[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9674-9675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4145]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-715-000]


Koch Gateway Pipeline Co.; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Kiln Compressor Station

February 15, 1995.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the Kiln 
Compressor Station proposed by Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch 
Gateway) 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 Kiln Compressor Station. The project 
involves construction of a new 8,000-horsepower (hp) compressor station 
in Hancock County, Mississippi. The proposed facilities include:

<bullet> Two 4,000-hp Solar Centaur T-4700 turbine-driven compressor 
units;
<bullet> Two gas discharge coolers;
<bullet> Two oil storage tanks;
<bullet> One condensate tank;
<bullet> One inlet separator;
<bullet> One blowdown silencer;
<bullet> 70 feet of 30-inch-diameter tie-in pipeline;
<bullet> 1,850 feet of 16-inch-diameter pipeline;
<bullet> 2,000 feet of 24-inch-diameter suction and discharge headers 
and associated valves;
<bullet> 335 feet of 10-inch-diameter suction and discharge headers;
<bullet> A compressor building;
<bullet> An office/control building;
<bullet> A 200-foot-tall microwave tower;
<bullet> An auxiliary building; and
<bullet> 700 feet of new gravel road.

    Koch Gateway would construct this station to provide greater 
flexibility and reliability on its system serving the Mobile-Pensacola 
market. Koch Gateway would be able to move an additional 169,000,000 
cubic feet of gas per day (169,000 Mcfd) on its 30-inch-diameter Index 
300 mainline that runs from Lirette, Louisiana to Mobile, Alabama.
    Additonally, the Kiln Compressor Station would allow Koch Gateway 
to inject gas into Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's (Tennessee) 
existing 30-inch-diameter ``500'' pipeline at an existing interconnect 
between Koch Gateway and Tennessee (Kiln Interconnect). Currently, high 
pressure in Tennessee's 500 pipeline prevents Koch Gateway from 
injecting gas into Tennessee's pipeline at the Kiln Interconnect. Koch 
Gateway would use the Kiln Compressor Station to provide up to 377,000 
Mcfd to Tennessee.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is 
available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 941 North 
Capitol Street, N.E., Room 3104, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-1371.
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, state and local 
agencies, public [[Page 9675]] interest groups, interested individuals, 
newspapers, and parties to this proceeding.
    A limited number of copies of the EA are available from: Mr. Steve 
Grape, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review and 
Compliance Branch II, Office of Pipeline Regulation, Room 7312, PR-
11.2, 825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-
1046.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must reference Docket No. CP94-715-000 and be addressed to: Office of 
the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol 
Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
    Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received 
no later than March 15, 1995, to ensure consideration prior to a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Mr. Steve Grape, Environmental Project Manager, at the 
above address.
    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 
Procedure (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 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.
    Additional information about this project is available from Mr. 
Steve Grape, Environmental Project Manager.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-4145 Filed 2-17-95; 8:45 am]
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