U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District; Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Dominion Transmission, Inc; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Draft General Conformity Determination, and U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Public Notice for the Proposed Cove Point Expansion Project, 67158-67161 [E5-6116]
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disposition of certain wholesale power
sales contracts of Select.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on November 14, 2005.
4. NRG Energy, Inc. and Texas Genco
LLC
[Docket No. EC06–14–000]
Take notice that on October 24, 2005,
NRG Energy, Inc., on behalf of itself and
its public utility subsidiaries
(collectively, NRG) and Texas Genco
LLC (Texas Genco) submitted an
application pursuant to section 203 of
the Federal Power Act for authorization
of a disposition of jurisdictional
facilities whereby the owners of Texas
Genco would acquire certain amounts of
NRG common stock as part
consideration in exchange for the
transfer of their interest in Texas Genco
to NRG. The Applicants request
confidential treatment of certain
contracts and written instruments
pursuant to which the transaction
would be consummated.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on November 23, 2005.
5. Entegra Power Group LLC, Gila
River Power, L.P. and Union Power
Partners, L.P.
[Docket No. EC06–15–000]
Take notice that on October 24, 2005,
Entegra Power Group LLC, (Entegra), on
behalf of itself and its wholly-owned
subsidiaries Gila River Power, L.P. and
Union Power Partners, L.P. (together
with Entegra, Applicants), and on behalf
of the current owners of equity interests
in Entegra, filed with the Commission
an application pursuant to section 203
of the Federal Power Act, requesting
authorization for an indirect disposition
of FERC-jurisdictional facilities
resulting from certain proposed
transfers of ownership of equity
interests in Entegra.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on November 15, 2005.
6. Boston Edison Company
[Docket no. EL02–123–008]
Take notice that on October 17, 2005,
Boston Edison Company submitted for
filing, pursuant to the Commission’s
Order issued September 15, 2005,
changes with respect to the service
agreements for the Town of Wellesley
and the Town of Concord.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on November 16, 2005.
7. Luzenac America, Inc.
[Docket No. EL06–8–000]
Take notice that on October 20, 2005,
Luzenac America, Inc. (Luzenac),
pursuant to section 1290 of the Energy
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Policy Act of 2005 and Rules 206 and
207 of the Rules of Practice and
Procedure of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, filed a Petition
for Relief relating to a termination
payment sought by Enron Power
Marketing, Inc. (Enron). In the Petition,
Luzenac requests an expeditious
determination by FERC that the
termination payment sought by Enron
from Luzenac is not permitted under
Enron’s rate schedule or its contract
with Luzenac entered into under such
rate schedule, or is otherwise unlawful
on the grounds that the contract is
unjust and unreasonable or contrary to
the public interest.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on November 10, 2005.
8. Midwest Renewable Energy Projects
LLC
[Docket No. EL06–9–000]
Take notice that on October 20, 2005,
Midwest Renewable Energy Projects
LLC submitted to the Commission a
petition to for declaratory order
regarding the recent amendments to the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of
1978.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on November 10, 2005.
9. Devon Power LLC
[Docket No. ER04–23–014]
Take notice that on October 11, 2005,
Devon Power LLC, Middletown Power
LLC and Montville Power LLC
(collectively, the NRG Companies),
pursuant to a deficiency letter issued on
July 13, 2005 submitted for filing a
reconciliation of their annual
informational filing.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on November 7, 2005.
10. The Detroit Edison Company
[Docket No. TS06–1–000]
Take notice that on October 3, 2005,
The Detroit Edison Company (Detroit
Edison) filed a request for clarification
that it should not be considered a
transmission provider subject to the
Standards of Conduct promulgated in
Order No. 2004. Detroit Edison requests
full waiver from the requirements of
Order No. 2004, FERC Statutes and
Regulations ¶31,355 (2003).
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on November 10, 2005.
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. On or before the
comment date, it is not necessary to
serve motions to intervene or protests
on persons other than the Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive e-mail notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. CP05–130–000; CP05–132–
000; CP05–131–000; Corps Application #
CENAB–OP–RMS200565510–4]
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Baltimore District; Dominion Cove
Point LNG, LP; Dominion
Transmission, Inc; Notice of
Availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement, Draft General
Conformity Determination, and U.S.
Army Corps Of Engineers Public
Notice for the Proposed Cove Point
Expansion Project
Standard Paragraph
October 28, 2005.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) in cooperation with the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)
and U.S. Coast Guard, (Coast Guard) has
prepared a draft Environmental Impact
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Statement (EIS) for a liquefied natural
gas (LNG) import terminal expansion
and natural gas pipeline facilities
proposed by Dominion Cove Point LNG,
L.P. and Dominion Transmission, Inc.
