[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 3636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1096]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-260-000]


Algonquin Gas Transmission Co.; Notice of Availability of an 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Canal Lateral Project and 
Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

January 10, 1995.
    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 Canal Lateral 
Project would be used to deliver up to 75,000 MMBtu per day of natural 
gas to Canal Electric Company and Montaup Electric Company, joint 
owners of Unit No. 2 at the Canal Electric Power Plant in Sandwich, 
Massachusetts.
    The EA was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England 
Division was a cooperating agency in the preparation of this EA.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following facilities in Barnstable 
County, Massachusetts:
    <bullet> 4.0 miles of pipeline lateral; and
    <bullet> one new meter station and one new valve, and modification 
of one existing valve.
    The staff recommends use of the proposed route with a variation at 
the Herring River crossing. 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 has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is 
available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Division of Public Information, 941 North Capitol Street 
NE., Room 3104, 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. Jeff 
Shenot, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review and 
Compliance Branch II, Office of Pipeline Regulation, Room 7312, 825 
North Capitol Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 219-0295.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must reference Docket No. CP94-260-000, and must be addressed to: 
Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 
North Capitol Street NE., Washington, D.C. 20426.
    Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received 
no later than February 9, 1995 to ensure consideration before a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Mr. Jeff Shenot, Environmental Project Manager.
    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 
Procedure (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. 
Jeff Shenot, Environmental Review and Compliance Branch II, Office of 
Pipeline Regulation, at (202) 219-0295.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-1096 Filed 1-17-95; 8:45 am]
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