News
October-December 2003
News Release: October 22, 2003 | ![]() |
Docket Numbers: CP03-301-000, CP03-302-000, CP03-303-000, CP03-304-000 |
COMMISSION MAKES PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION ADVANCING NEW
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE IN WEST
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today made a preliminary
determination in favor of a 380-mile interstate natural gas pipeline
running from northern Colorado to southwestern Kansas.
The proposed pipeline project will provide needed transportation
of Rocky Mountain gas supplies to interconnections with existing,
underutilized interstate and intrastate gas pipelines serving mid-continent
gas markets, the Commission said. It also noted that the proposed
system is easily expandable to meet future demand.
Final approval depends on a favorable environmental review, which
is not yet complete. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement was
issued September 30 and is currently in the public comment process,
which closes November 24.
Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company seeks to build the pipeline
from the Cheyenne Hub, a confluence of pipelines in northern Colorado
near Cheyenne, Wyoming, to a terminus near Greensburg, Kansas, where
it will interconnect with several existing pipelines. Concurrently,
Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG) plans to build compression
facilities to allow delivery of gas from CIG’s system to Cheyenne
Plains’ proposed system and lateral lines to deliver gas from
the proposed system to other pipelines. CIG’s request was
also approved pending environmental review.
Should the environmental review be favorable, the companies will
be required to complete construction within two years and meet certain
tariff provisions.
R-03-41
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