U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Crown Landing, L.L.C., Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P.; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the Scheduling of Joint Public Hearings and the Submission of Two Department of the Army Permit Applications to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Proposed Crown Landing LNG and Logan Lateral Projects in Gloucester County, NJ, New Castle County, DE and Delaware County, PA, 9297-9299 [E5-783]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 37 / Friday, February 25, 2005 / Notices 9297 requirements. The collection is critical to ensure that the Government has sufficient information to judge the degree to which contractors are meeting requirements, that public funds are spent in an efficient and effective manner and that fraud, waste and abuse are avoided. The Department published a Notice and Request for Comment for this collection in the Federal Register on December 10, 2004 at 69 FR 71807. No comments were received in response to the Notice. Issued in Washington, DC, on February 18, 2005. Sharon A. Evelin, Director, Records Management Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 05–3648 Filed 2–24–05; 8:45 am] Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ index.html. [Docket No. CP04–411–000, Corps Application # CENAP–OP–R–200500146; Docket No. CP04–416–000, Corps Application # CENAP–OP–R–200500145] (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.215L, Smaller Learning Communities Program) Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before March 28, 2005. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202–395–4650. ADDRESSES: Electronic Access to This Document You may view this document, as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/ news/fedregister. To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 888–293–6498; or in the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512–1530. Dated: February 22, 2005. Susan Sclafani, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education. [FR Doc. E5–767 Filed 2–24–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Agency Information Collection Extension Department of Energy. Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review; comment request. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection package to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The package requests a three-year extension of its ‘‘Procurement Reporting and Record Keeping Burdens,’’ OMB Control Number 1910–4100. This information collection package collects data that is used by the Department to exercise management oversight and control over contractors including management and operating (M&O) contractors operating DOE’s facilities and other contractors furnishing goods and services with regard to implementation of applicable statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements and obligations. The information collection requires that contractors submit information pertaining to their Procurement activities such as acquisition of real property, facilities management, and subcontracting goals and reporting VerDate jul<14>2003 19:31 Feb 24, 2005 Jkt 205001 DATES: Written comments should be sent to: DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. Comments should also be addressed to: Sharon A. Evelin, Director, IM–11/ Germantown Bldg., U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290, and to: Richard L. Langston, Procurement Policy Analyst, ME–63 L’Enfant Plaza Building, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585–1615. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon A. Evelin and Richard L. Langston, at the addresses listed above in ADDRESSES. This package contains: (1) OMB No.: 1910–4100. (2) Package Title: Procurement Reporting and Record Keeping Burdens. (3) Purpose: This information is required by the Department to ensure that DOE contracts including management and operation contractors operating DOE facilities are managed efficiently and effectively and to exercise management oversight of DOE contractors. (4) Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,616. (5) Estimated Total Burden Hours: 893,359. (6) Number of Collections: The package contains 41 information and/or recordkeeping requirements. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Statutory Authority: Department of Energy Organization Act, Public Law 92–01. PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Crown Landing, L.L.C., Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P.; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the Scheduling of Joint Public Hearings and the Submission of Two Department of the Army Permit Applications to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Proposed Crown Landing LNG and Logan Lateral Projects in Gloucester County, NJ, New Castle County, DE and Delaware County, PA February 18, 2005. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries has prepared a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal (referred to as the Crown Landing LNG Project) proposed by Crown Landing, L.L.C. (Crown Landing), a BP Energy Company (BP) affiliate, and natural gas pipeline facilities (referred to as the Logan Lateral Project) proposed by Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P. (Texas Eastern) in the above-referenced dockets. This is a joint public notice by the FERC and COE to advertise: • The availability of the draft EIS; • The scheduling of joint public meetings/hearings on March 29, 30, and 31, 2005; and • The submission of two Department of the Army permit applications (CENAP–OP–R–200500145 and CENAP–OP–R–200500146) to the COE for the Crown Landing LNG and Logan Lateral Projects in Gloucester County, New Jersey, New Castle County, Delaware and Delaware County, Pennsylvania. E:\FR\FM\25FEN1.SGM 25FEN1 9298 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 37 / Friday, February 25, 2005 / Notices The draft EIS has been prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC concludes that if the project is constructed and operated in accordance with Crown Landing’s and Texas Eastern’s proposed mitigation and our recommended mitigation measures, the proposed facilities would have limited adverse environmental impact. The draft EIS identifies and evaluates the preferred alternative proposal and other alternatives, including system alternatives, alternative sites for the LNG import terminal, and pipeline alternatives, and requests comments on them. The proposed LNG terminal would be located on the shoreline of the Delaware River in Logan Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, and would consist of facilities capable of unloading LNG ships, storing up to 450,000 cubic meters (m3) of LNG (9.