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their own transportation and should

meet at 9 a.m. (CST) at the Amory City

Hall, 109 South Front Street, Amory,

MS on August 10, 2007.

For additional information, please

contact the Commission’s Office of

External Affairs at 1–866–208–FERC

(3372).

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.

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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

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.

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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.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP07–405–000]

Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice

of Intent To Prepare An Environmental

Assessment For the Proposed Texas

Gas Storage Expansion Project Phase

3 and Request For Comments on

Environmental Issues

July 23, 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 Texas Gas Storage Expansion

Project, involving construction and

operation of facilities by Texas Gas

Transmission L.L.C. (Texas Gas) in

Hopkins, Muhlenberg, and Webster

Counties, Kentucky. This EA will be

used by the Commission in its decision-

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making process to determine whether

the project is in the public convenience

and necessity.

This notice announces the opening of

the scoping period that will be used to

gather environmental input from the

public and interested agencies on the

project. Your input will help the

Commission staff determine which

issues need to be evaluated in the EA.

Please note that the scoping period will

close on August 23, 2007.

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.

If you are a landowner receiving this

notice, you may be contacted by a Texas

Gas 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 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?’’ 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

Texas Gas seeks authorization to

install one 5,488 horsepower (hp)

compressor and retire in place two

existing 2,000 hp compressor units at its

existing Midland III Compressor Station

in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Texas

Gas also proposes minor modifications

at its existing Slaughter’s Compressor

Station in Webster County, Kentucky.

No change in horsepower is proposed at

the Slaughter’s Compressor Station at

this time. Further, Texas Gas would:

construct about 11 miles of 30-inchdiameter looping pipeline in Hopkins

and Muhlenberg Counties, Kentucky;

construct 2,900 feet of extension to its

existing 16-inch-diameter storage lateral

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

environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy

Projects.

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(E–9 pipeline); drill seven new

horizontal injection/withdrawal wells at

its existing Midland Storage Field; and

add related piping to connect these

wells with its lateral system (ranging

from 8 to 12 inches in diameter and 150

to 3,000 feet in length). A general

project location map is included in

Appendix A.

In addition, Texas Gas would

construct new pig launcher/receiver

facilities: within its existing Hanson

Compressor Station; to the west of its

Midland III Compressor Station; and at

each end of its modified E–9 pipeline.

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed Texas

Gas Storage Expansion Project Phase 3

would affect a total of about 202.5 acres

during construction. Following

construction, about 108.8 acres would

be allowed to revert to its previous

conditions. Disturbance associated with

aboveground facilities would

permanently disturb 4.1 acres of land.

Texas Gas proposes to construct its

30-inch-diameter pipeline in a 90-footwide construction right-of-way and well

lines within a 75-foot-wide construction

right-of-way. Texas Gas would maintain

a 50-foot-wide permanent right-of-way

for operation and maintenance of the

pipelines.

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The EA Process

We are preparing the EA to comply

with the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) which 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, we are requesting

public comments on the scope of the

issues to address in the EA. All

comments received will be considered

during the preparation of the EA.

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 and libraries in

the project area; 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

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we make our recommendations to the

Commission.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commenter, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission.

Your comments should focus on the

potential environmental effects of the

proposal, reasonable alternatives to the

proposal (including alternative locations

and routes), 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 Street, NE.,

Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of Gas Branch 1;

• Reference Docket No. CP07–405–

000;

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before August 23, 2007.

Please note that the Commission

strongly encourages electronic filing of

comments. See 18 Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) 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.’’

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must send one electronic copy (using

the Commission’s eFiling system) or 14

paper copies of its filings to the

Secretary of the Commission and must

send a copy of its filings to all other

parties on the Commission’s service list

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for this proceeding. If you want 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). 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

environmental comments considered.

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. We

encourage government representatives

to notify their constituents of this

planned project and encourage them to

comment on their areas of concern. If

you do not return the attached form

(Appendix B), you will be removed from

the Commission’s environmental

mailing list.

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’’ excluding

the last three digits (i.e., CP07–405), and

follow the instructions. 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 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

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the documents. Go to http://

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

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For further information, please

contact: John Blair at (202) 502–6092 or

at: john.blair@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–14737 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 12606–000; Project No. 2545–

091]

Post Falls Hydroelectric Project

Spokane River Developments Project,

Avista Corporation Spokane, WA;

Notice of Availability of the Final

Enivironmental Impact Statement for

the Spokane River Developments and

Post Falls Hydroelectric Projects

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July 20, 2007.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission or FERC)

regulations contained in the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) (18 CFR part

380 [FERC Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897])

the Office of Energy Projects staff (staff)

reviewed the applications for New

Major Licenses for the Spokane River

Hydroelectric Project and Post Falls

Project. Staff prepared a final

environmental impact statement (FEIS)

for the projects which are located on the

Spokane River, Washington.

The FEIS contains staff’s analysis of

the potential environmental effects of

the projects and concludes that

licensing the projects, with staff’s

recommended measures, would not

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. Copies of the FEIS

have been sent to federal, state, and

local agencies; public interest groups;

and individuals on the Commission’s

mailing list.

A copy of the FEIS is available for

review at the Commission’s Public

Reference Room or may be viewed on

the Commission’s Web site at: http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘e-Library’’ link.

Enter the docket number (P–2545) or

(P–12606), to access the document. For

assistance, contact FERC Online

Support at:

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–2376, or for TTY,

contact (202) 502–8659.

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[Project No. 925–010]

Notice of Application Ready for

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting

Comments, Recommendations, Terms

and Conditions, and Prescriptions;

City of Ottumwa, IA

July 24, 2007.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric license application has

been filed with the Commission and is

available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: New License.

b. Project No.: P–925–010.

c. Date Filed: April 26, 2006.

d. Applicant: City of Ottumwa, Iowa.

e. Name of Project: Ottumwa

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Des Moines River

in the City of Ottumwa, Wapello

County, Iowa. The project does not

occupy federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Richard Wilcox,

Ottumwa Water and Hydro, 230 Turner

Drive, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501, (641) 684–

4606.

i. FERC Contact: Tim Konnert, (202)

502–6359 or timothy.konnert@ferc.gov.

j. Deadline for filing comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days

from the issuance date of this notice;

reply comments are due 105 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.

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 whose name appears on 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.

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Comments, recommendations, terms

and conditions, and prescriptions may

be filed electronically via the Internet in

lieu of paper. The Commission strongly

encourages electronic filings. See CFR

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

on the Commission’s Web site (http://

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link.

k. This application has been accepted,

and is ready for environmental analysis

at this time.

l. The existing Ottumwa Project

consists of: (1) A 18-foot-high dam with

a 641-foot-long spillway section

equipped with eight tainter gates and

one bascule gate; (2) a reservoir with a

normal water surface elevation of 638.5

feet msl; (3) a powerhouse integral to

the dam containing three generating

units with a combined installed

capacity of 3,250 kW; (4) two 100-footlong 2.4 kV generator leads routed

underground to transformers in the

nearby substation; and (5) appurtenant

facilities. The applicant estimates that

the average annual generation would be

10,261,920 kilowatt hours.

m. A copy of the application 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, contact FERC

Online Support at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h. above.

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘REPLY

COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS’’, ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, or

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS’’; (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person submitting the

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001

through 385.2005. All comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions must set

forth their evidentiary basis and

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain

copies of the application directly from

the applicant. Each filing must be

accompanied by proof of service on all

persons listed on the service list

prepared by the Commission in this

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR

4.34(b), and 385.2010.

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