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Authorization Under Section 204(A) to

Issue Short Term Debt and Request for

Shortened Notice Period and Expedited

Action.

Filed Date: 01/08/2007.

Accession Number: 20070108–5036.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time

on Monday, January 22, 2007.

Any person desiring to intervene or to

protest in any of the above proceedings

must file in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern

time on the specified comment date. It

is not necessary to separately intervene

again in a subdocket related to a

compliance filing if you have previously

intervened in the same docket. Protests

will be considered by the Commission

in determining the appropriate action to

be taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or

protest must serve a copy of that

document on the Applicant. In reference

to filings initiating a new proceeding,

interventions or protests submitted on

or before the comment deadline need

not be served on persons other than the

Applicant.

The Commission encourages

electronic submission of protests and

interventions in lieu of paper, using the

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic

service, persons with Internet access

who will eFile a document and/or be

listed as a contact for an intervenor

must create and validate an

eRegistration account using the

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling

link to log on and submit the

intervention or protests.

Persons unable to file electronically

should submit an original and 14 copies

of the intervention or protest to the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First St. NE., Washington, DC

20426.

The filings in the above proceedings

are accessible in the Commission’s

eLibrary system by clicking on the

appropriate link in the above list. They

are also available for review in the

Commission’s Public Reference Room in

Washington, DC. There is an

eSubscription link on the Web site that

enables subscribers to receive e-mail

notification when a document is added

to a subscribed dockets(s). For

assistance with any FERC Online

service, please e-mail

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call

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(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202) 502–8659.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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along with other related information. For

additional information, please contact the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs at

(202) 502–8004.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory

[Docket No. PF06–25–000; Docket No.

PF06–26–000]

[Docket No. CP07–10–000]

Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P.;

Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, L.P.;

Notice of Informational Meetings for

the Proposed Jordan Cove LNG and

Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline

Projects

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed TL–263

Expansion Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

January 8, 2007.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) is preparing an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

describe the impacts of constructing and

operating the proposed natural gas

pipeline TL–263 Expansion Project

(Project) sponsored by Dominion

Transmission Inc. (DTI).1

The proposed Project would include

the construction, replacement,

installation, modification and operation

of natural gas pipeline facilities in

Boone and Wyoming Counties, West

Virginia to increase the capacity,

improve the efficiency and maintain the

integrity of DTI’s existing natural gas

delivery system. Specifically, DTI is

seeking authority to undertake the

following activities:

• Construct approximately 6.43 miles

of 12-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline

and associated facilities (TL–570);

• Replace six 12-inch-diameter

pipeline sections along the existing TL–

263 natural gas pipeline (a total of

approximately 601 feet of pipeline);

• Install overpressure protection; and

• Modify the existing Loup Creek

Compressor Station.

A map indicating the general

locations of the proposed Project

facilities is provided in Appendix 1.2

Construction of the new 12-inchdiameter natural gas pipeline which

would be known as TL–570 would be

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) is issuing this notice to

announce the time, dates, and locations

of a series of public informational

meetings to discuss the environmental

review process for the liquefied natural

gas (LNG) import terminal proposed by

Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. in Coos

County, Oregon, and the associated 223mile-long 36-inch-diameter sendout

pipeline proposed by Pacific Connector

Gas Pipeline, L.P. extending from the

LNG terminal, across Coos, Douglas,

Jackson, and Klamath Counties, to an

interconnection with Pacific Gas and

Electric Company facilities near Malin,

Oregon. Also participating in the

meetings will be staff from agencies that

are cooperating with the FERC in the

production of an environmental impact

statement for the projects, including the

U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest

Service and the U.S. Department of the

Interior Bureau of Land Management.

The meetings will all begin promptly at

6:30 p.m., (PST) (doors will open at about 6

p.m. for sign-in), on the dates below at the

following locations:

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Umpqua Community College, Campus

Center Dining Room/Timber Room, 1140

Umpqua College Rd., Roseburg, OR 97470.

541–440–4600.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

North Bend Community Center, 2222

Broadway St., North Bend, OR 97459. 541–

756–8500.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Red Lion Inn, 200 N. Riverside Ave.,

Medford, OR 97501. 541–779–5811.

These events are posted on the

Commission’s calendar located at http://

www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx

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January 9, 2007.

1 DTI’s application was filed with the

Commission under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

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.

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adjacent to the existing TL–263 pipeline

and would require a 60- to 75-foot-wide

construction right-of-way (ROW),

affecting approximately 64.68 acres of

land. Following construction,

approximately 26.53 acres of land

would be required for use as permanent

ROW and associated aboveground

facilities.

The replacement of the six 12-inchdiameter pipeline sections along the

existing TL–263 natural gas pipeline

would require a 75-foot-wide

construction ROW, affecting

approximately 5.17 acres of land. No

additional lands would be required for

maintenance of these replaced pipeline

sections.

Other construction work areas, access

roads and additional temporary work

spaces would require the use of

approximately 47.29 acres of land

during construction and approximately

5.96 acres of land during operation.

Construction of the proposed Project

would temporarily require the use of

approximately 123.99 acres of land.

Operation of the proposed Project

would permanently require the use of

approximately 32.49 acres of land.

If you are a landowner receiving this

notice, you may be contacted by a DTI

representative about the acquisition of

an easement to support this project. DTI

would seek to negotiate a mutually

acceptable agreement for any easement;

however, if the project is approved by

the Commission, this approval conveys

with it the right of eminent domain. If

easement negotiations between you and

DTI fail, it would have the authority to

initiate condemnation proceedings.

