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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, DG2E;

• Reference Docket No. PF06–12–000

on the original and both copies; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before March 24, 2006.

Please note that the Commission

encourages electronic filing of

comments. See 18 Code of Federal

Regulations 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.’’

When Equitrans submits its

application for authorization to

construct and operate the Big Sandy

Pipeline Project, the Commission will

publish a Notice of Application in the

Federal Register and will establish a

deadline for interested persons to

intervene in the proceeding. Because the

Commission’s Pre-Filing Process occurs

before an application to begin a

proceeding is officially filed, petitions

to intervene during this process are

premature and will not be accepted by

the Commission.

Site Visit

On February 22 and 23, 2006, the OEP

staff will conduct a pre-certification site

visit of the planned Big Sandy Pipeline

Project.

We will view the proposed route and

variations that are being considered for

the planned pipeline. Staff will view the

area by helicopter on February 22, 2006,

and by automobile and on foot on

February 23, 2006. Representatives of

Equitrans will be accompanying the

OEP staff.

All interested parties may attend the

site visit on February 23, 2006. Those

planning to attend must provide their

own transportation. If you are interested

in attending the site visit, please meet

us at 8 a.m. in the parking lot of the

Paintsville Ramada Inn, 624 James

Trimble Blvd, Paintsville, Kentucky.

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For additional information, please

contact the Commission’s Office of

External Affairs at 1–866–208–FERC

(3372).

Equitrans Sponsored Open Houses

You may have also been notified by

Equitrans that it plans on holding two

public open houses designed to provide

opportunities to explain the project to

stakeholders. OEP staff will be attending

these events and will be available to

answer questions about the NEPA

process. FERC staff may utilize these

open houses to determine the amount of

stakeholder interest in the project to

identify if a FERC sponsored public

scoping meeting would be necessary in

the project area at a later date. The

location and dates for Equitrans’ open

houses are as follows:

February 22, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. (EST);

Paintsville Ramada Inn, 624 James

Trimble Blvd., Paintsville,

Kentucky.

February 23, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. (EST);

Louisa Community Center, 101

West Pike St., Louisa, Kentucky.

Environmental Mailing List

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 2).

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, select ‘‘General Search’’ from the

eLibrary menu, enter the selected date

range and ‘‘Docket Number’’ (i.e., PF06–

12–000), and follow the instructions.

Searches may also be done using the

phrase ‘‘Big Sandy Pipeline’’ in the

‘‘Text Search’’ field. 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

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

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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.

You can also contact David J.

Spigelmyer, Equitrans Representative,

by phone at (412) 553–5739 or by e-mail

at dspigelmyer@eqt.com with your

specific concerns or comments

regarding this project.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. PF06–10–000]

Cameron LNG L.L.C.; Notice of Intent

to Prepare an Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed Terminal

Expansion Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

February 3, 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

Cameron LNG L.L.C.’s (Cameron)

proposed Terminal Expansion Project

involving construction and operation of

facilities in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

This EA will be used by the

Commission in its decision-making

process to determine whether to

authorize the project.

This notice announces the opening of

the scoping process that the

Commission will use to gather

environmental input from the public

and interested agencies on the Terminal

Expansion Project. Your input will help

determine which issues need to be

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the

scoping period will close on March 6,

2006. Details on how to submit

comments are provided in the Public

Participation section of this notice.

This notice is being sent to affected

landowners; federal, state, and local

government agencies; elected officials;

environmental and public interest

groups; Native American tribes; other

interested parties; and local libraries

and newspapers. State and local

government representatives are asked to

notify their constituents of this planned

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project and encourage them to comment

on their areas of concern.

With this notice, we 1 are 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. Agencies that

would like to request cooperating status

should follow the instructions for filing

comments provided below.

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC

entitled ‘‘A Guide to LNG—What All

Citizens Should Know.’’ is available for

viewing on the FERC Internet Web site

(http://www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet

addresses a number of typically asked

questions, including what is LNG and

how is it transported.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Cameron proposes to expand its

previously authorized Hackberry LNG

Project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana

(see map in Appendix A 2). The

expansion would consist of adding one

LNG storage tank with a net working

capacity of 160,000 cubic meters.

Specifically, Cameron seeks authority

to construct and operate the following

facilities:

• Two 16-inch-diameter unloading

arms;

• One full-containment LNG storage

tank with a net working capacity of

160,000 cubic meters;

• Two vapor return blowers;

• One boil off gas compressor;

• Six LNG send out pumps;

• One fuel gas heat exchanger;

• One air compressor, instrument air

drier, and air surge vessel;

• Temporary dock facilities;

• Eight submerged combustion

vaporizers; and

• Two shell-and-tube superheaters.

Land Requirements

It is estimated that the construction of

the Terminal Expansion Project would

disturb about 15 acres of land. This land

is already leased by Cameron and

adjacent to the proposed Hackberry LNG

Terminal.

The EA Process

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The FERC will be the lead federal

agency for the preparation of the EA.

The document will satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects.

2 The appendix referenced in this notice is not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available from the Commission’s Public Reference

and Files Maintenance Branch, at (202) 502–8371.

For instructions on connecting to eLibrary refer to

the public participation section of this notice.

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Cameron’s Terminal Expansion Project

is in the preliminary design state.

For this project, the FERC staff has

initiated its NEPA review prior to

receiving the application. The purpose

of the Commission’s Pre-Filing Process

is to involve interested stakeholders

early in project planning and to identify

and resolve issues before an application

is filed with the FERC. A docket number

(PF06–10–000) has been established to

place information filed by Cameron, and