[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4801]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-687-000]


Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Availability of 
the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Athens Compressor Station 
Project

February 21, 1997.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) that 
discusses the environmental impacts of the construction and operation 
of the facilities proposed in the Athens Compressor Station Project 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 
project, with appropriate mitigating measures would not constitute a 
major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    The EA addresses the construction and operation by Iroquois Gas 
Transmission System, L.P. (Iroquois) of 9,500 horsepower of compression 
at the proposed Athens Compressor Station in Greene County, New York.
    The purpose of the compressor station is to provide additional firm 
transportation capacity of up to 30 million cubic feet per day of 
natural gas to two shippers.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is 
available for inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First St., NE., Room 
2A-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, newspapers, 
libraries, adjacent landowners, and parties to this proceeding. A 
limited number of additional copies are available from the above 
address.
    Any party wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must be received by March 21, 1997, reference Docket No. CP96-687-000, 
and be addressed to: Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
    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 the proposed project is available from 
Paul McKee in the Commission's Office of External Affairs at (202) 208-
1088.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-4801 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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