(collectively referred to as Dominion) in
the above-referenced dockets. The draft
EIS was prepared to satisfy the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
draft EIS addresses federally listed
species, cultural resources, and essential
fish habitat issues. A draft General
Conformity Determination was also
prepared by the FERC to assess the
potential air quality impacts associated
with construction and operation of the
proposed project and is included as
Appendix H of the draft EIS.
The FERC staff concludes that
approval of the proposed project with
appropriate mitigating measures, as
recommended, would have limited
adverse environmental impact.
This is a joint public notice by the
FERC and Corps to advertise:
• The availability of the draft EIS;
• The scheduling of the joint FERC
public meetings/Corps public hearings
on December 7 and 8th, 2005; and
• The submission of a Department of
the Army permit application CENAB–
OP–RMS (Dominion Cove Point LNG,
LP) 200565510–4.
The draft EIS addresses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
following LNG terminal and natural gas
(steel) pipeline facilities:
• Two new 160,000 cubic meter
single containment LNG storage tanks;
• Additional vaporization capacity
consisting of shell and tube vaporizers
and associated equipment;
• Additional power generation
equipment consisting of two 21.7
megawatt gas turbine generators and
three emergency generators;
• Infrastructure associated with the
LNG terminal expansion including
roads and storage and work areas at the
existing site;
• About 47.8 miles of 36-inchdiameter, loop pipeline in Calvert,
Prince Georges, and Charles County,
Maryland (TL–532 Pipeline);
• Ancillary areas for pipeline
construction, including access roads,
staging areas, and work spaces;
• About 81 miles of 24-inch-diameter
pipeline lateral in Juniata, Mifflin,
Huntingdon, Centre, and Clinton
Counties, Pennsylvania (PL–1 EXT2
Pipeline);
• Two new compressor stations in
Juniata County (Perulack Station) and
Centre County (Centre Relay Station),
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• About 11 miles of 24-inch diameter
pipeline loop in Wetzel County West
Virginia and Greene County,
Pennsylvania (TL–492 EXT3 Pipeline);
• About 12 miles of 24-inch-diameter
pipeline loop in Potter County,
Pennsylvania (TL–453 EXT1 Pipeline);
• About 10 miles of 20-inch-diameter
pipeline loop in Potter County,
Pennsylvania (TL–536 Pipeline);
• Replacement of about 0.6 mile and
pressure testing and possible
replacement of about 0.4 mile of 30inch-diameter pipeline in Franklin
County, Pennsylvania (PL–1 Pipeline
Pressure Restoration Sites);
• Minor modifications to the existing
Loudoun Measuring and Regulating
(M&R) Station in Loudoun County,
Virginia;
• About 5,000 hp of additional
compression at the existing
Mockingbird Hill Compressor Station in
Wetzel County, West Virginia;
• Minor modifications to the existing
Leesburg Compressor Station in
Loudoun County, Virginia;
• Minor modifications to the existing
Chambersburg Compressor Station in
Franklin County, Pennsylvania;
• Additional facilities and pipeline
replacement at the existing Leidy M&R
Station located at the Leidy Hub
complex in Clinton County,
Pennsylvania;
• About 3,550 hp of additional
compression at Dominion’s previously
approved but not yet constructed Wolf
Run Compressor Station in Lewis
County, West Virginia; and
• Minor modifications to Dominion’s
previously approved but not yet
constructed Quinlan Compressor
Station in Cattaraugus County, New
York.
Dominion’s proposed LNG terminal
expansion would increase the send-out
capability by 800,000 Dth/d and
increase the storage capacity by 6.8
MMDth/d. Dominion’s proposed
pipeline and related facilities in
Maryland and Virginia would allow it to
deliver an additional 800,000 Dth/d
from its LNG terminal to its connections
with other interstate pipelines.
Dominion’s proposed pipelines and
related facilities in Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, and New York would allow it
to transport an additional 700,000 Dth/
d to various delivery points on its
system, and offer a new underground
storage service of 6.0 MMDth, with an
additional demand of 100,000 Dth/d.
