Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 9 / Thursday, January 13, 2011 / Notices 2365 

Filed Date: 12/13/2010. 

Accession Number: 20101213–5234. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, December 17, 2010. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 

again in a subdocket related to a 

compliance filing if you have previously 

intervened in the same docket. 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. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. In reference 

to filings initiating a new proceeding, 

interventions or protests submitted on 

or before the comment deadline need 

not be served on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

eLibrary system by clicking on the 

appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also 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 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or 

call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–528 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Effectiveness of Exempt 

Wholesale Generator Status 

January 6, 2011. 

Docket No. 

Ashtabula Wind III, LLC ......... EG11–1–000 

Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. .... EG11–2–000 

Flat Water Wind Farm, LLC ... EG11–3–000 

Wildorado Wind Two, LLC ..... EG11–4–000 

Sandy Ridge Wind, LLC ........ EG11–5–000 

AES ES Deepwater, LLC ....... EG11–6–000 

Elk City II Wind, LLC ............. EG11–7–000 

Take notice that during the month of 

December 2010, the status of the abovecaptioned entities as Exempt Wholesale 

Generators became effective by 

operation of the Commission’s 

regulations. 18 CFR 366.7(a). 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–540 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13–023] 

Green Island Power Authority; Notice 

of Availability of Final Environmental 

Assessment 

January 5, 2011. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR part 

380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the 

Office of Energy Projects has reviewed 

the application for a new license for the 

6.0-megawatt Green Island 

Hydroelectric Project, located on the 

Hudson River, in Albany County, New 

York, and has prepared a Final 

Environmental Assessment (FEA). In the 

FEA, Commission staff analyzes the 

potential environmental effects of 

relicensing the project and conclude 

that issuing a new license for the 

project, with appropriate environmental 

measures, would not constitute a major 

federal action significantly affecting the 

quality of the human environment. 

A copy of the FEA is on file with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection. The FEA may also be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link. Enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the docket 

number field to access documents. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. For further information, 

contact Tom Dean at (202) 502–6041. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–542 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–39–000] 

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Northeast 

Expansion Project and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

January 5, 2011. 

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 Northeast Expansion Project 

(Project) proposed by Dominion 

Transmission, Inc. (DTI). The Project 

consists of a total of 32,440 horsepower 

(hp) of compression to be installed at 

three existing compressor stations, a 

new meter station, and an upgrade at an 

existing regulator station, all located at 

existing DTI facilities in Pennsylvania. 

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 February 4, 

2011. 

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. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

DTI is seeking authorization to 

construct, own, and operate the 

proposed Project, which would involve 

expansion at several of DTI’s existing 

aboveground facilities in Western 


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1The 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. 

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

staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

Pennsylvania. DTI is proposing to 

install additional compression units at 

its existing Punxsutawney, Ardell, and 

Finnefrock Compressor Station in 

Jefferson/Indiana, Elk, and Clinton 

Counties, Pennsylvania. All 

construction would take place within 

the stations fence lines and in adjacent 

stations areas within DTI’s property 

boundaries. DTI states that the Project 

would provide 200,000 dekatherms per 

day of firm transportation services in 

Pennsylvania, creating increased access 

for production in this region to major 

natural gas markets of the Northeast and 

Mid-Atlantic regions of the United 

States. 

The proposed Project consists of the 

following: 

• Punxsutawney Compressor 

Station—install one gas turbine/ 

compressor package that would consist 

of a Solar C404 compressor driven by a 

Solar Centaur gas turbine rated at 6,130 

hp. The turbine would be fueled by 

natural gas and would be placed in a 

new compressor building. 

• Ardell Compressor Station—install 

one gas turbine/compressor package that 

would consist of a Solar C45 compressor 

driven by a Solar Taurus 70 gas turbine 

rated at 10,310 hp. The turbine would 

be fueled by natural gas and would be 

placed in a new compressor building. 

• Finnefrock Compressor Station— 

install one gas turbine/compressor 

package that would consist of a Solar 

C453 centrifugal compressor driven by a 

Solar Mars 100 gas turbine, rated at 

16,000 hp. 

• Leidy Compressor Station—upgrade 

an existing Measurement and 

Regulation (M&R) facility within the 

fence line of the Leidy Compressor 

Station. 

• Punxsutawney Compressor 

Station—install one new crossover line 

with M&R which links the existing 

suction piping to LN–280. 

The general location of the Project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirement for Construction 

Construction of the Project would 

involve temporary disturbance of a total 

of 41.5 acres of land with DTI’s property 

boundaries which would include an 

18.2 acres within existing compressor 

station fence lines and 23.2 acres within 

DTI’s property. For construction 

activities within DTI’s property, 14.6 

acres would be required for the 

Punxsutawney Station, 1.4 acres for the 

Ardell Station, and 6.2 acres for the 

Finnefrock Station. DTI would utilize 

the construction work areas for 

equipment and materials laydown, and 

parking. Following construction, these 

construction work areas would be 

restored, stabilized, and seeded. 

Operation of the Project would involve 

1.9 acres of lands. 

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, including 

migratory birds; 

• 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. 

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 February 

4, 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 (CP11–39–000) 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: 


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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; 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. 

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., CP11–39). 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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–535 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP10–486–000] 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company; 

Notice of Availability of the 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Spruce Hill Air Blending 

Project 

January 5, 2011. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Spruce Hill Air Blending Project 

proposed by Colorado Interstate Gas 

Company (CIG) in the above-referenced 

docket. CIG requests authorization to 

construct, operate, and maintain a new 

air blending compressor station in 

Douglas County, Colorado. This facility 

would allow CIG to meet the gas quality 

specifications for its existing Line No. 

9A system. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Spruce Hill Air Blending Project in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969. The FERC staff concludes that 

approval of the proposed project, with 

appropriate mitigating measures, would 

not constitute a major Federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The proposed Spruce Hill Air 

Blending Project includes the following 

facilities: 

• An air blending station comprised 

of three air compressors ranging from 

215 to 500 horsepower; 

• A back-pressure regulator; 

• Air blending controls and 

instrumentation; 

• A gas heater; 

• Auxiliary facilities and piping; 

• Modifications to the existing Spruce 

Hill Meter Station; and 

• A FERC non-jurisdictional electric 

utility connection. 

The EA has been placed in the public 

files of the FERC and is available for 

public viewing on the FERC’s Web site 

at http://www.ferc.gov using the 

eLibrary link. A limited number of 

copies of the EA are available for 

distribution and public inspection at: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, 

NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. 

(202) 502–8371. 

Copies of the EA have been mailed to 

Federal, State, and local government 

representatives and agencies; elected 

officials; environmental and public 

interest groups; Native American Tribes; 

potentially affected landowners and 

other interested individuals and groups; 

newspapers and libraries in the project 

area; and parties to this proceeding. 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the EA may do so. 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 properly recorded and 

considered prior to a Commission 

decision on the proposal, it is important 

that the FERC receives your comments 

in Washington, DC on or before 

February 4, 2011. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. In all 

instances, please reference the project 

docket number (CP10–486–000) with 

your submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has dedicated eFiling 

expert staff available to assist you at 

(202) 502–8258 or efiling@ferc.gov. 

(1) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the 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:// 


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