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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 page of this notice. 

FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: 

(202) 502–6211. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications 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. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

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

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13841–000) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31711 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–40–000; CP10–34–000] 

East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

East Cheyenne Gas Storage Project 

Well Plan Amendment and Request for 

Comments On Environmental Issues 

December 13, 2010. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Well Plan Amendment proposed by 

East Cheyenne Gas Storage, LLC (East 

Cheyenne). The proposed project would 

amend the East Cheyenne Gas Storage 

Project, authorized by the Commission 

on August 2, 2010 under Docket No. 

CP10–34–000, which consists of 

construction and operation of facilities 

in Logan County, Colorado. The 

proposed amendment primarily 

involves redeveloping a number of 

existing oil production wells in the 

West Peetz and Lewis Creek Fields to 

gas storage injection/withdrawal (I/W) 

wells. This EA will be used by the 

Commission in its decision-making 

process to determine whether the 

project amendment is 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 project 

amendment. 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 January 13, 2011. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project. State and 

local government representatives are 

asked to notify their constituents of this 

planned project amendment 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 East Cheyenne 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 Web 

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

Summary of the Proposed Project 

The authorized East Cheyenne Gas 

Storage Project consists of construction 

and operation of a natural gas storage 

facility in two nearly depleted oil 

production fields in Logan County, 

Colorado. Prior to, and concurrent with 

development of the gas storage fields, 

East Cheyenne planned to do enhanced 

oil recovery (EOR) of petroleum reserves 

remaining in the storage fields. East 

Cheyenne’s activities to date have 

included the conversion or plugging of 

existing wells in the West Peetz Field. 

The East Cheyenne Gas Storage Project 

is anticipated to have an initial working 

gas storage capacity of approximately 

9.8 billion cubic feet (Bcf), which would 

increase to approximately 18.9 Bcf 

between 3 and 5 years after operation 

begins. 

The proposed Well Plan Amendment 

consists of the following changes to the 

East Cheyenne Gas Storage Project: 

• Conversion of 14 existing vertical 

oil production wells into natural gas 

storage I/W wells; 

• Relocation of two of the certificated 

I/W wells, and the development of these 

wells as vertical wells rather than 

horizontal wells; 

• Relocation of two of the originally 

certificated monitoring wells and the 

addition of three monitoring wells, 

using existing well pads and well bores; 

• Reduction of the number of water 

disposal wells from four to three; 

• Construction of additional gathering 

lines necessary to connect the 

additional and relocated wells; 

• Conversion of 17 originally 

proposed and certificated temporary 

access roads to permanent access roads; 

• Elimination of the temporary West 

Peetz Compressor Station; and 

• Modification of the equipment to be 

used in the Process Facility to 

incorporate certain equipment 

previously included as part of the 

temporary West Peetz Compressor 

Station. 

East Cheyenne proposes to amend its 

project because of recently acquired 

information about the existing 

conditions in the J Sands reservoir. As 

part of its EOR activities, East Cheyenne 

has reentered and evaluated the 

adequacy of previously plugged and 

abandoned wells and at the same time 

tested the characteristics of the 

reservoir. In response to new 

information, East Cheyenne undertook 

additional consultation and performed 

additional reservoir modeling. These 

consultations and modeling efforts 

suggest that the optimal method of 

commencing storage development and 

early storage operations will require an 

increased number of I/W wells and the 

conversion of horizontal wells to 

vertical wells. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

The approved East Cheyenne Gas 

Storage Project involved storing natural 

gas in nearly depleted reservoirs that 

underlie an area of approximately 2,360 

acres, with an additional 3,400 acres 

serving as a storage buffer area. The 


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

staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

additional proposed facilities would all 

be located in previously surveyed areas 

within the project site. Construction of 

the proposed facilities within that area 

would require in total approximately 

485.84 acres of land; an increase of 

89.33 acres from the original project 

total of 396.51 acres. Following 

construction, about 201.39 acres would 

be maintained within the permanent 

right-of-way; an increase of 50.61 acres 

from the original project total of 150.78 

acres. The remaining 284.45 acres of 

land would be restored and allowed to 

revert to its former use. 

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 project amendment under 

these general headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• Land use; 

• Water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• Cultural resources; 

• Vegetation and wildlife; 

• Air quality and noise; 

• Endangered and threatened species; 

and 

• Public safety. 

We will also evaluate reasonable 

alternatives to the proposed project or 

portions of the project amendment, 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 below. 

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. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the project 

amendment. 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 January 13, 

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 number (CP11–40–000) 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; 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 project. 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 project. 

If the EA is published for distribution, 

copies will be sent to the environmental 

mailing list for public review and 

comment. 

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 website. 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project 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., CP11–40). 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 


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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 

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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31707 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Post-2014 Resource Pool-Loveland 

Area Projects, Allocation Procedures 

and Call for Applications 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of allocation procedures 

and call for applications. 

SUMMARY: Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), a Federal 

power marketing agency of the 

Department of Energy (DOE), is 

publishing this notice of allocation 

procedures and call for applications 

from preference entities interested in an 

allocation of Federal electric power. 

