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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2594–009]
Northern Lights, Inc.; Notice of Intent
To File License Application, Filing of
Pre-Application Document,
Commencement of Licensing
Proceeding, Scoping, Solicitation of
Comments on the Pad and Scoping
Document, and Identification Issues
and Associated Study Requests
wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES
July 25, 2006.
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application for a New
License and Commencing Licensing
Proceeding.
b. Project No.: 2594–009.
c. Dated Filed: May 31, 2006.
d. Submitted by: Northern Lights, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Lake Creek
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Lake Creek near
the city of Troy in Lincoln County,
Montana. The project does not occupy
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of
the Commission’s Regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Jon
Shelby, General Manager, P.O. Box 269,
421 Chevy Street, Sagle, ID 83860,
Phone: 1–800–326–9594 x124 or Mark
Contor, Operations Manager, P.O. Box
269, 421 Chevy Street, Sagle, ID 83860,
Phone: 1–800–326–9594 x134.
i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy at 202–
502–6145 or E-mail at
sean.murphy@ferc.gov.
j. We are asking Federal, state, local,
and tribal agencies with jurisdiction
and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to cooperate with
us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who
would like to request cooperating status
should follow the instructions for filing
comments described in paragraph o
below. Cooperating agencies should
note the Commission’s policy that
agencies that cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See, 94
FERC 61,076 (2001).
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with: (a) The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and the joint
agency regulations thereunder at 50
CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic
Preservation Officer, as required by
section 106, National Historical
Preservation Act, and the implementing
regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
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l. Northern Lights, Inc. was
designated as the Commission’s nonfederal representative for carrying out
informal consultation, pursuant to
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
and section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act on August 11, 2005.
m. Northern Lights, Inc. filed a PreApplication Document (PAD; including
a proposed process plan and schedule)
with the Commission, pursuant to 18
CFR 5.6.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s Web site (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, contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, of for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in paragraph h.
Register online at https://ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm to be notified via Email of new filing and issuances related
to this or other pending projects. For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
o. With this notice, we are soliciting
comments on the PAD and Scoping
Document 1 (SD1), as well as study
requests. All comments on the PAD and
SD1, and study requests should be sent
to the address above in paragraph h. In
addition, all comments on the PAD and
SD1, study requests, requests for
cooperating agency status, and all
communications to and from
Commission staff related to the merits of
the potential application (original and
eight copies) must be filed with the
Commission at the following address:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
All filings with the Commission must
include on the first page, the project
name (Lake Creek Hydroelectric Project)
and number (P–2594–009), and bear the
heading ‘‘Comments on Pre-Application
Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’
‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’
‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency
Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and
from Commission Staff.’’ Any
individual or entity interested in
submitting study requests, commenting
on the PAD or SD1, and any agency
requesting cooperating status must do so
by September 23, 2006.
Comments on the PAD and SD1,
study requests, requests for cooperating
agency status, and other permissible
forms of communications with the
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Commission 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 ‘‘e-filing’’ link.
p. Although our current intent is to
prepare an environmental assessment
(EA), there is the possibility that an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be required. Nevertheless, this
meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping
requirements, irrespective of whether an
EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will hold two
scoping meetings in the vicinity of the
project at the time and place noted
below. The daytime meeting will focus
on resource agency, Indian tribes, and
non-governmental organization
concerns, while the evening meeting is
primarily for receiving input from the
public. We invite all interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies
to attend one or both of the meetings,
and to assist staff in identifying
particular study needs, as well as the
scope of environmental issues to be
addressed in the environmental
document. The times and locations of
these meetings are as follows:
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2006.
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Three Rivers Ranger
District, Troy Ranger Station, 1437
North Highway 2, Troy, MT.
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2006.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Troy United Methodist
Church, 3rd Street, Troy, MT.
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which
outlines the subject areas to be
addressed in the environmental
document, was mailed to the
individuals and entities on the
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of
SD1 will be available at the scoping
meetings, or may be viewed on the Web
at https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions
for accessing information in paragraph
n. Based on all oral and written
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2)
may be issued. SD2 may include a
revised process plan and schedule, as
well as a list of issues, identified
through the scoping process.
Site Visit
The potential applicant and
Commission staff will conduct a site
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visit at the project on Wednesday,
August 9, 2006, starting at 9 a.m.
Meeting Objectives
At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1)
Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review
and discuss existing conditions and
resource management objectives; (3)
review and discuss existing information
and identify preliminary information
and study needs; (4) review and discuss
the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time
frames provided for in Part 5 of the
Commission’s regulations and, to the
extent possible, maximizes coordination
of federal, state, and tribal permitting
and certification processes; and (5)
discuss the appropriateness of any
federal or state agency or Indian tribe
acting as a cooperating agency for
development of an environmental
document.
Meeting participants should come
prepared to discuss their issues and/or
concerns. Please review the PAD in
preparation for the scoping meetings.
Directions on how to obtain a copy of
the PAD and SD1 are included in item
n. of this document.
Meeting Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a
stenographer and will become part of
the formal record of the Commission
proceeding on the project.
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. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant and
all the parties in this proceeding.
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 online 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.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
August 21, 2006.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP06–424–000]
[ Docket No. ID–4242–001]
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,
Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
Rajter, Leo C.; Notice of Filing
wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES
July 26, 2006.
