[Federal Register: November 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 213)]
[Notices]
[Page 65390-65391]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-R-2008-N0283; 40135-8451-0000-P1]
Center Point Energy (CPE), Right-of-Way Permit Application To
Cross Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Jackson County, AR
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of application for a natural gas pipeline Right-of-Way.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is soliciting public
comment on a Right-of-Way (ROW) permit application submitted by Center
Point Energy (CPE) to install a 4-inch natural gas pipeline in a 10-
feet wide by 850-feet wide right-of-way across a portion of the Cache
River National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson County, Arkansas.
Installation of the gas pipeline will require the issuance of a ROW
permit.
DATE: Interested persons desiring to comment on this application must
do so by December 3, 2008. We will consider public comments received or
postmarked by that date.
ADDRESSES: Comments or requests for additional information should be
addressed to Ms. Angela Thompson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Realty), 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 420, Atlanta, Georgia 30345,
telephone 404-679-7200; fax 404-679-7273 or e-mail to: angela_
thompson@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For copies of documents and to ask
project questions, see ``Document Availability.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department is replacing an
unsafe wooden bridge on County Road 51, Jackson County, Arkansas. The
proposed right-of-way will require realignment of a 762-foot section of
a 4-inch natural gas pipeline that runs beneath the eastern edge of the
wooden bridge on County Road 51. To install the pipeline, CPE will
utilize horizontal directional drilling to cross a section of the
Refuge and the Cache River. The entry and exit pits will be located in
the gravel roadbed; the northern pit will be 50 feet from the northern
end of the bridge and the southern pit will be 120 feet from the
southern end of the bridge. The new alignment will run along the east
side of the new bridge and 24 feet from the centerline of the existing
road. The new pipeline right-of-way will run 4 feet below the riverbed,
and across a strip of land lying in Jackson County, in the State of
Arkansas.
B. Document Availability
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA),
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepared a Categorical Exclusion
(CX), Environmental Action Statement (EAS) and was a cooperator in
preparation of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) by the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) assessing the impacts of
constructing and operating the proposed natural gas pipeline. A copy of
the CX is available from the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
Complex, 26320 Hwy 33 South, Augusta, Arkansas 72006, (870) 347-2614.
The final EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is
available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Public References and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First
Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371. Additional
information about the Project is available from the FERC's Office of
External Affairs, 1(866) 208-FERC or on the FERC Web site (http://
www.ferc.gov).
If you wish to comment, you may do so by one of the following
methods. You may mail comments to the above address. You may also
comment via the Internet at the following address: angela_
thompson@fws.gov. Please include your name and return address in your
Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the system
that we have received your Internet message, contact us at the above
phone number or address. Our practice is to make comments, including
names and addresses of respondents, available for public review during
regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we
withhold their home address from the record, which we will honor to the
extent allowable by law.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency
responsible for conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish, wildlife,
and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the
American people.
Authority: The authority to publish this notice is contained in
30 U.S.C. 185(k).
Dated: October 28, 2008.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. E8-26121 Filed 10-31-08; 8:45 am]
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