[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 149 (Thursday, August 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 40243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19269]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-4-000, Docket No. CP01-5-000, Docket No. CP01-8-000]


Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline L.L.C., Algonquin Gas Transmission 
Company, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Public 
Comment Meetings on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Proposed Maritimes Phase III/Hubline Project

July 27, 2001.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) 
that discusses the environmental impacts of the Maritimes Phase III/
HubLine Project involving construction and operation of facilities by 
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (Maritimes) in Essex and 
Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts and Algonquin Gas Transmission 
Company (Algonquin) in primarily offshore Essex, Suffolk, Plymouth, and 
Norfolk Counties, Massachusetts. There would be minor onshore 
facilities in Suffolk and Norfolk Counties. The project facilities 
would consist of about 25 miles of 30- and 24-inch-diameter onshore 
pipeline and about 35 miles of 24- and 16-inch-diameter offshore 
pipeline.
    This notice is being sent to all persons to whom we \1\ mailed the 
DEIS.
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    \1\ ''We'', ``us'', and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff 
of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP).
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Public Meetings

    In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, we invite 
you to attend the public comment meetings the FERC will conduct in the 
project area. The locations and time for the meetings are listed below:

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               Date and Time                          Location
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August 14, 2001 7:00 PM...................  Danvers Senior Center, 25
                                             Stone Street, Danvers,
                                             Massachusetts
August 15, 2001 7:00 PM...................  Fuller Meadows School, 143
                                             South Main Street,
                                             Middleton, Massachusetts
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    The public meetings are designed to provide you with an opportunity 
to offer your comments on the DEIS in person. A transcript of the 
meetings will be made so that your comments will be accurately 
recorded.
    You may also provide written comments. Instructions on how to 
provide written or electronic comments were included in the DEIS. 
Please send your comments so that they will be received in Washington, 
DC on or before August 27, 2001.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-19269 Filed 8-1-01; 8:45 am]
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