Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC's Abbreviated Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and for Related Authorizations for its proposed Atlantic Bridge Project under CP16-9.

Mailing Address: 5400 Westheimer Court P.O. Box 1642 Houston, TX 77056-5310 Houston, TX 77251-1642 713.627.5400 main October 22, 2015 Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20426 Re: Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. Atlantic Bridge Project - Abbreviated Application for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and for Related Authorizations Dear Ms. Bose: Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (Algonquin) and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (Maritimes) hereby submit for filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) an Abbreviated Application for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and for Related Authorizations (Application) regarding their proposed Atlantic Bridge Project (Project). The Project is designed to enable Algonquin to provide 132,705 dekatherms per day of firm transportation capacity and Maritimes to provide 106,276 dekatherms per day of firm transportation capacity to deliver natural gas to meet the requirements of the Project shippers. Included herewith are four volumes. Volume I contains public information and comprises the Application and its public exhibits, except Exhibit F-I. Volume II contains the public version of Exhibit F-I, which comprises Volume II-A (resource reports) and Volume II-B (appendices to resource reports). Volume III contains privileged and confidential information and comprises Appendices 1D (landowner and stakeholder lists), 4B (archaeological field surveys) and 4C (cultural resources survey reports) of Exhibit F-1, Exhibit I (confidential market information), and proprietary hydraulic flow models. Volume IV contains Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) and comprises Exhibits G, G-I, and G-II, as well as parts of Exhibit F-I. Pursuant to the Commissions guidelines for eFiling,1 Algonquin and Maritimes are hereby eFiling the Application and will provide two complete copies of the Application to OEP Room 62-46 and one complete copy to OGC-EP Room 101-66. Volume IV is marked CONTAINS CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATIONDO NOT RELEASE2 and should be treated as confidential pursuant to Order No. 630, et seq. and is for use by the Commission Staff only and not to be released to the public.3 Volume III is marked CONTAINS PRIVILEGED INFORMATIONDO NOT RELEASE.4 Privileged information 1 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Filing Guide/Qualified Documents List (January 2, 2013). 2 18 C.F.R. 388.112(b), 388.113 (2015). 3 Critical Energy Infrastructure Information, Order No. 630, FERC Stat. & Reg., 31,140 (2003), 68 Fed. Reg. 9857 (Mar. 3, 2003), order on rehg, Order No. 630-A, 104 FERC 61,106 (2003), 68 Fed. Reg. 46456 (Aug. 6, 2003). 4 18 C.F.R. 380.12, 388.112 (2015). Ms. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary October 22, 2015 Page 2 should be treated as confidential and is for use by Commission Staff only and not to ...