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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 12790–001]
Pomperaug Hydro Project, Andrew
Peklo III; Notice Establishing Deadline
for Comments and Reply Comments
On December 15, 2011, the
Commission issued notice that Office of
Energy Projects staff will hold a site
visit and technical meeting on January
18, 2012. The meeting will be
transcribed by a court reporter and all
oral comments made at the meeting will
be included in the public record. Any
written comments should be filed by
February 17, 2012, and any reply
comments must be filed by March 5,
2012. If you have questions about filing
comments, please contact Steve Kartalia
at (202) 502–6131, or via email at
stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov.
Dated: January 12, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012–1082 Filed 1–19–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP12–33–000]
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Caledonia Energy Partners, L.L.C.;
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Caledonia Delta Pressure—
DP33 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 affects of
the Caledonia Delta Pressure—DP33
Project (Project) proposed by Caledonia
Energy Partners, L.L.C. (Caledonia) in
Lowndes County, Mississippi. The
Commission will use this EA in its
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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 February
13, 2012.
You may submit comments in written
form. Further details on how to submit
written comments are 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 should
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, a pipeline company
representative may contact you 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 Commission
approves the project, 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.
Caledonia provided landowners with
a fact sheet prepared by the FERC
entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
Facility on My Land? What Do I Need
To Know?’’ 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 (www.ferc.gov).
Summary of the Proposed Project
The Project involves the modification
of the Caledonia Storage Facility by
upgrading the maximum allowable
operating pressure (MAOP) from 2700
pounds per square inch gauge (psig) to
3300 psig and to add sufficient
compression to increase injection and
withdrawal capacity. This would
involve construction of the following
principal facilities at the Caledonia
Storage Facility:
• Approximately 0.84 mile of 16inch-diameter high pressure injection
pipeline connecting the existing gas
storage field wells on well pads A, B
and C to the existing plant facilities;
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• Installation of two additional
natural gas-driven reciprocating
compressor units added to the existing
compression system; and
• Addition of separators, gas piping,
modified or replacement well heads, a
gas-driven backup generator, and
electrical and instrumentation
equipment to accommodate the increase
in operating pressure.
In addition, the Project involves
changes to the measurement, and flow
control equipment and replacement of
filter separation at Caledonia’s
interconnection with Tennessee Gas
Pipeline to accommodate the increased
flow rate during injection and
withdrawal.
The general location of the Project
facilities is shown in Appendix 1.1
Land Requirements for Construction
Construction of the Project would
impact a total of approximately 48.6
acres, including lands affected for the
pipeline construction, construction of
well pads and tie-ins, aboveground
facility sites, and temporary
workspaces. All of the construction
acreage within the compressor station,
interconnect meter station, well pads, as
well as the pipeline right-of-way was
previously disturbed during installation
of the original Caledonia facility in
2007. The only new permanent right-ofway that would be required for the
Project is 0.13 acres associated with the
tie-in at Well Pad A. The remaining 48.5
acres would be temporarily affected by
construction activities and then
returned to the previous land use.
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. The 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
important environmental issues. By this
notice, the Commission requests public
comments on the scope of the issues to
1 The appendices referenced in this notice are not
printed in the Federal Register. Copies of
appendices were sent to all those receiving this
notice in the mail and are available at 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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12790-001]
Pomperaug Hydro Project, Andrew Peklo III; Notice Establishing
Deadline for Comments and Reply Comments
On December 15, 2011, the Commission issued notice that Office of
Energy Projects staff will hold a site visit and technical meeting on
January 18, 2012. The meeting will be transcribed by a court reporter
and all oral comments made at the meeting will be included in the
public record. Any written comments should be filed by February 17,
2012, and any reply comments must be filed by March 5, 2012. If you
have questions about filing comments, please contact Steve Kartalia at
(202) 502-6131, or via email at stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov.
Dated: January 12, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-1082 Filed 1-19-12; 8:45 am]
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