FERC’s website is www.ferc.gov
There is a tab for Documents & Filing, and in the drop-down menu from that, choose e-Comment
You do not need to Register with FERC to Comment.
It’s best if you type up your comment before, and just copy and paste it into the box where you are allowed to make comments (6000 characters).
If you have not Registered
- Click on the e-Comment button, which takes you to an authorization page.
- Enter your name and email address, and type in the “authorization” letters / numbers that appear.
- Click on authorize.
- FERC will send you an email.
- Click on the link in the email. It will lead to a page on the FERC website with your name and email filled in.
If you have already Registered – Click on the e-Comment button. It will lead to a page on the FERC website with your name and email filled in.
In the field for “Enter Docket Number” type CP14-529 (No Spaces)
Click on the Search button and wait a moment for a response.
Click on the blue cross in the far right column under the heading labelled “Select”
A box for entering the comment appears. It lets you enter up to 6000 characters.
It’s best if you type up your comment before, and just copy and paste it into this box. (possible ideas for comments)
Click on Send Comment
FERC will send you an email confirming receipt of your comment.
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Some possible ideas for comments:
I am very concerned about Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s proposed Connecticut Expansion.
Please require both a Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statement be filed in order to bring forth all the environmentally relevant information regarding this project. Only by going through the full process can FERC fully understand all of the environmental impacts this expansion would have. It is very important that the public, with all of our first hand knowledge of our area, as well as our state and federal environmental agencies, be allowed to comment to fully inform this process. TGP began the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act process, but when the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs required that both a Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report be filed, TGP appears to have stopped the process. The Secretary found that the environmental information submitted by TGP was insufficient to describe all the environmental impacts of the project in Massachusetts. No Draft Environmental Impact Report has been filed.
It appears that TGP is segmenting their Northeast Expansion into two phases: the Connecticut Expansion and Northeast Energy Direct. We believe this segmentation is unlawful and will prevent us from understanding the cumulative impacts of these two phases of this expansion. Please require TGP to fully explain all the impacts of these two phases of their expansion in the northeast.
Part of the proposed Connecticut Expansion would take permanently protected land – Otis State Forest – out of that protection in violation of Article 97 of our state constitution. We do not believe that land that was acquired by the state for conservation purposes should be allowed to be taken for other purposes.
TGP has not fully mapped the areas in that will require blasting, including in the state forest – the last time they put in a pipeline in Sandisfield, they ruptured the nearby pipeline and had to evacuate half the town.
This project should not proceed until there has been a study that fully explores the costs, benefits, and risks of all the possible ways we could meet our energy needs.
Massachusetts has been a leader in decreasing our greenhouse gas emissions. This project will move us in the wrong direction.