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent), vaporizing the LNG, and sending out natural gas at a baseload rate of 1.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd) and a maximum rate of 1.4 Bcfd (using spare equipment). Crown Landing proposes to interconnect the LNG facilities onsite with three pipelines. One interconnect would be with the new pipeline that Texas Eastern proposes to construct and operate (i.e., Logan Lateral) between its existing Chester Junction facility in Brookhaven Borough, Pennsylvania and the proposed LNG terminal. The other two interconnects would be with existing pipelines that currently cross the LNG terminal site. One of these pipelines is owned and operated by Columbia Gas Transmission Company (Columbia Gas). The other pipeline is owned and operated by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco). To date, neither Columbia Gas nor Transco have filed applications with the FERC to construct and operate the interconnects. The Crown Landing LNG Project would have a maximum delivery capacity of 0.5 Bcfd to the Columbia Gas pipeline system, 0.6 Bcfd to the Transco pipeline system, and 0.9 Bcfd to the Texas Eastern pipeline system. The proposed preferred project construction site, referenced above, is approximately 175 acres in size (waterward of the low water line on the Delaware River). Within the site there are uplands, wetlands (federally regulated) and intertidal river shoreline (also federally regulated). Construction of the proposed LNG terminal (Crown Landing) would involve the dredging of shallow water riverbottom and the filling of a small area of intertidal river shoreline for the installation of berthing VerDate jul<14>2003 19:31 Feb 24, 2005 Jkt 205001 structures in the Delaware River. No permanent filling of federally regulated wetlands is proposed for construction of the terminal facilities. The proposed new pipeline (Texas Eastern) connection would involve the installation of about 11.00 miles of new underground pipeline from the storage and transfer facility in Gloucester County, New Jersey, crossing Birch Creek, Raccoon Creek, the Delaware River, Chester Creek and several smaller waterways on both sides of the Delaware River, to an existing pipeline junction facility in Pennsylvania. The Birch Creek, Raccoon Creek, Delaware River, and Chester Creek crossings would all be accomplished by Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) method. All smaller waterway crossings would be accomplished by open-cut trenching. The rigging for the HDD crossing of the Delaware River would be set-up on the Pennsylvania bank of the river in Chester. The pipeline would be ‘‘pulled under’’ the river from the old Ferry Road roadbed on the New Jersey side. The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the following LNG and natural gas pipeline facilities: • A ship unloading facility capable of receiving LNG ships with capacities up to 200,000 m3; • Three 150,000 m3 (net capacity) full-containment LNG storage tanks, comprised of 9 percent nickel steel inner tank, pre-stressed concrete outer tank, and a concrete roof; • A closed-loop shell and tube heat exchanger vaporization system; • Various ancillary facilities, including administrative offices, warehouse/maintenance building, main control center, guardhouse, and a pier control room; • Three meter and regulation stations located on the proposed LNG terminal site; and • Approximately 11.00 miles of 30inch-diameter natural gas pipeline (4.92 miles in Pennsylvania and 6.08 miles in New Jersey), a pig launcher and receiver facility at the beginning and end of the pipeline, a mainline valve, and a meter and regulation station at the end of the pipeline. Crown Landing and Texas Eastern have applied, concurrently, to the COE for two Department of the Army Individual permits pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403) for the proposed structures in and under navigable waters and the discharge of dredged, excavated, and/or fill material PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 into waters of the United States, including wetlands to construct the preferred alternative identified in the draft EIS. The decision whether to issue the permits will be based on an evaluation of the probable impacts, including cumulative impacts, of the proposed projects on the public interest. The decision will reflect the national concern for the protection and utilization of important resources. The benefits, which would be reasonably expected to accrue from the proposed projects, must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors, which may be relevant to the proposed work, will be considered, including the cumulative effect thereof; among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, cultural values, fish and wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values, land use, navigation, shore erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply, and consideration of property ownership, and in general, the needs and welfare of the people. Department of the Army permit(s) will be granted by the COE unless it is determined that the proposed work would be contrary to the public interest. Joint FERC Public Meetings/COE Public Hearings will be held to provide interested individuals with the opportunity to testify about the effects of the projects, including their social, economic and environmental effects. These meetings/hearings provide the opportunity to present views, opinions, and information that will be considered by the FERC and COE in evaluating the proposed projects. Comment Procedures and Public Meetings Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS 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 ensure that your comments are received in time and properly recorded: • Send an original and two copies of your comments to: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426; • Reference Docket No. CP04–411– 000, et al.; • Label one copy of your comments for the attention of Gas Branch 1, PJ– 11.1; and • Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before April 18, 2005. E:\FR\FM\25FEN1.SGM 25FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 37 / Friday, February 25, 2005 / Notices Please note that the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments or interventions to this proceeding. