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Docket Numbers: ER05–541–002;
ER05–542–002; ER05–543–002; ER05–
544–002; ER05–545–002; ER05–546–
002; ER05–547–002; ER05–548–002;
ER05–549–002; ER05–550–002; ER05–
551–002; ER05–552–002; ER05–553–
002.
Applicants: New England Power
Company.
Description: New England Power Co
submits the corrected page designation
of Substitute First Revised Service
Agreement IA–NEP–14 concerning
Deerfield 3 Development, originally
filed on 5/4/05 under ER05–541 et al.
Filed Date: 5/16/2005.
Accession Number: 20050519–0113.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, June 6, 2005.
Docket Numbers: ER05–764–001.
Applicants: Montana Alberta Tie Ltd.
Description: Report on Open Season
of Montana Alberta Tie, Ltd under
ER05–764.
Filed Date: 5/16/2005.
Accession Number: 20050518–0156.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, June 6, 2005.
Docket Numbers: ER05–975–000.
Applicants: FirstEnergy Generation
Corp.
Description: FirstEnergy Generation
Corp submits its compliance filing to
modify FERC Electric Tariff, original
Volume 1 under ER05–975.
Filed Date: 5/16/2005.
Accession Number: 20050518–0158.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, June 6, 2005.
Docket Numbers: ER05–976–000.
Applicants: FirstEnergy Solutions
Corp.
Description: FirstEnergy Solutions
Corp submits Original Sheet 1 et al. to
FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised
Volume 1, pursuant to Section 205 of
the Federal Power Act under ER05–976.
Filed Date: 5/16/2005.
Accession Number: 20050518–0157.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, June 6, 2005.
Docket Numbers: ER98–1150–004;
EL05–87–000.
Applicants: Tucson Electric Power
Company.
Description: Tucson Electric Power Co
submits a filing in partial compliance
with FERC’s 4/14/05 Order and requests
a 15-day extension of time to submit the
balance of material required under
ER98–1150 et al.
Filed Date: 5/16/2005.
Accession Number: 20050518–0160.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, June 6, 2005.
Docket Numbers: ER99–3125–001.
Applicants: Minergy Neenah, LLC.
Description: Minergy Neenah, LLC
submits an updated Triennial Market-
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Power Analysis, pursuant to FERC’s July
28, 1999 Order granting exempt
wholesale generator status as a
condition of market-based rate authority
etc. under ER99–3125.
Filed Date: 5/16/2005.
Accession Number: 20050518–0236.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, June 6, 2005.
Docket Numbers: ER01–2636–003;
ER00–2177–002.
Applicants: Allete, Inc.
Description: Allete, Inc. dba
Minnesota Power and Rainy River
Energy Corp submits First Revised Sheet
4 et al., First Revised Volume 1
containing FERC’s required provisions
for the market based tariffs, in
compliance with the 4/14/05 Order
under ER01–2636 et al.
Filed Date: 5/13/2005.
Accession Number: 20050518–0004.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Friday, June 3, 2005.
Docket Numbers: ER05–970–000.
Applicants: MGE Power West
Campus, LLC.
Description: MGE Power West
Campus, LLC submits a notice of
cancellation of a power purchase
agreement, designated as West Campus
FERC Electric Rate Schedule 1 under
ER05–970.
Filed Date: 5/13/2005.
Accession Number: 20050517–0142.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Friday, June 3, 2005.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211
and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date. It
is not necessary to separately intervene
again in a subdocket related to a
compliance filing if you have previously
intervened in the same docket. 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.
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or
protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant. In reference
to filings initiating a new proceeding
(ER05–
–000 docket numbers),
interventions or protests submitted on
or before the comment deadline need
not be served on persons other than the
Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
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listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
line to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above proceedings
are accessible in the Commission’s
eLibrary system by clicking on the
appropriate link in the above list. They
are also 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 email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or
call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY,
call (202) 502–8659.
Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP05–92–000]
Liberty Gas Storage, L.L.C.; Notice of
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed Liberty
Gas Storage Project and Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues
May 18, 2005.
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 proposed Liberty Gas Storage Project
which involves the construction and
operation of facilities by Liberty Gas
Storage L.L.C. (Liberty) in Calcasieu and
Beauregard Parishes, Louisiana.1 These
facilities would consist of two natural
gas storage caverns; four injection/
withdrawal wells, two compressor
stations, approximately 24.6 miles of
various diameter pipelines and four
meter/regulator stations.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping period that will be used to
1 Liberty’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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gather environmental input from the
public and interested agencies on the
project. Please note that the scoping
period will close on June 20, 2005.
This notice is being sent to potentially
affected landowners; federal, state, and
local government agencies; elected
officials; environmental and public
interest groups; Native American Tribes,
other interested parties; local libraries
and newspapers. State and local
government representatives are asked to
notify their constituents of this planned
project and encourage them to comment
on their areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, you may be contacted by a
Liberty 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 Liberty provided to landowners.
