[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30059-30060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14990]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. CP66-111-003 and CP96-26-000]

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of 
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed St. Clair 
River Crossing Project
June 7, 1996.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the 
natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Great Lakes Gas 
Transmission Limited Partnership (Great Lakes) in the above-referenced 
dockets.
    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 proposed St. Clair River crossing and 
related aboveground facilities including:
    <bullet> About 1,500 feet of 36-inch-diameter pipeline to be 
directionally drilled under the St. Clair River, and
    <bullet> An aboveground pig launcher and mainline valve adjacent to 
Great Lakes' existing facilities in the area.
    The proposed facilities at the international border between the 
United States and Canada, in St. Clair County, Michigan would 
interconnect with the facilities of TransCanada Pipelines Limited 
(TransCanada) in Canada. The purpose of the proposed facilities would 
be to provide security and reliability to Great Lakes' river crossing 
facilities in this area and to provide 50,000 thousand cubic feet per 
day of firm winter transportation service to TransCanada.
    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, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 (202) 208-1371.
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, state and local 
agencies, interested individuals, and parties to this proceeding.

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    A limited number of copies of the EA are available from: Mr. Howard 
Wheeler, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review and 
Compliance Branch II, Office of Pipeline Regulation, PR-11.2, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 (202) 208-2299.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must reference Docket No. CP96-26-000, and be addressed to: Office of 
the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received 
no later than July 8, 1996, to ensure consideration prior to a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Mr. Howard Wheeler, Environmental Project Manager, PR-
11.2, 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 
Procedures (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. 
Howard Wheeler, Environmental Project Manager.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-14990 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am]
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