A challenge to a state-issued air quality permit for the proposed Atlantic Bridge natural gas compressor station underway by Algonquin Gas Transmission in Weymouth, MA, was rejected Thursday, clearing the way for the project to move forward, pending additional permit approvals.
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FERC OKs Service for Rover’s Second Mainline Compressor, Growing Capacity to 2 Bcf/d
FERC on Wednesday authorized Rover Pipeline LLC to bring its Mainline Compressor Station 2 in Ohio into service, raising total project capacity to just over 2 Bcf/d as the designed 3.25 Bcf/d interstate pipeline readies for full service later this year.

FERC Says ‘Start Your Engines’ for TGP’s Broad Run Expansion
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP) received FERC approval Monday to start up the first of its upgraded and new compressors in Kentucky as part of the single-shipper, 200,000 Dth/dBroad Run Expansion Project.

NGPL Cleared to Crank Up Chicago Market Expansion
FERC on Wednesday granted Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL) permission to begin service on Compressor Station No. 312 in Livingston County, IL, otherwise known as the first phase of the pipeline’s Chicago Market Expansion [CP15-505]. Startup is slated for Tuesday, the pipeline told NGI.
Tennessee’s Southwest Louisiana Supply Project Gets Favorable EA
FERC staff has issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC’s (TGP) Southwest Louisiana Supply Project, which would provide transportation from various supply basins in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Louisiana to Cameron Interstate Pipeline, which connects directly to the Cameron LNG Terminal in Louisiana, now under construction.
Transco’s Northeast Expansion Project Scheduled For FERC EIS
FERC staff will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co.’s (Transco) proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) project, which would expand the Transco system to serve additional needs of National Grid beginning with the 2019-2020 heating season.

FERC Opts For EA on Texas Eastern Projects Over Enviro Objections
FERC staff will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) of a trio of projects in two dockets that would expand mainline capacity of Texas Eastern Transmission LP by a combined 622,000 Dth/d to serve markets in the Midwest and Southeast with natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shales.
Brief — Southern Natural Gas Co.
Southern Natural Gas Co. (SNG) has submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a draft implementation plan for its proposed SNG Zone 3 Expansion Project [CP14-493]. According to an application filed at FERC May 30, 2014, the project would add 235 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity to the existing SNG pipeline system by constructing pipeline loop in Marengo County, AL; installing additional compression at SNG’s existing compressor station in Upson County, GA; installing additional compression and gas cooling at SNG’s existing compressor station in Liberty County, GA; installing compression at a new compressor station to be built in Nassau County, FL; and abandoning a compressor from operation in St. Bernard Parish, LA, relocating it to an existing compressor station in Liberty County, GA. FERC issued an environmental assessment for the project Oct. 31, 2014.
Dominion Carolina Files at FERC For Transco to Charleston Project
Dominion Carolina Gas Transmission LLC (DGC) has filed an application at FERC for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to build, own and operate the proposed Transco to Charleston Project, an 80,000 Dth/d pipeline project in South Carolina [CP16-98].
Virginia DEQ Gives Preliminary OK to Columbia’s WB XPress
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) told FERC that Columbia Gas Transmission LLC’s proposed WB XPress Project, which would increase capacity of the company’s regional interstate pipeline system by 1.3 Bcf/d, appears “unlikely” to pose a threat to the environment.