# 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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