Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 173 / Thursday, September 7, 2006 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 173 / Thursday, September 7, 2006 / Notices

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

586–5860).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).

On September 4, 2003, the

Department of Energy (DOE) issued

Order No. EA–284 authorizing SES to

transmit electric energy from the United

States to Mexico for a three-year term.

That authorization will expire on

September 4, 2006.

On August 12, 2006, SES filed an

application with DOE for renewal of the

export authority contained in Order No.

EA–284. SES proposes to export electric

energy to Mexico and to arrange for the

delivery of those exports over the

international transmission facilities

presently owned San Diego Gas &

Electric Company.

SES has also requested DOE expedite

the processing of its application in order

that SES may continue to meet

contractual agreements with

counterparts in Mexico. Accordingly,

DOE has shortened the public comment

period to 15 days.

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 31,

Procedural Matters: Any person

2006.

desiring to become a party to these

Anthony J. Como,

proceedings or to be heard by filing

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of

comments or protests to this application

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.

should file a petition to intervene,

[FR Doc. E6–14803 Filed 9–6–06; 8:45 am]

comment or protest at the address

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provided above in accordance with

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each

[OE Docket No. EA–284–A]

petition and protest should be filed with

Application to Export Electric Energy;

the DOE on or before the dates listed

Sempra Energy Solutions

above.

Comments on the SES application to

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery

export electric energy to Mexico should

and Energy Reliability, DOE.

be clearly marked with Docket EA–284–

ACTION: Notice of Application.

A. Additional copies are to be filed

directly with Theodore E. Roberts,

SUMMARY: Sempra Energy Solution (SES)

Attorney for Sempra Energy Solutions,

has applied to renew its authority to

101 Ash Street, HQ13D, San Diego, CO

transmit electric energy from the United

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States to Canada pursuant to section

A final decision will be made on this

202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

application after the environmental

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to intervene must be submitted on or

to the National Environmental Policy

before September 22, 2006.

Act of 1969, and a determination is

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or

made by DOE that the proposed action

requests to intervene should be

will not adversely impact on the

addressed as follows: Office of

reliability of the U.S. electric power

Electricity Delivery and Energy

supply system.

Copies of this application will be

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S.

made available, upon request, for public

Department of Energy, 1000

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should file a petition to intervene,

comment or protest at the address

provided above in accordance with

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each

petition and protest should be filed with

DOE on or before the date listed above.

Comments on the Evergreen

application to export electric energy to

Canada should be clearly marked with

Docket EA–309. Additional copies are to

be filed directly with Peter Gish,

General Counsel, Evergreen Wind

Power, LLC, 100 Wells Avenue, Suite

201, Newton, MA 02459, and David L.

Schwartz, Natasha Gianvecchio, Sue

Wang, Latham & Watkins LLP, 555

Eleventh Street, NW., Suite 1000,

Washington, DC 20004.

A final decision will be made on this

application after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, and a determination is

made by DOE that the proposed action

will not adversely impact on the

reliability of the U.S. electric power

supply system.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above or by emailing Odessa

Hopkins at Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.

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inspection and copying at the address

provided above or you may send an email to Odessa Hopkins at

odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 31,

2006.

Anthony J. Como,

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.

[FR Doc. E6–14804 Filed 9–6–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RR06–3–000]

North American Electric Reliability

Council; North American Electric

Reliability Corporation; Notice of Filing

August 25, 2006.

Take notice that on August 23, 2006,

North American Electric Reliability

Corporation submitted for filing

pursuant to Commission’s Regulations

18 CFR 39.4 its initial business plan and

budget as the electric reliability

organization for the year ending

December 31, 2007.

Any person desiring to intervene or to

protest this filing must file in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).

Protests will be considered by the

Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a notice of

intervention or motion to intervene, as

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or

protests must be filed on or before the

comment date. On or before the

comment date, it is not necessary to

serve motions to intervene or protests

on persons other than the Applicant.

The Commission encourages

electronic submission of protests and

interventions in lieu of paper using the

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons unable to file electronically

should submit an original and 14 copies

of the protest or intervention to the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426.

This filing is accessible on-line at

http://www.ferc.gov, using the

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for

review in the Commission’s Public

Reference Room in Washington, DC.

