[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2809]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP96-809-000, et al. and CP96-810-000]
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of Availability of
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Maritimes
Phase II Project
January 30, 1998.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared this draft environmental impact statement
(DEIS) on the natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Maritimes &
Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. in the above-referenced dockets and referred
to as the Maritime Phase II Project.
The staff prepared the DEIS to satisfy the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act. The staff concludes that approval of
the proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures as proposed
and recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact.
The DEIS assesses the potential environmental effects of
construction and operation of the following facilities in Maine:
A total of about 347.0 miles of pipeline, consisting of
200.1 miles of 24- and 30-inch-diameter mainline between Westbrook in
York County and Woodland (Baileyville) in Washington County, and five
laterals totaling 146.9 miles of 4- to 16-inch-diameter pipeline;
About 31,160 horsepower of new compression at two new
compressor stations;
Twelve new meter stations; and
Associated aboveground facilities, including 35 block
valves.
The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to transport
440,000 thousand cubic feet per day of natural gas to existing and new
natural gas markets in Maine and the northeast. These natural gas
supplies would come from new reserves being developed in offshore Nova
Scotia, Canada.
Comment Procedure
Written Comments
Any person wishing to comment on the DEIS may do so. Please follow
these instructions carefully to ensure that your comments are received
in time and properly recorded:
Reference Docket Nos. CP96-809-000 et al.;
Send two copies to: Office of the Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Room 1A,
Washington, DC 20426;
Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the
Environmental Review and Compliance Branch II, PR 11.2;
Mail your comments so that they will be received on or
before March 23, 1998.
Public Meeting Schedule
Three public meetings to receive comments on the DEIS will be held
at the following times and locations:
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Date Time Location
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Tuesday, March 10, 1998......... 7:00 p.m.......... Harrison Middle
School Cafeteria,
McCartney Street
(off West Elm
Street),
Yarmouth, ME
(207) 846-2499.
Please Note: The location of the Yarmouth Meeting has changed from that
given in the DEIS.
Wednesday, March 11, 1998....... 7:00 p.m.......... Gardiner Regional
Junior High,
School Cafeteria,
161 Cobbossee
Avenue, Gardiner,
ME (207) 582-
1326.
Thursday, March 12, 1998........ 7:00 p.m.......... Bangor High School
Auditorium, 885
Broadway, Bangor,
ME (207) 941-
6200.
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Interested groups and individuals are encouraged to attend and
present oral comments on the environmental impacts described in the
DEIS. Anyone who would like to speak at the public meetings may get on
the speakers list by signing up at the public meetings. Priority will
be given to persons representing groups. Transcripts will be made of
the meetings.
After these comments are reviewed, any significant new issues are
investigated, and modifications are made to the DEIS, a final
environmental impact statement (FEIS) will be published and
distributed. The FEIS will contain the staff's responses to timely
comments received on the DEIS.
The DEIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is
available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 (202) 208-1371.
A limited number of copies are available at this location.
Copies of the DEIS have been mailed to Federal, state, and local
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers,
and parties to this proceeding. Any person may file a motion to
intervene on the basis of the Commission staff's DEIS (see 18 CFR
380.106 and 385.214). You do not need intervenor status to have your
comments considered.
Additional information about the proposed project is available from
Paul McKee in the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (202)
208-1088.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-2809 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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