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Accession Number: 20100628–5100.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, July 19, 2010.
Docket Numbers: ER10–1568–000.
Applicants: Long Beach Generation
LLC.
Description: Long Beach Generation
LLC submits tariff filing per 35.12: Long
Beach Generation—FERC Electric Tariff
to be effective 6/28/2010.
Filed Date: 06/28/2010.
Accession Number: 20100628–5102.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, July 19, 2010.
Docket Numbers: ER10–1569–000.
Applicants: NRG Power Marketing
LLC.
Description: NRG Power Marketing
LLC submits tariff filing per 35.12: NRG
PML—FERC Electric Tariff to be
effective 6/28/2010.
Filed Date: 06/28/2010.
Accession Number: 20100628–5103.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP10–194–000]
[FR Doc. 2010–16296 Filed 7–2–10; 8:45 am]
Central New York Oil and Gas
Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment
for the Proposed North-South Project,
Request for Comments on
Environmental Issues, and Notice of
Public Scoping Meeting and Onsite
Environmental Reviews
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
June 24, 2010.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RM07–16–000; RM01–5–000]
Filing Via the Internet; Electronic Tariff
Filings Notice of Display of Time on
Commission’s Electronic Filing
System
June 28, 2010.
Take notice that the Commission will
now display on its electronic filing
system the time used by the
Commission to mark officially the time
that eFilings and eTariff submissions are
made with the Commission. This time
also will be used to determine whether
filings have been made timely. The time
display will assist users in ensuring that
their filings are timely filed, i.e., are
filed in advance of the Commission’s 5
p.m. Eastern time deadline for filing on
that day.
The time will display to the second
on all screens after log-in, including
those for eTariff submissions. The time
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The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) that will
discuss the environmental impacts of
the North-South Project, involving
construction and operation of facilities
by Central New York Oil and Gas
Company, LLC (CNYOG) in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania and Tioga
County, New York. This EA will be used
by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether
the project is in the public convenience
and necessity.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping process the Commission
will use to gather input from the public
and interested agencies on the project.
Your input will help the Commission
staff determine what issues need to be
1 The Commission encourages electronic
submissions in lieu of paper using the eFiling link
at https://www.ferc.gov. Also, Filing Procedures For
Electronically Filed Tariffs, Rate Schedules And
Jurisdictional Agreements has been posted on the
eTariff Web site (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
etariff.asp) under Commission Orders and Notices
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/etariff/comorder.asp.
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evaluated in the EA. Please note that the
scoping period will close on July 26,
2010.
Comments may be submitted in
written form or verbally. Further details
on how to submit written comments are
provided in the Public Participation
section of this notice. In lieu of or in
addition to sending written comments,
the Commission invites you to attend
the public scoping meeting scheduled as
follows:
FERC Public Scoping Meeting
North-South Project
July 15, 2010, at 7 p.m.
Treadway Inn and Conference Center 1100
State Route 17C
Owego, New York 13827
The Commission staff will also
conduct two environmental site reviews
of the proposed compressor station
locations in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and Tioga County, New
York. All interested parties planning to
attend must provide their own
transportation. Those attending should
meet at the following locations:
FERC Environmental Site Reviews
North-South Project
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Compressor Station NS2—Bradford County,
Pennsylvania
July 14, 2010, at 2 p.m.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s Station 319
(driveway)
Turkey Path Road (State Route 1004)
Wyalusing, Pennsylvania 18853
Compressor Station NS1—Tioga County,
New York
July 15, 2010, at 8 a.m.
Treadway Inn and Conference Center
(Lobby)
1100 State Route 17C
Owego, New York 13827
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
mailing list for the proposed project.
State and local government
representatives are asked to notify their
constituents of this project and
encourage them to comment on their
areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, you may be contacted by a
pipeline company representative about
the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the
proposed facilities. The company would
seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
agreement. However, if the project is
approved by the Commission, that
approval conveys with it the right of
eminent domain. Therefore, if easement
negotiations fail to produce an
agreement, the pipeline company could
initiate condemnation proceedings
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where compensation would be
determined in accordance with state
law.
A fact sheet prepared by the FERC
entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
To Know?’’ was attached to the project
notice CNYOG provided to landowners.
This fact sheet addresses a number of
typically-asked questions, including the
use of eminent domain and how to
participate in the Commission’s
proceedings. It is also available for
viewing on the FERC Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov).
Summary of the Proposed Project
CNYOG proposes to construct and
operate one new compressor station in
both Tioga County, New York (NS1) and
Bradford County, Pennsylvania (NS2).
