Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 7, 2010 / Notices 76001 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–35–000] 

Southwest Gas Corporation; Notice of 

Application 

November 29, 2010. 

On November 16, 2010, Southwest 

Gas Corporation (Southwest) filed with 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) an 

application pursuant to section 7(f) of 

the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, 

and section 157 of the Commission’s 

Regulations, for a service area 

determination for their Kings Beach, 

California and Crystal Bay, Nevada 

service areas, all as more fully set forth 

in the application, which is on file with 

the Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

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. 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, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Questions regarding this application 

should be directed to Mark R. Haskell, 

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1111 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004 or by calling 

202–739–3000 or by e-mailing 

mhaskell@morganlewis.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, within 90 days of 

this Notice the Commission staff will 

either: Complete its environmental 

assessment (EA) and place it into the 

Commission’s public record (eLibrary) 

for this proceeding; or issue a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review. If 

a Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review is issued, it will indicate, among 

other milestones, the anticipated date 

for the Commission staff’s issuance of 

the final environmental impact 

statement (FEIS) or EA for this proposal. 

The filing of the EA in the 

Commission’s public record for this 

proceeding or the issuance of a Notice 

of Schedule for Environmental Review 

will serve to notify federal and state 

agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

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. A party must submit 

seven copies of filings 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. 

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 original and seven copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on December 20, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30597 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 7518–012] 

Erie Boulevard Hydropower L.P.; 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document (Pad), Commencement of 

Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; 

Request for Comments on the Pad and 

Scoping Document, and Identification 

of Issues and Associated Study 

Requests 

November 29, 2010. 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 7518–012. 

c. Date Filed: September 29, 2010. 

d. Submitted By: Erie Boulevard 

Hydropower L.P. 

e. Name of Project: Hogansburg 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the St. Regis River in 

Franklin County, New York. The project 

does not occupy any federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Steven 

Murphy, Brookfield Renewable Power, 

33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, New 

York (315) 598–6130 or e-mail at 

steven.murphy@brookfieldpower.com. 

i. FERC Contact: John Mudre at (202) 

502–8675 or e-mail at 

john.mudre@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item o below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 


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document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR 

part 402 and (b) the State Historic 

Preservation Officer, as required by 

section 106, National Historical 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Erie Boulevard Hydropower L.P. as the 

Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act and section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Erie Boulevard Hydropower L.P. 

filed with the Commission a PreApplication Document (PAD; including 

a proposed process plan and schedule), 

pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site (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 toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

Register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related 

to this or other pending projects. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and 

Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1 

(SD1), as well as study requests. All 

comments on the PAD and SD1, and 

study requests should be sent to the 

address above in paragraph h. In 

addition, all comments on the PAD and 

SD1, study requests, requests for 

cooperating agency status, and all 

communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. Documents may 

be filed electronically via the Internet. 

See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support. 

Although the Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing, documents 

may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 

mail an original and seven copies to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

All filings with the Commission must 

include on the first page, Hogansburg 

Hydroelectric Project No. 7518–012, and 

bear the appropriate heading: 

‘‘Comments on Pre-Application 

Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ 

‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ 

‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency 

Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and 

from Commission Staff.’’ Any individual 

or entity interested in submitting study 

requests, commenting on the PAD or 

SD1, and any agency requesting 

cooperating status must do so by 

January 28, 2011. 

p. Although our current intent is to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA), there is the possibility that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be required. Nevertheless, this 

meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping 

requirements, irrespective of whether an 

EA or EIS is issued by the Commission. 

Scoping Meetings 

On November 15, 2010, the 

Commission issued notice of two 

scoping meetings to be held in the 

vicinity of the project at the times and 

place noted below. The daytime meeting 

will focus on resource agency, Indian 

tribes, and non-governmental 

organization concerns, while the 

evening meeting is primarily for 

receiving input from the public. We 

invite all interested individuals, 

organizations, and agencies to attend 

one or both of the meetings, and to 

assist staff in identifying particular 

study needs, as well as the scope of 

environmental issues to be addressed in 

the environmental document. 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010. 

Time: 1 p.m. 

Location: Wolfclan 37 Hotel, 

1450 State Route 37, Hogansburg, NY 

13655. 

Phone: (518) 358–9038. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010. 

Time: 7 p.m. 

Location: Wolfclan 37 Hotel, 1450 

State Route 37, Hogansburg, NY 13655. 

