PHMSA Environmental Review Notice of Availability
In cooperation with the Welch Gas Cooperative Association, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), has prepared a Tier 2 Environmental Assessment (EA), as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, for the proposed replacement of 3.27 mile of aging and failing Aldyl-A plastic pipeline in the City of Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia. PHMSA published a Tier 1 Nationwide EA for the Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program (NGDISM) on November 9, 2022. The stated purpose of NGDISM is for municipality or community owned utilities to repair, rehabilitate, or replace its natural gas distribution pipeline system or portions thereof or to acquire equipment to (1) reduce incidents and fatalities and (2) avoid economic losses by providing grant opportunities to municipality or community owned utilities. The Tier 1 EA is available at https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/2023-07/Tier-1-PHMSA-2022-0123-0001.pdf. The Tier 2 EA is available for review and comment on the web at https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/about-phmsa/working-phmsa/grants/pipeline/tier-2-site-specific-environmental-documents and a copy is available at the Welch Gas Cooperative Association Office (127 Wyoming St., Welch, WV 24801) Please submit all comments to [email protected] and reference NGDISM-FY22-EA-2023-28 in your response. Comments on the Tier 2 EA are due by Friday, May 3rd.
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