The North-South Project is associated
with CNYOG’s existing Stagecoach
Storage Project and would increase the
firm throughput capacity of CNYOG’s
North Lateral to 560 million cubic feet
per day (MMcf/d) and South Lateral to
728 MMcf/d. According to CNYOG, its
project would provide service between
receipt and delivery points at the
existing interconnects as well as from
intermediate receipt points along both
laterals.
The North-South Project would
consist of the following facilities:
• One electric-driven 13,400horsepower (hp) centrifugal compressor
at the NS1 compressor station;
• One electric-driven 15,300-hp Solar
C45 centrifugal compressor at the NS2
compressor station;
• Expansion of metering facilities at
the interconnects between CNYOG’s
North and South Laterals and
Millennium Pipeline Company’s
pipeline and Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company’s (TGP) Line 300 pipeline,
respectively,
• Two 30-inch natural gas pipelines
about 900 feet long from NS2 to the
interconnect with TGP.
• An electric substation at the NS1
compressor station; and
• An 1,800-foot-long
nonjurisdictional powerline at the NS2
compressor station.
The general location of the project
facilities is shown in appendix 1.1
1 The appendices referenced in this notice are not
being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of
appendices were sent to all those receiving this
notice in the mail and are available at https://
www.ferc.gov using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or
from the Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call
(202) 502–8371. For instructions on connecting to
eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.
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Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the proposed facilities
would temporarily disturb about 54.3
acres of land for the proposed
compressor stations and powerline.
Following construction, 5 acres would
be maintained for permanent operation
of the NS1 compressor station in Tioga
County, and 5 acres would be
maintained for permanent operation of
the NS2 compressor station in Bradford
County. About 2 acres would be
maintained for access roads, about 1
acre would be utilized for pipeline
right-of-way, and about 7 acres would
be utilized for the powerline right-ofway. The remaining land would be
restored and allowed to revert to former
uses.
The EA Process
The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
take into account the environmental
impacts that could result from an action
whenever it considers the issuance of a
Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to
discover and address concerns the
public may have about proposals. This
process is referred to as ‘‘scoping’’. The
main goal of the scoping process is to
focus the analysis in the EA on the
important environmental issues. By this
notice, the Commission requests public
comments on the scope of the issues to
address in the EA. All comments
received will be considered during the
preparation of the EA.
In the EA, we will discuss impacts
that could occur as a result of the
construction and operation of the
proposed project under these general
headings:
• Geology and soils;
• Land use;
• Water resources, fisheries, and
wetlands;
• Cultural resources;
• Vegetation and wildlife;
• Air quality and noise;
• Endangered and threatened species;
and
• Public safety.
We will also evaluate reasonable
alternatives to the proposed project or
portions of the project, and make
recommendations on how to lessen or
avoid impacts on the various resource
areas.
Our independent analysis of the
issues will be presented in the EA. The
EA will be placed in the public record
and, depending on the comments
received during the scoping process,
may be published and distributed to the
2 ‘‘We’’, ‘‘us’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the environmental
staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects.
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public. A comment period will be
allotted if the EA is published for
review. We will consider all comments
on the EA before we make our
recommendations to the Commission.
To ensure your comments are
considered, please carefully follow the
instructions in the Public Participation
section below.
With this notice, we are asking
agencies with jurisdiction and/or
special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to formally
cooperate with us in the preparation of
the EA. These agencies may choose to
participate once they have evaluated the
proposal relative to their
responsibilities. Agencies that would
like to request cooperating agency status
should follow the instructions for filing
comments provided under the Public
Participation section of this notice.
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Consultations Under Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act
In accordance with the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation’s
implementing regulations, we are using
this notice to solicit the views of the
public on the project’s potential effects
on historic properties.3 We will
document our findings on the impacts
on cultural resources and summarize
the status of consultations under section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act in our EA.
Public Participation
You can make a difference by
providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the project.
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 your comments so
that they will be received in
Washington, DC on or before July 26,
2010.
For your convenience, there are three
methods which you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In
all instances, please reference the
project docket number (CP10–194–000)
with your submission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert eFiling staff
available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
or efiling@ferc.gov.
3 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s
regulations are at title 36, Code of Federal
Regulations, part 800. Historic properties are
defined in those regulations as any prehistoric or
historic district, site, building, structure, or object
included in or eligible for inclusion in the National
Register for Historic Places.
