[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17512]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-53-000]


NE Hub Partners, L.P.; Notice of Technical Conference

July 3, 1996.
    Take notice that a technical conference will be convened in the 
above-docketed proceedings on Thursday, August 1, 1996, at 10:00 a.m., 
in a room to be designated at the offices of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
    The purpose of the technical conference is to allow the project 
proponent, intervenors, and other interested parties to ascertain 
whether the above-docketed project will serve the public interest. The 
proponent of this project and all parties interested in the project 
should attend and be prepared to answer questions relating to the 
engineering, safety, and environmental impact of the project.
    Specifically, all of the parties should be prepared to discuss the 
following:
     Will drilling through the Tioga Gas Storage Pool located 
in the Oriskany Sandstone damage CNG's and Penn Fuel's Tioga Storage 
Complex?
     Will leaching natural gas storage salt caverns in the 
Salina salt layer under the existing Tioga Gas Storage Complex damage 
CNG's and Penn Fuel's storage complex?
     Will fracturing and failure in the sediments underlying 
the Tioga reservoir, around the cavern wells, cause gas migration 
between the storage caverns and the Oriskany, loss of producing wells 
in the Oriskany, and catastrophic loss of existing storage reservoirs?
     Will disposal of brine produced by solution mining the 
salt caverns into the Oriskany Sandstone and other formations adjacent 
to the Tioga Gas Storage Complex at pressures greater than the fracture 
gradient result in significant impact to the Tioga Storage Complex and 
fresh water supplies due to brine encroachment?
    Any party, as defined in 18 CFR 385.214, and any participant, as 
defined in 18 CFR 385.102(b), in the above-docketed proceedings are 
invited to participate in the technical conference. Topics other than 
those listed above will only be considered if directly relevant to the 
subject issues. For additional information, please contact Whit Holden, 
(202) 208-1118 or James New, (202) 208-2162, at the Commission.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-17512 Filed 7-9-96; 8:45 am]
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