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Airspace, Incorporation by reference,

Navigation (air).

Issued June 9, 2006.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Proposed Amendment

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

I. Introduction

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Federal Aviation Administration

proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as

follows:

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,

CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND

CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS;

AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING

POINTS

1. The authority citation for 14 CFR

part 71 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113,

40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959–

1963 Comp., p. 389.

§ 71.1

[Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in

14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation

Administration Order 7400.9N,

Airspace Designations and Reporting

Points, dated September 1, 2005, and

effective September 15, 2005, is to be

amended as follows:

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Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace extending

upward from 700 feet or more above the

surface of the earth.

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Issued in Anchorage, AK, on June 8, 2006.

Anthony M. Wylie,

Director, Flight Service Information Office

(AK).

[FR Doc. E6–9589 Filed 6–16–06; 8:45 am]

the preamble for additional information

on how to file comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Berne Mosley, Office of Energy Projects,

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

berne.mosley@ferc.gov. (202) 502–

8625.

Howard Wheeler, Office of Energy

Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

howard.wheeler@ferc.gov. (202) 502–

8688.

William Blome, Office of the General

Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

william.blome@ferc.gov. (202) 502–

8462.

describes in more detail the scope of the

agency’s authority.

This rulemaking is promulgated

under the authority described in

Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart 1, Section

40103, Sovereignty and use of airspace.

Under that section, the FAA is charged

with prescribing regulations to ensure

the safe and efficient use of the

navigable airspace. This regulation is

within the scope of that authority

because it proposes to create Class E

airspace sufficient in size to contain

aircraft executing instrument

procedures at Barter Island Airport and

represents the FAA’s continuing effort

to safely and efficiently use the

navigable airspace.

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Barter Island, AK [Revised]

Barter Island Airport, AK

(Lat. 70°08′02″ N., long. 143°34′55″ W.)

That airspace extending upward from 700

feet above the surface within a 4.7-mile

radius of the Barter Island Airport; and that

airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet

above the surface within a 83-mile radius of

Barter Island Airport, excluding that airspace

east of 141° West Longitude.

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

18 CFR Part 260

[Docket No. RM06–18–000]

Revision of Regulations To Require

Reporting of Damage to Natural Gas

Pipeline Facilities

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

proposes to amend its regulations

requiring the reporting of natural gas

pipeline service interruptions to add a

requirement that jurisdictional natural

gas pipelines report damage to pipeline

facilities that results in loss of or

reduction in service through such

facilities, and when service through

such facilities has been restored. The

Commission also proposes to amend its

regulations to eliminate references to

reporting by telegraph and to require

reporting by e-mail or, as currently

provided, by facsimile. The Commission

further proposes to amend its

regulations to change, from 20 to 30

days, the time by which a company

must file with the Commission a copy

of any incident report required by the

U.S. Department of Transportation. The

Commission invites public comments

on these proposed revisions, which the

Commission has determined are needed

to ensure timely identification of

damage to the nation’s natural gas

infrastructure as the result of hurricanes

or other causes.

DATES: Comments are due July 19, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed

electronically via the eFiling link on the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov. The Commission

encourages electronic filing.

Commenters unable to file comments

electronically must send an original and

14 copies of their comments to: Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission,

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Refer

to the Comment Procedures section of

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1. The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission is proposing to amend

section 260.9 of its regulations.1

Currently, section 260.9 requires that a

natural gas company submit a report

only when it experiences a serious

service interruption involving facilities

operated under certificate authority

granted by the Commission under the

Natural Gas Act (Act).2 However, in

situations where natural gas pipeline

facilities are damaged, service

interruptions can sometimes be avoided

by rerouting gas supplies through other

facilities or by means of other delivery

arrangements. In these situations,

section 260.9 does not presently require

that companies report the damage to

their pipeline facilities.

