[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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:4.0 miles of pipeline lateral; and 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] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M