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REINFORCEMENT OF NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEM

Introduction

PROJECT NEWS

LATEST UPDATES

The most-recent status report and a photo gallery of construction work.

CROSSING PERMITS

CNR

Agreement for natural gas main crossing from Canadian National Railway [PDF 225KB]

CNR CROSSING PLAN

Engineering details of the gas pipeline at the Canadian National Railway crossing [PDF 196KB]

TRANS NORTHERN

A permit for the proposed natural gas main crossing from Trans Northern Pipelines Inc. [PDF 442KB]

ENBRIDGE PIPELINES

Uttilities Kingston pipeline crossing agreement with Enbridge. [PDF 1.3MB]

MTO

Ministry Of Transportation encroachment permit for the pipeline crossing.
[PDF 403KB]

CAT CONSERVATION

Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority permit for the instalation of the pipeline crossing.
[PDF 999KB]

FINAL REPORTS

PRIVATE WELL TESTING

Results of private well sampling in the vicinity of Bur Brook and Sunnyside Roads.
[PDF 590KB]

WELL & SEPTIC REPORT

Geotechnical assessment of the effects of the natural gas main construction on wells and septic systems on Bur Brook and Sunnyside Roads.
[PDF 593KB]

ARCHAEOLOGY REPORT

Stage 2 Archaeological Assessment of the proposed pipeline route.
[PDF 3.7MB]

GEOTECHNICAL REPORT

Preliminary Geotechnical investigation and environmental assesment of proposed gas main crossing of Highway 401.
[PDF 1.3MB]

BIOLOGICAL REPORT

Final Biological Report on the Little Cataraqui Creek crossing by Utilities Kingston's proposed natural gas pipeline.
[PDF 1.9MB]

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT

Final environmental and socio-economic impact assessment of the proposed on the reinforcement of Kingston's natural gas pipeline system.

APPLICATION STEPS

You can download the Ontario Energy Board's Notices Of Application and Written Hearing and Utilities Kingston's responses to interogatories pursuant to its request to reinforce its gas pipeline system.

OFFICIAL NOTICES

NOTICE I [PDF 127KB]

NOTICE II [PDF 329KB]

INTEROGATORIES

INTERVENORS

Utilities Kingston responds to intervenors. [PDF 60KB]

FOLLOW-UP

Utilities Kingston responds to follow-up interogatories. [PDF 75KB]

OEB TECHNICAL

Utilities Kingston responds to Ontario Energy Board technical staff. [PDF 1.6MB]

OEB PROCEDURAL ORDER

Ontario Energy Board Procedural Order. [PDF 1.6MB]

RECONSIDERATION

Utilities Kingston response to intervenor's letter of reconsideration. [PDF 38KB]

OEB RESPONSE

Ontarion Energy Board responds to Carlson. [PDF 76KB]

MAP

ROUTE OVERVIEW

Click above to see a quick overview of the preliminary preferred route for the new natural gas pipeline.

IN THIS SECTION

STUDY AREA

The planning procedure to develop route alternatives and ultimately determine a preferred route.

THE ENVIRONMENT

Plans to assess and monitor the environmental impact of the expanded pipleline.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

How the public and other stakeholders are being consulted.

NATURAL GAS SAFETY

Learn about natural gas pipeline safety.

Project contacts and links to related Web sites.

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PROJECT SCHEDULE

Proposed schedule for the environmental assessment and construction of the pipeline project.

[PDF 78KB]

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Utilities Kingston proposes to construct and operate an NPS (nominal pipe size) 12 (twelve inch or 300 mm diameter) and NPS 8 (8 inch diameter) high-pressure steel pipeline to reinforce the supply of natural gas in the Kingston system. The need for the new pipeline is in response to demand for natural gas in the area by a proposed new power plant in the Downtown area of Kingston to be used jointly by Queen’s University and Kingston General Hospital. The proposed pipeline will be approximately 15 kilometres in length and it will run within current road rights of way. It will originate from an existing city gate station in Glenburnie, connect with a pressure regulation station within the Joseph P. Clyde Industrial Park and end at the Queen’s University Physical Plant to service a proposed 15 MW co-generation plant.

BACKGROUND

Utilities Kingston (Formerly Public Utilities Commission of the City of Kingston) has provided reliable gas service to the City of Kingston for well over a century. The privately owned City of Kingston Gas and Light Company was incorporated in 1847. This original inception of Utilities Kingston produced ‘town gas’ from coal, a hydrogen/carbon monoxide compound and distributed this product using cast iron piping.

In 1958 the installation of an 8 inch natural gas pipeline from Glenburnie along Perth Road was commissioned to take delivery of Natural Gas from Trans Canada Pipelines Ltd. This pipeline was operated initially at pressures of 170 kPa and up to 2200 kPa at which it now currently operates.

In 1985 the Perth Road feeder pipeline had reached its capacity to deliver gas to the approximately 3,500 customers in the ‘Old’ City of Kingston. At this time the Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP) of this main was elevated from 1,700 KPa to 3,100 KPa. It was estimated that this remedial work would be sufficient to supply the City under normal growth forecasts for another 10 to 15 years. Under the normal growth forecast at that time, the then 3,420 customer base could have been anticipated to grow to approximately 7000 combined residential, commercial and industrial customers.

A growth rate that has far exceeded normal growth forecasts to include over 11,000 gas customers and the desire of Queen’s University to construct a natural gas fired cogeneration facility has revealed a definite requirement for an additional supply of natural gas into Utilities Kingston's distribution system

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