[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 34443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16802]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[NM-070-5101-00-018); NMNM 96322]


Notice of Right-of-Way Application; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: An application, serialized as NMNM 96322, was received for a 
36 mile right-of-way for a 30-inch diameter pipeline.
    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Section 28 of the Mineral 
Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 185), as amended by the Act of November 
16, 1973, (37 Stat. 576), Williams Gas Processing Company (WGP) has 
applied for a right-of-way serialized as NMNM 96327 to construct 36 
miles of 30-inch diameter natural gas pipeline across public land in 
San Juan and Rio Arriba Counties, New Mexico. This is part of a project 
that will loop existing lines and/or roads most of route (74%). In May 
1996, WFS's Trunk S pipeline failed along a reach of its alignment 
beneath Navajo Lake. The failure of the line has interrupted service to 
31 oil/gas producers in the San Juan Basin which effects the movement 
of approximately 210-235 MMSCF/D of natural gas and liquid recovery 
product. A land re-route is proposed to reconnect affected gas 
producers south of Navajo Lake to the Ignacio Plant in southwestern 
Colorado. The pipeline is urgently needed by WGP to meet contractual 
obligations with numerous producers affected by the Trunk S pipeline 
failure. The proposed line crosses the following lands in San Juan 
County.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 30 N., R. 6 W.,
    Sec. 17, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 18, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/
4\SW\1/4\.
T. 30 N., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\. S\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\; W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, Lot 8;
    Sec. 19, Lots, 10, 11, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, Lot 2, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
T. 30 N., R. 8 W.,
    Sec. 5, lots 3, 4, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 6, lot 11, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 14, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 19, lot 8, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, lots 7, 8, 9, S\1/2\NE\1/4\;
    Sec. 21, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\;
    Sec. 22, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\N\1/2\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 23, N\1/2\N\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 30 N., R. 9 W.,
    Sec. 12, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 24, lots 2, 3, 5-8 inclusive.
T. 31 N., R. 8 W.,
    Sec. 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 17, E\1/2\E\1/2\;
    Sec. 28, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, E\1/2\E\1/4\;
    Sec. 33, W\1/2\NW\1/4\.
T. 32 N., R. 7 W.,
    Sec. 17, lots 4-7, inclusive;
    Sec. 18, lots 2, 3, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
T. 32 N., R. 8 W.,
    Sec. 13, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 14, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 22, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 23, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/
4\;
Sec. 27, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\SW\1/
4\;
Sec. 28, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 33, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

    The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the Bureau 
will be deciding whether the right-of-way should be approved, and if 
so, under what terms and conditions.
    Interested persons desiring to express their views should promptly 
send their name and address to the District Manager, Bureau of Land 
Management, 1235 La Plata Highway, Farmington, New Mexico 87401 within 
14 days of publication of this notice. Additional information can be 
obtained by contacting Mary Jo Albin at (505) 599-6332.

    Dated: June 25, 1996.
Robert Moore,
Acting Assistant District Manager for Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-16802 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
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