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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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3The 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 National 

Register for Historic Places. 

• Vegetation and Wildlife; 

• Cultural Resources; 

• Air Quality and Noise; and 

• Public safety. 

We will also evaluate reasonable 

alternatives to the proposed projects or 

portions of the projects, 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 beginning on page 5. 

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 

National Historic Preservation Act 

In accordance with the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation’s 

implementing regulations for section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, we are using this 

notice to initiate consultation with 

applicable State Historic Preservation 

Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their 

views and those of other government 

agencies, interested Indian tribes, and 

the public on the projects’ potential 

effects on historic properties.3 We will 

define the project-specific Area of 

Potential Effects (APE) in consultation 

with the SHPOs as the projects are 

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 for these 

projects will document our findings on 

the 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 

projects. 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 28, 

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 numbers (CP11–128–000 and 

CP11–133–000) 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, or who own homes 

within certain distances of aboveground 

facilities, and anyone who submits 

comments on the projects. 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 projects. 

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 

projects 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., CP11–128 or CP11–133). 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 


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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. 

Dated: March 29, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8030 Filed 4–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. PR11–95–000] 

American Midstream (Louisiana 

Intrastate), LLC; Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on March 16, 2011, 

American Midstream (Louisiana 

Intrastate), LLC (AMLI) filed to revise its 

Fuel Retention percentage and to revise 

section 3.2 of its Statement of Operating 

Conditions to remove obsolete and 

unnecessary language as more fully 

described in the filing. 

Any person desiring to participate in 

this rate filing 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). 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 Wednesday, March 24, 2011. 

Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7987 Filed 4–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL11–31–000] 

City of Springfield, Illinois, City Water, 

Light and Power; Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on March 24, 2011, 

The City of Springfield, Illinois, City 

Water, Light and Power (CWLP), filed 

its proposed rate schedule, which 

specified CWLP’s cost-based revenue 

requirements for Reactive Supply and 

Voltage Control from Generation 

Sources Service supplied by five CWLP 

generating units, pursuant to the Open 

Access Transmission and Energy 

Markets Tariff of the Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc, along with supporting 

testimony and data. 

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 April 14, 2011. 

Dated: March 29, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8028 Filed 4–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PR11–97–000] 

Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, L.L.C.; 

Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on March 28, 2011, 

Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, L.L.C. 

(Jefferson Island) submitted a revised 

Statement of Operating Conditions 

(SOC) for services provided under 

section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy 

Act of 1978 (‘‘NGPA’’). Jefferson Island 

proposes to revise its SOC to provide its 

customers the option to use pooling 

points as additional points of receipt 

and/or delivery under their service 

agreements, as more fully described in 

the application. 

Any person desiring to participate in 

this rate filing 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). 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. 


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