Natural Gas Bypass: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy Regulation and Conservation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1998 ... S. 2313 ... September 29, 1988, Volume 4

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Page 236 - State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
Page 236 - A ) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts in planning and in decision-making which may have an impact on man's environment...
Page 239 - ... currently on file will effectuate this policy. The curtailment plan proposed may be divided between the injection season and the heating season, since different objectives may require different treatment. (ii) Consideration should be given to the curtailment of volumes equivalent to all interruptible sales and to the curtailment of large boiler fuel sales where alternate fuels are available.
Page 68 - Congress, it is hereby declared that the business of transporting and selling natural gas for ultimate distribution to the public is affected with a public interest, and that Federal regulation in matters relating to the transportation of natural gas and the sale thereof in interstate and foreign commerce is necessary in the public interest.
Page 238 - The rights-ofway alignment of these locations should be deflected before entering and leaving highways and areas of public view where such deflection is consistent with safe and sound engineering practice and accomplishes the desired results. (xx) Where practical, rights-of-way should not cross hills and other high points at the crests, particularly where such crossing is in forested areas and clearly visible from highways and other areas of public view. When they must do so the alignment should...
Page 164 - It is important to recognize the distinction between problems of national scope (which may justify Federal action) and problems that are merely common to the States (which will not justify Federal action because individual States, acting individually or together, can effectively deal with them).
Page 237 - Efforts should be made to avoid clearance of rights-of-way to the mineral soil, except in the ditch itself. Where this does occur in scattered areas of the rights-of-way, the surface should be restored and stabilized without undue delay.
Page 238 - ... avoid oil spills and other types of pollution while work is performed in streams and other bodies of water and in their immediate drainage areas. (xvii) Water used for pipeline testing taken from streams or other bodies of water should be taken in such manner as to minimize harm to the ecology, fish and wildlife resources, or aesthetic values of the areas. When testing water is released, it should be done in such a manner as not to cause erosion and siltation or damage to the ecology of the area....
Page 238 - Maintenance (i) Once a cover of vegetation has been established on a right-of-way, It should be properly maintained. (ii) Access roads and service roads should be maintained with grass cover, water bars and the proper slope in order to prevent soil erosion. They should be jointly used with other utilities, where practical.
Page 238 - ... (iv) During inspection of rights-ofway attention should be given to locate gullies and fallen timber and to observe the condition of the vegetation. The use of aircraft to inspect and maintain rights-of-way should be encouraged. (3) Construction of aboveground appurtenant...

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