2. Even when arrangements can be

made to avoid service interruptions as

the result of damage to specific pipeline

facilities, such damage can nevertheless

place a strain on the nation’s natural gas

infrastructure. Widespread, severe

damage can seriously threaten the

stability of the infrastructure. The

damage done by Hurricanes Katrina and

Rita in the Gulf Coast area in late

summer 2005 was widespread and

severe. Offshore energy production was

shut-in; pipelines, power lines, and

other means of energy transportation

were seriously damaged; and other

important parts of the energy

infrastructure system, such as natural

gas processing plants, were closed.

Hurricane recovery efforts are still

ongoing.3

1 18 CFR 260.9 (2005).

2 15 U.S.C. 717–717z (2006).

3 As of May 3, 2006, shut-in gas production in the

Gulf of Mexico from the two hurricanes was

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3. Before, during, and after the

hurricanes, the U.S. Department of

Energy led the federal effort to collect

energy infrastructure information in

accordance with the National Response

Plan.4 As a participant in this effort, the

Commission became aware that, while

jurisdictional companies had kept the

Commission informed of service

interruptions as required by section

260.9 of the regulations, vital

information regarding the physical

condition of facilities affecting

operation of the pipeline grid remained

unknown to the Commission. This was

generally attributable to the following

factors: (1) Only interruptions of firm

service lasting more than three hours

were required to be reported; (2) service

requirements are generally lower during

the ‘‘shoulder’’ months of September

through November; (3) pipelines and

shippers were able to adjust nomination

schedules; and (4) pipelines were able

to make operational changes to meet

firm service obligations, such as by

rerouting flows and drawing upon

storage volumes. The Commission took

ad hoc steps at that time to collect

information regarding the operational

status of natural gas pipeline facilities,

including informally requesting

pipeline companies to report on all

damaged facilities and service

interruptions, and requesting industry

groups, such as the Interstate Natural

Gas Association of America (INGAA)

and the American Gas Association

(AGA), to report on the condition of

infrastructure.

4. In order to encourage rapid

restoration of service, the Commission

took a number of actions, including

temporarily raising cost limits and

including mainline facilities within the

definition of eligible facilities that may

be constructed by natural gas companies

under their part 157, subpart F blanket

certificates; 5 granting waivers on a caseequivalent to 12.95% of current daily gas

production. Hurricane Katrina/Hurricane Rita

Evacuation and Production Shut-in Statistics

Report as of Wednesday, May 3, 2006 [Final

Report], U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals

Management Service (May 3, 2006).

4 Homeland Security Presidential Directive

(HSPD)–5, issued February 28, 2003, directed the

Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a

National Response Plan establishing a

comprehensive all-hazards approach to enhance the

ability of the United States to manage domestic

incidents. The National Response Plan issued in

December 2004 includes protocols to help protect

and restore critical infrastructure and key resources.

Further information is provided on Homeland

Security Web site at http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/

interapp/editorial/editorial_0566.xml.

5 Expediting Infrastructure Construction to Speed

Hurricane Recovery, 113 FERC ¶ 61,169 (2005). On

February 22, 2006, the Commission extended until

February 28, 2007, the time by which blanket

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by-case basis 6 of the 120-day limit and

other conditions in the part 284, subpart

L emergency regulations; 7 and granting

waivers of tariff provisions to allow

delivery of gas at alternative points

when the usual delivery points were out

of service from hurricane damage.8

5. As described above, the

Commission has regulations in place

and can grant appropriate waivers for

natural gas companies to undertake

necessary construction activities in

crisis situations. However, the

Commission’s current reporting

requirements are not adequate to permit

a reliable ‘‘snapshot’’ of the natural gas

infrastructure at any given time.9 This

inadequacy can be addressed by

amending section 260.9 to require that

jurisdictional companies report any

damage to facilities that limits service

through those facilities, regardless

whether service can be maintained by

rerouting gas supplies through other

facilities or by other means. The

approaching hurricane season or other

events such an earthquake or terrorist

attack could result in damage to

essential natural gas facilities or make it

necessary to evacuate the pipeline

personnel essential to the operation of

such facilities. The Commission needs

to ensure that it will have adequate

information to assess the status of the

waivers must be placed into service. 114 FERC

¶ 61,186 (2006). The Commission’s regulations

governing Part 157 blanket certificate activities are

set forth at 18 CFR 157.201 et seq. (2005).