This fact sheet addresses a number of
typically asked questions, including the
use of eminent domain and how to
participate in the Commission’s
proceedings and is available for viewing
on the FERC Internet Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov.
Summary of the Proposed Project
According to Liberty, the purpose of
the Project is to provide additional
natural gas storage services to local gas
distributors, power generators, pipeline
shippers, gas marketers and existing and
proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG)
terminals.
Liberty proposes to:
• Convert two existing salt dome
caverns currently used for brine
solution mining in Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana to natural gas storage caverns;
• Convert two existing brine
extraction wells into natural gas
injection/withdrawal wells;
• Construct two additional natural
gas injection/withdrawal wells;
• Construct a 1.3-mile-long 20-inchdiameter pipeline connecting the
converted storage caverns to a new onsite compressor station;
• Construct from the on-site
compressor station a new 23.3-mile-long
30-inch-diameter pipeline that would
interconnect with existing pipeline
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facilities in Beauregard Parish,
Louisiana;
• Construct a remote compressor
station in Beauregard Parish; and
• Construct four new meter/regulator
stations along the 30-inch-diameter
pipeline.
The on site compressor station would
have approximately 17,650 HP of
natural gas fueled compression. The
remote compressor station would have
approximately 9,470 HP of natural gas
fueled compression. The project would
have a total natural gas storage capacity
of approximately 23.4 billion cubic feet
(Bcf).
The location of the project facilities is
shown in Appendix 1.2
Nonjurisdictional Facilities
Entergy Corporation would construct,
own and operate a non-jurisdictional
1.2-mile-long 7.2/12.5 kilovolt
distribution line entirely within the
proposed 30-inch-diameter pipeline
construction right-of-way. This
distribution line would connect the
remote compressor station to available
electrical service.
Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the proposed facilities
would affect approximately 341.46 acres
of land. Following construction,
approximately 173.34 acres of land
would be maintained as new
aboveground facility sites and right-ofway. The remaining 168.12 acres of land
would be restored and allowed to revert
to its former use.
The EA Process
We 3 are preparing this 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 of Intent, the
2 The appendices referenced to in this notice will
not be printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all
appendices with the exception of appendix 1
(maps), are available on the Commission’s website
via the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link or from the Commission’s
Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (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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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. By this notice, we
are also asking federal, state, and local
agencies with jurisdiction and/or
special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to formally
cooperate with us in the preparation of
the EA. Agencies that would like to
request cooperating status should follow
the instructions for filing comments
below.
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.
Currently Identified Environmental
Issues
In the EA, we will discuss impacts
that could occur as a result of the
construction and operation of the
project. We will also evaluate possible
alternatives to the proposed project or
portions of the project.
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
Liberty. This preliminary list of issues
may be changed based on your
comments and our analysis.
• Endangered and threatened species:
The federally endangered Red-cockaded
Woodpecker and the federally
threatened Bald Eagle may occur in the
proposed project area.
• Wetlands: Approximately 40.9 acres
of wetlands (including forested, scrubshrub, emergent and ‘‘mosaic’’) would
be affected during project construction
and approximately 24.8 acres of
wetlands would be permanently
affected by project operation.
• Water resources: 19 waterbodies
would be crossed by the proposed 30inch-diameter pipeline.
• Land use: Two residences are
located within 50 feet of the proposed
30-inch-diameter pipeline.
• Soils: Approximately 20.9 acres of
prime farm land would be removed
from potential agricultural use.
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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. CP05–92–
000.
• Mail your comments so that they
will be received in Washington, DC on
or before June 20, 2005.
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
https://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 online.
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 4). If
you do not return the Information
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 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
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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).4 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.
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 https://
www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Finally, public meetings or site visits
will be posted on the Commission’s
calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/
EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
with other related information.
Environmental Mailing List
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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
3, 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 (https://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
4 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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Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. ER02–1656–000]
California Independent System
Operator Corporation; Notice of FERC
Staff Attendance
May 18, 2005.
The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) hereby gives
notice that members of its staff will
attend a series of stakeholder meetings
on the California Independent System
Operator Corporation’s (CAISO) Market
Redesign and Technology Upgrade
proposal on the following dates:
May 18–19, 2005;
June 22–23, 2005;
July 13–14, 2005;
August 17–18, 2005;
September 21–22, 2005;
October 26–27, 2005.
The meetings will be held at the
CAISO’s facility, located at 151 Blue
Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630.
Sponsored by the CAISO, the
meetings are open to the public. The
Commission staff’s attendance is part of
the Commission’s ongoing outreach
efforts. The meeting may discuss
matters at issue in Docket No. ER02–
1656–000.
