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1A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that is inserted into and moves 

through the pipeline, and is used for cleaning the 

pipeline, internal inspections, or other purposes. 

2The 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 http:// 

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. 

3 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the environmental 

staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

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 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://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 

http://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 March 16, 2011. 

Dated: March 3, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5319 Filed 3–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–78–000] 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for the Proposed Line AM–46 

Replacement Project, Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues, 

and Notice of Onsite Environmental 

Review 

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 Line AM–46 Replacement Project 

involving construction, operation, and 

abandonment of facilities by 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC (CEGT) in Howard, 

Hempstead, Sevier, and Little River 

Counties, Arkansas. 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 

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on April 1, 

2011. 

The Office of Energy Projects staff will 

conduct on onsite environmental review 

of the project area on March 29, 2011 to 

gather data for its environmental 

assessment. Staff will examine the 

proposed pipeline route, facilities, and 

alternative routes filed by CEGT. 

Viewing of this area is anticipated to be 

from public access points. All interested 

parties are invited to attend but must 

provide their own transportation. Those 

attending should meet at the following 

location and time: Line AM–46 

Replacement Project, FERC 

Environmental Site Review, March 29, 

2011 at 9 a.m. Central Time, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers Millwood Lake 

Project Office, 1528 Hwy 32 East 

Ashdown, AR. 

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 

planned 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 CEGT 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 (http:// 

www.ferc.gov). 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

The Line AM–46 Replacement Project 

would involve abandonment and 

replacement of natural gas facilities to 

ensure continued supply of about 50 

million standard cubic feet of natural 

gas per day to the Ashdown, Arkansas 

area. CEGT proposes to abandon in 

place related pipeline segments in 

Howard, Sevier, and Little River 

County, Arkansas. These segments cross 

Millwood Lake or associated 

waterbodies and were constructed 

between 1929 and 1965. Frequent 

repairs on these lines necessitate their 

replacement. CEGT proposes to replace 

these segments with a new pipeline 

which would bypass Millwood Lake 

and be located in Howard, Hempstead, 

and Little River Counties, Arkansas. 

The Line AM–46 Replacement Project 

would consist of the following facilities: 

• Construction of 16.7 miles of 10- 

inch-diameter pipeline, 

• Construction of a pig launcher and 

receiver,1 and 

• Abandonment of a total of 16.2 

miles of 8- and 10-inch-diameter 

pipeline. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the proposed facilities 

would disturb about 196 acres of land 

for the aboveground facilities and the 

pipeline. Following construction, about 

81 acres would be maintained for 

permanent operation of the project’s 

facilities; the remaining acreage would 

be restored and allowed to revert to 

former uses. About 83 percent of the 

proposed pipeline route parallels 

existing pipeline, utility, or road rightsof-way. 

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 3 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 


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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; 

• Water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• Vegetation and wildlife; 

• Endangered and threatened species; 

• Land use; 

• Cultural resources; 

• Air quality and noise; 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. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified several 

issues that we think deserve attention 

based on a preliminary review of the 

proposed facilities and the 

environmental information provided by 

CEGT. This preliminary list of issues 

may be changed based on your 

comments and our analysis. 

• Crossing of wetlands enlisted under 

the Wetland Reserve Program for the 

protection, restoration and enhancement 

of wetlands. 

• Potential impacts on federally listed 

threatened and endangered species 

occurring within the project area. 

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 April 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 (CP11–78–000) 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 http:// 

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 

http: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. 

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, 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. 

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 http://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., CP11–78). 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 http:// 

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm. 

Finally, public meetings or site visits 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

calendar located at http://www.ferc.gov/ 

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 

with other related information. 


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1 In addition to the SunZia Owners, Salt River 

Project Agricultural Improvement and Power 

District (SRP) and Tri-State Generation and 

Transmission Association, Inc. (TSGT) are sponsors 

of the Project. Neither SRP nor TSGT is a ‘‘public 

utility’’ within the meaning of section 201(e) of the 

Federal Power Act. 

2The remaining sponsors of the Project, SRP, 

TSGT, and TEP—all existing load-serving entities 

with existing transmission systems—plan to 

incorporate their pro rata shares of the Project into 

their transmission systems and provide service 

pursuant to their respective open access 

transmission tariffs (OATTs). As non-public 

utilities, SRP and TSGT are not required to file their 

OATTs with the Commission. 

1Tacoma filed a competing preliminary permit 

application in response to the notice for a 

preliminary permit application for the same site 

from Energy Exchange, Inc. for Project No. 13729. 

Continued 

Dated: March 2, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5316 Filed 3–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EF11–4–001] 

Western Area Power Administration; 

Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on March 3, 2011, the 

Western Area Power Administration, 

submitted its Open Access 

Transmission Tariff Compliance Filing, 

to be effective March 2, 2011. 

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 http://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 

http://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 March 24, 2011. 

Dated: March 3, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5323 Filed 3–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL11–24–000] 

SunZia Transmission, LLC; Notice of 

Petition for Declaratory Order 

Take notice that on February 23, 2011, 

pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Rules 

of Practice and Procedure of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission), 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) 

(2010), SunZia Transmission, LLC 

(SunZia) filed a revised petition for 

declaratory order requesting that the 

Commission find that: (i) Tucson 

Electric Power Company (TEP), 

SouthWestern Power Group (SWPG), 

ECP SunZia, LLC (ECP SunZia), and 

Shell WindEnergy Inc. (SWE) 

(collectively SunZia Owners) each owns 

that portion of the SunZia Southwest 

Transmission Project (Project) equal to 

its pro rata share of investment in the 

Project,1 (ii) SWPG, ECP SunZia, and 

SWE may allocate up to 50 percent of 

their pro rata shares of the Project to 

anchor customers through long-term 

firm negotiated rate contracts,2 and (iii) 

electrical interconnection or 

transmission requests with respect to 

the Project are premature prior to the 

Project attaining sufficient maturity as 

to its permitting, licensing, 

determination of the final alignment, 

and determination of the resulting 

estimated costs. 

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 http://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 

http://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 Thursday, March 17, 2011. 

Dated: March 3, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5324 Filed 3–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13885–000] 

City of Tacoma, Washington; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments and Motions to Intervene 

On November 22, 2010, the City of 

Tacoma, Washington (Tacoma), filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Tacoma Water Supply 

Hydroelectric Project (Tacoma Project or 

project) to be located on the existing 

Tacoma Water Transmission System, in 

Pierce County, Washington.1 The sole 


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