6 See, e.g., Discovery Gas Transmission, LLC, 113

FERC ¶ 61,025 (2005).

7 18 CFR 284.261 et seq. (2005).

8 Southern Natural Gas Company, 113 FERC

¶ 61,218 (2005).

9 In particular, a pipeline is only required to make

an annual report of its construction activities under

the automatic provisions of the blanket certificate

regulations in part 157, subpart F. Section 157.207

of the regulations requires that a pipeline file this

annual report on or before May 1 of each year. See

18 CFR 157.207 (2005). Since June 1 is the official

start of the hurricane season, almost an entire year

can pass before a pipeline is required by section

157.207 to report construction activities in response

to hurricane damage under its part 157 blanket

certificate. Further, the information provided in

these annual reports is not sufficient to determine

whether a particular blanket certificate construction

was undertaken due to damage to facilities resulting

from a hurricane or other cause. In addition, while

the emergency regulations in part 284, subpart, 18

CFR 284.261 et seq, require that the commencement

of an emergency transportation, sale or exchange

transaction be reported within 48 hours, the

emergency regulations do not require the reporting

of damage to facilities that may have made the

emergency transaction necessary or reporting

regarding facilities constructed to address the

emergency. Thus, even if permanent authority to

operate emergency facilities is later sought either

under the temporary certificate provisions of

section 157.17 or under the part 157 blanket

certificate prior notice provisions, as suggested

under the definition of ‘‘emergency facilities’’ in

section 284.262, information regarding any

damaged facilities may be inadequate or not known

for some time.

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nation’s gas infrastructure at any given

time and communicate such

information to other agencies, such as

the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S.

Department of Transportation.

Accordingly, the Commission is

proposing to revise its reporting

requirements in section 260.9 of the

regulations, as described below.

II. Summary of Proposed Regulations

6. Section 260.9(a) currently requires

that natural gas companies report

serious service interruptions. The

proposed regulations would add a new

requirement that natural gas companies

report (1) damage to certificated natural

gas facilities that results in loss of or

reduction in service through such

facilities, and (2) when service through

such facilities has been restored.

7. Section 260.9(b) would be amended

to remove the reference to ‘‘telegraph’’

and to require that natural gas

companies make required reports of

interruptions to service or damage to

facilities by e-mail or, as currently

provided for in section 260.9(b),

facsimile transmission.10 All reports

shall be due at the earliest feasible time

after an interruption of service or

damage to pipeline facilities for which

a report is required.

8. The information requirement of

section 260.9(b) also would be revised

to reflect the addition of the proposed

new requirement that natural gas

companies report damage to facilities

and subsequently report when full

service through such facilities has been

restored. As revised, section 260.9(b)

would require that a report of service

interruption or damage to natural gas

facilities state:

(1) The location and cause of the

service interruption or damage to

pipeline or other certificated natural gas

facilities;

(2) The nature of any damage to

natural gas facilities;

(3) Specific identification of any

natural gas facilities damaged;

(4) The time the service interruption

or damage to natural gas facilities

occurred;

(5) The customers affected by the

service interruption or damage to

natural gas facilities;

(6) Emergency actions taken to

maintain service; and

10 On May 27, 2005, the Commission issued a

notice of proposed rulemaking in Docket No.

RM05–12–000 which proposed, inter alia, to

remove references to ‘‘telegraph’’ from section

260.9. See Modification of Natural Gas Reporting

Regulations, 111 FERC ¶ 61,280 (2005). Adoption of

this notice of proposed rulemaking’s proposal to

remove references to ‘‘telegraph’’ would supersede

the proposal in Docket No. RM05–12–000 to revise

section 260.9.

