Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 154 / Friday, August 10, 2007 / Notices (2006)

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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 154 / Friday, August 10, 2007 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP07–32–000]

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP;

Notice of Availability of the Final

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Proposed Southeast Expansion

Project

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August 3, 2007.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) has prepared this Final

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the natural gas pipeline facilities

proposed by Gulf South Pipeline

Company, LP (Gulf South) under the

above-referenced docket. Gulf South’s

Southeast Expansion Project (Project)

would be located in various counties

and parishes in eastern Louisiana,

Mississippi, and western Alabama.

The Final EIS was prepared to satisfy

the requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act. The FERC

staff concludes that the proposed

Project, with the appropriate mitigation

measures as recommended, would have

limited adverse environmental impact.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(FWS), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers (COE) are federal

cooperating agencies for the

development of this EIS. A federal

cooperating agency has jurisdiction by

law or special expertise with respect to

any environmental impact involved

with the proposal and is involved in the

NEPA analysis.

Gulf South indicates that the general

purpose of the proposed Project is to

provide producers in eastern Texas and

northern Louisiana an eastern market

outlet for production from CenterPoint

Energy Gas Transmission Company in

the Perryville, Louisiana, area.

The Final EIS addresses the potential

environmental impacts resulting from

the construction and operation of the

following facilities:

• Approximately 111 miles of 42inch-diameter natural gas transmission

pipeline extending easterly from

Simpson County, Mississippi, to

Choctaw County, Alabama;

• Three new compressor stations, the

Delhi, Harrisville, and Destin

Compressor Stations, located in

Richland County, Louisiana; Simpson

County, Mississippi; and Choctaw

County, Alabama, respectively; and

• Other ancillary facilities including

five meter and regulator (M/R) facilities,

eight mainline valves, one side valve,

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and two pig launcher and/or receiver

facilities.

Dependent upon Commission

approval, Gulf South proposes to

complete construction and begin

operating the proposed Project in

January 2008.

The Final EIS has been placed in the

public files of the FERC and is available

for public inspection at:Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Public

Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE.,

Room 2A,Washington, DC 20426, (202)

502–8371.

A limited number of copies of the

Final EIS are available from the Public

Reference Room identified above. In

addition, CD copies of the Final EIS

have been mailed to affected

landowners; various federal, state, and

local government agencies; elected

officials; environmental and public

interest groups; Native American tribes;

local libraries and newspapers;

intervenors; and other individuals that

expressed an interest in the proposed

Project. Hard-copies of the Final EIS

have also been mailed to those who

requested that format during the scoping

and comment periods for the proposed

Project.

In accordance with the Council on

Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)

regulations implementing NEPA, no

agency decision on a proposed action

may be made until 30 days after the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

publishes a notice of availability of a

Final EIS. However, the CEQ regulations

provide an exception to this rule when

an agency decision is subject to a formal

internal process that allows other

agencies or the public to make their

views known. In such cases, the agency

decision may be made at the same time

the notice of the Final EIS is published,

allowing both periods to run

concurrently. Should the FERC issue

Gulf South authorizations for the

proposed Project, it would be subject to

a 30-day rehearing period. Therefore,

the Commission could issue its decision

concurrently with the EPA’s notice of

availability.

Additional information about the

proposed Project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs,

at 1–866–208–FERC or on the FERC

Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov).

To access information via the FERC Web

site, click on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link, then

click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the

docket number (CP07–032), excluding

the last three digits, in the Docket

Number field. Be sure you have selected

an appropriate date range. The

‘‘eLibrary’’ link provides access to the

texts of formal documents issued by the

Commission, such as orders, notices,

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and rulemakings. For assistance with

‘‘eLibrary,’’ please contact FERC Online

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov

or toll-free at 1–866–208–3676, or for

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.

In addition, the Commission now

offers a free service called eSubscription

that allows you to keep track of all

formal issuances and submittals in

specific dockets. This can reduce the

amount of time you spend researching

proceedings by automatically providing

you with notification of these filings,

document summaries, and direct links

to these documents. To learn more

about eSubscription and to sign-up for

this service, please go to http://

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–15628 Filed 8–9–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 12455–004]

Borough of Leighton, PA, Notice of

Application Ready for Environmental

Analysis and Soliciting Comments,

Recommendations, Terms and

Conditions, and Prescriptions

August 3, 2007.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric license application has

been filed with the Commission and is

available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Original

License.

b. Project No.: 12455–004.

c. Date Filed: December 29, 2006.

d. Applicant: Borough of Leighton,

Pennsylvania.

e. Name of Project: Beltzville

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: The project would be

connected to the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers’ Beltzville Dam, located on

Pohopoco Creek, in the Borough of

Leighton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

g. Filed Pursuant to: The Federal

Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John

Hanosek, P.E., Borough manager, P.O.

Box 29, Municipal Building, Second

and South Street, Leighton, PA 18235,

(610) 377–4002.

i. FERC Contact: Jack Hannula, (202)

502–8917 or john.hannula@ferc.gov.

j. Deadline for filing comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days

from the issuance date of this notice;

reply comments are due 105 days from

the issuance date of this notice.

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