northern requests

Commission authorization, in Docket

No. CP95–130–000, to construct and

operate the following facilities needed

to transport those volumes:

Phase I Facilities (1995)

• 6,000 horsepower (hp) of electric

motor-driven compression at the new

Hubbard Compressor Station in Hardin

County, Iowa;

• Modification and repiping of the

existing Waterloo Compressor Station in

Black Hawk County, Iowa;

• 14,000 hp of gas turbine-driven

compression at the new Earlville

Compressor Station in Delaware County,

Iowa;

• A new Quad Cities town border

station (TBS) in Dubuque County, Iowa

for deliveries to the Iowa-Illinois Gas

and Electric Company;

• Modification of the existing Galena

Compressor Station in Jo Daviess

County, Illinois;

• Modification of the existing Beloit

TBS near Beloit, Rock County,

Wisconsin for deliveries to the

Wisconsin Power and Light Company;

and

• A new LS Power TBS in Walworth

County, Wisconsin for Deliveries to the

LS Power-Whitewater Limited

Partnership (LS Power).

Phase II Facilities (1996)

• 3,200 hp of compression (two

1,600-hp gas turbine-driven

compressors) at the new Belleville

Compressor Station in Green County,

Wisconsin.

The general location of the project

facilities and specific locations for

facilities on new sites are shown in

appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

would require about 26.9 acres of land.

Following construction about 8.6 acres

would be maintained as new aboveground facility sites. The remaining 18.3

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 3

• Vegetation and wildlife

• Endangered and threatened species

• Land use

• Cultural resources

• Air quality and noise

• Hazardous waste

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 issue

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

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. Keep in mind that this is a
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preliminary list. The list of issues may

be added to, subtracted from, or

changed based on your comments and

our analysis. Issues are:

• Eight federally listed endangered or

threatened species may occur in the

proposed project area.

• A total of 8.6 acres of agricultural

land, including a total of 3.2 acres of

prime farmland soils, would convert to

industrial use.

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 locations), 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. CP95–130–

000;

• Send a copy of your letter to: Mr.

Jeff Gerber, 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 March 13, 1995.

If you wish to receive a copy of the

EA, you should request one from Mr.

Gerber 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

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) attached as appendix 2.

The date for filing of timely motions

to intervene in this proceeding has

passed. Therefore, parties now 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 scoping

comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Mr.

Jeff Gerber, EA Project Manager, at (202)

208–1121.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–3468 Filed 2–10–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket Nos. CP93–361–000 CP93–361–001]

SunShine Interstate Transmission Co.;

Suspension of Environmental Review

Process for the Sitco/Sunshine Project

February 7, 1995.

The Preliminary Determination issued

May 25, 1994, states that the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) intends to prepare one

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

which examines the environmental

impacts of both SunShine Interstate

Transmission Company’s (SITCO) and

SunShine Pipeline Company’s

(SunShine) facilities. The Commission

staff now notifies all parties that we are

suspending environmental review. In a

December 9, 1994 filing SITCO:

• States that it is studying a proposed

amendment to its application which

would reduce the length of the SITCO

portion of the project. SITCO states that

any amendment would be filed by May

1, 1995;

• Proposes a preferred schedule

which contemplates start up of the EIS

in November 1995; and

• Indicates that because of the needs

of its customers, SITCO and SunShine

now propose a pipeline in-service date

of January 1998, rather than in 1996.

The Commission staff will issue a

Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS at an

appropriate time in the future.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–3463 Filed 2–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Office of Energy Research

High Energy Physics Advisory Panel;

Renewal

Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act and in

accordance with title 41 of the Code of

Federal Regulations, Section 101–

6.1015(a)(1), and following consultation

with the Committee Management

Secretariat, General Services

Administration, notice is hereby given

that the High Energy Physics Advisory

Panel has been renewed for a two-year

period beginning in January 1995. The

Panel will continue to provide advice to

the Director of Energy Research, on

long-range planning and priorities in the

national high energy physics program.

The Secretary of Energy has

determined that renewal of the Panel is

essential to the conduct of the

Department’s business and in the public

interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed upon the

Department of Energy by law. The Panel

will continue to operate in accordance

with the provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, the

Department of Energy Organization Act

(Public Law 95–91), and rules and

regulations issued in implementation of

those Acts.

Further information regarding this

Panel may be obtained from Marsha

Marsden at (301) 903–4140.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on February 8,

1995.

JoAnne Whitman,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–3530 Filed 2–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY (EPA)

[FRL–5153–5]

Gulf of Mexico Program Management

Committee Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Meeting of the

Management Committee of the Gulf of

Mexico Program.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Program’s

Management Committee will hold a

meeting at the Ramada Inn, 798 E. 1–10

Service Road, Slidell, Louisiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Douglas Lipka, Acting Director, Gulf

of Mexico Program Office, Building

1103, Room 202, John C. Stennis Space

Center, Stennis Space Center, MS

39529–6000, at (601) 688–3726.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A meeting

of the Management Committee of the

Gulf of Mexico Program will be held

March 7, 1995, at the Ramada Inn, 798

E. I–10 Service Road, Slidell, LA. The

committee will meet from 8:30 to 4:30

p.m. Agenda items will include: Federal

Participation Agreement Follow-up

Planning; 1995 Symposium Preparation;

FY 96 Funding Process; Measures of

Environmental Success; and

International Partnerships.