# Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 9 / Tuesday, January 16, 2007 / Notices

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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 9 / Tuesday, January 16, 2007 / Notices

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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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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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