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(1) You may file your comments
electronically by using the Quick
Comment feature, which is located at
https://www.ferc.gov under the link
called ‘‘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 that is listed under the
‘‘Documents and Filings’’ link. 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 to your submission. New
eFiling users must first create an
account by clicking on the links called
‘‘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 a paper copy of your
comments at the following address:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington,
DC 20426.
Environmental Mailing List
The environmental mailing list
includes federal, state, and local
government representatives and
agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American Tribes; other
interested parties; and local libraries
and newspapers. This list also includes
all affected landowners (as defined in
the Commission’s regulations) who are
potential right-of-way grantors, whose
property may be used temporarily for
project purposes, or who own homes
within certain distances of aboveground
facilities, and anyone who submits
comments on the project. We will
update the environmental mailing list as
the analysis proceeds to ensure that we
send the information related to this
environmental review to all individuals,
organizations, and government entities
interested in and/or potentially affected
by the proposed project.
If the EA is published for distribution,
copies will be sent to the environmental
mailing list for public review and
comment. If you would prefer to receive
a paper copy of the document instead of
the CD version or would like to remove
your name from the mailing list, please
return the attached Information Request
(appendix 2).
official party to the Commission’s
proceeding. Intervenors play a more
formal role in the process and are able
to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be
heard by the courts if they choose to
appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
An intervenor formally participates in
the proceeding by filing a request to
intervene. Instructions for becoming an
intervenor are included in the User’s
Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the
Commission’s website.
Additional Information
Additional information about the
project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
site at https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary
link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter
the docket number, excluding the last
three digits in the Docket Number field
(i.e., CP10–194). Be sure you have
selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov
or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The
eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the
Commission, such as orders, notices,
and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission now
offers a free service called eSubscription
which allows you to keep track of all
formal issuances and submittals in
specific dockets. This can reduce the
amount of time you spend researching
proceedings by automatically providing
you with notification of these filings,
document summaries, and direct links
to the documents. Go to https://
www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Finally, public meetings or site visits
will be posted on the Commission’s
calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/
EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
with other related information.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Becoming an Intervenor
In addition to involvement in the EA
scoping process, you may want to
become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP10-194-000]
Central New York Oil and Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed North-South
Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of
Public Scoping Meeting and Onsite Environmental Reviews
June 24, 2010.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will
discuss the environmental impacts of the North-South Project, involving
construction and operation of facilities by Central New York Oil and
Gas Company, LLC (CNYOG) in Bradford County, Pennsylvania and Tioga
County, New York. This EA will be used by the Commission in its
decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the
public convenience and necessity.
This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested
agencies on the project. Your input will help the Commission staff
determine what issues need to be
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evaluated in the EA. Please note that the scoping period will close on
July 26, 2010.
Comments may be submitted in written form or verbally. Further
details on how to submit written comments are provided in the Public
Participation section of this notice. In lieu of or in addition to
sending written comments, the Commission invites you to attend the
public scoping meeting scheduled as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FERC Public Scoping Meeting
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
North-South Project
July 15, 2010, at 7 p.m.
Treadway Inn and Conference Center 1100 State Route 17C
Owego, New York 13827
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The Commission staff will also conduct two environmental site
reviews of the proposed compressor station locations in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania and Tioga County, New York. All interested parties
planning to attend must provide their own transportation. Those
attending should meet at the following locations:
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FERC Environmental Site Reviews North-South Project
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compressor Station NS2--Bradford County, Pennsylvania
July 14, 2010, at 2 p.m.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline's Station 319 (driveway)
Turkey Path Road (State Route 1004)
Wyalusing, Pennsylvania 18853
Compressor Station NS1--Tioga County, New York
July 15, 2010, at 8 a.m.
Treadway Inn and Conference Center (Lobby)
1100 State Route 17C
Owego, New York 13827
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This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental
mailing list for the proposed project. State and local government
representatives are asked to notify their constituents of this project
and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this notice, you may be contacted
by a pipeline company representative about the acquisition of an
easement to construct, operate, and maintain the proposed facilities.
The company would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement.
However, if the project is approved by the Commission, that approval
conveys with it the right of eminent domain. Therefore, if easement
negotiations fail to produce an agreement, the pipeline company could
initiate condemnation proceedings where compensation would be
determined in accordance with state law.
A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural
Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?'' was attached to the
project notice CNYOG provided to landowners. This fact sheet addresses
a number of typically-asked questions, including the use of eminent
domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings. It is
also available for viewing on the FERC Web site (https://www.ferc.gov).
