[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 212 (Thursday, October 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56228-56229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27907]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-164-000 and CP96-254-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, Distrigas of Massachusetts 
Corporation; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for 
the Proposed Tennessee Domac Projects

October 25, 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 Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee) and the vaporization facilities proposed by 
Distrigas of Massachusetts Corporation (DOMAC) in the above-referenced 
dockets.
    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 facilities including:

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    Tennessee's proposed facilities:
     7.4 miles of 20-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline 
beginning at its existing 10-inch-diameter Malden-Melrose-Revere Line 
270C-300 pipeline in Saugus, crossing Revere and Malden, and ending at 
the DOMAC liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Everett, 
Massachusetts;
     two new valve stations, one at milepost (MP) 0.0 at the 
northern end of the pipeline in Saugus, Massachusetts and one at MP 3.3 
in Malden, Massachusetts (about 400 feet northeast of Maplewood 
Street); and
     a new meter station and odorization system at MP 7.4 at 
the southern end of the pipeline at DOMAC's facility in Everett, 
Massachusetts.
    DOMAC's proposed facilities:
     two shell and tube hot water vaporization trains, each 
with a nominal capacity rating of 75 million cubic feet per day;
     three submerged motor LNG booster pumps (including one 
installed spare);
     about 660 feet of 12-inch-diameter natural gas sendout 
pipeline; and
     auxiliary equipment located in separate buildings required 
to operate the vaporization trains, including boilers, water 
circulation pumps, electrical switchgear, and a distributed control 
system.
    The purpose of the Tennessee's proposed facilities would be to 
transport up to 90,000 decatherms per day of natural gas on a firm 
basis for DOMAC. The purpose of DOMAC's proposed facilities would be to 
increase reliability and meet the anticipated need for increased LNG 
vaporization capacity.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is 
available for public inspection. A limited number of copies are 
available for distribution from: 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.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comment 
must reference Docket Nos. CP96-164-000 and CP96-254-000, 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 November 25, 1996 to ensure consideration prior to a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Ms. Lauren O'Donnell, Environmental Project Manager, 
Room 72-57, 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 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 Ms. 
Lauren O'Donnell, Environmental Project Manager.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-27907 Filed 10-30-96; 8:45 am]
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