99-9233. Algonquin LNG, Inc. Notice of Availability of the Environmental assessment for the Proposed ALNG Plant Modifications Project

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-113-000]


Algonquin LNG, Inc. Notice of Availability of the Environmental 
assessment for the Proposed ALNG Plant Modifications Project

April 8, 1999.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared this environmental assessment (EA) on the 
modification of existing facilities proposed by Algonquin LNG, Inc. 
(ALNG Plant Modifications Project) in the above-referenced docket. The 
application and other supplemental filings in this docket are available 
for viewing on the FERC Internet website (www.ferc.fed.us). Click on 
the ``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket #'' from the RIMS Menu, and follow 
the instructions.
    Similarly, the ``CIPS'' link on the FERC Internet website provides 
access to the tests of formal documents issued by the Commission, such 
as orders, notices, and rulemakings. From the FERC Internet website, 
click on the ``CIPS'' link, select ``Docket #'' from the CIPS menu, and 
follow the instructions.
    The EA was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act. The staff concludes that approval of the 
proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not 
constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality 
of the human environment.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the proposed 
modification, construction, and operation at an existing liquefied 
natural gas (LNG) storage facility. The proposed modifications would 
include:
     Abandoning the three existing direct-fired LNG vaporizers, 
and installing three new horizontal indirect-fired 150 million standard 
cubic feet per day (MMscfd) LNG vaporizers;
     Increasing the capacity of the existing LNG pumps from 100 
MMscfd to 150 MMscfd;
     Installing two new 600 horsepower boiloff gas compressors 
consisting of flooded screw type compressors driven by fixed speed 
electric motors.
    Installing additional emergency power generation equipment, control 
systems, and safety systems; and
     Modifying metering facilities for the delivery of 
vaporized LNG and boiloff gas.
    The proposed facilities would allow ALNG to continue to provide LNG 
storage, LNG truck loading and unloading, and LNG vaporization services 
on a firm and interruptible non-discriminatory open access basis.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited 
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public 
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory commission, Public Reference 
and files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426, [phone].
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, state and local 
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers, 
and parties to this proceeding.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. To ensure 
consideration prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is 
important that we receive your comments before the date specified 
below. Please carefully follow the instructions to ensure that your 
comments are received in time and properly recorded.
     Send two copies of your comments to: David P. Boergers, 
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, PR11.1;
     Reference Docket No. CP99-113-000; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before May 7, 1999.
    Comments will be considered by the Commission but will not serve to 
make the commentor a party to the proceeding. Any person seeking to 
become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene 
pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).
    The date for filing timely motions to intervene in this proceeding 
has passed. Therefore, parties not seeking to file late interventions 
must show good cause, as required by section 395.214(b)(3), why this 
time limitation should be waived. Environmental issues have been viewed 
as good cause for late intervention. You do not need intervenor status 
to have your environmental comments considered. Additional information 
about the proposed project is available from Mr. Paul McKee of the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs at [phone] or on the 
FERC website (www.ferc.fed.us) using the ``RIMS'' link to information 
in this docket number. For assistance with access to RIMS, the RIMS 
helpline can be reached at [phone]. Access to the texts of 
formal documents issued by the Commission with regard to this docket, 
such as orders and notices, is also available on the FERC website using 
the ``CIPS'' link. For assistance with access to CIPS, the CIPS 
helpline can be reached at [phone].
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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