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The Commission strongly encourages

electronic filing of any comments in

response to this Notice of Intent. For

information on electronic filing of

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.

The public scoping meetings (dates,

times, and locations are listed above) are

designed to provide another opportunity

to offer comments on the proposed

Project. Interested groups and

individuals are encouraged to attend the

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 your comments will be

accurately recorded.

Once MEP 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.

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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 of

certain aboveground facilities, as

defined in the Commission’s

regulations.

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 3). If

you do not return the Information

Request, you will be removed from the

Commission’s environmental mailing

list.

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Availability of Additional Information

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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 at http://

www.ferc.gov. Using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link,

select ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the

Project docket number excluding the

last three digits (i.e., PF07–4) 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, MEP has established an

Internet Web site for this Project at

http://www.midcontinentexpress.com.

The Web site includes a description of

the Project, a map of the proposed

pipeline route, and answers to

frequently asked questions. You can

also request additional information or

provide comments directly to MEP at 1–

877–327–5515 or

pipelineinfo@midcontinentexpress.com.

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

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Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,

Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed North Welda Storage Field

Expansion Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

April 30, 2007.

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 North Welda Storage Field

Expansion Project involving

construction and operation of facilities

by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,

Inc. (Southern Star) in and to an existing

gas storage field in Anderson County,

Kansas.1 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.

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 fact sheet prepared by the FERC

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need

To Know?’’ was attached to the project

notice that Southern Star provided to

landowners. 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. It is

available for viewing on the FERC

Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov).

Summary of the Proposed Project

Southern Star is proposing to: (1)

Expand the existing certificated

boundary and buffer zone of its existing

storage field by acquiring certain

property rights to approximately 1,240

acres; (2) to redefine the cap rock of the

1 Southern Star’s application was filed with the

Commission under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

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gas storage formation; (3) install a gas

compressor unit; and (4) revise the

maximum certificated wellhead shut-in

pressure and restate the maximum

certificated capacity at Southern Star’s

existing North Welda Storage Field

located in Anderson County, Kansas.

Southern Star seeks authority to install

an AJAX DPC–180 (173 bhp) skid

mounted compressor package unit,

building, and auxiliary facilities on a

150 by 150-foot lot. Southern Star

would install certain minor facilities

under separate authorization of its

Blanket Certificate issued in Docket No.

CP82–479–000. The minor facilities

would include 3.5 miles of 4-inch

diameter suction storage lateral, 300 feet

of 4-inch discharge lateral, and three

oil/gas separators with collection tanks.

The lateral system would connect 6

existing oil wells (Squirrel Wells 1

through 6) which would be converted to

pressure recovery wells.

The location of the project facilities is

shown in Appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

would require about 8.7 acres of land.

Following construction, about 1.8 acres

would be maintained as new

aboveground facility sites and

permanent rights-of-way. The remaining

6.9 acres of land would be restored and

allowed to revert to its former use

(primarily pasture/hayland).

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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

2 The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all

appendices, other than Appendix 1 (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.

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encourage them to comment on their

areas of concern.

In the EA we 3 will discuss impacts

that could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Geology and soils.

• Land use.

• Water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands.

• Cultural resources.

• Vegetation and wildlife.

• Air quality and noise.

• Endangered and threatened species.

• Hazardous waste.

• Public safety.

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our 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.

To ensure your comments are

considered, please carefully follow the

instructions in the public participation

section below.

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, and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the 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: Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426.

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects

(OEP).

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• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of Gas Branch 2.

• Reference Docket No. CP07–89–

000.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before May 31, 2007.

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 ‘‘e-Filing’’ 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 on-line.

We may mail the EA for comment. If

you are interested in receiving it, please

return the Information Request

(Appendix 3). If you do not return the

Information Request, you will be taken

off the mailing list.

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.

Environmental Mailing List

An effort is being made to send this

notice to all individuals, organizations,

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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. By this

notice we are also asking governmental

agencies, especially those in Appendix

2, to express their interest in becoming

cooperating agencies for the preparation

of the EA.

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.

Philis J. Posey,

Deputy Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[ Project No. 12478–001]

Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC;

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Motions To

Intervene, Protests, and Comments

April 27, 2007.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary

Permit.

b. Project No.: 12478–001.

c. Date filed: April 3, 2007.

d. Applicant: Gibson Dam

Hydroelectric Company, LLC.

e. Name of Project: Gibson Dam

Project.

f. Location: North Fork Sun Fork in

Teton and Lewis and Clark Counties,

Montana. It would use the U.S. Bureau

of Reclamation’s Gibson Dam.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Steven C.

Marmon, Project Manager, Gibson Dam

Hydroelectric Company, LLC, 3633

Alderwood Avenue, Bellingham, WA

98225, (360) 738–9999.

i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202)

502–4126.

j. Deadline for filing comments,

protests, and motions to intervene: 60

days from the issuance date of this

notice.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

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 the

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission

strongly encourages electronic filings.

Please include the project number (P–

12748–001) on any comments or

motions filed.

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 using the U.S. Bureau

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of Reclamation’s Gibson Dam and

operated in a run-of-river mode, would

consist of: (1) Two proposed 300-footlong, steel penstocks, (2) a powerhouse

containing two generating units having

a total installed capacity of 15

megawatts, (3) A proposed 34.5 kilovolt

underground transmission line, and (4)

appurtenant facilities. The Gibson Dam

Hydroelectric Company, LLC project

would have an average annual

generation of 50 gigawatt-hours.

l. This filing is available for review at

the Commission in the Public Reference

Room or may 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

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

m. 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.

n. 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.

o. 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

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