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Substation, in the town of Libby,
Montana, and proceed west along an
existing right-of-way for about 17 miles,
terminating at BPA’s Troy Substation
just east of the town of Troy, Montana.
The line would be rebuilt mostly on
existing right-of-way, and would replace
an existing 115-kV wood pole line. The
EIS is being prepared for the proposed
project in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
in accordance with DOE regulations.
DATES: Written comments on the NEPA
scoping process are due to the address
below no later than June 6, 2005.
Comments may also be made at two EIS
scoping meetings to be held on May 19,
2005, at the address below.
ADDRESSES: Send letters with comments
and suggestions on the proposed scope
of the Draft EIS to Bonneville Power
Administration, Communications—DM–
7, P.O. Box 14428, Portland, Oregon
97293–4428; FAX them to 503–230–
3285; or submit your comments on-line
at: https://www.bpa.gov/comment/. To be
placed on the project mail list, call 1–
888–276–7790.
Comments may also be made at EIS
scoping meetings to be held on
Thursday, May 19, 2005, from 2 p.m. to
4 p.m., and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., in
conference rooms A, B, & C at the
Kootenai National Forest Supervisor’s
Office, 1101 Highway 2 West, Libby,
Montana. At these informal open-house
meetings, we will provide a brief
introduction of the proposed project
during the first 15 minutes. We will
then provide maps and information
about the project, have several members
of the project team available to answer
questions, and accept oral and written
comments.
Kirk
Robinson, Project Manager, Bonneville
Power Administration—TNP–TPP–3,
P.O. Box 61409, Vancouver, Washington
98666–1409; toll-free telephone 1–800–
282–3713; direct telephone 360–619–
6301; or e-mail kmrobinson@bpa.gov.
You may also contact Tish Eaton,
Environmental Coordinator, Bonneville
Power Administration—KEC–4, P.O.
Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208–
3621; telephone 503–230–3469; fax
503–230–5699; or e-mail
tkeaton@bpa.gov. Information about the
project can also be found at https://
www.efw.bpa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
BPA is
proposing to rebuild a 17-mile-long
section of BPA’s Libby to Bonners Ferry
115-kV transmission line. This rebuild
would replace an existing 115-kV wood
pole transmission line that runs west
from FEC’s Libby Substation in the town
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of Libby, to BPA’s Troy Substation, east
of Troy, Montana. The proposed rebuild
would be located primarily in BPA’s
existing right-of-way corridor with two
potential re-routings—one to avoid
immediately adjacent residences in the
town of Libby, and the other at a river
crossing prior to a washout at China
Creek, approximately one-half mile east
of the present crossing of the Kootenai
River. The project is needed to continue
to provide safe and reliable service to
the local communities, and in
anticipation of the future growth of the
area.
The Libby (FEC) to Troy section of the
Libby to Bonners Ferry transmission
line was originally built by Pacific
Power & Light Company (PP&L) in the
1950’s. The condition of the Libby (FEC)
to Troy section of the line has been
deteriorating over the years to the point
where a major rebuilding of the H-frame
wood pole line is needed to continue
serving customer loads safely and
reliably. Field reconnaissance surveys of
the line during the summer of 2004
showed that many of the wooden poles
and cross-arms have passed their ability
to withstand required structural loads,
including stresses caused by snow and
ice build-up during winter. Also,
serious problems with the conductor
have been discovered. In the last two
years, BPA transmission line
maintenance crews have provided
‘‘fixes’’ for critical situations to prevent
the line from failing completely, but
these fixes are meant to be only
temporary, and they do not provide a
complete long-term solution to the
existing structural and conductor
problems with the line.
This proposed project was originally
considered by BPA in 1993–1994, as
part of the Northwest Montana/North
Idaho Support Project. The proposal at
that time was to build a 230-kV doublecircuit transmission line from BPA’s
substation at Bonners Ferry to Libby
Substation, owned at the time by PP&L.
The project was scoped with the public,
comments were incorporated into the
proposal, and environmental analysis
was done. A preliminary draft EIS was
in preparation when the project was
cancelled for fiscal reasons.
Alternatives Proposed for
Consideration. Based on information
gathered during the previous
environmental evaluation, and from
current and potential load growth
studies for the area, BPA currently is
considering four alternatives for
evaluation in the EIS: (1) Rebuilding the
line in-kind, as a single-circuit 115-kV
wood pole H-frame line with some
wood-pole equivalent steel poles; (2)
rebuilding the line as a double-circuit
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115-kV tubular steel pole line; (3)
rebuilding the line as a double-circuit
230-kV tubular steel pole line; and (4)
the alternative of not rebuilding the line
(an alternative BPA always considers).
Other alternatives may be identified
through the scoping process.
Public Participation and
Identification of Environmental Issues.
BPA has established a 30-day scoping
period during which affected
landowners, concerned citizens, special
interest groups, local governments, and
any other interested parties are invited
to comment on the scope of the
proposed EIS. Scoping will help BPA
ensure that a full range of
environmental issues related to this
proposal is addressed in the EIS, and
also will help identify significant or
potentially significant impacts that may
result from the proposed project.