For further information, contact
Katherine Gensler at
katherine.gensler@ferc.gov; (916) 294–
0275.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP05-92-000]
Liberty Gas Storage, L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Liberty Gas Storage Project
and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
May 18, 2005.
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 proposed Liberty Gas Storage
Project which involves the construction and operation of facilities by
Liberty Gas Storage L.L.C. (Liberty) in Calcasieu and Beauregard
Parishes, Louisiana.\1\ These facilities would consist of two natural
gas storage caverns; four injection/withdrawal wells, two compressor
stations, approximately 24.6 miles of various diameter pipelines and
four meter/regulator stations.
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\1\ Liberty'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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This notice announces the opening of the scoping period that will
be used to
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gather environmental input from the public and interested agencies on
the project. Please note that the scoping period will close on June 20,
2005.
This notice is being sent to potentially affected landowners;
federal, state, and local government agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes, other
interested parties; local libraries and newspapers. State and local
government representatives are asked to notify their constituents of
this planned project and encourage them to comment on their areas of
concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this notice, you may be contacted
by a Liberty 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 Liberty provided to landowners. This fact sheet
addresses a number of typically asked questions, including the use of
eminent domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings
and is available for viewing on the FERC Internet Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov.
Summary of the Proposed Project
According to Liberty, the purpose of the Project is to provide
additional natural gas storage services to local gas distributors,
power generators, pipeline shippers, gas marketers and existing and
proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.
Liberty proposes to:
Convert two existing salt dome caverns currently used for
brine solution mining in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana to natural gas
storage caverns;
Convert two existing brine extraction wells into natural
gas injection/withdrawal wells;
Construct two additional natural gas injection/withdrawal
wells;
Construct a 1.3-mile-long 20-inch-diameter pipeline
connecting the converted storage caverns to a new on-site compressor
station;
Construct from the on-site compressor station a new 23.3-
mile-long 30-inch-diameter pipeline that would interconnect with
existing pipeline facilities in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana;
Construct a remote compressor station in Beauregard
Parish; and
Construct four new meter/regulator stations along the 30-
inch-diameter pipeline.
The on site compressor station would have approximately 17,650 HP
of natural gas fueled compression. The remote compressor station would
have approximately 9,470 HP of natural gas fueled compression. The
project would have a total natural gas storage capacity of
approximately 23.4 billion cubic feet (Bcf).
The location of the project facilities is shown in Appendix 1.\2\
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\2\ The appendices referenced to in this notice will not be
printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all appendices with the
exception of appendix 1 (maps), are available on the Commission's
website via the ``eLibrary'' link or from the Commission's Public
Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, or by
calling (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.
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Nonjurisdictional Facilities
Entergy Corporation would construct, own and operate a non-
jurisdictional 1.2-mile-long 7.2/12.5 kilovolt distribution line
entirely within the proposed 30-inch-diameter pipeline construction
right-of-way. This distribution line would connect the remote
compressor station to available electrical service.
Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the proposed facilities would affect approximately
341.46 acres of land. Following construction, approximately 173.34
acres of land would be maintained as new aboveground facility sites and
right-of-way. The remaining 168.12 acres of land would be restored and
allowed to revert to its former use.
The EA Process
We \3\ are preparing this 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 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. By this notice, we are
also asking federal, state, and local agencies with jurisdiction and/or
special expertise with respect to environmental issues to formally
cooperate with us in the preparation of the EA. Agencies that would
like to request cooperating status should follow the instructions for
filing comments below.
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\3\ ``We'', ``us'', and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff
of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP).
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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.
Currently Identified Environmental Issues
In the EA, we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of
the construction and operation of the project. We will also evaluate
possible alternatives to the proposed project or portions of the
project.
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 Liberty. This preliminary
list of issues may be changed based on your comments and our analysis.
Endangered and threatened species: The federally
endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker and the federally threatened Bald
Eagle may occur in the proposed project area.
Wetlands: Approximately 40.9 acres of wetlands (including
forested, scrub-shrub, emergent and ``mosaic'') would be affected
during project construction and approximately 24.8 acres of wetlands
would be permanently affected by project operation.
Water resources: 19 waterbodies would be crossed by the
proposed 30-inch-diameter pipeline.
Land use: Two residences are located within 50 feet of the
proposed 30-inch-diameter pipeline.
Soils: Approximately 20.9 acres of prime farm land would
be removed from potential agricultural use.
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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. CP05-92-000.
Mail your comments so that they will be received in
Washington, DC on or before June 20, 2005.
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 https://www.ferc.gov under
the ``e-Filing'' 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 online.
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 4). If you do not return the Information 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 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 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).\4\ Only intervenors have
the right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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\4\ 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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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-of-way 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 3, 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 (https://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 https://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the
Commission's calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/
EventsList.aspx along with other related information.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2608 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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