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the

Web site that enables subscribers to

receive e-mail notification when a

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document is added to a subscribed

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC

Online service, please e-mail

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202) 502–8659.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on

September 13, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[ Docket No. CP04–400–002]

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Golden Pass Pipeline LP; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed Northern

Segment Amendment Project and

Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of

Filing

August 25, 2006.

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(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202) 502–8659.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time

on September 20, 2006.

Take notice that on August 21, 2006,

Tennessee Valley Authority filed a

revised Interconnection Agreement with

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.,

in compliance with the Commission’s

order issued July 20, 2006.

Any person desiring to intervene or to

protest this filing must file in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).

Protests will be considered by the

Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a notice of

intervention or motion to intervene, as

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or

protests must be filed on or before the

comment date. Anyone filing a motion

to intervene or protest must serve a copy

of that document on the Applicant and

all the parties in this proceeding.

The Commission encourages

electronic submission of protests and

interventions in lieu of paper using the

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons unable to file electronically

should submit an original and 14 copies

of the protest or intervention to the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426.

This filing is accessible online at

http://www.ferc.gov, using the

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for

review in the Commission’s Public

Reference Room in Washington, DC.

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the

Web site that enables subscribers to

receive e-mail notification when a

document is added to a subscribed

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC

Online service, please e-mail

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call

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The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that

discusses the environmental impacts of

Golden Pass Pipeline LP’s (Golden Pass)

proposed Northern Segment

Amendment Project (Northern Segment

Amendment or Project) which involves

design and workspace changes to the

pipeline facilities previously approved

as part of the Golden Pass LNG

Terminal and Pipeline Project.1 In the

Northern Segment Amendment, Golden

Pass proposes the following changes to

the previously authorized facilities: (1)

Replace the authorized, but not yet

constructed, 36-inch-diameter pipeline

with a 42-inch-diameter pipeline

between approximate milepost (MP)

42.81 and MP 77.87, at the American

Electric Power Texoma Pipeline (AEP

Texoma) interconnect and the

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco) interconnect,

respectively; (2) relocate a mainline

valve (MLV) from MP 54.11 to 52.50 and

install a 42-inch MLV rather than a 36inch MLV; (3) remove from the

approved facilities the 36-inch pig

receiver and launcher at the AEP

Texoma interconnect; and (4) install a

42-inch pig receiver and MLV at the

Transco interconnect. The pipeline

route would not change as a result of the

1 On July 6, 2005, the Commission approved the

Golden Pass LNG Terminal and Pipeline Project in

Docket Nos. CP04–386–000, CP04–400–000, CP04–

401–000, and CP04–402–000. The Golden Pass LNG

Terminal and Pipeline Project included a liquefied

natural gas (LNG) terminal and associated LNG

facilities, 77.8 miles of 36-inch diameter mainline

pipeline, 42.8 miles of 36-inch diameter looping

pipeline that would be constructed adjacent to the

mainline, and associated pipeline facilities.

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amended facilities. However, due to the

increased diameter of the pipeline,

Golden Pass is requesting additional

temporary workspaces at certain

locations.

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. Please note that the scoping

period will close on September 25,

2006. Details on how to submit

comments are provided in the Public

Participation section of this notice.

This notice is being sent to potentially

affected landowners along the Project

route; Federal, state, and local

government agencies; elected officials;

environmental and public interest

groups; Native American tribes; and

local libraries and newspapers.

With this notice, we 2 are asking

Federal, state, and local agencies with

jurisdiction and/or special expertise

with respect to environmental issues to

cooperate with us in the preparation of

the EA. These agencies may choose to

participate once they have evaluated the

proposal relative to their

responsibilities. Agencies which would

like to request cooperating status should

follow the instructions for filing

comments described later in this notice.

We encourage government

representatives to notify their

constituents of this planned project and

encourage them to comment on their

areas of concern.

Some affected landowners may be

contacted by a project representative

about the acquisition of an easement to

construct, operate, and maintain the

proposed pipeline. If so, the company

should seek to negotiate a mutually

acceptable agreement. In the event that

the Project is certificated by the

Commission, that approval conveys the

right of eminent domain for securing

easements for the pipeline. Therefore, if

easement negotiations fail to produce an

agreement, the 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

(www.ferc.gov).

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects.

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