Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed 2012 Storage Optimization Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, 69717-69719 [2011-28989]
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Applicants: Southern California
Edison Company.
Description: Southern California
Edison Company submits tariff filing
per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: WDAT Amendments
for ITCC Language to be effective 1/1/
2012.
Filed Date: 11/01/2011.
Accession Number: 20111101–5202.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, November 22, 2011.
Docket Numbers: ER12–318–000.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
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Description: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company submits tariff filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii: E&P Agreement for
Westlands Solar Farms to be effective
11/3/2011.
Filed Date: 11/02/2011.
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Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
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Hercules WDT Service Agreement Nos.
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Take notice that the Commission
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The filings are accessible in the
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docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
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eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
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other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: November 2, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[ Docket No. CP11–547–000]
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
America, LLC; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment
for the Proposed 2012 Storage
Optimization Project and Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues
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 2012 Storage Optimization Project
involving abandonment of certain
facilities and construction and operation
of new facilities by Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America, LLC (Natural) in
Washington County, Iowa; Effingham,
Clinton, and Piatt Counties, Illinois; and
Harrison County, Texas. 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
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staff determine what issues need to be
evaluated in the EA. Please note that the
scoping period will close on, December
1, 2011.
Comments may be submitted in
written form. Further details on how to
submit written comments are provided
in the Public Participation section of
this notice.
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
mailing list for this project. State and
local government representatives are
asked to notify their constituents of this
proposed 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
representative of Natural 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 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 Natural 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
Natural states that the benefits of the
2012 Storage Optimization Project
would serve the public convenience and
necessity by replacing aging compressor
units with new equipment and thereby
improving and optimizing its market
area storage withdrawal and injection
capabilities, system flexibility and
reliability
The proposed Project would consist of
the following:
Compressor Station 205—Washington
County, Iowa
• Construct and operate a new 3,550
hp gas-fired compressor unit at
Natural’s Compressor Station 205
located near Keota in Washington
County, Iowa.
• Abandon by removal the existing
dual 6-inch-diameter meter runs at
Natural’s Compressor Station 205.
• Install new 10-inch-diameter meter.
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Proposed Compressor Station 206A—
Effingham County, Illinois
• Construct and operate a new 22,000
hp electric motor driven compressor
station located near Altamont in
Effingham County, Illinois.
Compressor Stations 310 and 311—
Centralia and Clinton Counties, Illinois
• Abandon in place two 2,800 hp gasfired compressor units at Natural’s CS
310 located near Centralia in Clinton
County, Illinois.
• Abandon in place three 2,800 hp
gas-fired compressor units at Natural’s
CS 311 located near Hammond in Piatt
County, Illinois.
North Lansing Storage Field—Harrison
County, Texas
• Reduce the cushion gas inventory
by 5 Bcf at Natural’s North Lansing
Storage Field near Longview in Harrison
County, Texas.
The general location of the project
facilities is shown in appendix 1.1
Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the new proposed
Compressor Station 206A would
permanently disturb about 14.32 acres
of land. The remaining proposed work
would be conducted within existing
facility areas.
The EA Process
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The Natural 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
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.
2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of
Energy Projects.
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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
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
Natural Historic Preservation Act
In accordance with the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation’s
implementing regulations for section
106 of the Natural Historic Preservation
Act, we are using this notice to initiate
consultation with applicable State
Historic Preservation Office(s) (SHPO),
and to solicit their views and those of
other government agencies, interested
Indian tribes, and the public on the
project’s potential effects on historic
properties.3 We will define the projectspecific Area of Potential Effects (APE)
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 Natural
Register of Historic Places.
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in consultation with the SHPO(s) as the
project is further developed. On natural
gas facility projects, the APE at a
minimum encompasses all areas subject
to ground disturbance (examples
include construction right-of-way,
contractor/pipe storage yards,
compressor stations, and access roads).
Our EA would document our findings
on the potential project impacts on
historic properties and summarize the
status of consultations under section
106.
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
December 1, 2011.
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 (CP11–547–000) 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 eComment
feature, which is located on the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov under the link to
Documents and Filings. An eComment
is an easy method for interested persons
to submit brief, 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 Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov under the link to
Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
you can provide comments in a variety
of formats by attaching them as a file
with your submission. New eFiling
users must first create an account by
clicking on ‘‘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.
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Environmental Mailing List
The environmental mailing list
includes federal, state, and local
government representatives and
agencies; elected officials; Native
American Tribes; environmental and
public interest groups; 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 Web site.