The potential environmental issues
identified for most transmission projects
include: land use, cultural resources,
visual resources, sensitive plants and
animals, recreation use, erosion
concerns, and fish and water resources.
The Draft EIS for the proposed project
will address these issues, as well as
other environmental issues raised
during the public scoping process.
When completed, the Draft EIS will be
circulated for review and comment, and
BPA will hold public meetings to
receive comments on the Draft EIS. BPA
will consider and respond in the Final
EIS to comments received on the Draft
EIS. BPA’s decision will be documented
in a Record of Decision. The EIS will
satisfy the requirements of NEPA.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on April 28,
2005.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. CP05–130–000, CP05–132–
000, and CP05–131–000]
Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP,
Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of
Application
April 29, 2005.
Take notice that on April 15, 2005,
Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP (Cove
Point LNG) filed an application in
Docket No. CP05–130–000, pursuant to
section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA),
requesting authority to expand its
facilities at its liquefied natural gas
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(LNG) import terminal at Cove Point,
Maryland. Cove Point LNG also filed on
April 15, 2005, an application in Docket
No. CP05–132–000, pursuant to section
7(c) of the NGA, requesting a certificate
of public convenience and necessity
authorizing it to expand the capacity of
its natural gas pipeline in Calvert,
Prince George’s and Charles County,
Maryland. Dominion Transmission, Inc.
also filed on April 15, 2005, an
application in Docket No. CP05–131–
000, pursuant to section 7(c) of the
NGA, requesting a certificate of public
convenience and necessity authorizing
it to expand the capacity of its natural
gas pipeline in Pennsylvania, New York,
Virginia and West Virginia. Additional
supplements to Cove Point LNG’s and
Dominion’s applications were filed on
April 22, 2005, and April 28, 2005; this
information was required to complete
the Commission’s minimum filing
requirements.
The details of these proposals are
more fully set forth in the applications
which are on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection. The
filings may also be viewed on the Web
at https://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, please contact
FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659.
Any questions regarding these
applications should be directed to Anne
E. Bomar, Managing Director,
Transmission, Rates and Regulation,
Dominion Resources, Inc., 120 Tredegar
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or by
phone at (804) 819–2134.
Cove Point LNG proposes to expand
its existing LNG terminal by adding two
new 160,000 cubic meter LNG storage
tanks and additional vaporization
capacity at its site in Calvert County,
Maryland. The proposed terminal
expansion would increase the send-out
capability by 800,000 Dth/d and
increase the storage capacity by 6.8
MMDth/d. Cove Point LNG is proposing
to offer this increase in LNG terminal
service on a proprietary basis under
section 3 of the NGA and says that this
would be a permissible application of
the Commission’s policy on LNG
terminals as expressed in a prior case
concerning Hackberry LNG Terminal,
LLC. Cove Point LNG has proposed a
new section 30 in the General Terms
and Conditions of its existing FERC
tariff for its current LNG terminal and
transportation services to identify this
proprietary service and explain the
proprietary service’s operation in
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relation to Cove Point LNG’s existing
services.
Cove Point LNG also proposes to
construct and operate about 47 miles of
36-inch-diameter loop pipeline in
Calvert, Prince George’s, and Charles
County, Maryland to allow it to deliver
an additional 800,000 Dth/d from its
LNG terminal to it connections with
other interstate pipelines. Cove Point
LNG is proposing to offer this additional
service to Statoil Natural Gas, LLC at an
incremental monthly reservation charge
of $3.6824.
Dominion proposes to construct and
operate about 81 miles of 24-inchdiameter pipeline lateral in central
Pennsylvania and 33 miles of pipe in
other parts of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia. As part of the new central
Pennsylvania system, Dominion
proposes to construct two new
compressor stations in Juniata and
Centre Counties, Pennsylvania.
Dominion says that these new facilities
will allow it to transport an additional
700,000 Dth/d from its interconnection
with Cove Point LNG to various delivery
points on its system. Dominion also says
that these new facilities will allow it to
offer a new underground storage service
of 6.0 MMDth, with an additional
demand of 100,000 Dth/d. Dominion is
proposing to offer these additional
services to Statoil Natural Gas, LLC at
incremental rates, and is also proposing
a new incremental storage rate
schedule—Rate Schedule GSS–E.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations
under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A
person obtaining party status will be
placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and
will receive copies of all documents
filed by the applicant and by all other
parties. A party must submit 14 copies
of filings made with the Commission
and must mail a copy to the applicant
and to every other party in the
proceeding. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project, or in support of or in opposition
to this project, should submit an
original and two copies of their
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comments to the Secretary of the
Commission. Environmental
commenters will be placed on the
Commission’s environmental mailing
list, will receive copies of the
environmental documents, and will be
notified of meetings associated with the
Commission’s environmental review
process. Environmental commenters
will not be required to serve copies of
filed documents on all other parties.