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site at https://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 a free account, which can be created by clicking on ‘‘Login to File’’ and then ‘‘New User Account.’’ In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, we invite you to attend the public comment meetings we will conduct three meetings in the project area. The locations and times of these meetings are listed below. March 29, 2005, 7 p.m. (EST), Holiday Inn, One Pureland Drive, Swedesboro, NJ 08085, (856) 467–3322; March 30, 2005, 7 p.m. (EST), Crozer Community Hospital, 2600 West 9th St., Chester, PA 19013, (610) 494–0700; March 31, 2005, 7 p.m. (EST), Holiday Inn, 630 Naamans Road, Claymont, DE 19703, (302) 791–4603. Information regarding these meetings is also posted on the Commission’s calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/ EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information. Interested groups and individuals are encouraged to attend and present oral comments on the draft EIS. Transcripts of the meetings will be prepared. After these comments are reviewed, any significant new issues are investigated, and modifications are made to the draft EIS, a final EIS will be published and distributed by the staff. The final EIS will contain the staff’s responses to timely comments received on the draft EIS. 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). Anyone may intervene in this proceeding based on this draft EIS. You must file your request to intervene as specified above.1 You do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered. The draft EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is available for distribution and public inspection 1 Interventions may also be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing comments electronically. VerDate jul<14>2003 19:31 Feb 24, 2005 Jkt 205001 at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. A limited number of copies are available from the FERC Public Reference Room identified above. In addition, copies of the draft EIS have been mailed to federal, state, and local agencies; public interest groups; individuals and affected landowners who requested a copy of the draft EIS; libraries; newspapers; and parties to this proceeding. The draft EIS is also available for review and inspection (not for distribution) at the locations listed below: Gloucester County Library, 415 Swedesboro Road, Gibbstown, NJ 08027; Gloucester County Library, 101 Beckett Road, Logan Township, NJ 08085; J. Lewis Crozier Library, 620 Engle Street, Chester, PA 19013; Aston Public Library, 3720 Concord Road, Aston, PA 19014; Brandywine Hundred Branch of the New Castle County Library, 1300 Foulk Road, Wilmington, DE 19803; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch, John Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107, (215) 656– 5940. 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 (https://www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. The draft EIS can be accessed on this Web site. 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 on the FERC Internet Web site also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the FERC, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the FERC 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 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9299 documents. Go to the eSubscription link on the FERC Internet Web site. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–783 Filed 2–24–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PF05–7–000] Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Cypress Pipeline Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings February 18, 2005. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) that will discuss the environmental impacts of Southern Natural Gas Company’s (Southern) proposed Cypress Pipeline Project. The project involves the construction and operation of natural gas pipeline and compressor facilities in various counties in Georgia and Florida as discussed below. This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested agencies on the project. Your input will help determine which issues need to be evaluated in the EIS. Please note that the scoping period will close on April 7, 2005. 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. State and local government representatives are asked to notify their constituents along this proposed project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern. Comments regarding this project may be submitted in written form or verbally. Further details on how to submit written or electronic comments are provided in the public participation section of this notice. In lieu of or in addition to sending written comments, we invite you to attend the public scoping meetings we have scheduled as follows: Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 7 p.m. (EST). Location: Bloomingdale Community Center, 202 East Moore Street, E:\FR\FM\25FEN1.SGM 25FEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-411-000, Corps Application  CENAP-OP-R-
200500146; Docket No. CP04-416-000, Corps Application  CENAP-
OP-R-200500145]


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Crown 
Landing, L.L.C., Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P.; Notice of 
Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the 
Scheduling of Joint Public Hearings and the Submission of Two 
Department of the Army Permit Applications to the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers for the Proposed Crown Landing LNG and Logan Lateral Projects 
in Gloucester County, NJ, New Castle County, DE and Delaware County, PA

February 18, 2005.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), 
U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Fisheries has prepared a draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal 
(referred to as the Crown Landing LNG Project) proposed by Crown 
Landing, L.L.C. (Crown Landing), a BP Energy Company (BP) affiliate, 
and natural gas pipeline facilities (referred to as the Logan Lateral 
Project) proposed by Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P. (Texas Eastern) 
in the above-referenced dockets.