Dominion Cove Point LNG,LP has
applied, concurrently, to the Corps for
a Department of the Army Individual
permit pursuant to Section 404 of the
Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) and
Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act
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of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403) for 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 effects 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
conservation, water quality, energy
needs, safety, food and fiber production,
consideration of property ownership,
and in general, the needs and welfare of
the people. The Corps is soliciting
comments from the public; Federal,
State, and local agencies and officials;
Indian tribes; and other interested
parties in order to consider and evaluate
the impacts of the proposed project.
Any comments received will be
considered by the Corps to determine
whether to issue, modify, condition or
deny a permit for the proposal. To make
this decision, the Corps uses comments
received to access impacts on
endangered species, historic properties,
water quality, general environmental
effects, and the other public interest
factors listed above.
The evaluation of the impact of the
work described above on the public
interest will also include application, by
the Corps, of the guidelines [Section
404(b)(1)] promulgated by the
Administrator, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, under authority of
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
For Corps permitting purposes, if
applicable, the applicant is required to
obtain a Water Quality Certification in
accordance with Section 401 of the
Clean Water Act from the Maryland
Department of the Environment (MDE),
the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection, and the State
of West Virginia Division of
Environmental Protection. The Section
401 certifying agencies have a statutory
limit of one year in which to make their
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decisions. Additionally, for Corps
permitting purposes, the applicant is
required to obtain Coastal Zone
Management Consistency concurrence
from the MDE, as well. It should be
noted that the MDE has a statutory limit
of 6 months in which to make its
consistency determination.
Joint FERC Public Meetings/Corps
Public Hearings are held to provide
interested individuals with the
opportunity to present information
about the effects of the project,
including its social, economic and
environmental effects. These meetings/
hearings provide the opportunity for
interested parties to present views,
opinions, and information that will be
considered by the FERC and the Corps
in evaluating the proposed project.
The U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard)
within the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security is also participating
as a cooperating agency in the
preparation of the EIS because it
exercises regulatory authority over LNG
facilities that affect the safety and
security of port areas and navigable
waterways under Executive Order
10173; the Magnuson Act (50 U.S.C.
section 191); the Ports and Waterways
Safety Act of 1972, as amended (33
U.S.C. 1221, et seq.); and the Maritime
Transportation Security Act of 2002 (46
U.S.C. section 701). The Coast Guard
also has authority for LNG facility plan
review, approval and compliance
verification as provided in Title 33 CFR
part 105, and siting as it pertains to the
management of vessel traffic in and
around the LNG facility. As required by
its regulations, the Coast Guard is
responsible for issuing a Letter of
Recommendation (LOR) as to the
suitability of the waterway for LNG
marine traffic. The Coast Guard plans to
adopt the EIS if it adequately covers the
impacts associated with issuance of the
LOR.
Comment Procedures and FERC Public
Meetings/Corps Public Hearings
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
and properly recorded:
• Send an original and two copies of
your comments to: Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
• Reference Docket Nos. CP05–130–
000, CP05–131–000, and CP05–132–
000.
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• Label one copy of the comments for
the attention of the Gas Branch 1.
• Mail your comments so that they
will be received in Washington, DC on
or before December 21, 2005.
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. 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.’’
The Corps public hearings provide
members of the public the opportunity
to present views, opinions, and
information which will be considered
by the Corps in evaluating the
Department of the Army permit. All
comments received will become part of
the formal project record.
Copies of any written statements
expressing concern for aquatic resources
may be submitted to: Mrs. Kathy
Anderson, Corps of Engineers, CENAB–
OP–RMS, P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore,
Maryland 21203–1715.
The Corps public hearing comment
period closes on December 21, 2005.
In addition to or in lieu of sending
written comments, we invite you to
attend one of the FERC public meetings/
Corps public hearings we have
scheduled as follows:
Wednesday, December 7, 2005: 7 p.m.
(EST), Old Courthouse, 1 Market
Street, Lewistown, PA 17044. (717)
248–6733.
Thursday, December 8, 2005: 7 p.m.
(EST), Penn Stater Conference Center
Hotel, 215 Innovation Boulevard,
State College, PA 16803. (814) 863–
5000.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005: 7 p.m.
(EST), Holiday Inn—Solomons, 155
Holiday Drive, Solomons, MD 20688.
(410) 326–6311.
Thursday, December 8, 2005: 7 p.m.
(EST), Holiday Inn—Waldorf, U.S.
301 and St. Patrick’s Drive, Waldorf,
MD 20603. (301) 645–8200.
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.
