9/15/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-37-10-00013-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 a petition from Norse Pipeline LLC (Norse) requesting that its New York natural gas gathering pipelines and operations in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties be lightly regulated.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 2(11), 5(1)(b), 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 69-a, 70, 71, 72, 72-a, 75, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 114-a, 115, 117, 118, 119-b and 119-c
Subject:
Lightened regulation of Norse' natural gas gathering pipelines and operations.
Purpose:
Consideration of lightened regulation of Norse' natural gas gathering pipelines and operations.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering a petition from Norse Pipeline LLC (Norse) requesting that its New York natural gas gathering pipelines and operations be lightly regulated. The natural gas gathering system Norse owns and operates consists of 330 miles of pipeline located in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties in New York and Erie, Crawford and Warren Counties in Pennsylvania that interconnects to interstate pipelines owned by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company at Mayville, New York and National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation at Little Valley, New York. 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, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
secretary@dps.state.ny.usPublic 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.
