68138 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 23, 2004 / Notices 

APPENDIX—ORDERS GRANTING IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS—Continued

[DOE/FE Authority] 

Order No. Date issued Importer/Exporter FE docket 

No. 

Import 

volume 

Export 

volume Comments 

2037 ............. 10–28–04 Hunt Oil Company of Canada, 

Inc. 04–94–NG.

6 Bcf Import natural gas from Canada, beginning on December 1, 

2004, and extending through November 31, 2006. 

2038 ............. 10–28–04 Regent Resources Ltd. 04–

112–NG.

15 Bcf Import natural gas from Canada, beginning on October 22, 

2004, and extending through October 21, 2006. 

[FR Doc. 04–25912 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy 

[FE Docket No. 04–106–NG] 

Cascade Natural Gas Corporation; 

Order Granting Authority To Import 

Natural Gas From Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of order.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) gives notice that it issued DOE/FE 

Order No. 2045 granting Cascade 

Natural Gas Corporation authority to 

import up to 6.4 billion cubic feet of 

natural gas annually from Canada, over 

a term of five years that began on 

November 1, 2004. The natural gas will 

be imported under a Base Contract and 

Transaction Confirmation with Enserco 

Energy. 

This Order may be found on the FE 

Web site at http://www.fe.doe.gov (select 

gas regulation). It is also available for 

inspection and copying in the Office of 

Natural Gas Regulatory Activities 

Docket Room, 3E–033, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0334, (202) 

586–9478. The Docket Room is open 

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, DC November 17, 

2004. 

R.F. Corbin, 

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Office of Global Supply and Security, Office 

of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 04–25909 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy 

[FE Docket No. 04–107–NG] 

Cascade Natural Gas Corporation; 

Order Granting Authority To Import 

Natural Gas From Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of order.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) gives notice that it issued DOE/FE 

Order No. 2046 granting Cascade 

Natural Gas Corporation authority to 

import up to 7.3 billion cubic feet of 

natural gas annually from Canada, over 

a term of four years that began on 

November 1, 2004. The natural gas will 

be imported under a Gas Transaction 

Agreement with Nexen Marketing. 

This Order may be found on the FE 

Web site at http://www.fe.doe.gov (select 

gas regulation). It is also available for 

inspection and copying in the Office of 

Natural Gas Regulatory Activities 

Docket Room, 3E–033, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0334, (202) 

586–9478. The Docket Room is open 

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, DC, November 17, 

2004. 

R.F. Corbin, 

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Office of Global Supply and Security, Office 

of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 04–25910 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration 

Transmission Policy-Level 

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of termination of intent 

to prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: On December 22, 2003, BPA 

published in the Federal Register a 

Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS 

(Volume 68, Number 245, Page 71101–

71102). The NOI announced BPA’s 

intent to prepare an EIS in conjunction 

with its exploration of a broad range of 

potential transmission policies. At the 

time the NOI was issued, BPA decided 

it would reevaluate the need for this 

Transmission Policy-Level EIS at the 

conclusion of the public scoping 

process under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

based on public comments received and 

internal considerations. BPA has 

decided that it is not necessary to 

proceed with preparation of the 

Transmission Policy-Level EIS at this 

time, and therefore BPA is issuing this 

notice of termination of intent to 

prepare the Transmission Policy-Level 

EIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Mayer or Rick Yarde, NEPA 

project managers, Bonneville Power 

Administration—KEC–4, PO Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208–3621; toll-free 

telephone number 1–800–282–3713; fax 

number 503–230–5699; e-mail addresses 

msmayer@bpa.gov or rryarde@bpa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA has 

been considering the voluntary adoption 

of a comprehensive policy for its 

transmission business. At the time the 

NOI was issued, the EIS thus was 

proposed as a policy-level document to 

assist in decision-making for the 

planning, construction, operation, 

marketing, and other transmissionrelated efforts of BPA’s Transmission 

Business Line. Also at that time, BPA 

decided it would reevaluate the need for 

this EIS at the conclusion of the public 

scoping process under NEPA, based on 

public comments received and internal 

considerations. Subsequent to 

publication of the NOI, BPA entered the 

formal scoping period, informing the 

public of the proposed Transmission 

Policy-Level EIS via newspaper notices, 

Internet postings, regular BPA 

publications, a focused mailing, and 

public meetings. The public meetings 

were held in Portland, Oregon; Seattle 

and Spokane, Washington; Boise, Idaho; 

and Helena, Montana, in January and 

February 2004. Once the meetings had 

concluded, BPA published the 

comments received, as well as a Public 

Meeting Scoping Summary, on the 

project Internet page on March 19, 2004. 

In addition to comments noted during 

the public meetings, BPA received 

approximately 44 written statements. 

BPA continued to accept comments on 

the proposed Transmission Policy-Level