Subject: Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., Notice of
[Federal Register: August 29, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 168)]
[Notices]
[Page 55400-55401]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP02-52-000]
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., Notice of Availability of
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Eastern Long
Island Extension Project
August 23, 2002.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
on the natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Iroquois Gas
Transmission System, L.P. (Iroquois) in the above-referenced docket.
The DEIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act. The staff concludes that approval of the
proposed project with the appropriate mitigating measures as
recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact. The DEIS
also evaluates alternatives to the proposal, including system
alternatives; major route alternatives; and route variations, and
requests comments on them.
The DEIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following facilities:
29.1 miles of 20-inch-diameter pipeline in New Haven
County, Connecticut, and Suffolk County, New York;
a new meter station along the proposed ELI pipeline at
about milepost (MP) 29.1;
ancillary facilities including a marine tap
interconnection and facilities for the attachment of a pig launcher in
Long Island Sound in Connecticut state waters; three mainline valves
(MPs 17.5, 22.7, and 29.1), and one pig receiving facility housed
within the meter station layout at the project terminus at MP 29.1;
a new 20,000 horsepower compressor station at Iroquois'
existing
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mainline valve site in Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut;
new piping, compressor and piping modifications, and
ancillary facilities to accept natural gas from the Algonquin Gas
Transmission (AGT) Company's AGT System at a proposed new Iroquois
compressor station in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (note:
Iroquois is currently pursuing a separate FERC Certificate for the
compressor station under Docket No. CP02-31-000);
a discharge gas cooler to be added to the proposed new
compressor station in Dover, Duchess County, New York (note: Iroquois
received a separate FERC Certificate for the compressor station under
Docket Nos. CP00-232-000 and -001, but has not built this facility
yet); and
temporary pipe and storage yards, staging areas, access
roads, etc., to be used only during construction of the proposed
facilities.
The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to transport about
175,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation service to expanding
markets on Long Island, New York.
Comment Procedures and Public Meeting
Any person wishing to comment on the DEIS may do so. To ensure
consideration prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is
important that we receive your comments before the date specified
below. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your
comments are received in time and properly recorded:
Send an original and two copies of your comments to:
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE.,
Room 1A,
Washington, DC 20426;
Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Gas
Branch 2, PJ11.2
Reference Docket No. CP02-52-000; and
Mail your comments so that they will be received in
Washington, DC on or before October 18, 2002.
Please note that we are continuing to experience delays in mail
deliveries from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, we will include
all comments that we receive within a reasonable time frame in our
environmental analysis of this project. Also, the Commission encourages
electronic filing of any comments or interventions or protests to this
proceeding. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the
Commission's web site at http://www.ferc.gov under the ``e-Filing''
link and the link to the User's Guide. Before you can file comments you
will need to create a free account which can be created by clicking on
``Login to File'' and then ``New User Account.'' For assistance with e-
filing, the e-filing helpline can be reached at (202) 502-8258.
We will announce in a future notice, the location and time of at
least one local public meeting to receive comments on the DEIS.
After these comments are reviewed, any significant new issues are
investigated, and modifications are made to the DEIS, a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) will be published and distributed
by the staff. The FEIS will contain the staff's responses to timely
comments filed on the DEIS.
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).
Anyone may intervene in this proceeding based on this DEIS. You
must file your request to intervene as specified above.\1\ You do not
need intervenor status to have your comments considered.
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\1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing
comments electronically.
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The DEIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is
available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch,
888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
A limited number of copies are available from the Public Reference
and Files Maintenance Branch identified above. In addition, copies of
the DEIS have been mailed to Federal, State and local agencies, public
interest groups, individuals who have requested the DEIS, newspapers,
and parties to this proceeding.
Additional information about the proposed project is available from
the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC (3372)
or on the FERC Internet website (www.ferc.gov) using the ``FERRIS''
link to information in this docket number.\2\ Click on the FERRIS link,
then click on ``General Search'', and then enter the docket number in
the Docket Number field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date
range. For assistance with FERRIS, the FERRIS helpline can be reached
at (202) 502-8222, TTY (202) 208-1659. The FERRIS link on the FERC
Internet website also provides access to the texts of formal documents
issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings.
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\2\ On October 11, 2001, the Commission announced that, as the
result of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the FERC would limit
access to certain public documents (PL01-2-000). Documents
containing specific information on energy facilities would not be
available through its web site or on its public reference room.
Individuals requiring such information are directed to file Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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