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1Heavenly Valley stated that the prior resort 

owners believed the pipeline could be constructed 

as a ‘‘house’’ line or ‘‘plant’’ line not subject to 

FERC jurisdiction. Heavenly Valley was alerted to 

the fact that the existing pipeline may be subject to 

FERC jurisdiction when it initiated discussions 

Continued 

Filed Date: 01/26/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090127–0133. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, February 9, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–277–000. 

Applicants: Dominion Transmission, 

Inc. 

Description: Dominion Transmission, 

Inc submits Fourth Revised Sheet 1142 

et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised 

Volume 1. 

Filed Date: 01/26/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090127–0132. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, February 9, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–278–000. 

Applicants: OkTex Pipeline 

Company, LLC. 

Description: OkTex Pipeline 

Company, LLC submits Sixth Revised 

Sheet 17 et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, 

Original Volume 1. 

Filed Date: 01/26/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090127–0196. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, February 9, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–279–000. 

Applicants: Viking Gas Transmission 

Company. 

Description: Viking Gas Transmission 

Company submits Third Revised Sheet 

13A et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, Original 

Volume 1, to be effective 2/1/09. 

Filed Date: 01/26/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090127–0195. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, February 9, 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–43–000] 

Heavenly Valley, L.P.; Notice of Intent 

To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed 

Powderbowl Pipeline Project and 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

January 28, 2009. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that will 

discuss the potential environmental 

impacts of a pipeline project proposed 

by Heavenly Valley, L.P. (Heavenly 

Valley). The Powderbowl Pipeline 

Project involves the construction of a 

1.86-mile-long, 4-inch-diameter natural 

gas pipeline in Douglas County, Nevada 

and El Dorado County, California. The 

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 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies on the project. 

Your input will help determine which 

issues need to be evaluated in the EA. 

Please note that the scoping period will 

close on February 27, 2009. Details on 

how to submit comments are provided 

in the ‘‘Public Participation’’ section of 

this notice. 

This notice is being sent to affected 

landowners; federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; Native 

American tribes; other interested 

parties; and local libraries and 

newspapers. State and local government 

representatives are asked to notify their 

constituents of this proposed project 

and to encourage them to comment on 

their areas of concern. We anticipate 

that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) will 

participate as a cooperating agency in 

the preparation of the EA. 

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ addresses a number of 

typically-asked questions 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 

Heavenly Valley proposes to construct 

1.86 miles of 4-inch-diameter natural 

gas pipeline to service the future 

Powderbowl Lodge (planned for 

construction in 2009). The pipeline 

would begin at an existing Southwest 

Gas Corporation meter station in 

Douglas County, Nevada and terminate 

approximately 1.86 miles southwest at 

the Powderbowl Lodge site in El Dorado 

County, California. The pipeline would 

parallel an existing access road and 

utility corridor. Existing access roads 

would be used for pipeline 

construction. The project is located 

entirely within the Heavenly Mountain 

Ski Resort, on land owned by the USFS 

and leased to Heavenly Valley under a 

40 year Ski Area Special Use Permit 

issued in 1997. Construction of the 

project would temporarily impact 

approximately 7.9 acres. Upon 

completion of the project, 2.3 acres 

would be maintained as permanent 

easement. 

In addition, Heavenly Valley seeks 

approval to continue operation of a 

4,500-foot-long, 2- and 3-inch diameter 

pipeline installed in 2000 by the 

previous resort owner to provide natural 

gas to resort facilities1. This existing 

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with Southwest Gas to obtain increased service for 

the Powderbowl Pipeline. 

2The appendix referenced in this notice is not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of the 

appendix 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 by calling (202) 502– 

8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, 

refer to the ‘‘Additional Information’’ section of this 

notice. Copies of the appendix were sent to all those 

receiving this notice in the mail. Requests for 

detailed maps of the proposed facilities should be 

made directly to Heavenly Valley. 

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

environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy 

Projects. 

pipeline, referred to as the Gondala/ 

Mid-Station Pipeline, is also located 

entirely within the Heavenly Valley 

property. No ground disturbance or new 

environmental impacts would occur 

from continued operation of this 

pipeline. 

A map showing the general location 

of the proposed project is included as 

appendix 1.2

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 (NOI), the Commission 

staff 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, we3 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; 

• cultural resources; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• air quality and noise; 

• endangered and threatened species; 

• 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 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 the 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. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about Heavenly 

Valley’s Powderbowl Pipeline Project. 

Your comments should focus on the 

potential environmental effects of the 

proposal, reasonable alternatives, and 

measures to avoid or lessen the 

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 February 

27, 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 (CP09–43–000) 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 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 by sending an original and two 

copies of your letter to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 

20426. 

Label one copy of the comments for 

the attention of Gas Branch 1, PJ–11.1. 

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, then on ‘‘General Search’’ 

and enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits (i.e., CP09–43) 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, any 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. 

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