[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38194-38195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18569]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. CP96-52-000; CP96-134-000]
Pine Needle LNG Company, LLC and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for
the Proposed Pine Needle LNG Project
July 17, 1996.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the
liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and storage project proposed in
the above-referenced dockets.
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 affects of the
construction and operation of Pine Needle LNG Company, LLC's (Pine
Needle) proposed LNG plant and related facilities in Stokesdale, North
Carolina, including:
Two double-wall, suspended-deck LNG storage tanks, each
with a gas-equivalent capacity of 2 billion cubic feet;
A pretreatment and liquefaction system with the capacity
of 20 million cubic feet per day (MMcfd);
A boiloff recompression system;
A vaporization and sendout system with the capacity of 400
MMcfd;
About 1.0 mile of 10-inch-diameter inlet pipeline;
About 1.0 mile of 24-inch-diameter outlet pipeline; and
An earthen dam and firewater pond.
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation proposes to construct
and operate five taps on its mainline natural gas transmission system
to connect with Pine Needle's inlet and outlet pipelines.
The purpose of the project is to provide winter peak heating
service to Pine Needle's subscribers in the rapidly developing North
Carolina region by the 1999-2000 winter heating season.
The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited
number of
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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 1C-1, Washington, DC
20426, (202) 208-1371.
Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, state, and local
agencies; public interest groups; interested individuals; affected
landowners; local libraries, newspapers, and radio stations; and other
parties to this proceeding.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments
must reference Docket No. CP96-52-000, and be addressed to: Office of
the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received
no later than August 19, 1996 to ensure consideration prior to a
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should
also be sent to Mr. Michael Boyle, Environmental Project Manager, Room
72-59, at the above address.
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 now seeking to file late interventions
must show good cause, as required by section 385.214(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 comments considered.
Additional information about this project is available from Mr.
Michael Boyle, Environmental Project Manager at (202) 208--0839.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-18569 Filed 7-22-96; 8:45 am]
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