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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
at: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Public Reference Room,
888 First Street, NE., Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–1371.
Hard-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
or provided comments during scoping;
libraries; newspapers; and parties to this
proceeding. In the alternate, those
persons or organizations who were
identified as potential stakeholders on
this environmental mailing list are
receiving an Executive Summary
document and a full version of the draft
EIS on CD–ROM. A limited number of
documents and CD–ROMs are available
from the Public Reference Room
identified above. In addition, hardcopies of the document are also
available for reading at public libraries
along the proposed project route.
To reduce printing and mailing costs
the final EIS will be issued in both CD–
ROM and hard-copy formats. In a
separate mailing, the parties on the
current mailing list for the draft EIS will
be sent a postcard providing an
opportunity for them to select which
format of the final EIS they wish to
receive. The FERC strongly encourages
the use of the CD–ROM format in its
publication of large documents. If you
wish to receive a paper copy of the final
EIS instead of a CD-ROM, you must
return the postcard indicating that
choice.
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 (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
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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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
Folialso 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 the eSubscription
link on the FERC Internet Web site.
It is requested that you communicate
the foregoing information concerning
the proposed work to any persons
known by you to be interested and not
being known to this office, who did not
receive a copy of this notice.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5–6116 Filed 11–3–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting
Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
October 28, 2005.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 1971–079.
c. Date Filed: July 21, 2003.
d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Hells Canyon
Hydropower Project.
f. Location: On the Snake River in
Washington and Adams, Counties,
Idaho; and Wallowa and Baker
Counties, Oregon. About 5,270 acres of
Federal lands administered by the
Forest Service and the Bureau of Land
Management (Payette and WallowaWhitman National Forests and Hells
Canyon National Recreational Area) are
included within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. §§ 791(a)–825(r).
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h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert W.
Stahman, Vice President, Secretary, and
General Counsel, Idaho Power
Company, P.O. Box 70, Boise, Idaho
83707.
i. FERC Contact: Alan Mitchnick,
(202) 502–6074,
alan.mitchnick@ferc.gov; Emily Carter,
(202) 502–6512, emily.carter@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions is 90 days
from the issuance of this notice; reply
comments are due 135 days from the
issuance date of this notice.
All documents (original and eight
copies) should be filed with: Magalie R.
Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
require all intervenors filing documents
with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
Comments, recommendations, terms
and conditions, and prescriptions may
be filed electronically via the Internet in
lieu of paper. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filings. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s Web
site (https://www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link.
k. This application has been accepted,
and is ready for environmental analysis
at this time.
l. The existing Hells Canyon Project
consists of three developments:
Brownlee Development consists of a
395-foot-high earth and rockfill dam, a
14,621-acre impoundment, and a
powerhouse with five generating units
producing 585.4 megawatts (MW);
Oxbow Development consists of a 209foot-high earth and rockfill dam, a
1,150-acre impoundment, and a
powerhouse with four generating units
producing 460 MW; and Hells Canyon
Development consists of a 320-foot-high
concrete gravity dam, a 2,412-acre
impoundment, and a powerhouse with
three generating units producing 391.5
MW. Idaho Power also operates four fish
hatcheries and four adult fish traps.
m. A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in
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the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
All filings must (1) Bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘REPLY
COMMENTS’’,
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS
AND CONDITIONS,’’ or
‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the
heading the name of the applicant and
the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the
filing; and (4) otherwise comply with
the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001
through 385.2005. All comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions
or prescriptions must set forth their
evidentiary basis and otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).
Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant.
Each filing must be accompanied by
proof of service on all persons listed on
the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and
385.2010.
You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. RM01–10–000, EY06–6–000]
Standards of Conduct for
Transmission Providers; Florida Power
& Light Company; Notice Granting
Waiver of Posting and Recordkeeping
Requirements
October 28, 2005.
On October 27, 2005, Florida Power &
Light Company (FPL) filed to seek a
temporary emergency waiver of section
358.4(a)(2) of the Commission’s
regulations and for any other waivers
necessary for FPL to proceed with the
restoration work on its transmission and
distribution systems necessitated by
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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67158-67161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6116]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP05-130-000; CP05-132-000; CP05-131-000; Corps
Application CENAB-OP-RMS200565510-4]
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District; Dominion Cove
Point LNG, LP; Dominion Transmission, Inc; Notice of Availability of
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Draft General Conformity
Determination, and U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Public Notice for the
Proposed Cove Point Expansion Project
October 28, 2005.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(Corps) and U.S. Coast Guard, (Coast Guard) has prepared a draft
Environmental Impact
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Statement (EIS) for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal
expansion and natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Dominion Cove
Point LNG, L.P. and Dominion Transmission, Inc. (collectively referred
to as Dominion) in the above-referenced dockets. The draft EIS was
prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA). The draft EIS addresses federally listed species,
cultural resources, and essential fish habitat issues. A draft General
Conformity Determination was also prepared by the FERC to assess the
potential air quality impacts associated with construction and
operation of the proposed project and is included as Appendix H of the
draft EIS.
