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any comments or interventions or

protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR

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

on the Commission’s Web site at

http://www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link and the link to the User’s

Guide. Before you can file comments

you will need to create an account

which can be created on-line.

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the

proceeding. Any person seeking to

become a party to the proceeding must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.214).1 Only intervenors have the

right to seek rehearing of the

Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

Additional information about the

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)

using the eLibrary link. Click on the

eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search’’

and enter the docket number excluding

the last three digits in the Docket

Number field. Be sure you have selected

an appropriate date range. For

assistance, please contact FERC Online

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov

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

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The

eLibrary link also provides access to the

texts of formal documents issued by the

Commission, such as orders, notices,

and rulemakings.

In addition, the Commission now

offers a free service called eSubscription

which 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. Go to http://

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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1 Interventions may also be filed electronically via

the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous

discussion on filing comments electronically.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP05–412–000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Northeast ConneXion

Project—New England and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

October 6, 2005.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the Northeast ConneXion Project—New

England involving construction,

abandonment, and operation of facilities

by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

Tennessee).1 The proposed facilities

consist of the installation of additional

compression at four of its existing

compressor stations in Potter County,

Pennsylvania; Onondaga, Herkimer, and

Schoharie Counties, New York; the

abandonment and installation of

additional compression at two existing

compressor stations in Columbia

County, New York, and Worcester

County, Massachusetts; and the

construction of one new compressor

station in Steuben County, New York.

Tennessee will install 55,400

horsepower (hp) and replace 10,500 hp

for a net total of 44,900 hp of

compression. No construction of

pipeline is proposed. This EA will be

used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether

the project is in the public convenience

and necessity. Tennessee indicates that

the proposed facilities will enable it to

provide up to 136,300 decatherms per

day of incremental firm transportation

capacity.

If you are a landowner receiving this

notice, you may be contacted by a

pipeline company representative about

the acquisition of an easement to

construct, operate, and maintain the

proposed facilities. The pipeline

company would seek to negotiate a

mutually acceptable agreement.

However, if the project is approved by

the Commission, that approval conveys

with it the right of eminent domain.

Therefore, if easement negotiations fail

to produce an agreement, the pipeline

company could initiate condemnation

proceedings in accordance with State

law.

1 Tennessee’s application was filed with the

Commission under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

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A fact sheet prepared by the FERC

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need

To Know?’’ was attached to the project

notice Tennessee provided to

landowners. This fact sheet addresses a

number of typically asked questions,

including the use of eminent domain

and how to participate in the

Commission’s proceedings. It is

available for viewing on the FERC

Internet Web site (www.ferc.gov).

Summary of the Proposed Project

Tennessee seeks authority for the:

• Installation of two additional 3,550hp CAT 3612 compressor units at each

of the existing Compressor Stations 241,

245, and 249 located in Onondaga,

Herkimer, and Schoharie Counties, New

York;

• Replacement of an existing 4,500hp compressor unit with a single

10,300-hp Solar Taurus 70S turbinedriven compressor unit at existing

Compressor 254 in Columbia County,

New York;

• Replacement of three existing

compressor units totaling 6,000 hp with

the installation of two 6,275-hp Solar

Centaur 50L turbine-driven compressor

units (12,550 hp total) at existing

Compressor Station 264 in Worcester

County, Massachusetts;

• Installation of one additional 3,550hp CAT 3612 compressor unit at

existing Compressor Station 313 in

Potter County, Pennsylvania; and

• Construction of new Compressor

Station 405A, with a single 7,700-hp

Solar Taurus 60S turbine-driven

compressor unit in Steuben County,

New York.

Tennessee indicates that it will install

‘‘appurtenant facilities’’ to the project

pursuant to section 2.55(a) of the

regulations.

The location of the project facilities

and alternative sites for the new

compressor station is shown in

Appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

The new Compressor Station 405A

would require about 20.0 acres of land

of which about 10.0 acres would be

used during construction. Following

construction, about 3.2 acres would be

maintained as the new aboveground

facility site. Tennessee would not need

2 The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all

appendices, other than Appendix 1 (maps), are

available on the Commission’s Web site at the

‘‘eLibrary’’ link or from the Commission’s Public

Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., Washington,

DC 20426, or call (202) 502–8371. For instructions

on connecting to eLibrary refer to the last page of

this notice. Copies of the appendices were sent to

all those receiving this notice in the mail.

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to acquire any additional acreage or

land for the proposed modifications at

the existing compressor stations.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. This

process is referred to as ‘‘scoping’’. The

main goal of the scoping process is to

focus the analysis in the EA on the

important environmental issues. By this

Notice of Intent, the Commission staff

requests public comments on the scope

of the issues to address in the EA. All

comments received are considered

during the preparation of the EA. State

and local government representatives

are encouraged to notify their

constituents of this proposed action and

encourage them to comment on their

areas of concern.

In the EA we 3 will discuss impacts

that could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils;

• Ground water resources;

• Vegetation and wildlife;

• Endangered and threatened species;

• Public safety;

• Land use;

• Cultural resources;

• Air quality and noise; and

• Hazardous waste.

We will not discuss impacts to the

following resource areas since they are

not present in the project area, or would

not be affected by the proposed

facilities: Surface water resources,

fisheries, and wetlands.

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, State,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects

(OEP).

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published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we make

our recommendations to the

Commission.

To ensure your comments are

considered, please carefully follow the

instructions in the public participation

section below

Currently Identified Environmental

Issue

We have identified noise as an issue

that we think deserves attention based

on a preliminary review of the proposed

facilities and the environmental

information provided by Tennessee.

This preliminary issue may be changed

based on your comments and our

analysis.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commentor, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission. You

should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative locations), and measures to

avoid or lessen environmental impact.

