7/10/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-28-13-00017-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The Commission is considering whether to approve, reject or modify (in whole or in part) a request by Talisman Energy USA Inc (TE) for waiver of regulations that gas be odorized in certain lines.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(1)(b) and 66(1)
Subject:
Request by TE for waiver of regulations requiring that natural gas be odorized in certain gathering line segments.
Purpose:
Consider the request by TE for waiver of regulations that gas be odorized in certain lines.
Substance of proposed rule:
On June 18, 2013, Talisman Energy USA, Inc. (TE) filed a petition for waiver of the odorization requirement contained in 16 NYCRR Section 255.625 as applied to certain of TE’s gathering lines by Section 255.9. While TE filed such petition, it claimed to reserve its right to argue that such regulations do not lawfully apply to such gathering lines.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained by filing a Document Request Form (F-96) located on our website http://www.dps.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2659, email:
Deborah.Swatling@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jeffrey C. Cohen, Acting Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 408-1978, email:
secretary@dps.ny.govPublic comment will be received until:
45 days after publication of this notice.
Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement
Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
