[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 60188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28824]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP87-203-007]


CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed CNG Transmission Corporation 
Tioga Expansion Project

October 29, 1999.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on both the 
natural gas storage field and pipeline facilities proposed by CNG 
Transmission Corporation (CNG) in the above-referenced docket.
    The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to maintain CNG's 
current certificated deliverability of the Tioga Storage Pool in Tioga 
County, Pennsylvania. In addition, CNG requests authorization to expand 
the boundaries of the Tioga Storage Pool to reflect the current area 
used for gas storage operations. CNG also seeks authorization for a 
2,000 foot protective boundary around the active limits of the storage 
pool.
    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.
    Specifically, the EA assesses the potential environmental effects 
of the construction and operation of CNG's proposed modifications to 
the Tioga Storage Pool and related pipeline facilities including:
     The operation of four storage wells (well Nos. TW-209, TW-
707, TW-708, and TW-800) which were previously drilled as observation 
wells and converted to storage wells in 1989 (well No. TW-209), March 
20, 1995 (well No. TW-707), and December 31, 1996 (well Nos. TW-708 and 
TW-800) and the interconnecting 50 feet, 8.625-inch-diameter pipeline; 
169 feet of 6.625-inch-diameter pipeline, 1,680 feet of 6.625-inch-
diameter pipeline, and 1,851 feet of 4.5-inch-diameter pipeline, 
respectively;
     Conversion of observation well Nos. TW-605 and TW-403 to 
storage wells; and
     Construction of 536 feet of 6-inch-diameter (LN-2465-S) 
and 1,117 feet of 4-inch-diameter pipeline (LN-2464-S) to connect well 
Nos. TW-605 and TW-403 to existing gas storage pipeline facilities.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited 
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public 
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference 
and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-1371.
    Copies of the EA has 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. To ensure 
consideration prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is 
important that we receive your comments before the date specified 
below. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your 
comments are received in time and properly recorded:
     Send two copies of your comments to: David P. Boergers, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., N.E., 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
     Label one of those copies for the attention of the 
Environmental Review and Compliance Branch II, PR-11.2;
     Reference Docket No. CP87-203-007; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before November 29, 1999.
    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 sections 385.214(b)(3), why this 
time limitation should be waived. Environmental issues have been viewed 
as good cause for later intervention. You do not need intervenor status 
to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about the proposed project is available from 
Paul McKee in the Commission's Office of Extenal Affairs, at (202) 208-
1088 or on the FERC Internet website (www.ferc.fed.is) using the 
``RIMS'' link to information in this docket number. Click on the 
``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket '' from the RIMS 
Menu, and follow the instructions. For assistance with access to RIMS, 
the RIMS helpline can be reached at (202) 208-2222.
    Similarly, the ``CIPS'' link on the FERC Internet website provides 
access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such 
as orders, notices, and rulemakings. From the FERC Internet website, 
click on the ``CIPS'' link, select ``Docket '' from 
the CIPS menu, and follow the instructions, For assistance with access 
to CIPS, and CIPS helpline can be reached at (202) 208-2474.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-28824 Filed 11-3-99; 8:45 am]
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