CNG Transmission Corporation and Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed South Oakford Project

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65-66]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31532]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. CP95-668-000 and CP95-668-001]


CNG Transmission Corporation and Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for 
the Proposed South Oakford Project

December 26, 1995.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the 
natural gas facilities proposed by CNG Transmission Corporation (CNG) 
and Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern) in the 
above-referenced dockets.
    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 South Oakford Project. The proposed 
facilities include:
    •  10,000 hp of electric motor-driven compression and related 
facilities at the South Oakford Compressor Station in Westmoreland 
County, Pennsylvania;
    •  A pig receiver and barrel drip at the Earhart Gate;
    •  3,158 feet of 30-inch-diameter storage suction pipeline 
(Line JP-296) between the South Oakford Compressor Station and the 
South Oakford Gate;
    •  3,158 feet of 16-inch-diameter storage discharge pipeline 
(Line JP-297) between the South Oakford Compressor Station and the 
South Oakford Gate;

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    •  A drip on the new suction pipeline; and
    •  Facilities to interconnect new Lines JP-296 and JP-297 to 
existing Lines JP-250 and JP-40, respectively, at the South Oakford 
Gate.
The EA also addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
proposed abandonment of facilities including:
    •  All buildings, parking lots, driveways, equipment, piping, 
and 7,980 horsepower (hp) of compression at the Jeannette Compressor 
Station;
    •  A pig receiver and barrel drip at the Huff Gate near the 
Jeannette Compressor Station (to be removed and installed at Earhart 
Gate);
    •  75 feet of Line JP-40 within the Earhart Gate; and
    •  A 20-inch mainline gate setting (250-IM) for Line JP-250 
at the Earhart Gate.
    The purpose of the proposed facilities would be to improve safety, 
reliability, and flexibility in the operation of the Oakford Storage 
Field. There would be no increase in the amount of gas stored in the 
Oakford Storage Field as a result of construction of the proposed 
facilities. Presently, the Jeannette Compressor Station delivers gas 
out of the Oakford Storage Field, recovers migrating gas, and re-
injects recovered gas into the storage pool. With the addition of the 
proposed compression and related facilities at the existing South 
Oakford Compressor Station, the recovery operation performed by the 
Jeannette Compressor Station would continue with facilities 
consolidated at one location.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is 
available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First 
Street NE., 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.
    A limited number of copies of the EA are available from: Ms. 
Jennifer Goggin, Environmental Project Manager, Environmental Review 
and Compliance Branch II, Office of Pipeline Regulation, 888 First 
Street NE., PR 11.2, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-2226.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Written comments 
must reference Docket No. CP95-668-000 and be addressed to: Office of 
the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Comments should be filed as soon as possible, but must be received 
no later than January 26, 1996, to ensure consideration prior to a 
Commission decision on this proposal. A copy of any comments should 
also be sent to Ms. Jennifer Goggin, Environmental Project Manager, at 
the above address.
    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 
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214).
    The date for filing timely motions to intervene in this proceeding 
has passed. Therefore, parties now seeking to file late interventions 
must show good cause, as required by section 385.214(b)(3), why this 
time limitation should be waived. Environmental issues have been viewed 
as good cause for late intervention. You do not need intervenor status 
to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about this project is available from Ms. 
Jennifer Goggin, Environmental Project Manager.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-31532 Filed 12-29-95; 8:45 am]
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