Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 72 / Friday, April 14, 2006 / Notices

19496

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 72 / Friday, April 14, 2006 / Notices

formal documents issued by the

Commission, such as orders, notices,

and rulemakings.

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 the documents. To register for this

service, go to http://www.ferc.gov/

esubscribenow.htm.

Information concerning the

involvement of the COE is available

from Jon Soderberg at 202–761–7763.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 7 p.m.

Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, 838

Westwood Blvd., Price, UT 84501. (435)

637–8880.

This notice is being sent to affected

landowners; Federal, State, and local

government representatives and

agencies; environmental and public

interest groups; Native American tribes;

other interested parties in this

proceeding; and local libraries and

newspapers. We encourage government

representatives to notify their

constituents of this planned project and

encourage them to comment on their

areas of concern.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–5561 Filed 4–13–06; 8:45 am]

Questar proposes to increase the

capacity of its southern transmission

system by approximately 170,000

dekatherms per day. More specifically,

Questar seeks authority to:

• Construct approximately 53 miles

of 24-inch-diameter pipeline and

ancillary facilities to loop Questar’s

existing Main Line (ML) No. 40 by

extending its ML 104 from its

easternmost terminus at Soldier Creek

in Carbon County to the Green River

Block Valve in Uintah County;

• Construct approximately 5 miles of

24-inch-diameter pipeline to loop its

ML 104 between its existing Oak

Springs Compressor Station (Oak

Springs) and Fausett Junction in Carbon

County; and

• Restage/reconfigure Oak Springs

and Questar’s existing Blind Canyon

Compressor Station (Blind Canyon) and

modify other existing facilities,

including yard and station piping,

cooling equipment, valves and

launcher/receiver facilities at Oak

Spring, Blind Canyon, and Questar’s

Thistle Creek Compressor Station in

Utah County.

• Seek the modification of metering

and gas separation facilities by Kern

River Gas Transmission Company (Kern

River) at its interconnect with the ML

104 Pipeline near Goshen, Utah, which

serves as a receipt point for volumes

delivered by Questar to Kern River at

this location.

Location maps depicting Questar’s

proposed facilities and alternate routes

are provided in Appendix 1.2

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. PF06–18–000]

Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed

Southern System Expansion Project II,

Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues and Notice of

Scoping Meeting

wwhite on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES

April 7, 2006.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

Questar Pipeline Company’s (Questar)

planned Southern System Expansion

Project II located in Utah, Carbon,

Duchesne, and Uintah Counties, Utah.

This notice announces the opening of

the scoping process we 1 will use to

gather input from the public and

interested agencies on the project. Your

input will help the Commission staff

determine which issues need to be

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the

scoping period will close on May 12,

2006.

Comments may be submitted in

written form or presented verbally at the

public meeting detailed below. Further

details on how to submit written

comments are provided in the public

participation section of this notice. In

lieu of sending written comments, you

are invited to attend the public scoping

meeting that is scheduled as follows:

1 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects.

VerDate Aug<31>2005

16:37 Apr 13, 2006

Jkt 208001

Summary of the Proposed Project

2 The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available on the Commission’s Web site (excluding

maps) at the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link or from the

Commission’s Public Reference Room or call (202)

502–8371. For instructions on connecting to

eLibrary refer to the end of this notice. Copies of

the appendices were sent to all those receiving this

notice in the mail.

PO 00000

Frm 00021

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

At this time no formal application has

been filed with the FERC. For this

project, the FERC staff has initiated its

NEPA review prior to receiving the

application. The purpose of our NEPA

Pre-Filing Process is to involve

interested stakeholders early in project

planning and to identify and resolve

issues before an application is filed with

the FERC.

We have already identified several

issues that we think deserve attention

based on a preliminary review of the

proposed facilities, environmental

information provided by Questar,

discussions with staff of the Bureau of

Land Management, and comments

gathered from concerned citizens at

Questar’s open house held on March 28,

2006. This preliminary list of issues

may be changed based on your

comments and our analysis.

• Potential effect on perennial

streams and intermittent streams

crossed by or close to the route;

• Potential effect on vegetation and

wildlife resources, including critical big

game ranges and sage grouse habitat;

• Potential effect on endangered and

threatened species;

• Potential effect on historic and

prehistoric sites;

• Potential effect on recreation and

public interest areas, including traffic

impacts along the Nine Mile Canyon

Scenic Backcountry Byway;

• Potential visual effect of the

pipeline corridor;

The EA Process

The FERC will use the EA to consider

the environmental impact that could

result if it issues Questar a Certificate of

Public Convenience and Necessity.

This notice formally announces our

preparation of the EA and the beginning

of the process referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’

We are soliciting input from the public

and interested agencies to help us focus

the analysis in the EA on the potentially

significant environmental issues related

to the proposed action.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be included in an EA that

will be prepared for the project. Our

evaluation will also include possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and we will

make recommendations on how to

lessen or avoid impacts on the various

resource areas of concern.

