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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–1000; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Exchange/Sale 

Report, Excess Personal Property 

Furnished to Non-Federal Recipients, 

Agency Report of Motor Vehicle Data, 

Annual Motor Vehicle Fleet Report; 

(3) Purpose: The information being 

collected is data required in order to 

submit annual personal property reports 

as required by 41 CFR 102 and the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

(4) Estimated Number of Respondents: 

176 annually. (5) Estimated Total 

Burden Hours: 2,552. (6) Number of 

Collections: 176. The information 

collection request contains 27 

information and/or recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Statutory Authority: 41 CFR 102–39.75, 41 

CFR 102–36.295 and 102–36.300, 41 CFR 

102–34.335, OMB Circular A–11 Section 

25.5. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 24, 

2010. 

Edward R. Simpson, 

Director, Office of Procurement and 

Assistance Management, Department of 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4315 Filed 3–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 6 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Barkley Centre, 111 

Memorial Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reinhard Knerr, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of Energy 

Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box 

1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001, (270) 441–6825. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda 

• Deputy Designated Federal Officer’s 

Comments 

• Federal Coordinator’s Comments 

• Liaisons’ Comments 

• Subcommittee Chairs’ Comments 

• Presentations 

• Administrative Issues 

Æ Recommendation on Heath 

Elementary School Site Sampling 

Æ Recommendation on Northwest 

Plume Optimization 

• Public Comments 

• Final Comments 

• Adjourn 

Breaks Taken As Appropriate 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Paducah, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Reinhard 

Knerr at least seven days in advance of 

the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Individuals who wish 

to make oral statements pertaining to 

agenda items should contact Reinhard 

Knerr at the address or telephone 

number listed above. Requests must be 

received five days prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comments will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Reinhard Knerr at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.pgdpcab.org/meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC on February 24, 

2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF09–14–000] 

Turtle Bayou Gas Storage Company, 

LLC; Amended Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for the Planned Turtle Bayou Natural 

Gas Storage Project and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

February 23, 2010. 

As previously noticed on November 

20, 2009, and amended herein, 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 Turtle Bayou Natural Gas 

Storage Project involving construction 

and operation of facilities by Turtle 

Bayou Gas Storage Company, LLC 

(Turtle Bayou) in Liberty County, Texas. 

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. 

This notice announces the opening of 

a second scoping period (due to 

pipeline route changes in the project 

design) 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 March 25, 

2010. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project, which 

includes newly identified affected 

landowners along the revised pipeline 

route; landowners who would no longer 

be affected by Turtle Bayou’s previous 

pipeline route; 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. State and local 

government representatives are asked to 

notify their constituents of this planned 

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 

planned 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 

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

staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

2The 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. 

eminent domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings 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 Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov). 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. 

Summary of the Planned Project 

Since issuance of our 1 November 20, 

2009 notice, Turtle Bayou has changed 

the preferred location of about 7.6 miles 

of its planned pipeline (from milepost 

4.8 to 12.4). Turtle Bayou’s current 

configuration of the planned facilities 

was changed to avoid an identified 

superfund site. 

Turtle Bayou plans to construct and 

operate a new natural gas storage facility 

in a solution-mined salt dome in Liberty 

County, Texas. The Turtle Bayou 

Natural Gas Storage Project would 

provide about 12.0 billion cubic feet of 

working gas storage and would be 

integrated into the regional gas 

transmission system through 

interconnects with existing and planned 

interstate pipelines. According to Turtle 

Bayou, its project would store natural 

gas from Gulf Coast producers, liquefied 

natural gas import terminals, and new 

gas pipeline projects through 

interconnects with Natural Gas Pipeline 

Company of America (NGPA) and Texas 

Eastern Transmission Company (Texas 

Eastern). The planned storage facility 

would provide needed deliverability to 

end users in the eastern United States. 

Additionally, Turtle Bayou’s planned 

project would provide its customers 

with flexibility to contract for varying 

levels of deliverability by 

interconnecting with other pipeline 

systems throughout the region. 

The Turtle Bayou Natural Gas Storage 

Project would consist of the following 

facilities: 

• Two salt storage caverns, wells, and 

well pads; 

• A 17,000-horsepower compressor 

station; 

• Two meter stations and tie-in 

facilities (one for NGPA and one for 

Texas Eastern); 

• Two sections of 24-inch-diameter 

natural gas pipeline totaling about 12.4 

miles (7.6 and 4.8 miles); and 

• Three sections of 18-inch-diameter 

water and brine pipeline totaling about 

1.8 miles (1.6, 0.1, and 0.1 miles). 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the planned facilities 

would disturb about 333 acres of land 

for the aboveground facilities and the 

pipeline. Following construction, about 

170 acres would be maintained for 

permanent operation of the project’s 

facilities (111 acres for storage facilities 

[including electrical easements] and 59 

acres for pipeline facilities); the 

remaining acreage would be restored 

and allowed to revert to former uses. 

The planned pipeline route generally 

parallels existing pipeline, utility, or 

road rights-of-way. 

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 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 

planned project 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 possible 

alternatives to the planned project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 

Although no formal application has 

been filed, we have already initiated our 

NEPA review under the Commission’s 

pre-filing process. The purpose of the 

pre-filing process is to encourage early 

involvement of interested stakeholders 

and to identify and resolve issues before 

an application is filed with the FERC. 

As part of our pre-filing review, we have 

begun to contact some federal and state 

agencies to discuss their involvement in 

the scoping process and the preparation 

of the EA. 

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. 

Currently, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers has expressed its intention to 

participate as a cooperating agency in 

the preparation of the EA to satisfy its 

NEPA responsibilities related to this 

project. 

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 your comments so 

that they will be received in 

Washington, DC on or before March 25, 

2010. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

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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 Quick 

Comment feature, which is located at 

http://www.ferc.gov under the link 

called ‘‘Documents and Filings’’. A 

Quick Comment is an easy method for 

interested persons to submit text-only 

comments on a project; 

(2) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the ‘‘eFiling’’ 

feature that is listed under the 

‘‘Documents and Filings’’ link. eFiling 

involves preparing your submission in 

the same manner as you would if filing 

on paper, and then saving the file on 

your computer’s hard drive. You will 

attach that file to your submission. New 

eFiling users must first create an 

account by clicking on the links called 

‘‘Sign up’’ or ‘‘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; and 

local libraries and newspapers. This list 

also includes all affected landowners (as 

defined in the Commission’s 

regulations) who are potential right-ofway 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 planned 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 

Once Turtle Bayou files its 

application with the Commission, 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. 

Please note that you may not request 

intervenor status at this time. You must 

wait until a formal application for the 

project is filed with the Commission. 

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 (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., 

PF09–14). 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 texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission 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. 

Further, 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. 

Finally, Turtle Bayou has established 

a website for its project at http:// 

www.turtlebayougasstorage.com and a 

toll-free number at (877) 558–4521. The 

Web site includes a description of the 

project, frequently asked questions, and 

other information. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EC10–44–000] 

Crescent Ridge LLC; Notice of Filing 

February 23, 2010. 

Take notice that on February 16, 2010, 

Crescent Ridge LLC filed a supplement 

to its February 2, 2010 section 203 

application. 

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. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all the parties in this proceeding. 

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 on-line 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 February 26, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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