The Commission’s rules require that
persons filing comments in opposition
to the project provide copies of their
protests only to the applicant. However,
the non-party commenters will not
receive copies of all documents filed by
other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of
environmental documents issued by the
Commission) and will not have the right
to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests,
and interventions via the Internet in lieu
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)
and the instructions on the
Commission’s Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.
Comment Date: May 27, 2005.
Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
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Commission
[Docket No. RP05–289–000]
El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice
of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas
Tariff
April 29, 2005.
Take notice that on April 26, 2005, El
Paso Natural Gas Company (EPNG)
tendered for filing as part of its FERC
Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No.
1–A, the following tariff sheets, to
become effective May 27, 2005:
Third Revised Sheet No. 259
Original Sheet No. 259A
Third Revised Sheet No. 274
Original Sheet No. 274A
Second Revised Sheet No. 296
Fourth Revised Sheet No. 401
Second Revised Sheet No. 406
Third Revised Sheet No. 407
Second Revised Sheet No. 408
Third Revised Sheet No. 418
Original Sheet No. 418A
Second Revised Sheet No. 422
Second Revised Sheet No. 440
EPNG states that the tariff sheets
revise the Form of Service Agreements
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP05-130-000, CP05-132-000, and CP05-131-000]
Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice
of Application
April 29, 2005.
Take notice that on April 15, 2005, Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP
(Cove Point LNG) filed an application in Docket No. CP05-130-000,
pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), requesting
authority to expand its facilities at its liquefied natural gas
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(LNG) import terminal at Cove Point, Maryland. Cove Point LNG also
filed on April 15, 2005, an application in Docket No. CP05-132-000,
pursuant to section 7(c) of the NGA, requesting a certificate of public
convenience and necessity authorizing it to expand the capacity of its
natural gas pipeline in Calvert, Prince George's and Charles County,
Maryland. Dominion Transmission, Inc. also filed on April 15, 2005, an
application in Docket No. CP05-131-000, pursuant to section 7(c) of the
NGA, requesting a certificate of public convenience and necessity
authorizing it to expand the capacity of its natural gas pipeline in
Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia and West Virginia. Additional
supplements to Cove Point LNG's and Dominion's applications were filed
on April 22, 2005, and April 28, 2005; this information was required to
complete the Commission's minimum filing requirements.
The details of these proposals are more fully set forth in the
applications which are on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection. The filings may also be viewed on the Web at https://
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, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
Any questions regarding these applications should be directed to
Anne E. Bomar, Managing Director, Transmission, Rates and Regulation,
Dominion Resources, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia
23219, or by phone at (804) 819-2134.
Cove Point LNG proposes to expand its existing LNG terminal by
adding two new 160,000 cubic meter LNG storage tanks and additional
vaporization capacity at its site in Calvert County, Maryland. The
proposed terminal expansion would increase the send-out capability by
800,000 Dth/d and increase the storage capacity by 6.8 MMDth/d. Cove
Point LNG is proposing to offer this increase in LNG terminal service
on a proprietary basis under section 3 of the NGA and says that this
would be a permissible application of the Commission's policy on LNG
terminals as expressed in a prior case concerning Hackberry LNG
Terminal, LLC. Cove Point LNG has proposed a new section 30 in the
General Terms and Conditions of its existing FERC tariff for its
current LNG terminal and transportation services to identify this
proprietary service and explain the proprietary service's operation in
relation to Cove Point LNG's existing services.
Cove Point LNG also proposes to construct and operate about 47
miles of 36-inch-diameter loop pipeline in Calvert, Prince George's,
and Charles County, Maryland to allow it to deliver an additional
800,000 Dth/d from its LNG terminal to it connections with other
interstate pipelines. Cove Point LNG is proposing to offer this
additional service to Statoil Natural Gas, LLC at an incremental
monthly reservation charge of $3.6824.
Dominion proposes to construct and operate about 81 miles of 24-
inch-diameter pipeline lateral in central Pennsylvania and 33 miles of
pipe in other parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. As part of the
new central Pennsylvania system, Dominion proposes to construct two new
compressor stations in Juniata and Centre Counties, Pennsylvania.
Dominion says that these new facilities will allow it to transport an
additional 700,000 Dth/d from its interconnection with Cove Point LNG
to various delivery points on its system. Dominion also says that these
new facilities will allow it to offer a new underground storage service
of 6.0 MMDth, with an additional demand of 100,000 Dth/d. Dominion is
proposing to offer these additional services to Statoil Natural Gas,
LLC at incremental rates, and is also proposing a new incremental
storage rate schedule--Rate Schedule GSS-E.
There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before the comment date, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to
intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules
of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the
Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary
of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the
applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of
filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant
and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the
proceeding.
Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project, or in support of or in opposition to this project, should
submit an original and two copies of their comments to the Secretary of
the Commission. Environmental commenters will be placed on the
Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of the
environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings associated
with the Commission's environmental review process. Environmental
commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on
all other parties. The Commission's rules require that persons filing
comments in opposition to the project provide copies of their protests
only to the applicant. However, the non-party commenters will not
receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents issued by
the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court review of the
Commission's final order.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site (https://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
Comment Date: May 27, 2005.
Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
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