The EA will be mailed to Federal,

State, and local government agencies;

elected officials; environmental and

public interest groups; Native American

tribes; affected landowners; other

E:\FR\FM\14APN1.SGM

14APN1

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 72 / Friday, April 14, 2006 / Notices

wwhite on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES

interested parties; local libraries and

newspapers; and the FERC’s official

service list for this proceeding. A 30-day

comment period will be allotted for

review of the EA. We will consider all

comments submitted on the EA in any

Commission Order that is issued for the

project.

We are currently involved in

discussions with other jurisdictional

agencies to identify their issues and

concerns. These agencies include the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land

Management, Divisions of Wildlife and

Water Resources of the Utah Department

of Natural Resources, Division of Water

Quality of the Utah Department of

Environmental Quality, and the Utah

State Historic Preservation Office. By

this notice, we are asking these and

other Federal, State, and local agencies

with jurisdiction and/or special

expertise with respect to environmental

issues to formally cooperate with us in

the preparation of the EA. Agencies that

would like to request cooperating status

should follow the instructions for filing

comments provided below.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the

proposals. Your comments should focus

on the potential environmental effects,

reasonable alternatives and measures to

avoid or lessen environmental impact.

The more specific your comments, the

more useful they will be. To ensure that

your comments are timely and properly

recorded, please mail your comments so

that they will be received in

Washington, DC, on or before May 12,

2006, and carefully follow these

instructions:

• Send an original and two copies of

your letter to: Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of Gas Branch 3, DG2E;

and

• Reference Docket No. PF06–18–000

on the original and both copies.

Please note that the Commission

encourages electronic filing of

comments. See Title 18 Code of Federal

Regulations 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission’s

Internet Web site at http://www.ferc.gov

under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link and the link to

the User’s Guide. Prepare your

submission in the same manner as you

would if filing on paper and save it to

a file on your hard drive. Before you can

file comments you will need to create an

account by clicking on ‘‘Login to File’’

VerDate Aug<31>2005

16:37 Apr 13, 2006

Jkt 208001

and then ‘‘New User Account.’’ You will

be asked to select the type of filing you

are making. This filing is considered a

‘‘Comment on Filing.’’

When Questar submits its application

for authorization to construct and

operate the Southern System Expansion

Project II, the Commission will publish

a Notice of Application in the Federal

Register and will establish a deadline

for interested persons to intervene in the

proceeding. Because the Commission’s

Pre-filing Process occurs before an

application to begin a proceeding is

officially filed, petitions to intervene

during this process are premature and

will not be accepted by the Commission.

Environmental Mailing List

If you wish to remain on the

environmental mailing list, please

return the Mailing List Retention Form

included in Appendix 2. If you do not

return this form, you will be taken off

our mailing list.

Availability of Additional Information

Additional information about the

project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs

at 1–866–208 FERC (3372) or on the

FERC Internet Web site (http://

www.ferc.gov). Using the ‘‘eLibrary’’

link, select ‘‘General Search’’ from the

eLibrary menu, enter the selected date

range and ‘‘Docket Number’’ (i.e., PF06–

18–000), and follow the instructions.

Searches may also be done using the

phrase ‘‘Southern System Expansion

Project II’’ in the ‘‘Text Search’’ field.

For assistance with access to eLibrary,

the helpline can be reached at 1–866–

208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, or at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The

eLibrary link on the FERC Internet Web

site also provides access to the texts of

formal documents issued by the

Commission, such as orders, notices,

and rule makings.

In addition, the FERC 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 the

documents. To register for this service,

go to http://www.ferc.gov/

esubscribenow.htm.

Public meetings or site visits will be

posted on the Commission’s calendar

located at http://www.ferc.gov/

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along

with other related information. Finally,

Questar has established an Internet Web

site for its project at (http://

www.questarssxpii.com). The Web site

PO 00000

Frm 00022

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

19497

includes a project overview, contact

information, regulatory overview, and

construction procedures.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–5558 Filed 4–13–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC Docket No. PF06–15–000 and BLM

Reference No. 2880/UTU–82750 and WYW–

67229]

Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment And

Proposed Land Use Plan Amendment

for the Proposed Kanda Lateral and

Mainline Expansion Project, Request

for Comments on Environmental

Issues, Notice of Public Scoping

Meetings, and Notice of Site Visit

April 7, 2006.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd’s.

(WIC) planned Kanda Lateral and

Mainline Expansion Project located in

Uintah and Daggett Counties, Utah and

Sweetwater County, Wyoming. This

notice explains the scoping process that

will be used to gather input from the

public and interested agencies on the

project. Your input will help the

Commission staff determine which

issues need to be evaluated in the EA.

Please note that the scoping period for

the project will close on May 19, 2006.

In lieu of or in addition to sending

written comments, you are invited to

attend the public scoping meetings that

have been scheduled in the project area.

These meetings are scheduled for April

24, 2006 in Rock Springs, Wyoming and

April 25, 2006 in Vernal, Utah. Further

instructions on how to submit written

comments and additional details of the

public scoping meetings are provided in

the public participation section of this

notice.

The FERC will be the lead federal

agency for the preparation of the EA.

The document will satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and

will be used by the FERC to consider the

environmental impacts that could result

if it issues WIC a Certificate of Public

Convenience and Necessity under

section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

E:\FR\FM\14APN1.SGM

14APN1