[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 28195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13850]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-97-000]


Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Hockessin Expansion Project

May 29, 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 Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (Eastern Shore) 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 following facilities proposed by 
Eastern Shore:
    <bullet> Construction of a 2,170-horsepower (hp) compressor 
station, with a 1,085-hp back-up unit, in New Castle County, Delaware;
    <bullet> Construction and operation of 0.89 mile of 16-inch-
diameter pipeline in New Castle County, Delaware to tie the suction 
side of the proposed compressor station into the Hockessin Line; and
    <bullet> Uprating the maximum allowable operating pressure from 500 
pounds per square inch gauge (psig) to 590 psig on the 28.7-mile 
Salisbury Lateral from the outlet of Eastern Shore's existing 
Bridgeville Compressor Station in Sussex County, Delaware to the 
Citizens Meter and Regulator Station in Salisbury, Wicomico County, 
Maryland.
    The purpose of the proposed facilities is to enable Eastern Shore 
to provide 4,796 thousand cubic feet per day (Mcfd) of additional firm 
capacity on its system.
    Eastern Shore also proposes to abandon 100 Mcfd of firm sales 
service to Playtex Apparel, Inc., a direct sales customer.
    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 an 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. Herman 
Der, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review and Compliance 
Branch I, Office of Pipeline Regulation, PR-11.1, 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. CP96-97-000, and be addressed to: Office of 
the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-0896.
    Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received 
no later than July 5, 1996, to ensure consideration prior to a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Mr. Herman Der, Environmental Project Manager, PR-11.1, 
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 heed intervenor status 
to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about this project is available from Mr. 
Herman Der, Environmental Project Manager.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-13850 Filed 6-3-96; 8:45 am]
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