[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17407]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-201-000]
Algonquin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Middletown Lateral Project
July 2, 1996.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the
natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Algonquin Gas Transmission
Company (Algonquin) in the above-referenced docket.
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
construction and operation of the proposed pipeline facilities
including:
8.4 miles of 20-inch-diameter pipeline (the Middletown
Lateral) from Algonquin's existing mainline system in Glastonbury,
Hartford County, Connecticut to The Connecticut Light and Power
Company's (CL&P) electric generating station in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Connecticut (Middletown Plant);
A meter station; and.
A tap value site and appurtenant facilities.
CL&P would construct nonjurisdictional facilities consisting of
approximately 1,500 feet of piping, a regulator station, and burner
conversion equipment. All of CL&P's facilities would be constructed
within its plant site.
The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to provide up to
82,500 million British thermal units of gas per day to CL&P for use as
an alternate fuel for Unit Nos. 2 and 3 at its Middletown Plant.
The EA 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, N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-1371.
Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, state and local
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers,
and parties to this proceeding.
A limited number of copies of the EA are available from: Mr. John
Wisniewski, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review and
Compliance Branch II, Office of Pipeline Regulation, PR-11.2, 888 First
Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-0896.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments
must reference Docket No. CP96-201-000, and be addressed to: Office of
the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received
no later than August 1, 1996, to ensure consideration prior to a
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should
also be sent to Mr. John Wisniewski, Environmental Project Manager, PR-
11.2, 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 later 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.
John Wisniewski, Environmental Project Manager.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-17407 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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