51846 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 194 / Thursday, October 8, 2009 / Notices 

1On July 22, 2009, Natural filed its application 

for CP09–447–000 with the Commission under 

section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations. The Commission issued 

its Notice of Application on August 6, 2009. 

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects 

(OEP). 

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. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

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 October 19, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–24254 Filed 10–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12589–001–CO] 

Public Service Company of Colorado; 

Notice of Availability of Final 

Environmental Assessment 

October 1, 2009. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, and the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (Commission 

or FERC) regulations, 18 CFR part 380 

(Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 

of Energy Projects has reviewed the 

application for a new major license for 

the Tacoma Hydroelectric Project (FERC 

No. 12589), located on Cascade, Little 

Cascade and Elbert Creeks in San Juan 

and La Plata Counties, Colorado. The 

project currently occupies, in part, 233.4 

acres of federal land in the San Juan 

National Forest administered by the 

U.S. Forest Service. 

Staff prepared a final environmental 

assessment (EA) that analyzes the 

probable environmental effects of 

relicensing the project and concludes 

that relicensing the project, with 

appropriate staff-recommended 

environmental measures, would not 

constitute a major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

A copy of the EA is on file with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection. The EA may also be viewed 

on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access 

documents. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

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, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

For further information, contact David 

Turner at (202) 502–6091. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–24255 Filed 10–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–447–000] 

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America LLC; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for the Proposed Luminant Tatum Mine 

Project and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

October 1, 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 proposed Luminant Tatum Mine 

Project (Project) involving construction 

and operation of facilities by Natural 

Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC 

(Natural) in Panola County, Texas.1 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 we 2 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 November 

2, 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. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, you may be contacted by a 

Natural representative about survey 

permission and/or 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 natural gas 

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. It is 

available for viewing on the FERC 

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

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Natural seeks to utilize, for mining 

purposes, lands currently occupied by 

three existing pipeline segments. To 

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