[Federal Register: January 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 16)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP01-49-002]
Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Availability of the
Amended Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Everett Delta Lateral
Project
January 16, 2004.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) issued an amended environmental assessment (EA) on the
natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Northwest Pipeline
Corporation (Northwest) in the above-referenced docket on December 23,
2003.
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 Everett Delta Lateral
Project including: 16-inch-diameter Lateral--The Everett Delta Lateral
would consist of a 16-inch-diameter pipeline. It would begin at a new
meter station (located at MP 1411.32 of Northwest's Ignacio to Sumas
mainline) and extend approximately 9 miles to the west to the north end
of the City of Everett. The alignment, with the exception of minor
deviations, is the same as the alignment certificated by FERC in 2001.
The beginning and end of the lateral would be equipped with permanent
pig launching and receiving facilities. The maximum allowable operating
pressure of the lateral would be 960 psig. The lateral would consist of
the following:
9.19 miles of 16-inch-diameter pipeline
Everett Delta Meter Station
Pigging facilities at the beginning and end of
the lateral
Block valve at MP 4.44 (Soper Hill)
Various valves and piping within the meter
station site
The purpose of the revised Everett Delta Lateral Project is to
install
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facilities that would deliver natural gas from Northwest's Ignacio to
Sumas mainline to PSE's distribution system in the City of Everett,
Washington and surrounding communities by the fall of 2004. The
facilities would be designed to measure and deliver up to approximately
113 million decatherms per day of natural gas on a firm basis.
The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference
and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, State and local
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers,
and parties to this proceeding.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. To ensure
consideration prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is
important that we receive your comments before the date specified
below. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your
comments are received in time and properly recorded:
Send an original and two copies of your comments
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St.,
NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
Label one copy of the comments for the attention
of the Gas Branch 2, PJ 11.2.
Reference Docket No. CP01-49-002; and
Mail your comments so that they will be received
in Washington, DC, on or before January 23, 2003.
Please note that we are continuing to experience delays in mail
deliveries from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, we will include
all comments that we receive within a reasonable time frame in our
environmental analysis of this project. However, the Commission
strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments or interventions
or protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov under
the ``e-Filing'' link and the link to the User's Guide. Before you can
file comments you will need to create a free account which can be
created by clicking on ``Sign-up.''
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).\1\ Only intervenors have the right to seek
rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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\1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion in filing
comments electronically.
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Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be
granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they
have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be
adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor
status to have your comments considered.
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the
FERC Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on
the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field. Be
sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or
toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary
link on the FERC Internet Web site also provides access to the texts of
formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and
rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to
the documents. Go to http://www.ferc.gov, click on ``eSubscription'' and then
click on ``Sign-up.''
Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
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