Spectra Files Next Stage of Algonquin Pipeline Expansion

The second stage of Spectra Energy’s expansion plan for its natural gas pipeline to New England and Canada moves forward with the company’s request that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission allow it to start the Pre-Filing Review Process for the Atlantic Bridge project.

Spectra Energy said its letter to FERC that the “Atlantic Bridge project will create additional capacity between a receipt point on Algonquin’s system at Mahwah in Bergen County, New Jersey, and various delivery points on the Algonquin and Maritimes systems. The Project capacity will be created primarily through take up and relay, looping and additional compression on the existing Algonquin system, as well as bi-directional flow on the existing Maritimes system.”

Atlantic Bridge will consist of work expanding more pieces of Spectra’s pipeline through Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties.

• Removal and replacement of approximately 10.9 miles of existing 26-inch diameter mainline pipeline with new 42-inch diameter pipeline in Rockland, Westchester and Putman Counties in New York, and Fairfield County in Connecticut;
• Construction of approximately 10.4 miles of new 36-inch diameter loop extension pipeline along the existing mainline pipeline right-of-way (“ROW”) in Hartford and Middlesex Counties, Connecticut;
• Construction of approximately 2.6 miles of new 36-inch diameter loop pipeline along existing mainline pipeline ROW in Windham County, Connecticut;
• Construction of approximately 10.1 miles of new 30-inch diameter looping pipeline along the existing Q-1 System pipeline ROW in Norfolk County, Massachusetts;
• Construction of approximately 2.2 miles of new 12-inch diameter looping pipeline along the existing G-2 System pipeline ROW in Newport County, Rhode Island;
• Modifications to two (2) existing Algonquin compressor stations located in New Haven County and Windham County, Connecticut;
• Construction of one new compressor station located in Norfolk County Massachusetts;
• Construction of a new permanent access road, including a permanent bridge, to an existing metering and regulating (“M&R”) station in Rockland County, New York
• Work at eight (8) M&R station sites in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

As soon as the pre-review process is OK’d, Spectra proposes to hold open houses for landowners, public officials, and other stakeholders.

a. Meetings generally will be conducted from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.; team members from various disciplines will staff information stations;

b. Displays will include a map providing an overview of the Project as well as mounted aerial and topographical maps; there will be sign-up sheets and followup sheets related to individual landowner inquiries;

c. Handouts containing Project overviews and timelines, tables of required permits, Project-specific “Frequently Asked Questions” and Project team contact information will be available; and

d. Copies of “An Interstate Natural Gas Facility on My Land? What Do I Need to Know?” and information about pipeline safety, environmental mitigation measures, and smaller-scale Project corridor maps will be available.

RELATED:

• FERC Says Environmental Impacts of Pipeline Expansion Minimal
• Peaceful Resistance Training Offered to Opponents of Pipeline Expansion
• Is Algonquin Expansion Part of System Upgrade: FERC

MAP: Spectra Energy filing