[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 14748] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-7380] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [WY-050-5101-00-K038; WYW147148] Notice of Intent, and Notice of Scoping Meetings and Comment Period; Wyoming
Agency
Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
Action
Notice of intent to conduct an environmental analysis and prepare either an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, and notice of scoping meetings and public comment period.
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Summary
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Bureau of Land Management is directing the preparation of an environmental document for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a 24-inch diameter natural gas pipeline gathering system that would be approximately 127 miles in length. The proposed project is known as the Lost Creek Gathering System Project. The environmental document is being prepared as an environmental assessment, but may be advanced to the environmental impact statement level based on public scoping or if the environmental assessment concludes that significant issues or impacts are present. Public scoping meetings will be held for the proposed project and will include a public comment period.
Dates
Public scoping meetings will be at the Jeffrey Center, 315 W. Pine, Rawlins, Wyoming from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on April 13, 1999 and at the Riverton School District #25 Public Meeting Room, 121 N. 5th Street West, Riverton, Wyoming on April 14, 1999. The agenda for both meetings will be to conduct an open-house to receive interested parties between 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., followed by a formal presentation starting at 7:00 p.m., and concluding with a public comment period. The meeting will conclude at 9:00 p.m. Written comments on the proposed project will be accepted until April 30, 1999.
Addresses
Any comments should be sent to Bureau of Land Management, Lander Field Office, Attention: Bill Bartlett, P.O. Box 589, Lander, Wyoming 82520. E-mail comments may be sent to Bill__Bartlett@blm.gov.
For Further Information Contact
Bill Bartlett, (307) 332-8402.
Supplementary Information
Pursuant to Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.) as amended by the Act of November 16, 1973 (37 Stat. 587), the Lost Creek Gathering Company has applied for a right-of-way, serial number WYW147148, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a natural gas gathering system. The proposed project crosses Federal, State, and private land. The proposed Lost Creek Gathering System Project is comprised of (1) A 127 mile, 24-inch diameter natural gas pipeline that would start at the Burlington Resources' Lost Cabin gas treating plant near Lost Cabin in Fremont County, would go south passing near Jeffrey City and would end at the Interstate 80 corridor near Western Gas Resources' Red Desert plant in Sweetwater County; (2) a 36 mile 12-inch diameter lateral that connects Snyder's Beaver Creek gas plant to the proposed 24-inch header within Fremont County; (3) dew-point control facilities at the southern terminus of the 24-inch header; and (4) a compressor station located at the southern terminus of the gathering system. Current compressor design calls for approximately 5,000 horsepower of compression. The pipeline would be able to deliver approximately 120 million cubic feet per day into the Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG) and Wyoming Interstate Gas Company (WIC) interstate pipelines without compression, and approximately 275 million cubic feet per day with compression. Additional smaller-diameter laterals could be added to this system after the right-of-way application for the Lost Creek project is filed with the BLM. Inclusion of additional laterals into the Lost Creek project will depend upon the progress of negotiations between Lost Creek and producers in these fields. Maps of the Lost Creek Gathering System Project, proposed and alternate routes, are available for viewing at the Bureau of Land Management, Lander Field Office, 1335 Main Street, Lander, Wyoming, and Rawlins Field Office, 1300 North Third Street, Rawlins, Wyoming.
Dated: March 19, 1999. Ed Womack, Acting Field Manager. [FR Doc. 99-7380 Filed 3-25-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-22-P