Pipeline and Compressor Safety Verification Act of 2021

In general— Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall issue an order revoking the certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and operation of the Atlantic Bridge Project and issued under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) on January 25, 2017, as such certificate applies with respect to the proposed Weymouth Compressor Station in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Future actions— After issuing an order under paragraph (1), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not, with respect to the proposed Weymouth Compressor Station in Weymouth, Massachusetts, issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) or take any other action approving the Weymouth Compressor Station, unless and until the Commission receives written certification that the construction and operation of the Weymouth Compressor Station will not pose a danger to surrounding residential communities and the general public from each of the following:

In general— Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall issue an order revoking the certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and operation of the Algonquin Incremental Market Project and issued under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) on March 3, 2015, as such certificate applies with respect to approximately 4.1 miles of 16-inch-diameter pipeline and approximately 0.8 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline off of the I–4 System Lateral of Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, in Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts (commonly known, and in this subsection referred to, as the “West Roxbury Lateral”).

Future actions— After issuing an order under paragraph (1), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not, with respect to the West Roxbury Lateral, issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) or take any other action approving the West Roxbury Lateral, unless and until the Commission receives written certification that the construction and operation of the West Roxbury Lateral will not pose a danger to surrounding residential communities and the general public from each of the following: