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Take notice that during the month of
July/August, 2009, the status of the
above-captioned entities as Exempt
Wholesale Generators became effective
by operation of the Commission’s
regulations 18 CFR 366.7(a).
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–22468 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP09–68–000]
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP;
Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed TEMAX and TIME III Projects
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September 11, 2009.
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) on the
natural gas pipeline facilities proposed
by Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
(Texas Eastern) in the above-referenced
docket.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) and Pennsylvania Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources
participated as cooperating agencies in
the preparation of the EA. Cooperating
agencies have jurisdiction by law or
special expertise with respect to
resources potentially affected by the
proposal and participate in the NEPA
analysis. The projects would require a
permit from the USACE pursuant to
section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33
United States Code 1344).
The EA assesses the potential
environmental affects resulting from
two distinct projects known as the
Texas Eastern Market Area Crossing
(TEMAX) and Texas Eastern
Incremental Market Area Expansion III
(TIME III) Projects, in accordance with
the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that
approval of the proposed projects, with
appropriate mitigating measures, would
not constitute a major Federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.
These projects consist of replacement
of 25.9 miles of various diameter
pipeline, construction of 9.6 miles of
loop,1 use of 0.8 mile of existing
1 A pipeline ‘‘loop’’ is a segment of pipe installed
adjacent and parallel to an existing pipeline system
that is connected to the system at both ends. A loop
allows more gas to be moved through that portion
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pipeline, and construction of 26.5 miles
of new pipeline lateral. In addition,
Texas Eastern requests authorization to
add 85,633 horsepower (hp) of
compression at four existing compressor
stations and abandon 9,500 hp of
compression at one compressor station,
resulting in a net increase of 76,133 hp
of compression for the projects. Texas
Eastern also requests authorization to
uprate the maximum allowable
operating pressure of its existing Lines
1 and 2 from 1,000 to 1,112 pounds per
square inch gauge for 268 miles between
its Uniontown and Marietta Compressor
Stations. The proposed facilities are
located in Greene, Bedford, Franklin,
Adams, Lancaster and York Counties,
Pennsylvania.
The TEMAX Project would provide
additional natural gas transportation
capacity of 395,000 dekatherms per day
(Dth/d) from a receipt point with the
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC in
Clarington, Ohio, to an interconnect
with Transcontinental Gas Pipeline
Company, LLC (Transco) in York
County, Pennsylvania. The TIME III
Project, would provide additional
transportation capacity of 60,000 Dth/d
from a receipt point in Oakford,
Pennsylvania to the same interconnect
with Transco.
The EA has been placed in the public
files of the FERC. A limited number of
copies of the EA are available for
distribution and public inspection at:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Public Reference Room, 888 First Street,
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426.
(202) 502–8371.
Copies of the EA have been mailed to
Federal, State, and local agencies;
interested groups and individuals; local
newspapers and libraries in the project
areas; Native American groups; and
parties to this proceeding.
Any person wishing to comment on
the EA 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.
You can make a difference by
providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the
TEMAX and TIME III Projects. Your
comments should focus on the potential
environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or
lessen environmental impacts. The more
specific your comments, the more useful
they will be. To ensure that your
comments are timely and properly
recorded, please send in your comments
so that they will be received in
of the pipeline system or functions as a backup
system.
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Washington, DC on or before
October 13, 2009.
For your convenience, there are three
methods in which you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In
all instances please reference the
project’s docket number CP09–68–000
with your submission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has dedicated eFiling
expert staff available to assist you at
202–502–8258 or efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You may file your comments
electronically by using the Quick
Comment feature, which is located on
the Commission’s Internet Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov under the link to
Documents and Filings. A Quick
Comment is an easy method for
interested persons to submit text-only
comments on a project;
(2) You may file your comments
electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is located on the
Commission’s Internet Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov under the link to
Documents and Filings. eFiling involves
preparing your submission in the same
manner as you would if filing on paper,
and then saving the file on your
computer’s hard drive. You will attach
that file as your submission. New
eFiling users must first create an
account by clicking on ‘‘Sign up’’ or
‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select
the type of filing you are making. A
comment on a particular project is
considered a ‘‘Comment on a Filing;’’ or
(3) You may file your comments via
mail to the Commission by sending an
original and two copies of your letter to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington,
DC 20426.
If you choose the option to mail your
comments, label one copy of the
comments for the attention of the Gas
Branch 1, PJ–11.1.
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).2 Only intervenors have the
right to seek rehearing of the
Commission’s decisions.
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
2 Interventions may also be filed electronically via
the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous
discussion of filing comments electronically.
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which would not be adequately
represented by any other parties. You do
not need intervenor status to have your
comments considered.
Additional information about the
projects 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, then on ‘‘General Search’’
and enter the docket number excluding
the last three digits in the docket
number field (i.e., CP09–68). 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 also
provides access to the texts of formal
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and
rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission 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
notifications of these filings, document
summaries and direct links to the
documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL09–40–000]
Southwest Power Pool, Inc.; Notice
Pursuant to Section 206(b) of the
Federal Power Act
erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with NOTICES
September 11, 2009.
On March 19, 2009, pursuant to
section 206 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA),1 the Commission instituted a
proceeding in Docket No. EL09–40–000.
Southwest Power Pool, Inc., 126 FERC ¶
61,243 (2009). The refund effective date
for the proceeding instituted in Docket
No. EL09–40–000 is March 27, 2009, the
date of publication in the Federal
Register 2 of notice of the Commission’s
action in this proceeding.
Under section 206 of the FPA, if no
final decision is rendered by the
1 16
2 74
U.S.C. 824e (2006).
FR 13428 (2009).
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conclusion of the 180-day period
commencing upon initiation of a
proceeding pursuant to section 206, the
Commission must state why it has failed
to render a final decision. In that event
the Commission must also provide its
best estimate as to when it reasonably
expects to make such a decision.
The Commission will be unable to
render a final decision by the refund
effective date because additional time is
needed to analyze the issues. The
Commission estimates that it will be
able to issue a decision by December 31,
2009. This estimate is influenced by the
complexity of the issues in the
proceeding.
The Secretary of the Commission
issues this notice pursuant to section
375.302(w) of the Commission’s rules,
18 CFR 375.302(w) (2009).
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL09–74–000]
Green Energy Express LLC ; Notice of
Filing
Take notice that on September 9,
2009, Green Energy Express LLC (Green
Energy) filed a Petition for Declaratory
Order requesting that the Commission
approve certain rate incentives for
Green Energy Transmission Line Project
(Project). The Project includes a 70-mile
double-circuit 500kV alternating current
transmission line and a new 500
kilovolt/230 kV substation, as well as an
advanced technology fast-acting phase
shifter that will enable the transport of
up to 2,000 megawatts of power from
otherwise location-constrained
renewable generation resources near
and around the existing Eagle Mountain
Substation in eastern Riverside County,
California to load centers in Southern
California.
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
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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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.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on October 9, 2009.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM06–16–000]
Mandatory Reliability Standards for the
Bulk-Power System; Notice of Public
Meeting
September 10, 2009.
Take notice that on September 22,
2009, the Commission Staff will hold a
public meeting to present research
conducted by the faculty of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
sponsored by the Commission, on
Topological and Impedance Element
Ranking (TIER) of the Bulk-Power
System. Commission Staff will convene
this meeting, beginning at 10 a.m. and
ending at 12 noon (EDT), at the offices
of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission’s Office of Electric
Reliability (OER) initiated this project to
develop, for purposes of section 215 of
the Federal Power Act, a methodology
to aid in identifying and ranking the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP09-68-000]
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed TEMAX and TIME III Projects
September 11, 2009.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the
natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Texas Eastern Transmission,
LP (Texas Eastern) in the above-referenced docket.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Pennsylvania
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources participated as
cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EA. Cooperating agencies
have jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to resources
potentially affected by the proposal and participate in the NEPA
analysis. The projects would require a permit from the USACE pursuant
to section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 United States Code 1344).
The EA assesses the potential environmental affects resulting from
two distinct projects known as the Texas Eastern Market Area Crossing
(TEMAX) and Texas Eastern Incremental Market Area Expansion III (TIME
III) Projects, in accordance with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that
approval of the proposed projects, with appropriate mitigating
measures, would not constitute a major Federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human environment.
These projects consist of replacement of 25.9 miles of various
diameter pipeline, construction of 9.6 miles of loop,\1\ use of 0.8
mile of existing pipeline, and construction of 26.5 miles of new
pipeline lateral. In addition, Texas Eastern requests authorization to
add 85,633 horsepower (hp) of compression at four existing compressor
stations and abandon 9,500 hp of compression at one compressor station,
resulting in a net increase of 76,133 hp of compression for the
projects. Texas Eastern also requests authorization to uprate the
maximum allowable operating pressure of its existing Lines 1 and 2 from
1,000 to 1,112 pounds per square inch gauge for 268 miles between its
Uniontown and Marietta Compressor Stations. The proposed facilities are
located in Greene, Bedford, Franklin, Adams, Lancaster and York
Counties, Pennsylvania.
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\1\ A pipeline ``loop'' is a segment of pipe installed adjacent
and parallel to an existing pipeline system that is connected to the
system at both ends. A loop allows more gas to be moved through that
portion of the pipeline system or functions as a backup system.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The TEMAX Project would provide additional natural gas
transportation capacity of 395,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) from a
receipt point with the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC in Clarington,
Ohio, to an interconnect with Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company,
LLC (Transco) in York County, Pennsylvania. The TIME III Project, would
provide additional transportation capacity of 60,000 Dth/d from a
receipt point in Oakford, Pennsylvania to the same interconnect with
Transco.
The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference
Room, 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. (202) 502-
8371.
Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, State, and local
agencies; interested groups and individuals; local newspapers and
libraries in the project areas; Native American groups; and parties to
this proceeding.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA 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.
You can make a difference by providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the TEMAX and TIME III Projects. Your
comments should focus on the potential environmental effects,
reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental
impacts. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be.
To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please
send in your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC
on or before October 13, 2009.
For your convenience, there are three methods in which you can use
to submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances please
reference the project's docket number CP09-68-000 with your submission.
The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has
dedicated eFiling expert staff available to assist you at 202-502-8258
or efiling@ferc.gov.
(1) You may file your comments electronically by using the Quick
Comment feature, which is located on the Commission's Internet Web site
at https://www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings. A Quick
Comment is an easy method for interested persons to submit text-only
comments on a project;
(2) You may file your comments electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is located on the Commission's Internet Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings. eFiling
involves preparing your submission in the same manner as you would if
filing on paper, and then saving the file on your computer's hard
drive. You will attach that file as your submission. New eFiling users
must first create an account by clicking on ``Sign up'' or
``eRegister.'' You will be asked to select the type of filing you are
making. A comment on a particular project is considered a ``Comment on
a Filing;'' or
(3) You may file your comments via mail to the Commission by
sending an original and two copies of your letter to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
If you choose the option to mail your comments, label one copy of
the comments for the attention of the Gas Branch 1, PJ-11.1.
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).\2\ Only intervenors have the right to seek
rehearing of the Commission's decisions.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\2\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion of filing
comments electronically.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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which would not be adequately represented by any other parties. You do
not need intervenor status to have your comments considered.
Additional information about the projects 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, then on ``General Search'' and enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field (i.e., CP09-68). 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
also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the
Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission 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
notifications of these filings, document summaries and direct links to
the documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-22477 Filed 9-17-09; 8:45 am]
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