A fact sheet prepared by the

Commission entitled ‘‘An Interstate

Natural Gas Facility on my Land? What

do I need to know?’’ should have been

attached to the project notice provided

to landowners by DTI. 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. This fact

sheet is also available online at http://

www.ferc.gov.

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

consider the environmental impacts of a

proposed project whenever it considers

the issuance of a Certificate of Public

Convenience and Necessity as has been

requested by DTI. NEPA also requires

the Commission to undertake a process

to identify and address concerns the

public may have about proposed

projects. This process is commonly

referred to as ‘‘scoping’’. The main goal

of the ‘‘scoping’’ process is to identify

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public concerns and then address them

in the EA. By this Notice of Intent, the

Commission requests public comments

on environmental issues that should be

addressed in the EA.

The Commission’s staff will prepare

an EA that will describe the potential

environmental impacts resulting from

construction and operation of the

proposed Project under the following

general headings:

• Geology and Soils

• Water Resources and Wetlands

• Vegetation, Wildlife and Fisheries

• Threatened and Endangered or

Special Status Species

• Land Use

• Cultural Resources

• Air Quality and Noise

• Reliability and Safety

The Commission’s staff will also

evaluate possible alternatives to the

proposed project or portions of the

project and make recommendations on

how to lessen or avoid impacts to the

identified environmental resources.

Upon completion of the staff’s

environmental assessment and

depending on the issues identified and/

or comments received during the

‘‘scoping’’ process, the EA may be

published and mailed to federal, state

and local government agencies; elected

officials; environmental and public

interest groups; affected landowners;

other interested parties; local libraries

and newspapers; and the Commission’s

official service list for this proceeding.

A 30-day comment period would be

allotted for review of the EA if it is

published. Staff would consider all

comments submitted concerning the EA

before making their recommendations to

the Commission.

To ensure your comments are

considered, please carefully follow the

instructions in the public participation

section of this notice.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your comments or

concerns about the proposed project. By

becoming a commentor, your comments

and 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

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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 8, 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 your comments to

the attention of Gas Branch 2, DG2E;

and Reference Docket No. CP07–10–000

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.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to participating 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 eFiling 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

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

This notice has been sent to all known

individuals, organizations, and

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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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.

If you would like to remain on the

environmental mailing list for this

proposed project, please return the

Mailing List Retention Form found in

Appendix 2. If you do not comment on

this project or return this form, you will

be taken off of the staff’s environmental

mailing list.

Additional Information

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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 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 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

these documents. To learn more about

eSubscription and to sign-up for this

service please 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 http://

www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/

EventsList.aspx.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP06–54–000; Docket No.

CP06–55–000]

Broadwater Energy LLC; Broadwater

Pipeline LLC; Notice of Interagency

Meeting on the Proposed Broadwater

LNG Project Draft Environmental

Impact Statement

January 9, 2007.

On January 16, 2007, in response to a

request from Connecticut State Senator

Leonard A. Fasano, Chairman,

Connecticut LNG Task Force, the staff of

the Office of Energy Projects (OEP) will

conduct a meeting with Connecticut

state agencies and officials regarding the

proposal to construct and operate a

liquefied natural gas (LNG) import

terminal and natural gas pipeline

(referred to as the Broadwater LNG

Project). The meeting location and time

are as follows: Town Hall, Mayor’s

Conference Room, 250 East Main Street,

East Haven, Connecticut 06512, 203–

468–3204, 2 p.m. (EST).

For additional information, contact

the Commission’s Office of External

Affairs at 866–208–FERC (3372).

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 12606–000, 2545–091]

Post Falls Hydroelectric Project,

Spokane River Developments Project,

Avista Corporation Spokane, WA;

Notice of Intent To Hold a Public

Meeting To Discuss the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Spokane River Developments and

Post Falls Hydroelectric Projects

January 9, 2007.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission or FERC)

regulations contained in the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR)(18 CFR Part

380 [FERC Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897])

the Office of Energy Projects staff (staff)

reviewed the applications for New

Major Licenses for the Spokane River

Developments and Post Falls Project

Hydroelectric Projects. Staff prepared a

draft environmental impact statement

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(DEIS) for the projects which are located

on the Spokane River, Washington.

The DEIS contains staff’s analysis of

the potential environmental effects of

the projects and concludes that

licensing the projects, with staff’s

recommended measures, would not

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. Copies of the DEIS

have been sent to Federal, State, and

local agencies; public interest groups;

and individuals on the Commission’s

mailing list.

A copy of the DEIS is available for

review at the Commission’s Public

Reference Room or may be viewed on

the Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘e-Library’’ link.

Enter the docket number (P–2545) or

(P–12606), to access the document. For

assistance, contact FERC Online

Support at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–2376, or for TTY,

contact (202) 502–8659.

Comments should be filed with

Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

All comments must be filed by March 6,

2007, and should reference Project Nos.

2545–091 and 12606–000. Comments

may be filed electronically via the

Internet in lieu of paper. The

Commission strongly encourages

electronic filings. See 18 CFR

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

the Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov under the eLibrary link.

In addition to or in lieu of sending

written comments, the public is invited

to attend one or both meetings that will

be held in Spokane, Washington to

receive comments on the draft EIS. Both

meetings are open to anyone who would

like to provide comments. The meeting

format will be the same for either

meeting. The meetings will be recorded

by a court reporter, and all statements

(verbal and written) will become part of

the Commission’s public record for the

project. The time and location of the

meetings are as follows:

Date: February 8, 2007.

Times: Morning Meeting 9 a.m.—12

noon (PST); Evening Meeting 6 p.m.—

9 p.m.

Place: Doubletree Spokane City

Center Hotel, Ballrooms A/B.

Address: 322 North Spokane Falls

Court, Spokane, Washington.

Telephone: 509–744–2313.

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