[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:
    <bullet> 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);
    <bullet> A meter station; and.
    <bullet> 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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