Take notice that on July 21, 2006, Leo
C. Rajter filed an application for
authorization to hold interlocking
positions pursuant to section 305(b) of
the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 825(b),
18 CFR part 45 of the Commission’s
Rules of Practice and Procedure and
Order No. 664.
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
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
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Take notice that on July 19, 2006,
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
(Southern Star), 4700 Highway 56,
Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, filed in
Docket No. CP06–424–000, a request
pursuant to sections 157.205 and
157.208 of the Commission’s
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.208) for
authorization to replace certain facilities
and upon replacement, increase the
maximum allowable operating pressure
(MAOP) in the State of Kansas, under
Southern Star’s blanket certificate
issued in Docket No. CP82–479–000
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural
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Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing 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, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Southern Star proposes to replace
approximately 7.25 miles of 12-inch
diameter pipeline with 10-inch pipe, a
part of the Pittsburg Delivery Lateral or
Line FD, located in Cherokee County,
Kansas, and upon replacement, increase
the MAOP from 260 psig to 720 psig, as
described more fully in the request.
Southern Star proposes to replace the
entire 17.2 miles of pipe with 10-inch
diameter pipeline in two phases over a
two-year period. Southern Star states
that the replacement project will
include the installation of a pig
launcher, which will allow for future
cleaning and integrity testing of the
lateral, when Phase II is completed with
an associated pig launcher installed.
Southern Star estimates the cost of the
replacement project to be approximately
$3,300,000.
Any person or the Commission’s Staff
may, within 45 days after the issuance
of the instant notice by the Commission,
file pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR
385.214) a motion to intervene or notice
of intervention and, pursuant to Section
157.205 of the Commission’s
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(NGA) (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the
request. If no protest is filed within the
time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for protest. If a protest is
filed and not withdrawn within 30 days
after the time allowed for filing a
protest, the instant request shall be
treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
Any questions regarding this
application should be directed to David
N. Roberts, Manager, Regulatory Affairs,
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.,
4700 Highway 56, Owensboro,
Kentucky 42301, or call (270) 852–4654
or fax (270) 852–5010.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2594-009]
Northern Lights, Inc.; Notice of Intent To File License
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Commencement of
Licensing Proceeding, Scoping, Solicitation of Comments on the Pad and
Scoping Document, and Identification Issues and Associated Study
Requests
July 25, 2006.
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for
a New License and Commencing Licensing Proceeding.
b. Project No.: 2594-009.
c. Dated Filed: May 31, 2006.
d. Submitted by: Northern Lights, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Lake Creek Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Lake Creek near the city of Troy in Lincoln
County, Montana. The project does not occupy federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's
Regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Jon Shelby, General Manager, P.O.
Box 269, 421 Chevy Street, Sagle, ID 83860, Phone: 1-800-326-9594 x124
or Mark Contor, Operations Manager, P.O. Box 269, 421 Chevy Street,
Sagle, ID 83860, Phone: 1-800-326-9594 x134.
i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy at 202-502-6145 or E-mail at
sean.murphy@ferc.gov.
j. We are asking Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental
issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the environmental
document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating status should
follow the instructions for filing comments described in paragraph o
below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy that
agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC 61,076 (2001).
k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with:
(a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency
regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic
Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historical
Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. Northern Lights, Inc. was designated as the Commission's non-
federal representative for carrying out informal consultation, pursuant
to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act on August 11, 2005.
m. Northern Lights, Inc. filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD;
including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission,
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6.
n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site
(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, contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, of for TTY,
(202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
Register online at https://ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be notified
via E-mail of new filing and issuances related to this or other pending
projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
o. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests. All comments on
the PAD and SD1, and study requests should be sent to the address above
in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on the PAD and SD1, study
requests, requests for cooperating agency status, and all
communications to and from Commission staff related to the merits of
the potential application (original and eight copies) must be filed
with the Commission at the following address: Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. All filings with the Commission must include on
the first page, the project name (Lake Creek Hydroelectric Project) and
number (P-2594-009), and bear the heading ``Comments on Pre-Application
Document,'' ``Study Requests,'' ``Comments on Scoping Document 1,''
``Request for Cooperating Agency Status,'' or ``Communications to and
from Commission Staff.'' Any individual or entity interested in
submitting study requests, commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency
requesting cooperating status must do so by September 23, 2006.
Comments on the PAD and SD1, study requests, requests for
cooperating agency status, and other permissible forms of
communications with the Commission 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 ``e-
filing'' link.
p. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental
assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will
satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or
EIS is issued by the Commission.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of
the project at the time and place noted below. The daytime meeting will
focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental
organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for
receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and
to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the
scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental
document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2006.
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Three Rivers Ranger District, Troy Ranger Station, 1437
North Highway 2, Troy, MT.
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2006.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Troy United Methodist Church, 3rd Street, Troy, MT.
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be
addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals
and entities on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be
available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the Web at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow the directions
for accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a
revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues,
identified through the scoping process.
Site Visit
The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct a site
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visit at the project on Wednesday, August 9, 2006, starting at 9 a.m.
Meeting Objectives
At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the
issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource
management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and
identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and
discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that
incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission's
regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of
federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and
(5) discuss the appropriateness of any federal or state agency or
Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an
environmental document.
Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues
and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping
meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are
included in item n. of this document.
Meeting Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become
part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-12389 Filed 8-1-06; 8:45 am]
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