[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 12987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6695]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-439-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Availability of 
the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Delaware Valley Energy 
Expansion Project

March 14, 2002.
    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 Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia) 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 environmental effects of the construction and 
operation of the proposed facilities in Chester and Delaware Counties, 
Pennsylvania and Gloucester, County, New Jersey. These facilities would 
consist of the abandonment of 8.84 miles of 10-inch-diameter pipeline 
and 0.30 mile of 14-inch-diameter pipeline and replacement with 24-
inch-diameter pipeline in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Columbia would 
construct 5.10 miles of 20-inch-diameter loop in Delaware County, and 
9.62 miles of 20-inch-diameter pipeline and a meter station in 
Gloucester County, New Jersey. Columbia would also install a 6,000 
horsepower compressor at both its existing Eagle and Downingtown 
Compressor Stations in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    The facilities would supply 165,000 dekatherms per day of gas to 
the Mantua Creek Power Plant presently under construction in Gloucester 
County, New Jersey.
    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 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. 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:
    1. Send two copies of your comments to: Magalie R. Salas, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., N.E., 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
    2. Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the Gas 1, 
PJ-11.1;
    3. Reference Docket No. CP01-439-000; and
    4 Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, 
DC on or before April 12, 2002.
    Comments may also be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu 
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm under 
the link to the User's Guide. Before you can file comments you will 
need to create an account which can be created by clicking on ``Login 
to File'' and then ``New User Account''.
    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).\1\ Only intervenors have the right to seek 
rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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    \1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing 
comments electronically.
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    Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be 
granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they 
have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be 
adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor 
status to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about the proposed project is available from 
the Commission's Office of External Affairs at (202) 208-0004 or on the 
FERC website (www.ferc.fed.us) 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, the CIPS helpline can be reached at 
(202) 208-2474.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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