Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 218 / Friday, November 12, 2004 / Notices 65417

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael T. Skinker (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of facilities at the 

international border of the United States 

for the transmission of electric energy 

between the United States and a foreign 

country is prohibited in the absence of 

a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order (EO) 10485, as 

amended by EO 12038. Existing 

Presidential permits are not transferable 

or assignable. However, in the event of 

a proposed voluntary transfer of 

facilities, in accordance with the 

regulations at 10 CFR 205.323, the 

existing permit holder and the 

transferee are required to file a joint 

application with DOE that includes a 

statement of reasons for the transfer. 

On October 20, 2004, BWCL and BPL, 

both wholly-owned subsidiaries of 

Boliden AB, a Swedish Corporation, 

jointly filed an application with the 

Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 

Department of Energy (DOE) to transfer 

from BWCL to BPL the international 

transmission facilities authorized by 

Presidential Permit PP–85–2. The 

permitted facilities ‘‘loop’’ into and out 

of Canada, through the State of Alaska, 

and do not interconnect with the 

electricity delivery system of Alaska. No 

physical change to authorized facilities 

is expected. The facilities proposed to 

be transferred are described as:

One 35,000-volt (35-kV) alternating current 

transmission line which crosses the U.S. 

international border from British Columbia, 

Canada, passes through the State of Alaska, 

and re-enters British Columbia at a second 

point on the U.S. international border.

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to this 

proceeding or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the FERC’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of 

each petition and protest should be filed 

with the DOE on or before the date 

listed above. 

Additional copies of such petitions to 

intervene or protests also should be 

filed directly with: W. S. Garton and 

Christopher Horte, Bull, Housser & 

Tupper, 3000–1055 West Georgia Street, 

Vancouver, BC, V6E 3R3, Canada. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

issued or amended, the DOE must 

determine that the proposed action will 

not adversely impact on the reliability 

of the U.S. electric power supply 

system. In addition, DOE must consider 

the environmental impacts of the 

proposed action (i.e., granting the 

Presidential permit, with any conditions 

and limitations, or denying the permit) 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969. DOE also must 

obtain the concurrence of the Secretary 

of State and the Secretary of Defense 

before taking final action on a 

Presidential permit application. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above. In addition, the 

application may be reviewed or 

downloaded from the Fossil Energy 

home page at: http://www.fe.doe.gov.

Upon reaching the Fossil Energy home 

page, select ‘‘Electricity Regulation’’

from the options menu, and then 

‘‘Pending Proceedings.’’

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 8, 

2004. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, 

Office of Fossil Energy.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC04–574–001, FERC–574] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Submitted for OMB 

Review 

November 5, 2004.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and reinstatement of this 

information collection requirement. Any 

interested person may file comments 

directly with OMB and should address 

a copy of those comments to the 

Commission as explained below. The 

Commission received no comments in 

response to an earlier Federal Register

notice of August 20, 2004 (69 FR 51649–

50), and has made this notification in its 

submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by December 10, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

Pamela_L._Beverly@omb.eop.gov and 

include the OMB Control No. as a point 

of reference. The Desk Officer may be 

reached by telephone at 202–395–4650. 

A copy of the comments should also be 

sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Office of the Executive 

Director, ED–30, Attention: Michael 

Miller, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may 

be filed either in paper format or 

electronically. Those persons filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. For paper filings, such 

comments should be submitted to the 

Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and 

should refer to Docket No. IC04–574–

001. 

Documents filed electronically via the 

Internet must be prepared in 

WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable 

Document Format, or ASCII format. To 

file the document, access the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov and click on ‘‘Make an Efiling,’’ and then follow the instructions 

for each screen. First time users will 

have to establish a user name and 

password. The Commission will send an 

automatic acknowledgment to the 

sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of 

comments. User assistance for electronic 

filings is available at 202–502–8258 or 

by e-mail to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments 

should not be submitted to the e-mail 

address. 

All comments are available for review 

at the Commission or may 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 the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at 

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

contact (202) 502–8659.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at 

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

michael.miller@ferc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Description 

The information collection submitted 

for OMB review contains the following: 

1. Collection of Information: FERC–

574 ‘‘Gas Pipeline Certificates: Hinshaw 

Exemption’’. 

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

3. Control No.: 1902–0116. 

The Commission is now requesting 

that OMB approve and reinstate with a 

three-year extension of the expiration 

date, with no changes to the existing 

collection. The information filed with 

the Commission is mandatory. 

4. Necessity of the Collection of 

Information: Submission of this 

information is necessary to enable the 

Commission to carry out its 

responsibilities in implementing the 

statutory provisions of sections 1(c), 4, 

7, 10(a) and 16 of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA). Natural gas pipeline companies 

file applications with the Commission 

furnishing information in order for a 

determination to be made as to whether 

the applicant qualifies for an exemption 

from the provisions of the Natural Gas 

Act (section 1(c)). 

The exemption applies to companies 

engaged in the transportation or sale for 

resale of natural gas in interstate 

commerce if: (a) It receives gas at or 

within the boundaries of the state from 

another person; (b) such gas is 

transported, sold, consumed within 

such state; and (c) the rates, service and 

facilities of such company are subject to 

the regulation by a State Commission. 

The data required to be filed by a 

pipeline companies is specified by 18 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

152. 

5. Respondent Description: The 

respondent universe currently 

comprises 1 natural gas company (on 

average per year) subject to the 

Commission’s jurisdiction. 

6. Estimated Burden: 245 total hours, 

1 respondent (average per year), 1 

response per respondent, and 245 hours 

per response (average). 

7. Estimated Cost Burden to 

Respondents: 245 hours / 2080 hours 

per years × $107,185 per year = $12,625.

Statutory Authority: Sections 1(c), 4, 7 of 

the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717–717w).

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP05–8–000, CP05–9–000, and 

CP05–10–000] 

Starks Gas Storage L.L.C.; Notice of 

Application 

November 3, 2004. 

Take notice that on October 26, 2004 

Starks Storage L.L.C. (Starks), c/o 1800, 

855 2nd Street, SW., P.O. Box 2850, 

Calgary, AB T2P 2S5, Canada, filed in 

Docket No. CP05–8–000, CP05–9–000, 

and CP05–10,000, an application for

(1) a certificate of public convenience 

and necessity under section 7(c) of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization 

to construct, own, operate, and maintain 

an underground natural gas storage 

facility at the Starks salt dome and a 

related pipeline in Calcasieu and 

Beauregard Parishes, Louisiana; (2) a 

blanket certificate under Part 157, 

Subpart F of the Commission’s 

regulations; (3) a blanket certificate 

under Part 284, Subpart G of the 

Commission’s regulations,

(4) authorization to provide storage 

services at market-based rates;

(5) approval of a pro-forma gas tariff; 

and (6) waiver of certain Commission 

regulations and requirements. The 

details are all more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. This filing may be also 

viewed on the web 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 the document. For 

assistance, call (202) 502–8222 or TTY, 

(202) 208–1659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to Jason 

A. Dubchak, Legal Counsel, c/o 1800, 

855 2nd Street, SW., P.O. Box 2850, 

Calgary, AB T2P 2S5, Canada, phone 

(403) 645–5047; or Douglas F. John, 

John & Hengerer, 1200 17th Street, NW., 

Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036–3013, 

phone (202) 439–8801. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. Unless filing 

electronically, a party must submit 14 

copies of any paper filing made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

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 commenters 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 commenters will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commenters 

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. 

Comments, protests and interventions 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Comment Date: November 24, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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