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The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

eLibrary system by clicking on the 

appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also 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 email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or 

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

call (202) 502–8659. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22724 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Filings 

September 11, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER01–1099–000; 

ER02–1406–014; ER99–2928–020. 

Applicants: Cleco Power LLC; Acadia 

Power Partners, LLC; Cleco Evangeline 

LLC. 

Description: Cleco Companies submit 

supplemental affidavit of Paul Raab. 

Filed Date: 09/04/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090909–0151. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, September 25, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–411–003. 

Applicants: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Midwest ISO submits 

accepted provisions as incorporated into 

the Open Access Transmission and 

Energy Markets Tariff revised to reflect 

an effective date of 12/31/08, et al. 

Filed Date: 09/08/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090909–0159. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–1685–000. 

Applicants: PacifiCorp. 

Description: PacifiCorp submits 

Engineering and Procurement 

Agreement dated 8/25/09 between 

PacifiCorp and Ridgeline Alternative 

Energy, LLC. 

Filed Date: 09/08/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090909–0160. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–1686–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: PJM Interconnection, 

LLC submits Fifth Revised Sheet No. 

523I.02 to FERC Electric Tariff, Sixth 

Revised Volume No. 1. 

Filed Date: 09/09/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090910–0061. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–1687–000. 

Applicants: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

Description: Southern California 

Edison Co submits revised rate sheets to 

the Mira Loma Peaker Project Large 

Generator Interconnection Agreement 

etc. 

Filed Date: 09/09/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090910–0062. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–1688–000. 

Applicants: NorthWestern 

Corporation. 

Description: NorthWestern Corp 

submits an executed Large Generator 

Interconnection Agreement with 

Martinsdale Wind Farm, LLC under. 

Filed Date: 09/09/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090910–0060. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric securities 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ES09–51–000. 

Applicants: Georgia Power Company. 

Description: Application of Georgia 

Power Company for Authorization of 

Issuance of Securities under section 204 

of the FPA under ES09–51. 

Filed Date: 09/09/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090909–5094. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 

again in a subdocket related to a 

compliance filing if you have previously 

intervened in the same docket. 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. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. In reference 

to filings initiating a new proceeding, 

interventions or protests submitted on 

or before the comment deadline need 

not be served on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

eLibrary system by clicking on the 

appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also 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 dockets(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. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22722 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP03–75–006; CP05–361–004] 

Freeport LNG Development, L.P.; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed NGL Extraction Project and 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

September 15, 2009. 

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 NGL Extraction Project involving 

construction and operation of facilities 

by Freeport LNG Development, L.P. 

(Freeport LNG) on Quintana Island near 

Freeport, 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 

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1The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all 

appendices are available on the Commission’s Web 

site at the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 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. Copies of the appendices 

were sent to all those receiving this notice in the 

mail. 

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects 

(OEP). 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process we will use to 

gather input from the public and 

interested agencies on the project. Your 

input will help the Commission staff 

determine which issues need to be 

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on October 15, 

2009. 

This notice is being sent to affected 

landowners; 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. 

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. It is 

available for viewing on the FERC 

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

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Freeport LNG is seeking authorization 

to construct an NGL extraction system 

that would integrate with and 

complement existing authorized 

facilities at the Quintana Island 

terminal. Through completion of the 

NGL Extraction Project, Freeport LNG 

would be able to meet composition 

specifications of the downstream 

pipelines for natural gas delivered 

through the terminal’s send out pipeline 

and maintain potential diversity in LNG 

sources. 

Freeport LNG is proposing to: 

• Install two modular trains (Trains 1 

and 2) which each would include one 

expander/compressor, one reflux heat 

exchanger, and two gas heat exchangers; 

• Install two non-modular NGL 

recovery columns (Demethanizers) with 

side and bottom heat exchangers; 

• Install one non-modular 

fractionator column (Depropanizer) with 

ancillary condensing and reboiling 

equipment; 

• Install 540 feet of aboveground 8- 

inch-diameter plant pipeline; and 

• Install 540 feet of aboveground 12- 

inch-diameter plant pipeline. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in Appendix 1.1

If approved, Freeport LNG proposes to 

commence construction of the proposed 

facilities on or about July 1, 2010. 

