[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 67 (Friday, April 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17989-17990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1638]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-365-000]


Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Northeast Storage Project

March 31, 2005.
    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 Dominion Transmission, Inc. 
(DTI) 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 potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed natural gas pipeline and 
appurtenant facilities including:
    1. Development of the Quinlan Storage Field from a nearly depleted 
production reservoir by drilling four new gas storage wells, and 
converting a production well to an observation well, and converting a 
test well to an injection/withdrawal well in Cattaraugus County, New 
York;
    2. Construction of the new 21.3-mile-long, 20-inch-diameter TL-527 
Pipeline in McKean and Potter Counties, Pennsylvania, and Cattaraugus 
County, New York;
    3. Construction of the new 0.9-mile-long, 8-inch-diameter LN-2471-S 
Pipeline in Potter County, Pennsylvania;
    4. Construction of the new 0.1-mile-long, 8-inch-diameter LN-15 
CHG-1 Pipeline in Potter County, Pennsylvania;
    5. Construction of the new 0.7-mile-long, 16-inch-diameter, QL-1 
Pipeline in Cattaraugus County, New York;
    6. Construction of five new 8-inch-diameter well pipelines (QL-3, 
QL-4, QL-5, QL-6, and QL-7) totaling 0.11 mile in Cattaraugus County, 
New York;
    7. Construction of the new 0.5-mile-long (TL-533) and 0.1-mile-long 
(TL-534), 16-inch-diameter pipelines in Lewis County, West Virginia;
    8. Construction of the new Sharon Measuring and Regulating (M&R) 
Facility in Potter County, Pennsylvania;
    9. Relocation of the existing Wolcott M&R Facility in Potter 
County, Pennsylvania from MP 0.0 of the LN-15 Pipeline segment (see 
below) proposed for abandonment to about MP 2.3 of the proposed TL-527 
Pipeline;
    10. Replacement of orifice meters with ultrasonic meters at the 
Leidy Transco 1 M&R Facility in Clinton, County, Pennsylvania;
    11. Construction of the new 4,740 hp Quinlan Compressor Station in 
Cattaraugus County, New York; and
    12. Construction of the new 3,550 hp Wolf Run Compressor Station in 
Lewis County, West Virginia.
    In addition, DTI proposed to abandon in place:
    1. 1.76 miles of the existing 8-inch-diameter LN-15 Pipeline in 
Potter County, Pennsylvania; and
    2. 0.1 mile of the existing 8-inch-diameter LN-250-S Pipeline in 
Potter County, Pennsylvania.
    The purpose of the Northeast Storage Project is to provide 
additional storage of 9.4 Bcf of gas and additional winter season firm 
transportation of 163,017 dekatherms per day.
    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 
Room, 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-
8371.
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to cooperating agencies, State 
agencies, a public interest group and a local newspaper. 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 an original and two copies of your comments to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the 
Gas Branch 3, PJ11.3.
     Reference Docket No. CP04-365-000; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before April 30, 2005.
    Please note that we are continuing to experience delays in mail 
deliveries from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, we will include 
all comments that we receive within a reasonable time frame in our 
environmental analysis of this project. However, the Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments or interventions 
or protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR

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385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
at http://www.ferc.gov under the ``e-Filing'' link and the link to the 
User's Guide. Before you can file comments you will need to create a 
free account which can be created by clicking on ``Sign-up.''
    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 project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the 
FERC Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 
Click on the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the 
docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number 
field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the 
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, 
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called 
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances 
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time 
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with 
notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to 
the documents. Go to http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-1638 Filed 4-7-05; 8:45 am]
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