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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,D.C.20426
OFFICE OF ENERGY PROJECTS In Reply Refer To:
OEP/DG2E/Gas 1
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC
Docket No. PF06-3-000
APR 0 4 2006
To the Party Addressed:
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC or Commission)
is preparing an environmental impact statement(EIS) for Rockies Express Pipeline
LLC's (Rockies Express)proposed Rockies Express Pipeline Project, Western Phase. As
originally proposed by Rockies Express, the project would involve the construction and
operation of about 710 miles of 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline, 5 new compressor
stations, and approximately 42 mainline valves and 12 interconnects facilities in
Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. These facilities are more fully
described in the Notice Of Intent To Prepare An Environmental Impact Statement For
The Proposed Rockies Express Pipeline Project. Request For Comments On
Environmental Issues, And Notice Of Public Scoping Meetings (NOI) issued by the
FERC on January 9, 2006 (Enclosure 1).
The scoping period described in the NOI closed February 10, 2006. The
Commission is now seeking comment on additional facilities that are described below.
The new scoping period closes May 5, 2006.
On March 20, 2006, Rockies Express filed with the FERC a revised project
description which adds certain facilities along its recently acquired Entrega pipeline
system as necessary components of the proposed Rockies Express system. Specifically,
Rockies Express proposes to add the following:
• Three compressor units, adding a total of about 13,020 horsepower (hp), at an
existing compressor station at the Meeker Hub in Colorado. Rockies Express
states it would need 10-15 additional acres of privately owned land for the new
units.
• One compressor unit adding 10,310 hp at an existing compressor station at
Wamsutter, Wyoming.
• One compressor unit adding 530 hp at a compressor station currently proposed for
the Rockies Express Pipeline Project at the Cheyenne Hub in Colorado.
• An approximately 6-mile-long, 24-inch-diameter supply lateral near Echo Springs,
Wyoming, that would connect the Entrega pipeline to the Echo Springs Processing
Plant. About 50 percent of this lateral would cross Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) land. A meter station would also be constructed at the processing plant
interconnect.
• A new compressor station, totaling 7,100 hp, on private land near Echo Springs.
The location of the above facilities are shown on the enclosed map (Enclosure 2)
and will be evaluated in the EIS for the Rockies Express Pipeline Project, Western Phase.
We want to provide all potentially affected landowners with an opportunity to
participate in the environmental review process. Therefore, this letter and both
Enclosures 1 and 2 are being sent to those stakeholders added to the EIS mailing list
because of the additional project facilities. This includes landowners whose property
would be crossed by the proposed Echo Springs Lateral or would be within 0.5 mile of
the proposed new compression; organizations, Native American tribes, and governmental
entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project'.
Although the scoping period for the originally proposed facilities closed February
10, 2006, we will reopen scoping to receive comments on the additional project facilities.
The new scoping period closes May 5, 2006. This letter does not reopen the general
scoping period on the facilities originally proposed by Rockies Express and described in
the NOI. The procedures for submitting comments are detailed on page 6 of the NOI
(Enclosure 1).
You have been placed on the environmental mailing list to receive a copy of the
draft EIS on CD-ROM, and you will have further opportunity to participate by
commenting on the draft EIS when it is released to the public. Please note Appendix 2 of
the enclosed NOI, which contains a return mailer. If you wish to be removed from this
mailing list, or if you wish to receive a hard copy of the EIS (rather than a CD-
ROM),you must return the mailer.
In addition to the facilities that Rockies Express has added to its proposed project,
the FERC has received separate requests to enter into the FERC Pre-Filing Process from
TransColorado Gas Transmission Company(TransColorado) and Questar Overthrust
Pipeline Company (Overthrust). We have determined that the facilities proposed by
these two applicants are necessary supporting components of the overall proposed
This letter without Enclosure 1 is also being sent to the original mailing list for the project,including all parties to
the proceeding. The addressees on the original mailing list were previously sent the NOI.
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Rockies Express Pipeline Project, Western Phase, and should be evaluated in the EIS
currently under preparation. Briefly, these facilities are as follows:
•
• Overthrust: About 77 miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline, two new compressor
stations, two meter stations, and appurtenant facilities on BLM and private land in
Lincoln and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming. These facilities, with a map, are
described in more detail in the FERC's April 3, 2006 Notice Of Intent To Prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Wamsutter Expansion
Project. Rawest for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public
Scoping Meeting. The Overthrust Pre-Filing Process has been assigned Docket
Number PF06-19-000 2
• TransColorado: Two new compressor stations, additional compression and
facility upgrades at four existing compressor stations, and appurtenant facilities on
private, BLM, and U.S. Forest Service land at several locations in Colorado and
New Mexico. These facilities, with a map, are described in more detail in the
FERC's April 3, 2006 Notice Of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Blanco to Meeker Project and Request for Comments
on Environmental Issues. The TransColorado Pre-Filing Process has been
assigned Docket Number PF06-20-000.
If you have further questions about the Rockies Express Pipeline Project or about
your participation in this proceeding, please call the FERC's Office of External Affairs at
1-866-208-FERC.
Sincerely,
Michael J oyle, hief
Environmental Gas Branch 1
Office of Energy Projects
Enclosures
cc: Public File, Docket No. PF06-3-000 (w/o Enclosure 1)
All Parties (w/o Enclosure 1)
2 Additional information about the TransColorado and Overthrust proceedings is available from the Commission's
Office of External Affairs,at 1-866-208-FERC or on the FERC Internet website(www.ferc.eov)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(i.e.,PF06-19 or PP06-20). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range.
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Alice Weekly
ICinder/Morgan, Inc.
Director, Project Management
One Allen Center
500 Dallas St.; Ste. 1000
Houston, TX 77002
Ryan Childs
ICinder/Morgan, Inc.
370 Van Gordon Street
Lakewood, CO 80228
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