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comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commenter, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission. The

more specific your comments, the more

useful they will be. Generally,

comments are submitted regarding the

potential environmental effects,

reasonable alternatives and measures to

avoid or lessen environmental impact.

This notice and request for

environmental comments is being sent

to affected landowners; Federal, State

and local government representatives

and agencies; environmental and public

interest groups; other interested parties

in this proceeding; and local libraries

and newspapers. We encourage

government representatives to notify

their constituents of this notice and to

encourage their comments concerning

this proposed project.

To ensure that your comments are

properly recorded, please mail them to

our office on or before February 19,

2007. When filing comments please:

• 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 2; DG2E;

and Reference Docket No. CP06–429–

000 on the original and both copies.

Please note that the Commission

strongly encourages the electronic filing

(‘‘eFiling’’) of comments, interventions

or protests to this proceeding.

Instructions on how to ‘‘eFile’’

comments can be found on the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘Documents

and Filings’’ link.

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Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor’’.

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must send one electronic copy (using

the Commission’s e-Filing system) or 14

paper copies of its filings to the

Secretary of the Commission and must

send a copy of its filings to all other

parties on the Commission’s service list

for this proceeding. If you want 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). Only intervenors have the

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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

environmental comments considered.

Environmental Mailing List

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).

To access information via the FERC

Web site click on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link

then 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. The ‘‘eLibrary’’

link provides access to the texts of

formal documents issued by the

Commission such as orders, notices, and

rulemakings. For assistance with

‘‘eLibrary’’, please contact FERC Online

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or call 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

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.

Public meetings and/or site visits

along with other Project related

information will be posted on the

Commission’s calendar located at

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Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–1173 Filed 1–25–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[ Docket No. CP07–28–000]

This notice has been sent to all known

individuals, organizations, and

government entities interested in and/or

potentially affected by the proposed

project. This includes all landowners

who are potential right-of-way 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.

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Southern Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed 2007 Alabama Abandonment

& Replacement Project and Request

for Comments on Environmental

Issues

January 17, 2007.

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 2007 Alabama Abandonment &

Replacement Project. This proposal

involves abandonment, construction,

and operation of facilities along

approximately 10 miles of Southern

Natural Gas Company’s (Southern)

existing natural gas pipeline system in

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

This notice announces the opening of

the scoping period that will be used to

gather environmental input from the

public and interested agencies on the

project. Your input will help us (the

commission staff) determine which

issues need to be evaluated in the EA.

Please note that the scoping period will

close on February 16, 2007.

This notice is being sent to potentially

affected landowners; Federal, State, and

local government agencies; elected

officials; environmental and public

interest groups; Native American Tribes;

other interested parties; and local

libraries and newspapers. State and

local government representatives are

asked to notify their constituents of this

proposed project and encourage them to

comment on their areas of concern.

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

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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?’’ is available for viewing on

the FERC Web site (http://

www.ferc.gov). 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.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Southern currently is involved in an

extensive pipeline integrity program

(PIP). As part of the PIP, Southern

would replace certain sections of pipe

which were constructed using a

mechanical coupling methodology. One

of these areas is the North Main Loop

Line from Milepost (MP) 271.65 to MP

281.23 (9.62 miles) in Tuscaloosa

County, Alabama.1 Specifically,

Southern proposes to:

• Abandon in place 2.79 miles of its

22-inch-diameter North Main Loop Line

between MPs 278.48 and 281.23;

• Abandon by removal 6.83 miles of

its 22-inch-diameter North Main Loop

Line between MPs 271.65 and 278.48;

• Construct a 6.83 mile extension of

its 24-inch-diameter 2nd North Main

Loop Line between MPs 148.93 and

155.75 (i.e., between MPs 271.65 and

278.48 on Southern’s 22-inch-diameter

North Main Loop Line) within the

trench of the removed pipeline; and

• Modify certain facilities along its

North Main Loop Line (e.g., installation

of mainline gate valves and crossover

connections, and disconnecting meter

station and field tie-in taps) between

MPs 274.92 and 281.23.

