Midcontinent Express Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Midcontinent Express Pipeline Project, 32318-32319 [E8-12658]
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order: (1) Transferring Reef’s NGA
section 3 authorization to West Texas
for the operation and maintenance of
facilities used to export natural gas at
the International Border near Eagle Pass,
Maverick County, Texas, to Coahuila,
Mexico; and (2) authorizing the
assignment of Reef’s May 30, 2002,
Presidential Permit for the operation
and maintenance of facilities at the
Coahuila, Mexico/Texas export point.
The export facilities consist of
approximately 400 feet of 12-inch
diameter pipeline extending from
certain intrastate pipeline facilities in
Texas to an interconnection with
pipeline facilities owned by Compania
National de Gas, S.A. (Conagas) in
Coahuila, Mexico. West Texas would
continue to operate and maintain these
border crossing facilities in its own
name rather than as Reef. West Texas
and Reef state that no new facilities
would be constructed.
West Texas and Reef state that the
border facilities will remain in place
and operation following the requested
transfer and assignment. West Texas
and Reef also state that the border
crossing facilities would be used for
transportation services subject to the
jurisdiction of the Texas Railroad
Commission.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations
under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A
person obtaining party status will be
placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and
will receive copies of all documents
filed by the applicant and by all other
parties. A party must submit 14 copies
of filings made with the Commission
and must mail a copy to the applicant
and to every other party in the
proceeding. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests,
and interventions via the internet in lieu
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)
and the instructions on the
Commission’s Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP08–6–000]
Midcontinent Express Pipeline, LLC;
Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Midcontinent Express Pipeline
Project
May 30, 2008.
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared this Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the natural gas pipeline facilities
proposed by Midcontinent Express
Pipeline Company, LLC (MEP) under
the above-referenced docket. MEP’s
Midcontinent Express Pipeline Project
(Project) would be located in various
counties and parishes in Oklahoma,
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Alabama.
The Final EIS was prepared to satisfy
the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act. The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (COE), U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS),
National Park Service (NPS), Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality (LDEQ),
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries (LDWF), Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department (TPWD),
Mississippi Department of Wildlife,
Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP), and
Alabama Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources (ADCNR) are
cooperating agencies for the
development of this EIS. A cooperating
agency has jurisdiction by law or special
expertise with respect to any
environmental impact involved with the
proposal and is involved in the NEPA
analysis.
The general purpose of the proposed
Project is to transport up to 1,500,000
dekatherms per day of natural gas from
production fields in Texas, Oklahoma,
and Arkansas to markets in the eastern
region of the United States.
The Final EIS addresses the potential
environmental impacts resulting from
the construction and operation of the
following facilities:
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• Approximately 506.1 miles of new
30-, 36-, and 42-inch-diameter interstate
natural gas pipeline extending from
Bryan County, Oklahoma to a terminus
in Choctaw County, Alabama;
• An approximately 4.2-mile-long,
16- and 24-inch-diameter lateral
pipeline in Richland and Madison
Parishes, Louisiana;
• A total of approximately 111,720
horsepower (hp) of compression at one
booster and four new mainline
compressor stations;
• 14 new metering and regulating (M/
R) stations; and
• Other appurtenant ancillary
facilities including, mainline valves
(MLV) and pig 1 launcher and receiver
facilities.
Dependent upon Commission
approval, MEP proposes to complete
construction and begin operating the
proposed Project in February 2009.
The Final EIS also evaluates
alternatives to the proposal, including
alternative energy sources, system
alternatives, alternative sites for
compressor stations, and alternative
pipeline routes. Based on the analysis
presented in this Final EIS, the FERC
staff concludes that the proposed
Project, with the appropriate mitigation
measures as recommended, would have
limited adverse environmental impact.
The Final EIS has been placed in the
public files of the FERC and is available
for public inspection at: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Public
Reference Room, 888 First Street NE.,
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202)
502–8371.
A limited number of copies of the
Final EIS are available from the Public
Reference Room identified above. In
addition, CD–ROM copies of the Final
EIS have been mailed to affected
landowners; various federal, state, and
local government agencies; elected
officials; environmental and public
interest groups; Native American tribes;
local libraries and newspapers;
intervenors; and other individuals that
expressed an interest in the proposed
Project. Hard copies of the Final EIS
have also been mailed to those who
requested that format during the scoping
and comment periods for the proposed
Project.
Additional information about the
project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
at 1–866–208–FERC (3372) or on the
FERC Internet Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov). Using the ‘‘eLibrary
link,’’ select ‘‘General Search’’ and enter
the project docket number excluding the
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inspect the pipeline.
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last three digits (i.e., CP08–6) 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 TTY (202)
502–8659. The eLibrary link on the
FERC Internet Web site also provides
access to the texts of formal documents
issued by the Commission, such as
orders, notices, and rule makings.
In addition, the FERC now offers a
free service called eSubscription that
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. To register for this service,
go to https://www.ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Docket No. ER08–1012–000]
assumptions of liability, is June 19,
2008.
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
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link 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 St., NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding 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
dockets(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.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–12659 Filed 6–5–08; 8:45 am]
May 30, 2008.