    This is a joint public notice by the FERC and COE to advertise:
     The availability of the draft EIS;
     The scheduling of joint public meetings/hearings on March 
29, 30, and 31, 2005; and
     The submission of two Department of the Army permit 
applications (CENAP-OP-R-200500145 and CENAP-OP-R-200500146) to the COE 
for the Crown Landing LNG and Logan Lateral Projects in Gloucester 
County, New Jersey, New Castle County, Delaware and Delaware County, 
Pennsylvania.

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    The draft EIS has been prepared to satisfy the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC concludes that if 
the project is constructed and operated in accordance with Crown 
Landing's and Texas Eastern's proposed mitigation and our recommended 
mitigation measures, the proposed facilities would have limited adverse 
environmental impact. The draft EIS identifies and evaluates the 
preferred alternative proposal and other alternatives, including system 
alternatives, alternative sites for the LNG import terminal, and 
pipeline alternatives, and requests comments on them.
    The proposed LNG terminal would be located on the shoreline of the 
Delaware River in Logan Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, and 
would consist of facilities capable of unloading LNG ships, storing up 
to 450,000 cubic meters (m3) of LNG (9.2 billion cubic feet of natural 
gas equivalent), vaporizing the LNG, and sending out natural gas at a 
baseload rate of 1.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd) and a maximum 
rate of 1.4 Bcfd (using spare equipment). Crown Landing proposes to 
interconnect the LNG facilities onsite with three pipelines. One 
interconnect would be with the new pipeline that Texas Eastern proposes 
to construct and operate (i.e., Logan Lateral) between its existing 
Chester Junction facility in Brookhaven Borough, Pennsylvania and the 
proposed LNG terminal. The other two interconnects would be with 
existing pipelines that currently cross the LNG terminal site. One of 
these pipelines is owned and operated by Columbia Gas Transmission 
Company (Columbia Gas). The other pipeline is owned and operated by 
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco). To date, neither 
Columbia Gas nor Transco have filed applications with the FERC to 
construct and operate the interconnects. The Crown Landing LNG Project 
would have a maximum delivery capacity of 0.5 Bcfd to the Columbia Gas 
pipeline system, 0.6 Bcfd to the Transco pipeline system, and 0.9 Bcfd 
to the Texas Eastern pipeline system.
    The proposed preferred project construction site, referenced above, 
is approximately 175 acres in size (waterward of the low water line on 
the Delaware River). Within the site there are uplands, wetlands 
(federally regulated) and intertidal river shoreline (also federally 
regulated). Construction of the proposed LNG terminal (Crown Landing) 
would involve the dredging of shallow water riverbottom and the filling 
of a small area of intertidal river shoreline for the installation of 
berthing structures in the Delaware River. No permanent filling of 
federally regulated wetlands is proposed for construction of the 
terminal facilities. The proposed new pipeline (Texas Eastern) 
connection would involve the installation of about 11.00 miles of new 
underground pipeline from the storage and transfer facility in 
Gloucester County, New Jersey, crossing Birch Creek, Raccoon Creek, the 
Delaware River, Chester Creek and several smaller waterways on both 
sides of the Delaware River, to an existing pipeline junction facility 
in Pennsylvania.
    The Birch Creek, Raccoon Creek, Delaware River, and Chester Creek 
crossings would all be accomplished by Horizontal Directional Drilling 
(HDD) method. All smaller waterway crossings would be accomplished by 
open-cut trenching. The rigging for the HDD crossing of the Delaware 
River would be set-up on the Pennsylvania bank of the river in Chester. 
The pipeline would be ``pulled under'' the river from the old Ferry 
Road roadbed on the New Jersey side.
    The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the following LNG and natural gas 
pipeline facilities:
     A ship unloading facility capable of receiving LNG ships 
with capacities up to 200,000 m\3\;
     Three 150,000 m\3\ (net capacity) full-containment LNG 
storage tanks, comprised of 9 percent nickel steel inner tank, pre-
stressed concrete outer tank, and a concrete roof;
     A closed-loop shell and tube heat exchanger vaporization 
system;
     Various ancillary facilities, including administrative 
offices, warehouse/maintenance building, main control center, 
guardhouse, and a pier control room;
     Three meter and regulation stations located on the 
proposed LNG terminal site; and
     Approximately 11.00 miles of 30-inch-diameter natural gas 
pipeline (4.92 miles in Pennsylvania and 6.08 miles in New Jersey), a 
pig launcher and receiver facility at the beginning and end of the 
pipeline, a mainline valve, and a meter and regulation station at the 
end of the pipeline.
