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copies. For these projects, please

reference:

Phase I Project—CP98–150–006 and

–007

Line A–5 Replacement Project—CP05–

19–000

Empire Connector Project—CP05–6–000

Ramapo Expansion Project—PF06–5–

000

MarketAccess Project—PF06–6–000

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before February 10, 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 open a free account

which can be created on-line.

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Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the

SEIS scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor’’.

However, there is no procedure for

parties to become interveners during the

pre-filing process. You may request

intervener status after Algonquin and

Iroquois file their formal certificate

applications with the Commission and

are assigned ‘‘CP’’ docket numbers.

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

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, see Appendix 2). 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

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which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Mailing List

[Docket No. CP03–33–002]

If you do not want to send comments

at this time, but still want to remain on

our mailing list, please return the

attached Mailing List Retention Form

(Appendix 3). If you do not return the

form, you will be taken off the mailing

list.

Wyckoff Gas Storage Company, LLC;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Amended Wyckoff Gas

Storage Project and Request for

Comments on Environmental Issues

Additional Information

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 Amended Wyckoff Gas Storage

Project involving construction and

operation of facilities by Wyckoff Gas

Storage Company, LLC (Wyckoff) in

Steuben County, New York.1 The FERC

Staff issued a notice of intent to prepare

an EA on the original Wyckoff Gas

Storage Project on February 10, 2003.

The EA was issued for public comment

on August 26, 2003. The certificate

order was issued on October 6, 2003.

The amended project requests

authorization to: (1) Relocate certain of

the approved facilities at its certificated

storage field; (2) downsize certain of the

approved facilities; (3) permit phasing

of the construction of certain of the

approved facilities; and (4) confirm the

previously approved maximum

reservoir pressure for the field. This EA

will be used by the Commission in its

decision-making process to determine

whether the amended 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 Wyckoff provided to landowners.

This fact sheet addresses a number of

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 website (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 1–202–502–8659. 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.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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1 Wyckoff’s application was filed with the

Commission under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

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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 website

(www.ferc.gov).

Summary of the Proposed Project

Wyckoff’s current authorization is to

construct and operate a natural gas

storage facility in two nearly depleted

reservoirs in Steuben County, New

York, capable of storing up to 6 billion

cubic feet of natural gas (CP03–33–000).

Wyckoff is asking for authorization to:

1. Relocate the compressor station

about 900 feet to the southern end of the

Wyckoff parcel.

2. Construct 1.2 miles of 6-inchdiameter lateral called the Chase

Lateral; 0.5 mile of 6-inch-diameter

lateral called the Banks Lateral; and 0.7

mile 8-inch-diameter lateral called the

Banks/Cornell Lateral.

3. Install two 2,370 horsepower (hp)

units for a total of 4,740 hp and one

dehydration unit, instead of two 4,735

hp compressor units and two

dehydration units. Wyckoff intends to

install the remaining 4,735 hp of

approved compression and the

additional dehydration unit within a

few years.

4. Defer the construction of the 7.7mile southern pipeline to Dominion

Transmission, Inc. (Dominion)

Interconnect for three years. Wyckoff

would assume ownership of National

Fuel Gas Supply Corporation’s (National

Fuel) Line Z–67 being abandoned by

National Fuel, and would continue Line

Z–67 in operation for transporting gas

between the storage field and National

Fuel’s system.

5. Directionally drill six new

injection/withdrawal wells rather than

vertically drilling each well.

6. Reduce the diameter of the 3.6-mile

northern pipeline, the 0.07 mile of

pipeline interconnection with

Tennessee Gas Pipe Line Company, and

the 0.15 mile of pipeline

interconnection with Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation from 20-inchdiameter to 16-inch-diameter.

7. Phase facilities: Phase I would

include 3 existing wells to be converted

to injection/withdrawal wells, the six

new injection/withdrawal wells and the

observation wells, the associated lateral

piping, the initial 4,740 hp of

compression, the single dehydration

unit and the 3.6-mile northern 16 inchdiameter pipeline.

8. Phase II would consist of the

additional 4,735 hp compression, the

additional dehydration unit, and the

southern pipeline consisting of 7.7

miles of 20-inch-diameter southern

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pipeline to the point of interconnection

with pipeline facilities operated by

Dominion.

Wyckoff would also like confirmation

that the authorized maximum reservoir

pressure of 1,790 pounds per square

inch is the maximum authorized

wellhead pressure for the Wyckoff

facility as stated in the Commission’s

October 6, 2003 Order.

There are no nonjurisdictional

facilities identified for the project.

The location of the project facilities is

shown in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction affecting the amended

facilities that include the well laterals,

injection withdrawal wells, and

compressor station would require about

21.1 acres of land. Following

construction, about 13.6 acres would be

maintained as new permanent right-ofway and aboveground facility sites. The

remaining 7.5 acres of land would be

restored and allowed to revert to its

former use.

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

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

2 The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all

appendices, other than Appendix 1 (maps), are

available on the Commission’s website 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.

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects

(OEP).

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proposed project under these general

headings:

• Soils

• Land use

• Water resources, fisheries, and

wetlands

• Cultural resources

• Vegetation and wildlife

• Air quality and noise

• Endangered and threatened species

We will not discuss impacts to the

following resource areas since they are

not changed from the original

application or would not be affected by

the proposed facilities.

• Geology

• 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.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified several

issues that we think deserve attention

based on a preliminary review of the

proposed facilities and the

environmental information provided by

Wyckoff. This preliminary list of issues

may be changed based on your

comments and our analysis.

• The compressor station would be

moved about 900 feet south of the

original location. Two nearby residences

and one church would be impacted by

noise from the new compressor station

(the same impacted by the original

project).

• About 1.7 miles of new 6-inchdiameter lateral pipeline and about 0.6

mile of 8-inch-diameter pipeline would

be constructed.

• Eight intermittent streams would be

crossed by the new laterals.

• Seven wetlands would be affected

by the amended lateral pipeline changes

affecting about 0.7 acre.

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• Minor route changes have been

proposed for the northern pipeline route

between about milepost (MP) 1.19 and

MP 1.58 and along the southern

pipeline route.

• Endangered species may be affected

by the project’s modifications.

• The land use impacts would be

changed by the amended facilities.

• New York Department of

Agriculture and Markets has

commented that topsoil stripping and

stockpiling problems in early spring

through the spring thaw would destroy

the topsoil and hamper effective

sediment and runoff controls.

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 (including

alternative locations/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: 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 2.

• Reference Docket No. CP03–33–

002.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before February 9, 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 on-line.

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

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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,

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

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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 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.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application for Non-Project

Use of Project Lands and Soliciting

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and

Protests

January 11, 2006.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Application Type: Non-project use

of project lands and waters.

b. Project No: 2165–023.

c. Date Filed: December 6, 2005.

d. Applicant: Alabama Power

Company (APC).

e. Name of Project: John H. Bankhead.

f. Location: The project is located on

Sipsey Fork and the Black Warrior River

in Cullman County, Alabama. The

project does not occupy any Federal or

tribal lands. The proposed non-project

use would be located on Smith Lake

near Cullman County, Alabama.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Keith Bryant,

Senior Engineer, APC Hydro Services,

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