The more specific your comments, the

more useful they will be. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded:

• Send an original and two copies of

your letter to: Magalia 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 2.

• Reference Docket No. CP05–412–

000.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before November 7, 2005.

Please note that we are continuing to

experience delays in mail deliveries

from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result,

we will include all comments that we

receive within a reasonable time frame

in our environmental analysis of this

project. However, the Commission

strongly encourages electronic filing of

any comments or interventions or

protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR

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

on the Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link

and the link to the User’s Guide. Before

you can file comments you will need to

create a free account which can be

created on-line.

We may mail the EA for comment. If

you are interested in receiving it, please

return the Information Request

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(Appendix 2). If you do not return the

Information Request, you will be taken

off the mailing list.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding, or ‘‘intervenor’’. To become

an intervenor you must file a motion to

intervene according to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Intervenors

have the right to seek rehearing of the

Commission’s decision. Motions to

Intervene should be electronically

submitted using the Commission’s

eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons without Internet access should

send an original and 14 copies of their

motion to the Secretary of the

Commission at the address indicated

previously. Persons filing Motions to

Intervene on or before the comment

deadline indicated above must send a

copy of the motion to the Applicant. All

filings, including late interventions,

submitted after the comment deadline

must be served on the Applicant and all

other intervenors identified on the

Commission’s service list for this

proceeding. Persons on the service list

with e-mail addresses may be served

electronically; others must be served a

hard copy of the filing.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

Environmental Mailing List

An effort is being made to send this

notice to all individuals, organizations,

and government entities interested in

and/or potentially affected by the

proposed project. This includes all

landowners who are potential right-ofway grantors, whose property may be

used temporarily for project purposes,

or who own homes within distances

defined in the Commission’s regulations

of certain aboveground facilities.

Additional Information

Additional information about the

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)

using the eLibrary link. Click on the

eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search’’

and enter the docket number excluding

the last three digits in the Docket

Number field. Be sure you have selected

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an appropriate date range. For

assistance, please contact FERC Online

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov

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

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The

eLibrary link also provides access to the

texts of formal documents issued by the

Commission, such as orders, notices,

and rulemakings.

In addition, the Commission now

offers a free service called eSubscription

which 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. Go to http://

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Finally, 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.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP05–392–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Accident Storage

Enhancement Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

October 6, 2005.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

the Accident Storage Enhancement

Project involving construction and

operation of facilities by Texas Eastern

Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) near

the town of Accident in Garrett County,

Maryland.1 The proposed facilities

include new storage wells, field

pipelines and appurtenances, reworking

of wellhead valves, grounding and surge

protection modifications, related

facilities. This EA will be used by the

Commission in its decisionmaking

process to determine whether the

1 Texas Eastern’s application was filed with the

Commission under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

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project is in the public convenience and

necessity.

If you are a landowner receiving this

notice, you may be contacted by a

pipeline company representative about

the acquisition of an easement to

construct, operate, and maintain the

proposed facilities. The pipeline

company would seek to negotiate a

mutually acceptable agreement.

However, if the project is approved by

the Commission, that approval conveys

with it the right of eminent domain.

Therefore, if easement negotiations fail

to produce an agreement, the pipeline

company could initiate condemnation

proceedings in accordance with State

law.

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need

To Know?’’ was attached to the project

notice Texas Eastern provided to

landowners. This fact sheet addresses a

number of typically asked questions,

including the use of eminent domain

and how to participate in the

Commission’s proceedings. It is

available for viewing on the FERC

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

Summary of the Proposed Project

Texas Eastern is proposing to provide

additional working gas capacity and

increase reliability at its Accident

Storage Field in Garrett County,

Maryland by increasing injection

capability, expanding the working gas

capacity by 3.0 billion cubic feet and

enhance withdrawal. Texas Eastern’s

proposed activities include:

• Reworking of 38 existing wells;

• Re-enter and drill-out horizontally,

7 wells;

• Installation of communication and

grounding/surge protection on 54 wells;

• Replacement of wellhead valves on

15 wellheads;

• Installation of new slug catcher

facilities on three field laterals;

• Drilling 2 new horizontal wells;

• Installing approximately 0.8 mile of

gather pipeline; and

• Construction of 4 new access roads

and appurtenant equipment.

The general location of the project

facilities is shown in Appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of all project facilities,

including pipelines, well pads, access

2 The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all

appendices, other than Appendix 1 (maps), are

available on the Commission’s Website at the

‘‘eLibrary’’ link or from the Commission’s Public

Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., Washington,

DC 20426, or call (202) 502–8371. For instructions

on connecting to eLibrary refer to the last page of

this notice. Copies of the appendices were sent to

all those receiving this notice in the mail.

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roads, a pipe storage yard and extra

workspaces would impact

approximately 21.43 acres.

Following construction, about 6.32

acres would be maintained as new

aboveground facility sites, access roads,

or permanent pipeline right-of-way. The

remaining 15.11 acres of land would be

restored and allowed to revert to its

former use.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. This

process is referred to as ‘‘scoping’’. The

main goal of the scoping process is to

focus the analysis in the EA on the

important environmental issues. By this

Notice of Intent, the Commission staff

requests public comments on the scope

of the issues to address in the EA. All

comments received are considered

during the preparation of the EA. State

and local government representatives

are encouraged to notify their

constituents of this proposed action and

encourage them to comment on their

areas of concern.

In the EA we 3 will discuss impacts

that could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils;

• Water resources and wetlands;

• Fisheries, vegetation, and wildlife;

• Endangered and threatened species;

• Land use, recreation, and visual

resources;

• Cultural resources;

• Air quality and noise; and

• Reliability and safety.

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, State,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects

(OEP).

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