[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44447-44448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18007]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP14-522-000; PF14-5-000]
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Application
July 24, 2014.
Take notice that on July 10, 2014, Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
(Algonquin), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed an
application in Docket No. CP14-522-000, pursuant to section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations,
for authority to construct, and operate its Salem Lateral Project
(Salem Lateral) located in Salem, Massachusetts. Specifically,
Algonquin requests authority to (1) construct 1.2 miles of 16 inch
diameter pipeline and associated facilities, (2) construct one new
metering and regulating station, and (3) establish an initial recourse
rate for service on the Salem Lateral, in order to provide 115,000
dekatherms per day of firm transportation service to the redeveloped
Salem Harbor Station facility of Footprint Power Salem Harbor
Development, LP., all as more fully set forth in the application, which
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This
filing may also be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Berk
Donaldson, General Manager, Rates and Certificates, or DeAndra Black,
Analyst, Rates and Certificates, Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, P.O.
Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, or by phone at 713-627-4488, by
fax at 713-627-5947, or by email at [email protected].
On November 4, 2013, Commission staff granted Algonquin's request
to use the pre-filing process and assigned Docket No. PF14-5-000 to
staff activities involving the Salem Lateral. Now, as of the filing of
this application on July 10, 2014, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this
project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be
conducted in Docket No. CP14-522-000 as noted in the caption of this
Notice.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's regulations, 18 CFR
157.9, within 90 days of this Notice, the Commission's staff will
either complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission's staff issuance of
the EA for this proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's
public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary
reviews, and the subsequent need to reach a final decision on a request
for federal authorization within 90 days of the date of issuance of the
Commission staff's EA.
There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888
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First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the
NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on
the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will
receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other
parties. A party must submit 7 copies of filings made with the
Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other
party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for
court review of Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court
review of the Commission's final order.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should
submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the
Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' link.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 14, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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