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including the use of eminent domain

and how to participate in the

Commission’s proceedings.

Commodities, Inc., submit notification

of change in status.

Filed Date: 2/8/2006.

Accession Number: 20060208–5047.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time

on Wednesday, March 1, 2006.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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 email

notification when a document is added

to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance

with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or

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

call (202) 502–8659.

Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,

Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed West Colony Expansion of

the Colony Storage Field and Request

for Comments on Environmental

Issues

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Summary of the Proposed Project

[Docket No. CP06–49–000]

February 14, 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

the Colony Storage Field involving

construction and operation of facilities

by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,

Inc. (Southern Star) in Anderson and

Allen County, Kansas.

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 the

Commission staff determine which

issues need to be evaluated in the EA.

Please note that the scoping period will

close on March 16, 2006.

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.

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?’’ is available for viewing on

the FERC Web site (http://

www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet addresses

a number of typically asked questions,

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Southern Star proposes to increase the

certificated storage boundary and buffer

zone of the Colony Storage Field by

approximately 1,960 acres. The

additional acreage is necessary to

protect the field’s integrity by recapturing gas that has migrated outside

the currently identified storage

boundary. This added acreage is located

at the southwestern boundary of the

storage field in an area known as the

West Colony Field in Anderson County,

reaching into Allen County, Kansas. The

existing storage field consists of about

4,900 acres and operates up to a

maximum storage capacity of 12.7

billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas. No

increase in storage capacity of field

deliverability is proposed as part of this

action. The location of the project

facilities is shown in appendix 1.1

The purpose of this project is to

expand the field geographically and

geologically to collect gas that has

moved beyond the existing certificated

field boundary. A gas collection system

will be installed for collecting and

recycling gas back into the presently

certificated reservoir.

Southern Star proposes to:

• Install and operate a 180horsepower natural gas-driven

compressor in Anderson County,

Kansas;

• Construct a 0.2-mile lateral line

connecting the new compressor to an

existing well;

• Construct a 2.6-mile connection

line from the new compressor to an

existing injection/withdrawal well; and

• Install two measurement settings, a

filter separator, and an associated waste

tank.

Storage rights and wells on

approximately 680 acres have already

been acquired by Southern Star, and

approximately 1,280 additional acres

are proposed for acquisition. Within the

acreage already acquired, there are

fourteen open wells which are used for

pressure relief, observation, or salt water

disposal. Within the acreage proposed

for acquisition, there are eight active oil

wells and five temporarily abandoned

wells. Pending acquisition of the

1 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.

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additional acreage, Southern Star plans

to either plug these wells or convert

some to observation wells.

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

would require about 5.6 acres of land.

Of this acreage, 4.7 acres would be

temporarily impacted and 0.9 acres

would be permanently affected. An

additional 0.5 acres of permanently

affected land may or may not be

required to convert two existing wells to

pressure relief.

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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 will be 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 2 will discuss impacts

that could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project. 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. This EA will be used by

the Commission in its decision-making

process to determine whether the

project is in the public convenience and

necessity.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be presented in the EA. The

EA will also include possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and our

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas of concern. Depending on the

comments received during the scoping

process, the EA may be published and

mailed to federal, state, and local

government agencies; public interest

groups; Native American tribes;

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects

(OEP).

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interested individuals; affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A 30-day comment

period will be allotted for review if the

EA is published. We will consider all

comments submitted in any

Commission Order that is issued for the

project.

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.

Your comments should focus on the

potential environmental effects of the

proposal, reasonable 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. CP06–49–

000.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before March 13, 2006.

Please note that the Commission

encourages electronic filing of

comments. See 18 Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) 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’’ 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.’’

The determination of whether to

distribute the EA for public comment

will be based on the response to this

notice. If you are interested in receiving

it, please return the Information Request

(appendix 3). 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-

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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.

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 email addresses may be served

electronically; others must be served a

hard copy of the filing. Please refer to

appendix 2 if you would like more

information on how to intervene in

Commission proceedings.

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.

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–

49–000), and follow the instructions.

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

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Commission, such as orders, notices,

and rule makings.

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. E6–2622 Filed 2–23–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Records Governing Off-the-Record

Communications; Public Notice

February 14, 2006.

This constitutes notice, in accordance

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record

communications.

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,

September 22, 1999) requires

Commission decisional employees, who

make or receive a prohibited or exempt

off-the-record communication relevant

to the merits of a contested proceeding,

to deliver to the Secretary of the

Commission, a copy of the

communication, if written, or a

summary of the substance of any oral

communication.

Prohibited communications are

included in a public, non-decisional file

associated with, but not a part of, the

decisional record of the proceeding.

Unless the Commission determines that

the prohibited communication and any

responses thereto should become a part

of the decisional record, the prohibited

off-the-record communication will not

be considered by the Commission in

reaching its decision. Parties to a

proceeding may seek the opportunity to

respond to any facts or contentions

made in a prohibited off-the-record

communication, and may request that

the Commission place the prohibited

communication and responses thereto

in the decisional record. The

Commission will grant such a request

only when it determines that fairness so

requires. Any person identified below as

having made a prohibited off-the-record

Docket No.

communication shall serve the

document on all parties listed on the

official service list for the applicable

proceeding in accordance with Rule

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.

Exempt off-the-record

communications are included in the

decisional record of the proceeding,

unless the communication was with a

cooperating agency as described by 40

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR

385.2201(e)(1)(v).

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently

received by the Secretary of the

Commission. The communications

listed are grouped by docket numbers in

ascending order. These filings are

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, please contact

FERC, Online Support at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,

contact (202) 502–8659.

Exempt

Date received

Presenter or requester

2–7–06

Hon. Barbara A. Mikulski.

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Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0028; FRL–8036–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission for OMB Review

and Approval; Comment Request;

NSPS for Lime Manufacturing

(Renewal), ICR Number 1167.08, OMB

Control Number 2060–0063

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act, this

document announces that an

Information Collection Request (ICR)

has been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval. This is a request

to renew an existing approved

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collection. This ICR is scheduled to

expire on April 30, 2006. Under OMB

regulations, the Agency may continue to

conduct or sponsor the collection of

information while this submission is

pending at OMB. This ICR describes the

nature of the information collection and

its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be

submitted on or before March 27, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–

OECA–2005–0028, to (1) EPA online

using http://www.regulations.gov (our

preferred method), by e-mail to

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental

Protection Agency, Enforcement and

Compliance Docket and Information

Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at:

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer

for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Learia Williams, Compliance

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Assessment and Media Programs

Division, Office of Compliance, (Mail

Code 2223A), Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number:

(202) 564–0050; e-mail address:

williams.learia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has

submitted the following ICR to OMB for

review and approval according to the

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.

On May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), EPA

sought comments on this ICR pursuant

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no

comments.

EPA has established a public docket

for this ICR under Docket ID Number

EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0028, which is

available for public viewing at the

Enforcement and Compliance Docket

and Information Center in the EPA

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket

Center Public Reading Room is open

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The telephone number for the

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