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1The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

printed in the Federal Register, but they are being 

provided to all those who receive this notice in the 

mail. Copies of the NOI can be obtained from the 

Commission’s Web site at the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link, 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, or by calling 

(202) 502–8371. For instructions on connecting to 

eLibrary, refer to the end of this notice. 

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

staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on January 10, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32510 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–36–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Northampton Expansion 

Project and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

December 21, 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 Northampton Expansion Project 

(Project) involving construction and 

operation of facilities by Tennessee Gas 

Pipeline Company (Tennessee) in 

Hampden County, Massachusetts. This 

EA will be used by the Commission in 

its decision-making process to 

determine whether the project is in the 

public convenience and necessity. 

The Notice of Intent (NOI) announces 

the opening of the scoping process the 

Commission will use to gather input 

from the public and interested agencies 

on the project. 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 20, 2011. 

Comments on the project may be 

submitted in written form or 

electronically, as described in the public 

participation section of this notice. 

This NOI is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing for this project, which includes 

affected landowners; Federal, State, and 

local government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American Tribes; parties 

to this proceeding; and local libraries 

and newspapers. State and local 

government representatives are asked to 

notify their constituents of this 

proposed project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, you may be contacted by a 

pipeline company representative about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

proposed facilities. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

agreement. However, if the project is 

approved by the Commission, that 

approval conveys with it the right of 

eminent domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings 

where compensation would be 

determined in accordance with state 

law. 

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility on My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ is available for viewing on 

the FERC Internet Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/for-citizens/citizenguides.asp). This fact sheet addresses a 

number of typically asked questions, 

including the use of eminent domain 

and how to participate in FERC’s 

proceedings. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

The Project involves the construction 

of the new Southwick Compressor 

Station 260A at 248 Feeding Hills Road 

in the Town of Southwick, Hampden 

County, Massachusetts. The Project has 

been sited on a 5.32-acre parcel adjacent 

to Tennessee’s existing 8-inch diameter 

Northampton Lateral Line. The 

Compressor Station will consist of a 

2,000-horsepower electric engine 

compression unit housed within a new 

building, and other associated facilities, 

including a gas cooler unit, vent 

silencer, a fan, a control building, onsite access driveway, and overhead 

electrical line. Ancillary equipment will 

also include an emergency generator, 

hot water boiler and space heater, all 

fueled by natural gas. In order to 

connect the Compressor Station to the 

Northampton Lateral, Tennessee will 

need to install a total of 380 feet of 

pipeline: (i) 155 feet of pipeline on the 

Compressor Station site; and (ii) 225 feet 

of pipeline within a 60-foot wide 

easement connecting the Compressor 

Station site to the Northampton Lateral. 

A location map depicting the 

proposed facilities is attached to this 

NOI as Appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

Tennessee proposes to construct the 

Project on a parcel of land measuring 

approximately 5.32 acres which is 

wholly owned by Tennessee. 

Construction will require approximately 

3.28 acres of new land disturbance of 

which 1.57 acres will be permanently 

altered by operation of the facility. 

Approximately 2.82 acres (over 50 

percent) of the 5.32-acre parcel would 

be utilized as buffer and visual 

screening both during and postconstruction and will not be affected by 

either construction or operation of the 

facility. Portions of this work are also 

required within a proposed 0.31-acre 

pipeline easement necessary to connect 

the compressor station to Tennessee’s 

existing pipeline. Following 

construction, the ground surfaces 

immediately surrounding the facility 

and within the proposed fence line will 

be converted to gravel and maintained 

lawn to facilitate maintenance of a clear 

and accessible operational area. 

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 are considered during the 

preparation of the EA. State and local 

government representatives are 

encouraged to notify their constituents 

of this proposed action and encourage 

them to comment on their areas of 

concern. 

In the EA we will discuss impacts that 

could occur as results of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed project under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• Land use; 

• Water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• Cultural resources 

• Vegetation and wildlife; 

• Air quality and noise 

• Reliability and safety 

We will also evaluate reasonable 

alternatives to the proposed project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 


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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. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be in the EA. Depending on 

the comments received during the 

scoping process, the EA may be 

published and mailed to Federal, State, 

and local agencies, public interest 

groups, interested individuals, affected 

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and 

the Commission’s official service list for 

this proceeding. A comment period will 

be allotted for review if the EA is 

published. 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. 

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 

Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views 

and those of other government agencies, 

interested Indian tribes, and the public 

on the project’s potential effects on 

historic properties.3 We will define the 

project-specific Area of Potential Effects 

(APE) in consultation with the SHPO as 

the project is 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 this project will document 

our findings on the impacts on historic 

properties and summarize the status on 

consultations under section 106. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified issues that 

we think deserve attention based on a 

preliminary review of the proposed 

facilities and the environmental 

information provided by Tennessee. 

This preliminary list of issues, which is 

presented below, may be revised based 

on your comments and our continuing 

analyses specific to the Project: 

• Potential noise and vibration impacts 

from compressor station 

• Air quality impacts from the 

compressor station construction and 

operation 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the Project. 

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 in your comments 

so that they will be received in 

Washington, DC, on or before January 

20, 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 (CP11–36–000) 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 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. 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 

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. 

Be sure you have selected an 

appropriate date range. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 


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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 

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. 2010–32641 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. NJ11–5–000] 

City of Riverside, California; Notice of 

Filing 

December 21, 2010. 

Take notice that on December 13, 

2010, the City of Riverside, California 

submitted its annual revision to its 

Transmission Revenue Balancing 

Account Adjustment and a related 

modification to Appendix I of its 

Transmission Owner Tariff. 

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 online 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 January 3, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32643 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12187–016] 

Price Dam Partnership, Limited; Notice 

of Request for Extension of Time to 

Commence and Complete 

Construction and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions to Intervene, and 

Protests 

December 21, 2010. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Request for 

Extension of Time. 

b. Project No.: 12187–016. 

c. Date Filed: December 8, 2010. 

d. Applicant: Price Dam Partnership, 

Limited. 

e. Name of Project: Price Dam 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location of Project: At the existing 

St. Louis District’s U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps) Melvin Price Locks 

and Dam on the Mississippi River, in 

Madison County, Illinois. The project 

would occupy approximately 1.8 acres 

of Federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Law 111– 

60, 123 STAT. 1995. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John A. 

Whittaker, IV, Winston & Strawn LLP, 

1700 K Street NW., Washington, DC 

20006; (202) 282–5766 and e-mail 

jwhittak@winston.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 

502–6393, Kelly.Houff@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

January 21, 2011. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See, 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) or the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

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

efiling.asp. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and 

seven copies should be mailed to: The 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Commenters 

may submit 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. 

Please include the project number (P– 

12187–016) on any comments, motions, 

or protests filed. 

k. Description of Request: The 

licensee requests that the Commission 

grant a two-year extension of time from 

the existing deadline of July 28, 2011 to 

July 28, 2013 to commence project 

construction of the Price Dam 

Hydroelectric Project. Additionally, the 

licensee requests a two-year extension 

of time from July 28, 2014 to July 28, 

2016 to complete project construction. 

This will be the second 2-year extension 

of three authorized by Public Law No. 

111–60. 

l. Location of the Application: A copy 

of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 

(202) 502–8371. This filing may also be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

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

efiling.asp. Enter the docket number 

excluding the last three digits in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. You may also register online 

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

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

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208– 

3676 or e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item (h) 

above. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 


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