PSC-33-11-00016-P Approval of the Transfers to AETS from Project Orange of a Gas Transportation Pipeline and its Article VII Certificate

8/17/11 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-33-11-00016-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIII, ISSUE 33

August 17, 2011

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-33-11-00016-P

Approval of the Transfers to AETS from Project Orange of a Gas Transportation Pipeline and its Article VII Certificate

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 a petition from Alliance Energy Transmissions - Syracuse LLC (AETS) and Project Orange Associates LLC (Project Orange) requesting approval of the transfers a gas transportation pipeline and its Article VII Certificate.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 70 and 121(2)

Subject:

Approval of the transfers to AETS from Project Orange of a gas transportation pipeline and its Article VII Certificate.

Purpose:

Consideration of the transfers to AETS from Project Orange of a gas transportation pipeline and its Article VII Certificate.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission is considering a petition from Alliance Energy Transmissions - Syracuse LLC (AETS) and Project Orange Associates LLC (Project Orange) requesting approval of the transfers from Project Orange to AETS of an approximately 9.5 mile pipeline and the Public Service Law Article VII Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the pipeline issued by the Commission on June 5, 1989 in Case No. 88-T-082. The pipeline runs between the interstate Tennessee Gas Pipeline at an interconnection located in the Town of Lafayette, New York to a site within the campus of Syracuse University in the City of Syracuse, New York, and will be used to provide gas transportation service to Syracuse University. The Commission may adopt, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the relief proposed.

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.state.ny.us/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:

Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Public 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.

(11-M-0396SP1)