Summary of the Proposed Project
CNYOG proposes to construct and operate one new compressor station
in both Tioga County, New York (NS1) and Bradford County, Pennsylvania
(NS2). The North-South Project is associated with CNYOG's existing
Stagecoach Storage Project and would increase the firm throughput
capacity of CNYOG's North Lateral to 560 million cubic feet per day
(MMcf/d) and South Lateral to 728 MMcf/d. According to CNYOG, its
project would provide service between receipt and delivery points at
the existing interconnects as well as from intermediate receipt points
along both laterals.
The North-South Project would consist of the following facilities:
One electric-driven 13,400-horsepower (hp) centrifugal
compressor at the NS1 compressor station;
One electric-driven 15,300-hp Solar C45 centrifugal
compressor at the NS2 compressor station;
Expansion of metering facilities at the interconnects
between CNYOG's North and South Laterals and Millennium Pipeline
Company's pipeline and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's (TGP) Line 300
pipeline, respectively,
Two 30-inch natural gas pipelines about 900 feet long from
NS2 to the interconnect with TGP.
An electric substation at the NS1 compressor station; and
An 1,800-foot-long nonjurisdictional powerline at the NS2
compressor station.
The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix
1.\1\
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\1\ The appendices referenced in this notice are not being
printed in the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to
all those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at
https://www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the
Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502-8371. For instructions on
connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.
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Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the proposed facilities would temporarily disturb
about 54.3 acres of land for the proposed compressor stations and
powerline. Following construction, 5 acres would be maintained for
permanent operation of the NS1 compressor station in Tioga County, and
5 acres would be maintained for permanent operation of the NS2
compressor station in Bradford County. About 2 acres would be
maintained for access roads, about 1 acre would be utilized for
pipeline right-of-way, and about 7 acres would be utilized for the
powerline right-of-way. The remaining land would be restored and
allowed to revert to former uses.
The EA Process
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the
Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could
result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us
\2\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about
proposals. This process is referred to as ``scoping''. The main goal of
the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public
comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. All comments
received will be considered during the preparation of the EA.
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\2\ ``We'', ``us'', and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff
of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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In the EA, we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of
the construction and operation of the proposed project under these
general headings:
Geology and soils;
Land use;
Water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
Cultural resources;
Vegetation and wildlife;
Air quality and noise;
Endangered and threatened species; and
Public safety.
We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the proposed
project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to
lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
Our independent analysis of the issues will be presented in the EA.
The EA will be placed in the public record and, depending on the
comments received during the scoping process, may be published and
distributed to the
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public. A comment period will be allotted if the EA is published for
review. We will consider all comments on the EA before we make our
recommendations to the Commission. To ensure your comments are
considered, please carefully follow the instructions in the Public
Participation section below.
With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction and/or
special expertise with respect to environmental issues to formally
cooperate with us in the preparation of the EA. These agencies may
choose to participate once they have evaluated the proposal relative to
their responsibilities. Agencies that would like to request cooperating
agency status should follow the instructions for filing comments
provided under the Public Participation section of this notice.
Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act
In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's
implementing regulations, we are using this notice to solicit the views
of the public on the project's potential effects on historic
properties.\3\ We will document our findings on the impacts on cultural
resources and summarize the status of consultations under section 106
of the National Historic Preservation Act in our EA.
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\3\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations
are at title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, part 800. Historic
properties are defined in those regulations as any prehistoric or
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register for Historic
Places.
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Public Participation
You can make a difference by providing us with your specific
comments or concerns about the project. 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 your comments so
that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before July 26,
2010.
For your convenience, there are three methods which you can use to
submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please
reference the project docket number (CP10-194-000) with your
submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and
has expert eFiling 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 at https://www.ferc.gov under the link
called ``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 that is listed under the ``Documents and Filings''
link. 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 to your submission.
New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on the links
called ``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 a paper copy of your comments at the following
address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Environmental Mailing List
The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other
interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also
includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's
regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property
may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within
certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits
comments on the project. We will update the environmental mailing list
as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the information related
to this environmental review to all individuals, organizations, and
government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the
proposed project.
If the EA is published for distribution, copies will be sent to the
environmental mailing list for public review and comment. If you would
prefer to receive a paper copy of the document instead of the CD
version or would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please
return the attached Information Request (appendix 2).
Becoming an Intervenor
In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want
to become an ``intervenor'' which is an official party to the
Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the
process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard
by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling.
An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a
request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are
included in the User's Guide under the ``e-filing'' link on the
Commission's website.
Additional Information
Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC Web site at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Click
on the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket
number, excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field
(i.e., CP10-194). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range.
For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to
the documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.
Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the
Commission's calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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