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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., CP11–547). 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
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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.
Dated: November 2, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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‘‘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 email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on November 8, 2011.
Dated: November 1, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011–28987 Filed 11–8–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL11–39–001]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Gregory R. Swecker and Beverly F.
Swecker v. Midland Power Cooperative
and State of Iowa; Notice of Filing
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Take notice that on October 27, 2011,
Gregory R. Swecker and Beverly F.
Swecker (Complainants) filed a notice of
disconnection of back-up power to
Complainant’s QF and residence by
Midland Power Cooperative
(Respondent) and request for an
expedited order for reconnection. In
addition, on October 31, 2011
Complainants filed a second request for
expedited order for reconnection.
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
appropriate. The Respondent’s answer
and all interventions, or protests must
be filed on or before the comment date.
The Respondent’s answer, motions to
intervene, and protests must be served
on the Complainants.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
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Take notice that on October 27, 2011,
City of Vernon, California submitted its
tariff filing per 35.25(e): 2012 TRR/
TRBAA Update Filing and Ministerial
Changes to be effective 1/1/2012.
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
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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[ Docket No. CP11-547-000]
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, LLC; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed 2012 Storage
Optimization Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
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 2012 Storage Optimization
Project involving abandonment of certain facilities and construction
and operation of new facilities by Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
America, LLC (Natural) in Washington County, Iowa; Effingham, Clinton,
and Piatt Counties, Illinois; and Harrison County, Texas. 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 evaluated in the EA. Please note that
the scoping period will close on, December 1, 2011.
Comments may be submitted in written form. Further details on how
to submit written comments are provided in the Public Participation
section of this notice.
This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental
mailing list for this project. State and local government
representatives are asked to notify their constituents of this proposed
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 representative of Natural 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 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 Natural 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
Natural states that the benefits of the 2012 Storage Optimization
Project would serve the public convenience and necessity by replacing
aging compressor units with new equipment and thereby improving and
optimizing its market area storage withdrawal and injection
capabilities, system flexibility and reliability
The proposed Project would consist of the following:
Compressor Station 205--Washington County, Iowa
Construct and operate a new 3,550 hp gas-fired compressor
unit at Natural's Compressor Station 205 located near Keota in
Washington County, Iowa.
Abandon by removal the existing dual 6-inch-diameter meter
runs at Natural's Compressor Station 205.
Install new 10-inch-diameter meter.
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Proposed Compressor Station 206A--Effingham County, Illinois
Construct and operate a new 22,000 hp electric motor
driven compressor station located near Altamont in Effingham County,
Illinois.
Compressor Stations 310 and 311--Centralia and Clinton Counties,
Illinois
Abandon in place two 2,800 hp gas-fired compressor units
at Natural's CS 310 located near Centralia in Clinton County, Illinois.
Abandon in place three 2,800 hp gas-fired compressor units
at Natural's CS 311 located near Hammond in Piatt County, Illinois.
North Lansing Storage Field--Harrison County, Texas
Reduce the cushion gas inventory by 5 Bcf at Natural's
North Lansing Storage Field near Longview in Harrison County, Texas.
The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix
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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 new proposed Compressor Station 206A would
permanently disturb about 14.32 acres of land. The remaining proposed
work would be conducted within existing facility areas.
The EA Process
The Natural 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 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 Natural Historic Preservation
Act
In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's
implementing regulations for section 106 of the Natural Historic
Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation
with applicable State Historic Preservation Office(s) (SHPO), and to
solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested
Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on
historic properties.\3\ We will define the project-specific Area of
Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPO(s) as the project
is further developed. On natural gas facility projects, the APE at a
minimum encompasses all areas subject to ground disturbance (examples
include construction right-of-way, contractor/pipe storage yards,
compressor stations, and access roads). Our EA would document our
findings on the potential project impacts on historic properties and
summarize the status of consultations under section 106.
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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 Natural Register of 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 December 1,
2011.
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 (CP11-547-000) 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 eComment
feature, which is located on the Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings. An eComment is an
easy method for interested persons to submit brief, 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 Web site at https://www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you
can provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a
file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an
account by clicking on ``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.
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Environmental Mailing List
The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; Native
American Tribes; environmental and public interest groups; 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 Web site.
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., CP11-547). 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.
Dated: November 2, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-28989 Filed 11-8-11; 8:45 am]
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