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the NGL Extraction 

Project would be located wholly within 

the existing authorized footprint of the 

terminal site. Approximately 0.74 acres 

would be impacted where 0.38 acres 

would be used for temporary 

workspaces and 0.36 acres would be the 

permanent footprint for new facilities. 

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 of Intent, the Commission staff 

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 2 will discuss impacts 

that could occur as a result 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, 

• Endangered and threatened species, 

and 

• Public safety. 

We will also evaluate possible 

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. 

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 below. 

With this NOI, we are asking federal, 

state, and local 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. Additional 

agencies that would like to request 

cooperating agency status should follow 

the instructions for filing comments 

provided under the Public Participation 

section of this NOI. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified several 

issues that we think deserve attention 

based on a preliminary review of the 

proposed facilities and the 

environmental information provided by 

Freeport LNG. This preliminary list of 

issues may be changed based on your 

comments and our analysis. 

• Potential impacts may occur to 

waterbodies. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about NGL 

Extraction 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 October 

15, 2009. 

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 CP03–75–006 and CP05– 

361–004 with your submission. The 

docket number can be found on the 


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front of this notice. 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 Quick 

Comment feature, which is located on 

the Commission’s internet Web site at 

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

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, which is located on the 

Commission’s internet Web site at 

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

Documents and Filings. 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 as your submission. New 

eFiling users must first create an 

account by clicking on ‘‘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 your comments via 

mail to the Commission by sending an 

original and two copies of your letter to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 

20426; 

Label one copy of the comments for 

the attention of Gas Branch 2, PJ11.2. 

Environmental Mailing List 

An effort is being made to send this 

notice to all individuals, organizations, 

and government entities interested in 

and/or potentially affected by the 

proposed project. This includes all 

landowners who are potential right-ofway grantors, whose property may be 

used temporarily for project purposes, 

or who own homes within distances 

defined in the Commission’s regulations 

of certain aboveground facilities. 

If you do not want to send comments 

at this time but still want to remain on 

our mailing list, please return the 

Information Request (Appendix 2). If 

you do not return the Information 

Request, you will be taken off the 

mailing list. 

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 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 a 

Commission 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 1–866–208–FERC or on the FERC 

Internet 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. Be sure you have selected 

an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, 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. E9–22720 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 9202–160—Colorado] 

Upper Yampa Water Conservancy 

District; Notice of Availability of 

Environmental Assessment 

September 15, 2009. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, and the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations (18 CFR part 380), the Office 

of Energy Projects has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) 

regarding Upper Yampa Water 

Conservancy District’s (District) request 

for a non-capacity license amendment 

for the Stagecoach Project (FERC No. 

9202) located on the Yampa River in 

Routt County, Colorado. The District 

requests Commission approval to amend 

the project’s license to (1) Increase the 

height of the project dam spillway’s 

crest elevation by 4 feet, and (2) increase 

the maximum operating storage 

elevation of Stagecoach Reservoir by 4 

feet. This would increase the maximum 

storage capacity in Stagecoach Reservoir 

from 33,275 acre-feet to 36,460 acre-feet, 

and increase the project’s potential for 

increasing downstream water supply. 

This EA concludes that the proposed 

license amendment, with staff’s 

recommended mitigation measures, 

would not constitute a major Federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment. 

Any comments should be filed within 

30 days from the date of this notice and 

should be addressed to Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Copies of the EA are available for review 

in the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. The EA also may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number (P–9202) in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, please contact 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or call tollfree at (866) 208–3676. For TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

For further information regarding this 

notice, please contact B. Peter 

Yarrington at (202) 502–6129, or via email at peter.yarrington@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22718 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2232–561–NC] 

Catawba-Wateree Project; Notice of 

Availability of Environmental 

Assessment 

September 15, 2009. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 

486, 52 FR 47879), the Office of Energy 

Projects has reviewed Duke Energy 


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