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Big Creek, Strong River, Leaf River,

West Tallahala Creek, Shubuta Creek,

Tallahalla Creek, Chickasaway River,

and Bucatunna Creek.

—Potential impacts on waterbodies

greater than 100 feet in width

including the Strong River.

—Impacts on wetlands.

Vegetation and Wildlife:

—Impacts on vegetation.

—Impacts on wildlife, wildlife habitat,

and fisheries.

—Potential impacts on federally and

state-listed threatened and

endangered species.

Cultural Resources:

—Impacts on archaeological sites and

other historic properties.

Land Use, Recreation, and Visual

Resources:

—Potential impacts to existing land

uses, including residences, suburban

housing developments, cemeteries,

agricultural lands, orchards, and

managed forested lands.

—Visual effects of the proposed

Harrisville Compressor Station and

M&R Stations on surrounding areas.

Socioeconomics:

—Potential impacts and benefits of

construction workforce on local

housing, infrastructure, public

services and economy.

Air and Noise Quality:

—Effects on air and noise quality from

construction and operation of the

Harrisville Compressor Station.

Reliability and Safety:

—Public safety and potential hazards

associated with the transport of

natural gas.

Alternatives:

—Assessment of route variations and

route alignments to reduce or avoid

environmental impacts.

Cumulative Impacts:

—Assessment of the effect of the

proposed project when combined

with other past, present, or reasonably

foreseeable future actions in the

project area.

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Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the

proposed project. By becoming a

commentor, your concerns will be

addressed in the EIS and considered by

the Commission. Your comments

should focus on the potential

environmental effects, reasonable

alternatives (including alternative

facility sites and pipeline routes), and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

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specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. To ensure that your

comments are timely and properly

recorded, please carefully follow these

instructions:

• 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

for the attention of Gas Branch 2, DG2E.

• Reference Docket No. PF06–031–

000 on the original and both copies.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before October 5, 2006.

The Commission strongly encourages

electronic filing of any comments in

response to this Notice of Intent. For

information on electronically filing

comments, please see 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, as well as information in 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii). Before you can

submit comments you will need to

create a free account, which can be

created on-line.

Once Gulf South formally files its

application with the Commission, you

may want to become an official party to

the proceeding known as an

‘‘intervenor.’’ Intervenors play a more

formal role in the process and are able

to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be

heard by the courts if they choose to

appeal the Commission’s final ruling.

An intervenor formally participates in a

Commission proceeding by filing a

request to intervene. Instructions for

becoming an intervenor are included in

the User’s Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’

link on the Commission’s Web site.

Please note that you may not request

intervenor status at this time. You must

wait until a formal application is filed

with the Commission.

Environmental Mailing List

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-ofway 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 received this notice, you are on

the environmental mailing list for this

project. If you do not want to send

comments at this time, but still want to

remain on our mailing list, please return

the Information Request (Appendix 2). If

you do not return the Information

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Request, you will be removed from the

Commission’s environmental mailing

list.

Availability of 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.’’

Click on the eLibrary link, select

‘‘General Search’’ and enter the project

docket number excluding the last three

digits (i.e., PF06–036) 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 TTY, contact

(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link on

the FERC Internet Web site also

provides access to the texts of formal

documents issued by the Commission,

such as orders, notices, and rule

makings.

In addition, the FERC now offers a

free service called eSubscription that

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. To register for this service,

go to http://www.ferc.gov/

esubscribenow.htm.

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.

Finally, Gulf South has established an

Internet Web site for this project:

http://www.gulfsouthpl.com/. You can

also request additional information

directly from Gulf South at 1–877/972–

8533 or Stephens, Kyle (Gulf South)

kyle.stephens@gulfsouthpl.com.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Motions To

Intervene, Protests, and Comments

August 30, 2006.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

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with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary

Permit.

b. Project No.: 12722–000.

c. Date filed: July 31, 2006.

d. Applicant: UEK Corporation.

e. Name of Project: Piscataqua Tidal

Energy Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: The project would be

located in the Piscataqua River, in

Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Philippe

Vauthier, UEK Corporation, Box 3124

Annapolis, Maryland 21403, phone:

(410) 267–6507.

i. FERC Contact: Chris Yeakel, (202)

502–8132.

j. Deadline for filing comments,

protests, and motions to intervene: 60

days from the issuance date of this

notice.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all intervenors

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person in the official service list

for the project. Further, if an intervenor

files comments or documents with the

Commission relating to the merits of an

issue that may affect the responsibilities

of a particular resource agency, they

must also serve a copy of the document

on that resource agency.

k. Description of Project: The

proposed project would consist of: (1)

Up to 120 Bi-Directional Hydro Turbine

Assembly for Tidal Deployment units

consisting of, (2) two horizontal axis

turbines 17 feet in diameter, 32 feetwide, and 20 feet-long, (3) integrated

generators with a capacity of 336.8 kW

each, (4) biological protection screens

and deterrent systems, (5) anchoring

systems, (6) mooring lines, and (7)

interconnection transmission lines. The

project is estimated to have an annual

generation of 221.79 gigawatt-hours peryear, which would be sold to a local

utility

l. Locations of Applications: A copy of

the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission in the Public Reference

Room, located at 888 First Street, NE.,

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by

calling (202) 502–8371. This filing may

also 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, call toll-free

1–866–208–3676 or e-mail

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY,

call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also

available for inspection and

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reproduction at the address in item h

above.

m. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

n. Competing Preliminary Permit:

Anyone desiring to file a competing

application for preliminary permit for a

proposed project must submit the

competing application itself, or a notice

of intent to file such an application, to

the Commission on or before the

specified comment date for the

particular application (see 18 CFR 4.36).

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing preliminary permit

application no later than 30 days after

the specified comment date for the

particular application. A competing

preliminary permit application must

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.

o. Competing Development

Application: Any qualified development

applicant desiring to file a competing

development application must submit to

the Commission, on or before a

specified comment date for the

particular application, either a

competing development application or a

notice of intent to file such an

application. Submission of a timely

notice of intent to file a development

application allows an interested person

to file the competing application no

later than 120 days after the specified

comment date for the particular

application. A competing license

application must conform with 18 CFR

4.30(b) and 4.36.

p. Notice of Intent: A notice of intent

must specify the exact name, business

address, and telephone number of the

prospective applicant, and must include

an unequivocal statement of intent to

submit, if such an application may be

filed, either a preliminary permit

application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

q. Proposed Scope of Studies under

Permit: A preliminary permit, if issued,

does not authorize construction. The

term of the proposed preliminary permit

would be 36 months. The work

proposed under the preliminary permit

would include economic analysis,

preparation of preliminary engineering

plans, and a study of environmental

impacts. Based on the results of these

studies, the Applicant would decide

whether to proceed with the preparation

of a development application to

construct and operate the project.

r. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene: Anyone may submit

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comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

Comments, protests and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

Internet in lieu of paper; See 18 CFR

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

on the Commission’s Web site under ‘‘efiling’’ link. The Commission strongly

encourages electronic filing.

s. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents: Any filings must bear in all

capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’,

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’ or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named

documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

A copy of any motion to intervene must

also be served upon each representative

of the Applicant specified in the

particular application.

t. Agency Comments: Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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