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(7) Company contact and telephone

number.

9. Section 260.9(b) also would be

revised to require that a company make

a subsequent report stating when full

service through damaged natural gas

facilities has been restored.

10. Section 260.9(d) would be revised

to change, from 20 days to 30 days

following a service interruption or

damage to facilities, the time within

which a natural gas pipeline company

must furnish to the Commission a copy

of any incident report required by the

U.S. Department of Transportation’s

reporting requirements under the

Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of

1968.11 This revision is proposed

because the U.S. Department of

Transportation provides up to 30 days

for incident reports to be made.

11. Section 260.9(e) currently requires

that a company send copies of reports

of service interruptions to state

commissions. Section 260.9(e) would be

revised by adding a new requirement

that a company also must send state

commissions copies of required reports

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III. Environmental Analysis

12. The Commission is required to

prepare an Environmental Assessment

(EA) or an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) for any action that may

have a significant adverse effect on the

human environment.12 No

environmental consideration is raised

by the promulgation of a rule that is

procedural in nature or does not

substantially change the effect of

legislation or regulations being

amended.13

13. The regulations proposed herein

would make relatively minor changes to

the type of information to be provided

to the Commission by pipeline

companies and the way in which it is

provided, and would slightly alter the

timeframe (by giving the companies

more time) in which the copy of the

incident report required to be filed with

the U.S. Department of Transportation

must be filed with the Commission. The

modified procedures would not

substantially change the regulatory

requirements to which the pipeline

companies are currently subject.

Accordingly, preparation of an

environmental document is not

required.

11 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.

12 Order No. 486, Regulations Implementing the

National Environmental Policy Act, 52 FR 47897

(December 17, 1987), FERC Stats. & Regs. Preambles

1986–1990 ¶ 30,783 (1987).

13 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii) (2005).

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IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act Statement

14. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of

1980 (RFA) 14 generally requires a

description and analysis of final rules

that will have significant economic

impact on a substantial number of small

entities. The Commission is not

required to make such an analysis if

proposed regulations would not have

such an effect. Under the industry

standards used for the RFA, a natural

gas pipeline company qualifies as ‘‘a

small entity’’ if it has annual receipts of

$6.5 million or less.

15. Most companies regulated by the

Commission do not fall within the

RFA’s definition of a small entity.15

Approximately 114 natural gas

companies are potentially subject to the

additional requirements proposed by

this notice. For the year 2004 (the most

recent year for which information is

available), 32 of these companies had

annual revenues of less than $6.5

million. Of these 32 companies, 23 were

non-major gas companies.

16. As discussed above, section 260.9

of the regulations already requires

natural gas companies to report serious

service interruptions. Frequently,

service interruptions are due to damage

to facilities. Thus, the proposed new

reporting requirements will only

increase the number of reports that a

company is required to file to the extent

that damage to facilities does not result

in a loss of or reduction in service.

Further, the required information will

already be known and identified by

companies and can be submitted either

by e-mail or facsimile.

17. In view of these considerations,

the Commission hereby certifies that

this notice’s proposed amendments to

the regulations, if promulgated, will not

have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

V. Information Collection Statement

18. The Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) regulations require that

OMB approve certain reporting, record

keeping, and public disclosure

(collections of information)

requirements imposed by federal

agencies.16 Pursuant to OMB

14 5 U.S.C. 601–612.

15 5 U.S.C. 601(3), citing section 3 of the Small

Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 623. Section 3 of the SBA

defines a ‘‘small business concern’’ as a business

which is independently owned and operated and

which is not dominant in its field of operation. The

Small Business Size Standards component of the

North American Industry Classification System

(NAICS) defines a small natural gas pipeline

company as one that transports natural gas and

whose annual receipts (total income plus cost of

goods sold) did not exceed $6.5 million for the

preceding year. 13 CFR 121.201.

16 5 CFR 1320.11 (2005).

