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free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,

contact (202) 502–8659.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–8329 Filed 5–30–06; 8:45 am]

[Project No. 2232–480–NC]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

Duke Power; A Division of Duke

Energy Corporation; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

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In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed an application for

non-project use of project lands and

waters at the Catawba-Wateree Project

(FERC No. 2232), and has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) for the

proposed non-project use. The project is

located on Lake Wylie in Mecklenburg

County, North Carolina.

In the application, Duke Power

(licensee) requests Commission

authorization to lease to The Sanctuary

at Lake Wylie, LLC and The Sanctuary

Property Owners Association (The

Sanctuary) 0.461 acre of project land for

a commercial residential marina. The

Sanctuary proposes to construct one

cluster dock with ten boat slips and a

covered fishing pier located adjacent to

the cluster dock, an irrigation intake

structure, and install 20,000 feet of

shoreline stabilization. The EA contains

Commission staff’s analysis of the

probable environmental impacts of the

proposal and concludes that approving

the licensee’s application, with staff’s

recommended environmental measures,

would not constitute a major Federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment.

A copy of the EA is attached to a

Commission order titled ‘‘Order

Modifying and Approving Non-Project

Use of Project Lands and Waters’’,

issued May 23, 2006. The EA is

available for review and reproduction at

the Commission’s Public Reference

Room, located at 888 First Street, NE.,

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. The

EA may also be viewed on the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘elibrary’’ link.

Enter the dock number (prefaced by P–

2232) and excluding the last three

digits, in the docket number field to

access the document. For assistance,

contact FERC Online Support at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-

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PacifiCorp; Notice of Availability of

Environment Assessment

May 23, 2006.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s regulations, the Office of

Energy Projects has reviewed the

application requesting the

Commission’s authorization to remove

its Cove development and reduce the

minimum flow required in the bypassed

reach of the Grace development. The

project is located on the Bear River in

Caribou and Franklin Counties, Idaho.

An environmental assessment (EA) has

been prepared.

In the EA, the Commission’s staff

concludes that approval of the licensee’s

application, with adoption of staff’s

recommendations, would not constitute

a major Federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment.

A copy of the EA is attached to a

Commission order titled ‘‘Order

Amending License and Revising Annual

Charges’’, issued May 23, 2006, and is

available at the Commission’s Public

Reference Room. A copy of the EA may

also be viewed on the Commission’s

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using

the ‘‘elibrary’’ link. Enter the docket

number (P–20) in the docket field to

access the document. For assistance,

call (202) 502–8222 or (202) 502–8659

(for TTY).

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP06–018–000]

May 24, 2006.

[Project Nos. 20–065]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company;

Notice of Availability of the

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Essex-Middlesex Project

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

May 23, 2006.

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The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) on the

natural gas pipeline facilities proposed

to be constructed by Tennessee Gas

Pipeline Company (Tennessee Gas) in

the above-referenced docket.

The EA was prepared to satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act. The staff

concludes that approval of the proposed

project, with appropriate mitigating

measures, would not constitute a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment.

The EA assesses the potential

environmental effects of:

• 7.8 miles of 24-inch-diameter

pipeline in Essex and Middlesex

Counties, Massachusetts;

• One tie-in facility at the northern

terminus, milepost 7.83;

• One new pig receiver at the north

end, milepost 7.62; and

• One tie-in facility at the southern

terminus, milepost 0.0.

The purpose of the proposed project

is to increase its ability to receive and

transport gas into the Northeast natural

gas pipeline network by constructing its

facilities in Essex and Middlesex

Counties, Massachusetts, to provide up

to 82,300 decatherms per day of

incremental firm transportation

capacity.

The EA has been placed in the public

files of the FERC. A limited number of

copies of the EA are available for

distribution and public inspection at:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Public Reference and Files Maintenance

Branch, 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A,

Washington, DC 20426. (202) 502–8371.

Copies of the EA have been mailed to

Federal, state and local agencies, public

interest groups, interested individuals,

newspapers, and parties to this

proceeding.

Any person wishing to comment on

the EA may do so. To ensure

consideration prior to a Commission

decision on the proposal, it is important

that we receive your comments before

the date specified below. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

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ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded:

Send two copies of your comments to:

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426;

Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Gas Branch 2,

PJ11.2.

Reference Docket No. CP06–018–000;

and

Mail your comments so that they will

be received in Washington, DC on or

before June 23, 2006.

Please note that we are continuing to

experience delays in mail deliveries

from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result,

we will include all comments that we

receive within a reasonable time frame

in our environmental analysis of this

project. However, the Commission

strongly encourages electronic filing of

any comments or interventions or

protests to this proceeding. See 18 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. Before you can file comments,

you will need to create a free account

which can be created by clicking on

‘‘Sign-up.’’

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the

proceeding. Any person seeking to

become a party to the proceeding must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.214).1 Only intervenors have the

right to seek rehearing of the

Commission’s decision.

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

comments considered.

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 with eLibrary, the eLibrary

helpline can be reached at 1–866–208–

3676, TTY (202) 502–8659 or at

FERCOnlineSupport@FERC. 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 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, click on ‘‘eSubscription’’

and then click on ‘‘Sign-up.’’

1 Interventions may also be filed electronically via

the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous

discussion on filing comments electronically.

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

environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy

Projects.

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Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. PF06–023]

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Proposed Mississippi Expansion

Project, Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues, and Notice of

Public Scoping Meetings

May 23, 2006.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental impact statement (EIS)

that will address the environmental

impacts of the Mississippi Expansion

Project proposed by Gulf South Pipeline

Company, LP (Gulf South). The

Commission will use the EIS in its

decision-making process to determine

whether or not to authorize the project.

This notice explains the scoping process

we 1 will use to gather input from the

public and interested agencies on the

project. Your input will help us

determine the issues that need to be

evaluated in the EIS. Please note that

the scoping period will close on June

23, 2006.

Comments may be submitted in

written form or verbally. Further details

on how to submit written comments are

provided in the Public Participation

section of this notice. Public scoping

meetings are designed to provide

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another opportunity to offer comments

on the proposed project. In lieu of

sending written comments, we invite

you to attend the public scoping

meetings we have scheduled as follows:

Date and time

Location

Monday June

12, 2006, 7

p.m. to 10

p.m. (CST).

Eagle Ridge Conference

Center, 1500 Raymond

Lake Road, Raymond, MS

39154. Phone: 601–857–

7100.

Vicksburg Convention Center & Auditorium, 1600

Mulberry Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180. Phone:

1–866–822–6338.

Tuesday June

13, 2006, 7

p.m. to 10

p.m. (CST).

Interested groups and individuals are

encouraged to attend these meetings and

to present comments on the

environmental issues they believe

should be addressed in the EIS. A

transcript of each meeting will be

generated so that comments are

accurately recorded.

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. 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 Gulf

South representative about the

acquisition of an easement to construct,

operate, and maintain the proposed

project facilities. The pipeline company

would seek to negotiate a mutually

acceptable agreement. However, if the

project is approved by the FERC, 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 Internet Web site (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 FERC’s

proceedings.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Gulf South proposes to construct,

own, operate, and maintain a natural gas

pipeline to provide new pipeline

capacity to transport domestic onshore

gas supplies to producers in eastern

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