AMEC to Conduct Unprecedented 17-State Environmental Impact Statement
Posted on: Tuesday, 30 October 2007, 12:00 CDT
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been selected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) of unprecedented magnitude in the natural gas industry.
The EIS will involve an analysis of a 17-state, multi-species habitat conservation plan (HCP) proposed by NiSource, a major energy distributor in the eastern United States, for its 17,000-mile network of natural gas pipelines, storage fields, compressor stations and appurtenant facilities. The states involved are Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.
AMEC's scope of work will include the scheduling and facilitation of stakeholder consultation and public comment meetings, database management, Geographical Information System services, establishment of the administrative record, creation and production of all EIS documents, and overall support to the FWS, including the evaluation of mitigation and conservation measures to enhance and protect species populations and their habitats.
"This project is unique in its scale and scope," said Mark Haney, Vice President of AMEC Earth & Environmental business. "Its scale, which includes numerous stakeholders and agencies across so many states, is unheard of. Its scope, which involves multiple species addressed simultaneously by one program, has never been attempted on this level in the U.S.
"The Fish and Wildlife Service and NiSource will be able to substantially reduce their administrative burden, and NiSource will be able to redirect its resulting cost savings to habitat protection or improvement - the goal of the HCP."
As one of the first steps in the process, 13 public open houses have been scheduled in November throughout the region. The dates and locations of the open houses are listed below. All will run from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., except the Washington D.C. open house, which will run from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 5, Portsmouth Courtyard by Marriott, 1000 Market St., Portsmouth,NH. Nov. 6, Ramada Conference Center, 2143 N. Broadway, Lexington, KY Nov. 6, Best Western Hotel Acadiana, 1801 W. Pinhook Road, Lafayette, LA Nov. 6, Binghamton Regency Hotel, One Sabro Square, Binghamton, NY Nov. 7, Telcom Center, 105 Pascagoula St., Jackson, MS Nov. 7, University Plaza Hotel, 3110 Oleanga River Road, Columbus, OH Nov. 7, Holiday Inn Express, 1305 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA Nov. 8, Radisson Hotel at Opryland, 2401 Music Valley Drive, Nashville,TN Nov. 8, Ramada Plaza, 400 Second Ave., Charleston, WV Nov. 13, Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland, OH Nov. 14, Double Tree Hotel & Suites, One Bigelow Square, Pittsburgh, PA Nov. 14, Richmond Marriott Hotel, 500 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA Nov. 15, FWS Office, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
The project will be conducted by multiple offices of AMEC's Earth & Environmental operations, which have broad experience developing EIS documents for large, complex projects across many of the states within NiSource's service territory. The project will be managed by AMEC's Patrick Mullen, a senior scientist with more than 20 years of experience in the areas of wildlife, fisheries, threatened and endangered animals and plants, land management planning, and National Environmental Policy Act analysis and monitoring.
Notes
AMEC plc is a focused supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering and project management services to the world's energy, power and process industries. With annual revenues of more than US$4.4 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers. AMEC's Natural Resources, Power and Process, and Earth and Environmental businesses employ approximately 19,000 people in more than 25 countries globally. AMEC shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange where the company is listed in the Support Services Sector .
NiSource is a Fortune 500 company engaged in natural gas transmission, storage and distribution, as well as electric generation, transmission and distribution. NiSource operating companies deliver energy to more than 3.8 million customers located within the high-demand energy corridor stretching from the Gulf Coast through the Midwest to New England.
CONTACT: Brad Christensen, (602) 432-1339 or brad.christensen@amec.com; Lauren Gallagher, (602) 757-3211 or lauren.gallagher@amec.com
AMEC
CONTACT: Brad Christensen, (602) 432-1339 or brad.christensen@amec.com;Lauren Gallagher, (602) 757-3211 or lauren.gallagher@amec.com
Source: PRNewswire
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