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regulations, the Commission is

providing notice of its proposed

information collection to OMB for

review under section 3507(d) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA).17

19. As stated above, section 260.9 of

the regulations already requires natural

gas companies to report serious service

interruptions. Frequently, service

interruptions are due to damage to

facilities. Thus, while the proposed new

requirements will require reports of

damage to facilities and subsequent

reports of restoration of service, the

proposed regulations will only increase

the number of reports that a company is

required to file to the extent that damage

to facilities does not result in a loss of

or reduction in service.

20. Further, information regarding

damage to facilities will be readily

ascertainable by companies and can be

submitted either by e-mail or facsimile.

The current provisions of section 260.9

provide for reports only by telegraph or

facsimile. Telegraph is no longer a

feasible option. Therefore, the proposed

regulations require the companies to

provide reports by facsimile or e-mail.

Such electronic submission of

information will reduce the number of

data entry errors, permit Commission

staff to conduct analysis in a timely

manner, and provide for the storage of

information on digital storage media.

21. Electronic filing saves time and

resources for all parties since electronic

filings require fewer personnel than

paper filings by avoiding the need for

paper processing and mailing. The

integrity of the information should

increase because jurisdictional entities

and the Commission will be able to

correct errors more promptly.

22. The Commission also expects that

the requirements prescribed here will

reduce the burden on the industry of

reporting similar or identical

information to multiple sources, since

information collected by the

Commission can be requested from the

Commission by other agencies with a

need for such information. For example,

as discussed above, following

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the

Commission was called upon the U. S.

Department of Energy for assistance in

collecting energy infrastructure

information in accordance with the

National Response Plan.

23. FERC–576, ‘‘Report of Service

Interruptions,’’ identifies the

Commission’s information collection

relating to part 260, ‘‘Statements and

Reports (Schedules),’’ of the regulations

which apply to natural gas pipeline

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companies having facilities subject to

the Commission’s jurisdiction under the

Natural Gas Act. The instant notice of

proposed rulemaking would require

natural gas pipeline companies to report

damage to jurisdictional facilities and

restoration of service, in addition to the

service interruptions already required to

be reported. The proposed regulations

also would require a company to submit

a copy of a damage report to the relevant

state agency and to submit to the

Commission any incident report

required by the U.S. Department of

Transportation pursuant to the Natural

Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968.18

23. Comments are solicited on the

Commission’s need for this information,

whether the information will have

practical utility, the accuracy of the

burden estimates provided herein, ways

to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected, and any suggested methods

for minimizing respondents’ burden,

including the use of automated

information technologies.

24. The proposed new reporting

requirements require a company to (1)

make a report of damage to facilities that

results in a loss or reduction of service

through those particular facilities; (2)

send a copy of the damage report to the

relevant state commission; (3) make a

follow-up report when full service has

been restored through the damaged

facilities; and (4) submit a copy of any

incident report required by the

Department of Transportation’s

regulations.

25. The current provisions of section

260.9 allow for significantly damaged

facilities to remain unreported when an

interruption to service can be avoided.

The Commission estimates that the new

reporting requirements to fill this gap

will result in 15 companies

(respondents) being required to make at

least one damage report. The

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Commission further estimates that the

new reporting requirements will result

in the submission of 35 damage reports.

The Commission estimates that a

company will need 75 minutes to

prepare and submit a damage report; 15

minutes to submit a copy of the damage

report to the relevant state commission;

15 minutes to prepare and submit a

follow-up restoration of service report;

and 15 minutes to submit a copy of a

USDOT incident report. For purposes of

preparing burden estimates for this

rulemaking, the Commission treats all

four of these requirements as one

response, with the total time required

being two hours.

26. In view of the above, the burden

estimates for complying with the

additional filing requirements of this

rule pursuant to the procedures in

proposed amended section 260.9 of the

Commission’s regulations are as set

forth below:

Data collection

Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

Hours per

response

Total hours

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15

35

2

70

Total Annual Hours for Collection: 70.

These are mandatory information

collection requirements.

Information Collection Costs: Because

of the regional differences and the

various staffing levels that will be

involved in preparing the

documentation (legal, technical and

support) the Commission is using an

hourly rate of $150 to estimate the costs

for filing and other administrative

processes (reviewing instructions,

searching data sources, completing and

transmitting the collection of

information). The estimated cost is

anticipated to be $10,500 (70 hours ×

$150).

Title: FERC 576 ‘‘Report of Service

Interruptions.’’

Action: Proposed Information

Collection.

OMB Control No.: 1902–0004.

Respondents: Natural gas companies/

business or other for-profit.

Frequency of Responses: On occasion.

Necessity of Information: The

proposed amended regulation will

revise the reporting requirements for

service interruptions and damage to

facilities involving natural gas pipeline

facilities subject to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission’s jurisdiction.

The information filed with the

Commission informs it of serious

pipeline service interruptions and also

of damage to the nation’s natural gas

infrastructure. The proposed

amendment would enhance this

information by requiring filers to

describe specifically which facilities

have been damaged and how the

damage occurred.

Internal Review: The Commission has

assured itself, by means of internal

review, that there is specific, objective

support for the burden estimates

associated with this information

requirement. The revisions will provide

more complete, effective and useful

information to the Commission without

significantly increasing the burden to

the regulated industry.

27. Interested persons may obtain

information on the information

requirements by contacting the

following: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426

(Attention: Michael Miller, Office of the

Executive Director, Phone (202) 502–

8415; FAX (202) 273–0873; e-mail

Michael.miller@ferc.gov).

28. For submitting comments

concerning the collection of information

and the associated burden estimate(s),

including suggestions for reducing this

burden, please send your comments to

the contact listed above and to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Administrative and Regulatory

Affairs, Washington, DC 20503

(Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, Phone

(202) 395–4650; FAX (202) 395–7285).

VI. Comment Procedures

29. The Commission invites interested

persons to submit comments on the

matters and issues proposed in this

notice to be adopted, including any

related matters or alternative proposals

that commenters may wish to discuss.

Comments are due 30 days after

publication of this notice of proposed

rulemaking in the Federal Register.

Comments must refer to Docket No.

RM06–18–000, and must include the

commenters’ names, the organization

they represent, if applicable, and their

address in their comments. Comments

may be filed either in electronic or

paper format. The Commission

encourages electronic filing.

30. Comments may be filed

electronically via the eFiling link on the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov. The Commission accepts

most standard word processing formats

and commenters may attach additional

files with supporting information in

certain other file formats. Commenters

filing electronically do not need to make

a paper filing. Commenters unable to

file comments electronically must send

an original and 14 copies of their

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comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Secretary of the

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426.

31. All comments will be placed in

our public files and may be viewed,

printed, or downloaded remotely as

described in the Document Availability

section below. Commenters are not

required to serve copies of their

comments on other commenters.

§ 260.9 Reports by natural gas pipeline

companies on service interruptions and

damage to facilities.

(a) Every natural gas company must

report to the Director, Division of

Pipeline Certificates, at the earliest

feasible time:

(1) Damage to any pipeline or other

natural gas facilities operated under

certificate authorization from the

Commission that results in loss of or

reduction of service through those

VII. Document Availability

facilities; and

32. In addition to publishing the full

(2) Serious interruptions of service to

text of this document in the Federal

any shipper involving facilities operated

Register, the Commission provides all

under certificate authorization from the

interested persons an opportunity to

Commission. Such serious interruptions

view and print the contents of this

of service shall include interruptions of

document via the Internet through

service to communities, major

FERC’s Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) government installations and large

and in FERC’s Public Reference Room

industrial plants outside of

during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. communities or any other interruptions

to 5 p.m. Eastern time) at 888 First

which are significant in the judgment of

Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC

the pipeline company. Interruptible

20426.

service interrupted in accordance with

the provisions of filed tariffs,

33. From FERC’s Home Page on the

Internet, this information is available in interruptions of service resulting from

planned maintenance or construction

the Commission’s document

and interruptions of service of less than

management system, eLibrary. The full

three hours duration need not be

text of this document is available in

reported.

eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word

format for viewing, printing, and

(b) Any report of service interruption

downloading. To access this document

or damage to facilities required by

in eLibrary, type the docket number

paragraph (a) of this section must be

excluding the last three digits of this

submitted by the natural gas company

document in the docket number field.

by e-mail to pipelineoutage@ferc.gov or

by facsimile transmission to the

34. User assistance is available for

eLibrary and the FERC’s Web site during Director, Division of Pipeline

Certificates, Office of Energy Projects at

normal business hours from our Help

FAX number (202) 208–2853.

line at (202) 502–8222 or the Public

Reference Room at (202) 502–8371 Press

(1) Reports shall be made at the

0, TTY (202) 502–8659. E-mail the

earliest feasible time after an

Public Reference Room at

interruption of service or damage to

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.

pipeline facilities for which a report is

required, and must state:

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 260

(i) The location and cause of the

Natural gas, Reporting and

service interruption or damage to

recordkeeping requirements.

pipeline or other natural gas facilities;

(ii) The nature of any damage to

By direction of the Commission.

natural gas facilities;

Magalie R. Salas,

(iii) Specific identification of any

Secretary.

facilities damaged;

In consideration of the foregoing, the

(iv) The time the service interruption

Commission proposes to amend part

or damage to facilities occurred;

260 of Chapter I, Title 18, Code of

(v) The customers affected by the

Federal Regulations, as follows:

service interruption or damage to

PART 260—STATEMENTS AND

facilities;

REPORTS (SCHEDULES)

(vi) Emergency actions taken to

maintain service; and

1. The authority citation for part 260

(vii) Company contact and telephone

continues to read as follows:

number.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717–717w, 3301–

(2) Following a report of damage to

3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101–7352.

natural gas facilities resulting in loss of

or reduction of service through those

2. Section 260.9 is amended by

facilities, the natural gas company shall

revising the section heading and

report to the Director, Division of

paragraphs (a), (b), (d), and (e) to read

Pipeline Certificates, at the earliest

as follows:

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(d) Natural gas companies shall

submit to the Director, Division of

Pipeline Certificates, within 30 days of

each interruption of service involving

failure of facilities or of damage to any

facilities on any part of the natural gas

pipeline system operated under

certificate authorization from the

Commission a copy of any incident or

damage reports required by Department

of Transportation reporting

requirements under the Natural Gas

Pipeline Safety Act of 1968.

(e) A copy of an e-mail or facsimile

report pursuant to paragraph (b) of this

section on interruption of service or

damage to facilities must be sent to the

State commission in those States where

service has been or might be affected.

[FR Doc. E6–9419 Filed 6–16–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[COTP San Diego 06–025]

RIN 1625–AA00

Safety Zone; Fireworks, Lower

Colorado River, Laughlin, NV

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to

establish a temporary safety zone on the

navigable waters of the Lower Colorado

River, Laughlin, Nevada, in support of

the Laughlin Independence Day

fireworks display to be held near the

AVI Resort and Casino. This temporary

safety zone is necessary to provide for

the safety of the participants, crew,

spectators, participating vessels and

other vessels and users of the waterway.

Persons and vessels will be prohibited

from entering into, transiting through, or

anchoring within this safety zone unless

authorized by the Captain of the Port, or

his designated representative.

DATES: Comments and related material

must reach the Coast Guard on or before

July 19, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments

and related material to the Office of

Waterways Management, U.S. Coast

Guard Sector San Diego, 2710 N. Harbor

Drive, San Diego, CA 92101–1028. The

Office of Waterways Management, U.S.

Coast Guard Sector San Diego maintains

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