[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: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); A meter station; and. 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] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M