Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company (Overthrust) proposes the Point of Rocks and Rock Springs Compression Expansion Project (Compression Expansion). Overthrust proposes to construct, own, operate and maintain the new Point of Rocks Compressor Station (Point of Rocks) located adjacent to Overthrust’s transmission mainline next to Sweetwater County Road 15 in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. In addition, Overthrust proposes to increase the compression horsepower at its existing Rock Springs Compressor Station (Rock Springs). The proposed Compression Expansion would consist of installing one Solar Mars 100-16000S compressor package at Point of Rocks, including appurtenant facilities, and a second identical Solar Mars 100-16000S compressor package and appurtenances at Rock Springs. The Point of Rocks station would occupy a site approximately 550 feet by 600 feet, totaling 7.6 acres on property owned by two landowners. The other compressor package would be installed on property previously leased by Overthrust from the Bureau of Land Management, Rock Springs Field Office (BLM). The new compressor package at Rock Springs would be installed in a vacant compressor bay within the existing compressor building. The Compression Expansion, resulting from installation of the two compressor packages, would add approximately 32,000 ISO horsepower of compression creating up to 300,000 decatherm per day of capacity for volumes delivered east from Opal, Wyoming to an interconnect with the Rockies Express Pipeline system at Wamsutter, Wyoming
Project Point of ContactOverthrust has established a single point of contact for affected landowners and parties interested in additional information about the project. The contact is David A. Ingleby, Supervisor Property and Right-of-Way, Questar Pipeline Company, who can be reached by phone (toll free) at 1-800-366-8532, by email at david.ingleby@questar.com or by mail at Questar Pipeline Company, 1140 West 200 South, P.O. Box 45360, Salt Lake City, UT 84145-0360.
FERC Pre-Filing ProcessOvethrust has elected to participate in the FERC’s Pre-Filing process in an effort to identify environmental and stakeholder concerns early on in the development of the project. The following diagram outlines the FERC’s Pre-Filing environmental review process.
FERC Review Process
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is charged by Congress with evaluating whether interstate natural gas projects proposed by private companies should be approved. The outline below illustrates how the FERC’s process works when considering a proposed project for approval.
Public Participation
You may file your comments, which will be added to the record and considered in the proceeding, using the FERC’s electronic filing system. After you’ve prepared your comments, go to www.ferc.gov and select the eFiling link. You must have an eRegistration account in order to eFile. After you log in, select the “Comment on Filing” filing type. You will need to reference the project’s docket number (PF08-34-000) for the submission of your comments. Alternatively, you may submit your comments in written letter form to the Secretary of the Commission at:
Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, N. E.
Washington, DC 20426
You may also file to become an intervener for the project by sending a request to the address above. For more information on how to become an intervener visit: http://www.ferc.gov/help/other-guide/intervene.asp
Click here to view the Compression Expansion Project ScheduleClick here to see the Compression Expansion’s Filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission