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Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Guardian Expansion and Extension Project

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[Federal Register: April 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 76)]
[Notices]
[Page 19919-19920]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20ap07-58]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP07-8-000]

Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C; Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Guardian Expansion and Extension
Project

April 13, 2007.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared this draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the construction and operation of the natural gas pipeline
facilities (referred to as the G-II Project or Project) as proposed by
Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C. (Guardian) in the above-referenced docket.
    The draft EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that
approval of the G-II Project, with appropriate mitigating measures as
recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact. The draft
EIS evaluates alternatives to the proposal, including system
alternatives and pipeline route alternatives.
    The Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(COE) are federal cooperating agencies for the development of this EIS.
The State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is also a
cooperating agency. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or
have special expertise with respect to any environmental impact
involved with the proposal and is involved in the NEPA analysis or
similar type of environmental analysis.
    The purpose of the G-II Project is to provide the facilities
necessary to provide about 537,200 decatherms per day of additional
natural gas capacity to Guardian's existing pipeline system. The
proposed additional capacity would facilitate the transport of natural
gas to customers within the state of Wisconsin and provide those
customers with the necessary infrastructure to support growth and
competition within the natural gas marketplace. Guardian proposes to
have the project constructed and operational by November 2008.
    The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following natural gas pipeline facilities:
    ? 83.6 miles of 30-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline in Jefferson,
Dodge, Fond du Lac, Calumet, Brown, and Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin;

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    ? 25.9 miles of 20-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline in
Brown and Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin;
    ? two new 39,000 horsepower (hp) electric motor driven
compressor stations including the Sycamore Compressor Station located
in the Sycamore Township in DeKalb County, Illinois and the Bluff Creek
Compressor Station located in the Town of La Grange in Walworth County,
Wisconsin;
    ? modifications to the existing Ixonia Meter Station in
Jefferson County, Wisconsin and the construction of seven new meter
stations in the Counties of Dodge, Fond du Lac, Calumet, Brown, and
Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin;
    ? two new pig launcher facilities including a 30-inch
launcher within Guardian's existing Ixonia Meter Station in Jefferson
County, Wisconsin; a 30-inch-diameter receiver and 20-inch-diameter
launcher within the proposed Fox Valley Meter Station in Brown County,
Wisconsin; and a 20-inch-diameter receiver within the proposed West
Green Bay Meter Station in Outagamie County Wisconsin; and
    ? six new mainline valves (MLV), four of which would occur
along the 30-inch-diameter pipeline in the counties of Dodge, Fond du
Lac, and Calumet, Wisconsin and two which would occur along the 20-
inch-diameter pipeline in Brown and Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin.
    Project construction would be initiated in the spring of 2008 and
would be completed for a proposed in-service date in November 2008.

Comment Procedures and Public Meetings

    Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS 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 and properly recorded:
    ? Send an original and two copies of your comments to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
    ? Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the
Gas Branch 1, DG2E; and Reference Docket No. CP07-8-000 on the original
and both copies.
    ? Mail your comments so that they will be received in
Washington, DC on or before May 29, 2007.
    Please note that the Commission strongly encourages electronic
filing (``eFiling'') of comments. Instructions on how to ``eFile'' can
be found on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov under the
``Documents and Filings'' link.
    In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, we invite
you to attend the public comment meeting scheduled as follows:
    May 15, 2007, 7 p.m. (CST)
    Radisson Hotel and Conference Center of Green Bay 2040 Airport Drive
    Green Bay, WI US
    Telephone: (920) 405-6404
    May 16, 2007, 7 p.m. (CST)
    Bauer Ramada Plaza Hotel 1 North Main Street
    Fond Du Lac, WI 54935
    Telephone: (920) 923-3000
    May 17, 2007, 7 p.m. (CST)
    Olympia Conference Center 1350 Royale Mile Road
    Oconomowoc, WI 53066
    Telephone: (262) 369-4969
    The public comment meetings will be posted on the FERC's calendar
located at http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx.
Interested parties and individuals are encouraged to attend and present
oral comments on the draft EIS. Transcripts of the meetings will be
prepared.
    After these comments are reviewed, any significant new issues are
investigated, and modifications are made to the draft EIS, a final EIS
will be published and distributed by the FERC staff. The final EIS will
contain the staff's responses to timely comments received on the draft EIS.
    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). Anyone may intervene in this proceeding
based on this draft EIS. You must file your request to intervene as
specified above.\1\ You do not need intervenor status to have your
comments considered.
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    \1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing
comments electronically.
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    The draft EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and
is available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE.,
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
    A limited number of hard copies and CD copies of the draft EIS are
available from the Public Reference Room identified above. Copies of
the draft EIS have been mailed to federal, state, and local agencies;
public interest groups; individuals and affected landowners who
requested a copy of the draft EIS or provided comments during scoping;
libraries; newspapers; and parties to this proceeding.
    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).
    To access information via the FERC Web site click on the
``eLibrary'' link then 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. The ``eLibrary'' link
provides access to the texts for formals documents issued by the
Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. For assistance
with ``eLibrary'', please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
    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. To learn more about ``eSubscription'' and to sign up for
this service please go to http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-7566 Filed 4-19-07; 8:45 am]
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