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1ORPC letter filed March 16, 2011. 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, 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 7 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: April 7, 2011. 

Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7988 Filed 4–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PR11–98–000; Docket No. 

PR11–99–000; Not Consolidated] 

Humble Gas Pipeline Company; Cobra 

Pipeline Ltd.; Notice of Baseline 

Filings 

Take notice that on March 28, 2011, 

the applicants listed above submitted a 

revised baseline filing of their Statement 

of Operating Conditions for services 

provided under section 311 of the 

Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 

(‘‘NGPA’’). 

Any person desiring to participate in 

this rate proceeding must file a motion 

to intervene or to protest this filing in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

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 

date as indicated below. Anyone filing 

an intervention or protest must serve a 

copy of that document on the Applicant. 

Anyone filing an intervention or protest 

on or before the intervention or protest 

date need not 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 7 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 Friday, April 8, 2011. 

Dated: March 30, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8019 Filed 4–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12680–003; Project No. 12711– 

003] 

Ocean Renewable Power Company, 

LLC; Notice of Change in Docket 

Number 

On July 24, 2009, Ocean Renewable 

Power Company, LLC (ORPC) filed a 

draft hydrokinetic pilot license 

application (DLA) for the proposed 

Eastport Tidal Energy Project, a 

proposal that unified two preliminary 

permits held by ORPC, the Cobscook 

Bay Tidal Energy Project preliminary 

permit (P–12711–004) and the Western 

Passage Tidal Energy Project 

preliminary permit (P–12680–004). The 

DLA was assigned a single docket 

number, P–12680–003, to represent the 

Eastport Tidal Energy Project pre-filing 

proceeding. ORPC has since dropped 

the Western Passage preliminary permit 

area from its pilot project proposal and 

is pursuing a pilot project license solely 

for the Cobscook Bay preliminary 

permit area. Due to this change in 

project proposal, ORPC has changed the 

name of its proposed pilot project from 

the Eastport Tidal Energy Project to the 

Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project.1

Due to Western Passage no longer being 

a part of the pilot project proposal, the 

docket number P–12680–003 has been 

closed and the docket number P–12711– 

003 has been created and assigned to the 

Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project prefiling proceeding. As part of this change 

in docket number, all current filings and 

issuances associated with the Eastport 

Tidal Energy Project pre-filing 

proceeding have been cross-referenced 

with P–12711–003. All future issuances 

and filings for the Cobscook Bay Tidal 

Energy Project pre-filing proceeding 

should solely reference docket number 

P–12711–003. 


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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 two pages of this notice. 

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

staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7984 Filed 4–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–128–000; Docket No. 

CP11–133–000] 

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Northern Access Project and 

Station 230c Project, Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues, 

and Notice of Public Environmental 

Site 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 

two related projects proposed by 

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation 

(National Fuel) and Tennessee Gas 

Pipeline Company (TGP). National 

Fuel’s Northern Access Project would 

involve construction and operation of 

facilities in Erie County, New York and 

Potter County, Pennsylvania. TGP’s 

Station 230C Project would involve 

construction and operation of facilities 

in Niagara County, New York. This EA 

will be used by the Commission in its 

decision-making process to determine 

whether these projects are 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 projects. 

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 28, 

2011. 

Commission staff will conduct two 

onsite environmental reviews of 

National Fuel’s proposed East Aurora 

Compressor Station site and its Ellisburg 

Compressor Station expansion. All 

interested parties planning to attend 

must provide their own transportation. 

Those attending should meet at the 

following locations: 

East Aurora Compressor Station Site 

Review April 11, 2011, at 2 pm, Meet 

at Tops Plaza, 65 Grey Street, East 

Aurora, New York 14052. 

Ellisburg Compressor Station Site 

Review April 14, 2011, at 8 am, Meet at 

the Westgate Inn Hotel (Lobby), 307 

Route 6 West, Coudersport, 

Pennsylvania 16915. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s environmental mailing 

list for these projects. State and local 

government representatives are asked to 

notify their constituents of these 

proposed projects and encourage them 

to comment on their areas of concern. 

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 National Fuel and TGP 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 

website (http://www.ferc.gov). 

Summary of the Proposed Projects 

National Fuel’s proposed Northern 

Access Project would provide about 

320,000 dekatherms per day of firm 

Marcellus Shale natural gas 

transportation service to northeastern 

and Canadian markets. The Northern 

Access Project would consist of the 

following: 

• A new East Aurora Compressor 

Station, totaling 4,470-horsepower (hp), 

and auxiliary facilities in Erie County, 

New York; 

• Piping modifications at the existing 

Concord Compressor Station in Erie 

County, New York to permit 

bidirectional flow; 

• Two additional compressor units, 

totaling 9,470-hp, at the existing 

Ellisburg Compressor Station in Potter 

County, Pennsylvania; and 

• Upgrades to the existing Rose Lake 

Interconnection metering facilities at the 

Ellisburg Compressor Station. 

TGP’s proposed project would 

include upgrades and modifications at 

its existing Compressor Station 230C in 

Niagara County, New York, located on 

the Niagara Spur Loop Line (NSLL). 

TGP states that the purpose of the 

Station 230C Project is to make the 

NSLL facilities, jointly owned with 

National Fuel, a bi-directional pipeline. 

TGP’s and National Fuel’s projects 

would make the proposed receipt and 

delivery service available to the 

northeastern and Canadian markets. 

TGP’s project would consist of the 

following facilities at the Compressor 

Station 230C: 

• Abandonment by replacement of 

the A2 and A3 compressor engines; 

• Restaging of centrifugal 

compressors for units A2, A3, and A4 to 

match bi-directional flow conditions; 

• Piping modifications to allow 

reverse flow; 

• New discharge flow check meters 

and check valves along the existing 20- 

and 30-inch pipelines; 

• New station discharge cooling 

equipment; and 

• Modification to station automation 

systems and installation of yard valves 

to allow bi-directional flow. 

The general locations of the projects’ 

facilities are shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the Northern Access 

Project facilities would disturb a total of 

about 12.6 acres of land for the 

aboveground facilities. Following 

construction, a total of about 11.4 acres 

would be maintained for permanent 

operation of the project’s facilities. 

Construction of the Station 230C 

Project facilities would disturb about 7 

acres of land for the compressor station 

upgrades and modifications; this 

includes 4.6 acres of temporary 

workspace outside the existing station 

fence line. About 2.4 acres of land 

within the station fence line would be 

required for operation of the project 

facilities. 

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 projects under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and Soils; 

• Land Use; 

• Water Resources, Fisheries, and 

Wetlands; 

• Endangered and Threatened 

Species; 


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