The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed project with
appropriate mitigating measures, as recommended, would have limited
adverse environmental impact.
This is a joint public notice by the FERC and Corps to advertise:
The availability of the draft EIS;
The scheduling of the joint FERC public meetings/Corps
public hearings on December 7 and 8th, 2005; and
The submission of a Department of the Army permit
application CENAB-OP-RMS (Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP) 200565510-4.
The draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the following LNG terminal and natural
gas (steel) pipeline facilities:
Two new 160,000 cubic meter single containment LNG storage
tanks;
Additional vaporization capacity consisting of shell and
tube vaporizers and associated equipment;
Additional power generation equipment consisting of two
21.7 megawatt gas turbine generators and three emergency generators;
Infrastructure associated with the LNG terminal expansion
including roads and storage and work areas at the existing site;
About 47.8 miles of 36-inch-diameter, loop pipeline in
Calvert, Prince Georges, and Charles County, Maryland (TL-532
Pipeline);
Ancillary areas for pipeline construction, including
access roads, staging areas, and work spaces;
About 81 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline lateral in
Juniata, Mifflin, Huntingdon, Centre, and Clinton Counties,
Pennsylvania (PL-1 EXT2 Pipeline);
Two new compressor stations in Juniata County (Perulack
Station) and Centre County (Centre Relay Station), Pennsylvania;
About 11 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline loop in Wetzel
County West Virginia and Greene County, Pennsylvania (TL-492 EXT3
Pipeline);
About 12 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline loop in Potter
County, Pennsylvania (TL-453 EXT1 Pipeline);
About 10 miles of 20-inch-diameter pipeline loop in Potter
County, Pennsylvania (TL-536 Pipeline);
Replacement of about 0.6 mile and pressure testing and
possible replacement of about 0.4 mile of 30-inch-diameter pipeline in
Franklin County, Pennsylvania (PL-1 Pipeline Pressure Restoration
Sites);
Minor modifications to the existing Loudoun Measuring and
Regulating (M&R) Station in Loudoun County, Virginia;
About 5,000 hp of additional compression at the existing
Mockingbird Hill Compressor Station in Wetzel County, West Virginia;
Minor modifications to the existing Leesburg Compressor
Station in Loudoun County, Virginia;
Minor modifications to the existing Chambersburg
Compressor Station in Franklin County, Pennsylvania;
Additional facilities and pipeline replacement at the
existing Leidy M&R Station located at the Leidy Hub complex in Clinton
County, Pennsylvania;
About 3,550 hp of additional compression at Dominion's
previously approved but not yet constructed Wolf Run Compressor Station
in Lewis County, West Virginia; and
Minor modifications to Dominion's previously approved but
not yet constructed Quinlan Compressor Station in Cattaraugus County,
New York.
Dominion's proposed LNG terminal expansion would increase the send-
out capability by 800,000 Dth/d and increase the storage capacity by
6.8 MMDth/d. Dominion's proposed pipeline and related facilities in
Maryland and Virginia would allow it to deliver an additional 800,000
Dth/d from its LNG terminal to its connections with other interstate
pipelines. Dominion's proposed pipelines and related facilities in
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York would allow it to transport
an additional 700,000 Dth/d to various delivery points on its system,
and offer a new underground storage service of 6.0 MMDth, with an
additional demand of 100,000 Dth/d.
Dominion Cove Point LNG,LP has applied, concurrently, to the Corps
for a Department of the Army Individual permit 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 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 effects 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 conservation, water quality,
energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, consideration of
property ownership, and in general, the needs and welfare of the
people. The Corps is soliciting comments from the public; Federal,
State, and local agencies and officials; Indian tribes; and other
interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts of the
proposed project. Any comments received will be considered by the Corps
to determine whether to issue, modify, condition or deny a permit for
the proposal. To make this decision, the Corps uses comments received
to access impacts on endangered species, historic properties, water
quality, general environmental effects, and the other public interest
factors listed above.
The evaluation of the impact of the work described above on the
public interest will also include application, by the Corps, of the
guidelines [Section 404(b)(1)] promulgated by the Administrator, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, under authority of Section 404 of the
Clean Water Act.
