Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 202 / Thursday, October 19, 2006 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 202 / Thursday, October 19, 2006 / Notices

proceedings by automatically providing

you with notification of these filings,

document summaries and direct links to

the documents. Go to the eSubscription

link on the FERC Internet Web site.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–17473 Filed 10–18–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP06–455–000]

Kinder Morgan Illinois Pipeline LLC;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Kinder Morgan Illinois

Pipeline Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

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October 13, 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 Kinder Morgan Illinois Pipeline

Project involving construction and

operation of facilities by Kinder Morgan

Illinois Pipeline LLC (KMIP) in Cook,

Kankakee and Will Counties, Illinois.1

KMIP proposes to install approximately

3.1 miles of new 24-inch-diameter

pipeline and three new meter stations.

In addition, KMIP plans to lease 360,000

decatherms/day (Dth/day) in about 26

miles of existing pipeline facilities

owned by Natural Gas Pipeline

Company of America (Natural). 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.

This notice announces the opening of

the public comment period that will be

used to gather environmental input from

the public and interested agencies on

the project. Comments are requested by

November 13, 2006.

With this notice, the FERC staff is

asking other Federal, state, local and

tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or

special expertise with respect to

environmental issues to cooperate with

us in the preparation of the EA. These

agencies may choose to participate once

they have evaluated KMIP’s proposal

relative to their responsibilities.

Agencies that would like to request

cooperating status should follow the

1 KMIP’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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instructions for filing comments

described in Appendix 1.

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 brochure 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 at 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

KMIP seeks authority to construct and

operate the following pipeline facilities:

Cook County, IL

• About 2.6 miles of new 24-inchdiameter pipeline, installed along

existing utility corridors. The new

pipeline would connect a new KMIPNatural meter station to Natural’s

existing Calumet #3 pipeline;

• A new meter station with a capacity

of up to 360,000 Dth/day, installed

adjacent to an existing Natural meter

station and would measure gas flow

from the Natural system to the KMIP

pipeline;

Will County, IL

• Approximately 0.47 mile of new 24inch-diameter pipeline, installed along

existing utility corridors. The new

pipeline would connect a new KMIP–

ANR meter station with Natural’s

existing Herscher-Dyer pipeline;

• A new meter station with a capacity

of up to 360,000 Dth/day, installed

adjacent to ANR Pipeline Company’s

(ANR’s) existing meter station and

would measure gas flow from the ANR

system to the new KMIP–ANR pipeline

connector; and

Kankakee County, IL

• A new meter station with a capacity

of up to 360,000 Dth/day, installed

adjacent to Natural’s existing meter

station located along the border of

Illinois and Indiana. The new meter

station would measure gas flow from the

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Northern Border Pipeline (NBPL)

system to the KMIP system.

The general location of the project

facilities is shown in Appendix 2.2

Land Requirements

Construction of the proposed pipeline

and aboveground facilities would affect

about 54.1 acres of land and includes

access roads, pipe/contractor yards, and

extra work areas. Following

construction, roughly 4.63 acres would

be permanently maintained. The

remaining 49.5 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.

Our 3 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

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we make

our recommendations to the

Commission.

2 The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all

appendices, other than Appendix 2 (map), 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.

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects

(OEP).

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Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

In the EA, we will discuss impacts

that could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project. We will also evaluate

reasonable alternatives to the proposed

project or portions of the project.

We have already identified the

following issues that we think deserve

attention based on a preliminary review

of the proposed facilities and the

environmental information provided by

KMIP:

• One residence located within 50

feet of the construction workspace;

• Three public water supply wellhead

protection areas within 150 feet of the

construction workspace;

• Three private water wells located

within 150 feet of the construction

workspace;

• Two septic tank fields within 200

feet of the construction workspace;

• Six waterbody crossings; and

• Six wetlands.

The above preliminary list of issues

may be changed based on your

comments and our analysis.

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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 routes), and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please carefully follow the

instructions below 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 3.

• Reference Docket No. CP06–455–

000.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before November 13, 2006.

The Commission strongly encourages

electronic filing of comments. Please

refer to 18 Code of Federal Regulations

(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. Prepare your submission in the

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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

a copy of the EA, please return the

Information Request form (Appendix 3).

Please also indicate on the form whether

you would prefer a paper or an

electronic copy of the EA. An effort is

being made to send this notice to all

individuals 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.

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.

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Environmental Mailing List

If you wish to remain on our

environmental mailing list, please

return the Information Request form

included in Appendix 3. If you do not

return this form, you will be removed

from our mailing list.

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.

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.

[FR Doc. E6–17486 Filed 10–18–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Ready for

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting

Comments, Recommendations, Terms

and Conditions, and Prescriptions

October 13, 2006.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Original Major

License under 5 megawatts (MW).

b. Project No: 11879–002.

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