The general location of Southern’s

proposed activities is shown on the map

attached as Appendix 1.2

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Land Requirements for Construction

Southern’s proposed action would

require about 103.26 acres of land for

the construction right-of-way for the

pipeline, temporary workspaces, staging

areas, and wareyards. The construction

1 A loop is a segment of pipeline installed

adjacent to an existing pipeline and which connects

to the existing pipeline at both ends of the loop.

The loop allows more gas to be moved through the

system.

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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right-of-way for the project would be

within the existing 60- to 150-foot wide

right-of-way. New permanent easement

would include approximately 0.91

acres.

Following construction, the

permanent right-of-way would be

maintained in its current condition;

temporary work spaces would be

restored and allowed to revert to their

former use.

Construction access to Southern’s

project would be via existing access

roads. Southern has identified 20

existing private access roads necessary

for the construction of its project. Some

of the access roads may need to be

widened or upgraded for construction

use.

The EA Process

We are preparing the EA to comply

with the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) which 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.

By this notice, we are also asking

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 below.

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 and libraries in

the project area, and the Commission’s

official service list for this proceeding.

A comment period will be allotted for

review if the EA is published. We will

consider all comments on the EA before

we make our recommendations to the

Commission.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

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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 routes), 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: 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 1.

• Reference Docket No. CP07–28–

000.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before February 16, 2007.

Please note that 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 ‘‘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.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor’’.

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must send one electronic copy (using

the Commission’s e-Filing system) or 14

paper copies of its filings to the

Secretary of the Commission and must

send a copy of its filings to all other

parties on the Commission’s service list

for this proceeding. If you want 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).3 Only intervenors have the

right to seek rehearing of the

Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

3 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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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.

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

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.

[FR Doc. E7–1133 Filed 1–25–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application and Soliciting

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and

Protests

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January 17, 2007.

Take notice that the following

application has been filed with the

Commission and is available for public

inspection:

a. Application Type: Shoreline

Management Plan.

b. Project No.: 619–134.

c. Date Filed: December 29, 2006.

d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric

Company.

e. Name of Project: Bucks Creek

Hydroelectric Project.

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f. Location: The project is located on

Bucks Creek and Grizzly Creek,

tributaries of the North Fork Feather

River, in Plumas County, California, and

on lands of the Plumas National Forest.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Bill Zemke,

Senior License Coordinator, Pacific Gas

and Electric Company, Mail Code N

11C, P.O. Box 770000, San Francisco,

CA, (415) 973–1646.

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on

this notice should be addressed to

Lesley Kordella at (202) 502–6406, or by

e-mail: lesley.kordella@ferc.gov.

j. Deadline for filing comments and/

or motions: February 19, 2007.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: Ms.

Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, DHAC,

PJ–12.1, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. Please include

the project number (P–619–134) on any

comments or motions filed. Comments,

protests and interventions may be filed

electronically via the Internet in lieu of

paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s Web site under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. The Commission strongly

encourages electronic filings.

k. Description of Proposal: The

licensee submitted a Shoreline

Management Plan (SMP) as required by

article 103. The SMP was developed in

consultation with the Plumas National

Forest, Plumas County, and board

members of the Bucks Lake

Homeowners Association. Its purpose is

to provide guidance for the management

of the shoreline at Bucks Lake. The SMP

addresses shoreline uses and issues

relating to public recreation, shoreline

alteration, vegetation management, and

commercial development. It also

includes rules and regulations for

residential use and boat docking

facilities, and a natural hazard safety

plan.

l. This filing is available for review at

the Commission in the Public Reference

Room or may be viewed on the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.

Enter the docket number excluding the

last three digits in the docket number

field to access the document. For

assistance, contact FERC Online

Support at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call

toll-free 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,

call (202) 502–8659.

m. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

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n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

o. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

p. Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–1137 Filed 1–25–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application for Transfer of

License, and Soliciting Comments,

Motions To Intervene, and Protests

January 18, 2007.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Application Type: Transfer of

License.

b. Project No.: 10228–039.

c. Date Filed: December 21, 2006.

d. Applicants: Cannelton

Hydroelectric Project, L.P. (transferor)

and American Municipal Power-Ohio

(Transferee).

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