Phone: (518) 358–9038. 

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the web 

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

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

n. Based on all oral and written 

comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 may include a 

revised process plan and schedule, as 

well as a list of issues, identified 

through the scoping process. 

Site Visit 

The potential applicant and 

Commission staff will conduct a site 

visit of the project on Tuesday, 

December 14, 2010, starting at 3 p.m. 

All participants should meet at the 

Wolfclan 37 Hotel, 450 State Route 37, 

Hogansburg, New York. Participants are 

responsible for their own transportation. 

Anyone with questions about the site 

visit should contact Mr. Steven Murphy 

of Brookfield Power at (315) 598–6130 

on or before December 10, 2010. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review 

and discuss existing conditions and 

resource management objectives; (3) 

review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the appropriateness of any 

federal or state agency or Indian tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are included in item 

n. of this noticet. 


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Meeting Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will be placed in the 

public records of the project. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30596 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–432–000] 

Tricor Ten Section Hub LLC; Notice of 

Availability of the Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed Ten 

Section Gas Storage Project 

November 29, 2010. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Ten Section Gas Storage Project, in Kern 

County, California, proposed by Tricor 

Ten Section Hub LLC (Tricor) in the 

above referenced docket. Tricor requests 

authorization to utilize the depleted 

underground capacity available within 

Zone 1 of the Upper Stevens Sands of 

the existing Ten Section oil and gas 

field, about 12 miles southwest of 

Bakersfield, to store about 22.4 billion 

cubic feet of natural gas. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the Ten 

Section Gas Storage Project in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). 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 California Department of 

Conservation Division of Oil, Gas, and 

Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) 

participated as a cooperating agency in 

the preparation of the EA. Cooperating 

agencies have jurisdiction by law or 

special expertise with respect to 

resources potentially affected by the 

proposal and participate in the NEPA 

analysis. DOGGR has the authority to 

review Notices of Intent to drill or 

rework wells and injection project 

applications, under California state laws 

and regulations. DOGGR may adopt the 

EA for purposes of its environmental 

review of the Project. 

The Ten Section Storage Project 

would consist of the following facilities 

that would fall under the authority or 

jurisdiction of the FERC: 

• 26 new gas injection/withdrawal 

wells drilled from 5 well pads at the 

field; 

• 2 new (low pressure and high 

pressure) 20-inch-diameter field 

pipelines connecting the gas injection/ 

withdrawal wells to the compressor 

station; 

• 5 existing water disposal wells at 

the field used for the same purpose; 

• new 4-inch-diameter water disposal 

pipeline from the proposed Tricor 

compressor station to the existing water 

disposal wells; 

• 2 existing water supply wells and 

new associated pipelines to provide 

water for field operations and 

hydrostatic testing; 

• 9 existing oil production wells in 

the field converted into observation 

wells; 

• new 42,000-horsepower (hp) 

electric-driven field compressor station; 

• new 36-inch-diameter bi-directional 

header pipeline, extending about 20.5 

miles, between Tricor’s compressor 

station and the existing Kern-Mojave 

pipeline; and 

• new metering and regulating station 

at the interconnection between the 

Tricor header pipeline with the KernMojave pipeline. 

In addition, as part of this Project, the 

following facilities would be 

constructed and operated which are not 

regulated by the FERC (nonjurisdictional facilities): 

• New electric substation, to be 

designed, built, owned, and operated by 

Pacific Gas and Electric company 

(PG&E) about 1.5 miles southwest of the 

storage field; 

• new 1.6-miles-long, 230-kilovolt 

transmission line, to be designed, built, 

owned, and operated by PG&E, 

connecting the new electric substation 

with Tricor’s compressor station; 

• new 30,000 barrel oil tank within 

the proposed compressor station tract, 

and 

• new 10-inch-diameter, 0.3-milelong oil pipeline between the proposed 

Tricor compressor station and the 

existing facilities of Kern Oil. 

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; interested Native American 

tribes; potentially affected landowners; 

local libraries; other interested 

individuals; 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 

December 31, 2010. 

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 (CP09–432–000) 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:// 

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. 

Although your comments will be 

considered by the Commission, simply 

filing comments will not serve to make 

the commenter a party to the 

proceeding. Any person seeking to 

become a party to the proceeding must 

file a motion to intervene pursuant to 

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 


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