Notice of Intent, and Notice of Scoping Meetings and Comment Period; Wyoming

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__B[email protected].

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]

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