[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14887-14888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4237]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PF05-17-000]


Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of a Public 
Meeting To Receive Environmental Comments on the Alternative Locations 
for the Massachusetts Compressor Station as Part of the Maritimes Phase 
IV Project

March 17, 2006.
    On December 16, 2005, the Commission issued a Notice of Intent to 
Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement For the Proposed Maritimes 
Phase IV Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues and 
Notice of Public Scoping Meetings (NOI) in response to Maritimes & 
Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (Maritimes) request to initiate the 
prefiling process for its Maritimes Phase IV Project.\1\
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    \1\ The Maritimes Phase IV Project consists of the construction 
of about 146 miles of pipeline loops in Maine and six new compressor 
stations in Maine and Massachusetts. In addition, Maritimes would 
modify one existing compressor station and four existing meter 
stations in Maine and Massachusetts.
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    In a January 31, 2006 filing, Maritimes identified its preferred 
location for the Massachusetts Compressor Station along

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with six alternative sites. Several of these alternative sites were 
developed as the result of public response to our NOI and January 12, 
2006 scoping meeting in Methuen, Massachusetts. The locations of the 
seven potential sites for the Massachusetts Compressor Station are 
shown in the enclosure.
    We are conducting this public meeting to allow you the opportunity 
to express your environmental concerns about the seven potential sites 
for the Massachusetts Compressor Station. We will use these comments to 
help us analyze these seven potential locations for the Massachusetts 
Compressor Station in our Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 
Comments may be submitted in written form or verbally at the meeting. 
Further details on how to submit written comments are provided in this 
notice. In lieu of sending written comments, we invite you to attend 
the following public comment meeting.
    Date and Time: Wednesday, April 5, 2006, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (EST).
    Location: Haverhill City Hall, 4 Summer Street, Haverhill, 
Massachusetts, Phone: 978-374-2300.
    You can make a difference by providing us with your specific 
environmental comments or concerns on the location of the Massachusetts 
Compressor Station. By becoming a commentor, your concerns will be 
addressed in the EIS and considered by the Commission. You should focus 
on the potential environmental effects of the construction and 
operation of the proposed Massachusetts Compressor Station and measures 
to avoid or lessen environmental impact. The more specific your 
comments, the more useful they will be. We request that you file your 
comments as soon as possible, but no later than April 14, 2006. 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 letter to:Magalie 
R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
     Label one copy of your comments for the attention of Gas 
Branch 2, DG2E.
     Reference Docket No. PF05-17-000 on the original and both 
copies.
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before April 14, 2006.
    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 in response to 
this Notice of Intent. For information on electronically filing 
comments, please see 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, as well as information in 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii). 
Before you can submit comments you will need to create a free account, 
which can be created on-line.
    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.
    The public meeting in Haverhill is designed to provide another 
opportunity to offer comments on the proposed Massachusetts Compressor 
Station. Interested groups and individuals are encouraged to attend the 
meetings and to present comments on the environmental issues they 
believe should be addressed in the EIS. A transcript of the meeting 
will be generated so that your comments will be accurately recorded.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-4237 Filed 3-23-06; 8:45 am]
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