For Corps permitting purposes, if applicable, the applicant is
required to obtain a Water Quality Certification in accordance with
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act from the Maryland Department of the
Environment (MDE), the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, and the State of West Virginia Division of Environmental
Protection. The Section 401 certifying agencies have a statutory limit
of one year in which to make their
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decisions. Additionally, for Corps permitting purposes, the applicant
is required to obtain Coastal Zone Management Consistency concurrence
from the MDE, as well. It should be noted that the MDE has a statutory
limit of 6 months in which to make its consistency determination.
Joint FERC Public Meetings/Corps Public Hearings are held to
provide interested individuals with the opportunity to present
information about the effects of the project, including its social,
economic and environmental effects. These meetings/hearings provide the
opportunity for interested parties to present views, opinions, and
information that will be considered by the FERC and the Corps in
evaluating the proposed project.
The U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard) within the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security is also participating as a cooperating agency in the
preparation of the EIS because it exercises regulatory authority over
LNG facilities that affect the safety and security of port areas and
navigable waterways under Executive Order 10173; the Magnuson Act (50
U.S.C. section 191); the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972, as
amended (33 U.S.C. 1221, et seq.); and the Maritime Transportation
Security Act of 2002 (46 U.S.C. section 701). The Coast Guard also has
authority for LNG facility plan review, approval and compliance
verification as provided in Title 33 CFR part 105, and siting as it
pertains to the management of vessel traffic in and around the LNG
facility. As required by its regulations, the Coast Guard is
responsible for issuing a Letter of Recommendation (LOR) as to the
suitability of the waterway for LNG marine traffic. The Coast Guard
plans to adopt the EIS if it adequately covers the impacts associated
with issuance of the LOR.
Comment Procedures and FERC Public Meetings/Corps Public Hearings
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 and properly recorded:
Send an original and two copies of your comments to:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Reference Docket Nos. CP05-130-000, CP05-131-000, and
CP05-132-000.
Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the
Gas Branch 1.
Mail your comments so that they will be received in
Washington, DC on or before December 21, 2005.
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. 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.''
The Corps public hearings provide members of the public the
opportunity to present views, opinions, and information which will be
considered by the Corps in evaluating the Department of the Army
permit. All comments received will become part of the formal project
record.
Copies of any written statements expressing concern for aquatic
resources may be submitted to: Mrs. Kathy Anderson, Corps of Engineers,
CENAB-OP-RMS, P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore, Maryland 21203-1715.
The Corps public hearing comment period closes on December 21,
2005.
In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, we invite
you to attend one of the FERC public meetings/Corps public hearings we
have scheduled as follows:
Wednesday, December 7, 2005: 7 p.m. (EST), Old Courthouse, 1 Market
Street, Lewistown, PA 17044. (717) 248-6733.
Thursday, December 8, 2005: 7 p.m. (EST), Penn Stater Conference Center
Hotel, 215 Innovation Boulevard, State College, PA 16803. (814) 863-
5000.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005: 7 p.m. (EST), Holiday Inn--Solomons, 155
Holiday Drive, Solomons, MD 20688. (410) 326-6311.
Thursday, December 8, 2005: 7 p.m. (EST), Holiday Inn--Waldorf, U.S.
301 and St. Patrick's Drive, Waldorf, MD 20603. (301) 645-8200.
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) 208-1371.
Hard-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 or provided comments
during scoping; libraries; newspapers; and parties to this proceeding.
In the alternate, those persons or organizations who were identified as
potential stakeholders on this environmental mailing list are receiving
an Executive Summary document and a full version of the draft EIS on
CD-ROM. A limited number of documents and CD-ROMs are available from
the Public Reference Room identified above. In addition, hard-copies of
the document are also available for reading at public libraries along
the proposed project route.
To reduce printing and mailing costs the final EIS will be issued
in both CD-ROM and hard-copy formats. In a separate mailing, the
parties on the current mailing list for the draft EIS will be sent a
postcard providing an opportunity for them to select which format of
the final EIS they wish to receive. The FERC strongly encourages the
use of the CD-ROM format in its publication of large documents. If you
wish to receive a paper copy of the final EIS instead of a CD-ROM, you
must return the postcard indicating that choice.
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 (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
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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
Folialso 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 the eSubscription link on the FERC Internet Web
site.
It is requested that you communicate the foregoing information
concerning the proposed work to any persons known by you to be
interested and not being known to this office, who did not receive a
copy of this notice.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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