    Crown Landing and Texas Eastern have applied, concurrently, to the 
COE for two Department of the Army Individual permits pursuant to 
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) and Section 10 of 
the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403) for the proposed 
structures in and under navigable waters and the discharge of dredged, 
excavated, and/or fill material into waters of the United States, 
including wetlands to construct the preferred alternative identified in 
the draft EIS. The decision whether to issue the permits will be based 
on an evaluation of the probable impacts, including cumulative impacts, 
of the proposed projects on the public interest. The decision will 
reflect the national concern for the protection and utilization of 
important resources. The benefits, which would be reasonably expected 
to accrue from the proposed projects, must be balanced against its 
reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors, which may be relevant 
to the proposed work, will be considered, including the cumulative 
effect thereof; among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, 
general environmental concerns, wetlands, cultural values, fish and 
wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values, land use, 
navigation, shore erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply, and 
consideration of property ownership, and in general, the needs and 
welfare of the people. Department of the Army permit(s) will be granted 
by the COE unless it is determined that the proposed work would be 
contrary to the public interest.
    Joint FERC Public Meetings/COE Public Hearings will be held to 
provide interested individuals with the opportunity to testify about 
the effects of the projects, including their social, economic and 
environmental effects. These meetings/hearings provide the opportunity 
to present views, opinions, and information that will be considered by 
the FERC and COE in evaluating the proposed projects.

Comment Procedures and Public Meetings

    Any person wishing to comment on the draft EIS 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 ensure that your 
comments are received in time and properly recorded:
     Send an original and two copies of your comments to: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First St. NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
     Reference Docket No. CP04-411-000, et al.;
     Label one copy of your comments for the attention of Gas 
Branch 1, PJ-11.1; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before April 18, 2005.

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    Please note that the Commission strongly encourages electronic 
filing of any comments or interventions to this proceeding. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
at https://www.ferc.gov under the ``e-Filing'' 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 a free account, which can be 
created by clicking on ``Login to File'' and then ``New User Account.''
    In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, we invite 
you to attend the public comment meetings we will conduct three 
meetings in the project area. The locations and times of these meetings 
are listed below.
    March 29, 2005, 7 p.m. (EST), Holiday Inn, One Pureland Drive, 
Swedesboro, NJ 08085, (856) 467-3322;
    March 30, 2005, 7 p.m. (EST), Crozer Community Hospital, 2600 West 
9th St., Chester, PA 19013, (610) 494-0700;
    March 31, 2005, 7 p.m. (EST), Holiday Inn, 630 Naamans Road, 
Claymont, DE 19703, (302) 791-4603.
    Information regarding these meetings is also posted on the 
Commission's calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/
EventsList.aspx along with other related information. Interested groups 
and individuals are encouraged to attend and present oral comments on 
the draft EIS. Transcripts of the meetings will be prepared.
    After these comments are reviewed, any significant new issues are 
investigated, and modifications are made to the draft EIS, a final EIS 
will be published and distributed by the staff. The final EIS will 
contain the staff's responses to timely comments received on the draft 
EIS.
    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).
    Anyone may intervene in this proceeding based on this draft EIS. 
You must file your request to intervene as specified above.\1\ You do 
not need intervenor status to have your comments considered.
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    \1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing 
comments electronically.
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    The draft EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and 
is available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., 
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
    A limited number of copies are available from the FERC Public 
Reference Room identified above. In addition, copies of the draft EIS 
have been mailed to federal, state, and local agencies; public interest 
groups; individuals and affected landowners who requested a copy of the 
draft EIS; libraries; newspapers; and parties to this proceeding.
    The draft EIS is also available for review and inspection (not for 
distribution) at the locations listed below: Gloucester County Library, 
415 Swedesboro Road, Gibbstown, NJ 08027;
    Gloucester County Library, 101 Beckett Road, Logan Township, NJ 
08085;
    J. Lewis Crozier Library, 620 Engle Street, Chester, PA 19013;
    Aston Public Library, 3720 Concord Road, Aston, PA 19014;
    Brandywine Hundred Branch of the New Castle County Library, 1300 
Foulk Road, Wilmington, DE 19803;
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch, John Wanamaker 
Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107, (215) 656-5940.
    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 (https://www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 
The draft EIS can be accessed on this Web site. 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 on the FERC 
Internet Web site also provides access to the texts of formal documents 
issued by the FERC, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the FERC 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 the eSubscription link on the FERC Internet Web 
site.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-783 Filed 2-24-05; 8:45 am]
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