Subpart C of the Energy Planning and 

Management Program (Program), which 

was developed in part to implement 

Section 114 of the Energy Policy Act of 

1992, provides for establishing projectspecific resource pools and allocating 

power from these pools to eligible new 

preference customers and for other 

appropriate purposes as determined by 

Western. These allocation procedures 

and call for applications, in conjunction 

with the Loveland Area Projects (LAP) 

Final Post-1989 Marketing Plan (Post1989 Marketing Plan), establish the 

framework for allocating power from the 

LAP resource pool. This resource pool 

is comprised of up to one percent of the 

long-term marketable resource of the 

LAP. 

DATES: An entity interested in applying 

for an allocation of electric power from 

Western must submit a written 

application (see Applicant Profile Data 

(APD) in Section V.A.) to Western’s 

Rocky Mountain Customer Service 

Region at the address below. Western 

must receive the application by 4 p.m., 

MST, on Friday, March 4, 2011. Western 

reserves the right to not consider an 

application that is received after the 

prescribed date and time. 

A single public information forum 

(not to exceed 3 hours) on the allocation 

procedures, call for applications, and 

APD will be held on Wednesday, 

February 2, 2011, at 1 p.m. MST; at the 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Submit applications for an 

allocation of electric power to Bradley 

S. Warren, Regional Manager, Rocky 

Mountain Customer Service Region, 

Western Area Power Administration. 

Applications may be delivered by 

certified mail, commercial mail, e-mail, 

or fax. Mail applications to 5555 East 

Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO 

80538–8986. Submit e-mail applications 

to POST2014LAP@wapa.gov with an 

electronic signature. If an electronic 

signature is not available, fax the 

signature page to 970–461–7204, or mail 

it to the address above. Fax applications 

to 970–461–7204. 

Information about the Post-2014 

Resource Pool Allocation Procedures, 

including letters and other supporting 

documents made or kept by Western 

pertaining to these allocation 

procedures and call for applications, is 

available for public inspection and 

copying at the Rocky Mountain 

Customer Service Region office, Western 

Area Power Administration, 5555 East 

Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland, CO 

80538–8986. 

The single public information forum 

on the allocation procedures, call for 

applications and APD will be held on 

Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at 1 p.m., 

MST, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Spa 

and Conference Center, 4705 Clydesdale 

Parkway, Loveland, CO 80538; 

telephone number 970–593–6200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Swails, Public Utilities Specialist, 

970–461–7339, or Melanie Reed, 

Contracts and Energy Services Manager, 

970–461–7229. Written requests for 

information should be sent to Rocky 

Mountain Customer Service Region, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

Attn: J6200, P.O. Box 3700, Loveland, 

CO 80539–3003. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western 

published the final rule establishing the 

Program on October 20, 1995 (60 FR 

54151). The rule became effective on 

November 20, 1995 and is codified at 10 

CFR part 905. Subpart C of the Program, 

Power Marketing Initiative, provides for 

allocations from project-specific power 

resource pools to eligible new 

preference customers and/or for other 

appropriate purposes as determined by 

Western. Up to one percent of existing 

customers’ allocations will be placed in 

a resource pool from which power 

allocations to new customers will be 

made. Allocations to new preference 

customers shall be made in accordance 

with the Post-1989 Marketing Plan and 

the Program. This notice sets forth the 

Post-2014 Resource Pool Allocation 

Procedures for making these allocations. 

These procedures address: (1) The 

amount of pool resources; (2) general 

eligibility criteria; (3) general allocation 

criteria, i.e., how Western plans to 

allocate pool resources to new 

customers as provided for in the 

Program; (4) general contract principles 

under which Western will sell the 

allocated power, and; (5) APD, i.e., 

application information required from 

each applicant. As restated below, these 

procedures are consistent with the key 

principles and general eligibility and 

allocation criteria established in the 

LAP Post-2004 and Post-2009 Resource 

Pool Procedures. 

I. Amount of Pool Resources 

Western will allocate up to one 

percent of the LAP long-term firm 

hydroelectric resource available as of 

October 1, 2014, as firm power. ‘‘Firm 

power’’ means firm capacity and 

associated energy allocated by Western 

that is subject to the terms and 

conditions specified in Western’s longterm firm electric service contract. The 

amount of resource that will become 

available on October 1, 2014, is 

approximately 6.9 MW for the summer 

season and 6.1 MW for the winter 

season. 

II. General Eligibility Criteria 

Western will apply the following 

general eligibility criteria to applicants 

seeking an allocation of firm power 

under the Post-2014 Resource Pool 

Allocation Procedures: 

A. Qualified applicants must be 

preference entities as defined by Section 

9c of the Reclamation Project Act of 

1939, 43 U.S.C. 485h(c), as amended 

and supplemented. 

B. Qualified applicants must be 

located within the currently established 

LAP marketing area. (See Section III.C. 

below for a description of the LAP 

marketing area.) 

C. Qualified applicants must not have 

a current firm electric service contract 

nor be a member of a parent entity that 

has a firm electric service contract with 

Western. 

D. Qualified utility and non-utility 

applicants must be able to use the firm 


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