Letter providing the US Fish & Wildlife Service et al with the Biological & Essential Fish Habitat Assessment & request initiation of formal consultation etc re Northwest Pipeline Corp's Capacity Replacement Project under CP05-32.

LIBERTY GAS STORAGE LLC LIBERTY GAS STORAGE PROJECT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Resource Report 6 - Geological Resources | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |To Verify Compliance with this Minimum FERC Filing Requirement: |See the | | |Following | | |Resource | | |Report | | |Section: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Describe, by milepost, mineral resources that are currently or |Section | |potentially exploitable. |6.1.2 | | |Section | | |6.2.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Describe, by milepost, existing and potential geological hazards |Section | |and areas of nonroutine geotechnical concern, such as high |6.1.3 | |seismicity areas, active faults, and areas susceptible to soil |Section | |liquefaction, planned, active and abandoned mines, karst terrain, |6.2.3 | |and areas of potential ground failure, such as subsidence, | | |slumping, and landsliding. Discuss the hazards posed to the | | |facility from each one. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Describe how the project would be located or designed to avoid or |Section | |minimize adverse effects to the resources or risk to itself, |6.1.4.3 | |including geotechnical investigations and monitoring that would be|Section | |conducted before, during, and after construction. Discuss also |6.2.4.3 | |the potential for blasting to affect structures, and the measures |Section | |to be taken to remedy such effects. |6.3 | | |Section | | |6.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Specify methods to prevent project-induced contamination from |No Surface| |surface mines or from mine tailings along the right-of-way and |Mines or | |whether the project would hinder mine reclamation or expansion |Mine | |efforts. |Tailings | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |If the application involves an LNG facility located in zones 2, 3,|No LNG | |or 4 of the Uniform Building Codes Seismic Risk Map, or where |facility | |there is potential for surface faulting or liquefaction, prepare a|is | |report on earthquake hazards and engineering in conformance with |proposed | |"Data Requirements for the Seismic Review of LNG Facilities." | | |NBSIR 84-2833. This document may be obtained from the Commission | | |staff. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |If the application is for underground storage facilities, (I) |Section | |describe how the applicant would control and monitor the drilling |6.3.1 | |activity of others within the field and buffer zone; (ii) describe|Section | |how the applicant would monitor potential effects of the operation|6.3.2 | |of adjacent storage or production facilities on the proposed |Section | |facility, and vice versa; (iii) describe measures to be taken to |6.3.3 | |locate and de