Applicant: Dominion Transmission Inc.
Project Title:
New Market Project
Permit and Application Numbers:
Application ID: 4-2730-00038/00001 – Air State Facility – Brookman Corners Compressor Station
Application ID: 7-2530-00033/00001 – Air State Facility – Sheds Compressor Station
Application ID: 8-0740-00081/00001 – Air State Facility – Horseheads Compressor Station
Project Description:
Dominion Transmission Inc., filed an application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (Certificate) with the Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) on June 2, 2014 to construct and operate the New Market Project which involves the expansion of its existing pipeline systems located in New York. The New Market Project includes the construction of two new compressor stations (Horseheads Compressor Station and Sheds Compressor Station) and the modification of an existing compressor station (Brookman Corners Compressor Station). The new compressor stations and the modification of the existing compressor station require the issuance of Air State Facility permits as described below.
The project also involves modifications of two existing compressor stations (Borger Compressor Station and Utica Compressor Station) and a metering station (West Schenectady Meter Station). The modifications at these facilities include adding gas coolers and other upgrades that do not require approval from the Department.
The purpose of the proposed project is to provide an additional 112,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of firm pipeline capacity to deliver natural gas to customers along the Dominion Pipeline in New York State.
Review History
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) issued a Notice of Complete Application on July 6, 2016 requesting written public comments on the above referenced applications on or before August 5, 2016: http://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/2016 0706_not0.html. On August 3, 2016 NYS DEC issued a Supplemental Notice indicating the comment deadline for submitting written comments was extended until September 12, 2016: http://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/2016 0803_not0.html. This Supplemental Notice includes reference to Public Statement Hearings (Dates, times and locations provided below).
Legislative Hearings
Pursuant to 6 NYCRR 621.8, legislative public hearings for the receipt of public comments on the permit applications and Air State Facility draft permits will be held on August 29,August 30 and September 1, 2016 at the three locations listed below. Each public hearing will commence at 6:00 p.m. All persons, organizations, corporations, or government agencies which may be affected by the proposed project are invited to attend the hearing and to submit oral or written comments. It is not necessary to notify NYS DEC in advance to speak at the legislative hearing. Equal weight will be afforded to both oral and written statements. Lengthy statements should be in writing and summarized for oral presentation.
The presiding Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) may set reasonable time limits for each speaker to afford everyone an opportunity to be heard. The hearings are fully accessible to persons with a mobility impairment. Interpreter services will be made available to the hearing impaired at no charge upon written request to the NYS DEC contact person named below, no less than one week prior to the hearing.
The Legislative Public Hearings are scheduled as follows:
Date: Monday, August 29, 2016
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Morrisville State College
Crawford Hall Room #107
80 Eaton Street
Morrisville, NY 13408
Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Corning Community College
Triangle Lounge
1 Academic Drive
Corning, NY 14830
Date: Thursday, September 1, 2016
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Canajoharie Central School District
High School Auditorium
136 Scholastic Way
Canajoharie, NY 13317
Parties may also file written comments to the NYS DEC representative listed below. All written comments must be postmarked or submitted electronically by fax or email no later than Monday, September 12, 2016.
Public Hearing and Comment
Written comments submitted to NYS DEC during this comment period and oral comments given at the Legislative Hearing are considered part of NYS DEC’s record for the pending applications. At the conclusion of the public comment period NYS DEC will determine pursuant to 6 NYCRR §621.8 whether substantive or significant issues regarding the pending applications have been raised in the public comments or legislative hearing to warrant an Adjudicatory Hearing, or whether the permits should be issued without any further review. If no issues are raised as to the pending applications to warrant further adjudication, NYS DEC will proceed to develop a response to comments, provide public notice of the approval of the permits and issue the requested permits.
Contact: Christopher M. Hogan, NYS DEC – Division of Environmental Permits, 625 Broadway, 4th Floor, Albany, NY 12233-1750, Phone: (518) 402-9151, Fax: (518) 402-9168, E-mail: NewMarketProject@dec.n y.gov.