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PPL Renewable Energy, LLC;
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of PPL
Renewable Energy, LLC’s application for
market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate schedule, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
Part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
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Combined Notice of Filings #1
May 29, 2008.
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Docket Numbers: RP07–310–002.
Applicants: Mojave Pipeline
Company.
Description: Mojave Pipeline
Company submits its Refund Report.
Filed Date: 05/23/2008.
Accession Number: 20080527–0100.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Wednesday, June 4, 2008.
Docket Numbers: RP08–388–000.
Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline
Company, LP.
Description: Gulf South Pipeline
Company LP submits Four Revised
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Sheet 20 et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth
Revised Volume 1, to become effective
3/27/08.
Filed Date: 05/27/2008.
Accession Number: 20080528–0048.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, June 9, 2008.
Docket Numbers: RP08–389–000.
Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America.
Description: Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America LLC submits First
Revised Sheet 33C et al. to FERC Gas
Tariff, Seventh Revised Volume 1, to
become effective 6/26/08.
Filed Date: 05/27/2008.
Accession Number: 20080528–0047.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, June 9, 2008.
Docket Numbers: CP08–79–001.
Applicants: Mardi Gras Midstream,
L.L.C.
Description: Mardi Gras Midstream,
LLC. submit its agreement with Temple
Inland, showing the applicable rates and
terms and conditions of service.
Filed Date: 05/09/2008.
Accession Number: 20080509–5110.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
Thursday, June 5, 2008.
Docket Numbers: CP08–393–000.
Applicants: Public Service Company
of New Mexico.
Description: Public Service Company
of New Mexico filed a joint abbreviated
application for an order approving
abandonment by sales and issuing
limited jurisdiction certificates of public
convenience and necessity and for grant
of related waivers of Public Service
Company of New Mexico.
Filed Date: 05/09/2008.
Accession Number: 20080512–5021.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
Thursday, June 5, 2008.
Docket Numbers: CP08–406–000.
Applicants: Columbia Gulf
Transmission Company.
Description: Columbia Gulf
Transmission Company and
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation submit a joint application
for permission and approval to abandon
Columbia Gulf’s Rate Schedules X–53 et
al.
Filed Date: 5/20/2008.
Accession Number: 20080522–0168.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
Thursday, June 5, 2008.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP08-6-000]
Midcontinent Express Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Midcontinent Express
Pipeline Project
May 30, 2008.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared this Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Midcontinent
Express Pipeline Company, LLC (MEP) under the above-referenced docket.
MEP's Midcontinent Express Pipeline Project (Project) would be located
in various counties and parishes in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Alabama.
The Final EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(COE), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Park Service
(NPS), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality (LDEQ), Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries (LDWF), Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD),
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP), and
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) are
cooperating agencies for the development of this EIS. A cooperating
agency has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any
environmental impact involved with the proposal and is involved in the
NEPA analysis.
The general purpose of the proposed Project is to transport up to
1,500,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas from production fields in
Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas to markets in the eastern region of the
United States.
The Final EIS addresses the potential environmental impacts
resulting from the construction and operation of the following
facilities:
Approximately 506.1 miles of new 30-, 36-, and 42-inch-
diameter interstate natural gas pipeline extending from Bryan County,
Oklahoma to a terminus in Choctaw County, Alabama;
An approximately 4.2-mile-long, 16- and 24-inch-diameter
lateral pipeline in Richland and Madison Parishes, Louisiana;
A total of approximately 111,720 horsepower (hp) of
compression at one booster and four new mainline compressor stations;
14 new metering and regulating (M/R) stations; and
Other appurtenant ancillary facilities including, mainline
valves (MLV) and pig \1\ launcher and receiver facilities.
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\1\ A ``pig'' is a mechanical device used to clean or inspect
the pipeline.
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Dependent upon Commission approval, MEP proposes to complete
construction and begin operating the proposed Project in February 2009.
The Final EIS also evaluates alternatives to the proposal,
including alternative energy sources, system alternatives, alternative
sites for compressor stations, and alternative pipeline routes. Based
on the analysis presented in this Final EIS, the FERC staff concludes
that the proposed Project, with the appropriate mitigation measures as
recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact.
The Final EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and
is available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
A limited number of copies of the Final EIS are available from the
Public Reference Room identified above. In addition, CD-ROM copies of
the Final EIS have been mailed to affected landowners; various federal,
state, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental
and public interest groups; Native American tribes; local libraries and
newspapers; intervenors; and other individuals that expressed an
interest in the proposed Project. Hard copies of the Final EIS have
also been mailed to those who requested that format during the scoping
and comment periods for the proposed Project.
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC (3372) or on
the FERC Internet Web site (https://www.ferc.gov). Using the ``eLibrary
link,'' select ``General Search'' and enter the project docket number
excluding the
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last three digits (i.e., CP08-6) 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 TTY (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link
on the FERC Internet Web site also provides access to the texts of
formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and
rule makings.
In addition, the FERC now offers a free service called
eSubscription that 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. To register for this service, go to https://www.ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-12658 Filed 6-5-08; 8:45 am]
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