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1A pipeline loop is constructed parallel to an 

existing pipeline to increase capacity. 

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. 

Docket No. RR10–12, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RR10–13, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RD09–11, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RD10–2, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RD10–4, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RD10–6, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RD10–8, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RD10–10, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RD10–11, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RD10–12, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RD10–14, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. RD11–2, North American 

Electric Reliability Corporation 

Docket No. NP10–160, North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation 

For further information, please 

contact Jonathan First, 202–502–8529, 

or jonathan.first@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–50–000] 

PetroLogistics Natural Gas Storage 

Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for the Proposed Choctaw Hub 

Expansion Project and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

January 25, 2011. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Choctaw Hub Expansion Project 

involving construction and operation of 

facilities by PetroLogistics Natural Gas 

Storage Company, LLC (PetroLogistics) 

in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. 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 

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 February 

24, 2011. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project. 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 

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?’’ was attached to the project 

notice PetroLogistics provided to 

landowners. 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 also 

available for viewing on the FERC Web 

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

Summary of the Proposed Project 

PetroLogistics proposes to construct 

the Choctaw Hub Expansion Project 

facilities consisting of two converted 

salt dome caverns and new pipeline, 

compression and meter station 

interconnect facilities. These facilities 

would be constructed in or adjacent to 

PetroLogistics’ existing natural gas 

storage and pipeline facilities located 4 

miles northwest of the City of 

Plaquemine in Iberville Parish, 

Louisiana. PetroLogistics would operate 

these high-deliverability, multi-cycle 

natural gas storage facilities in order to 

increase the total working capacity of 

the Choctaw Hub from 16 billion cubic 

feet (bcf) to 33.9 bcf. According to 

PetroLogistics, this project would 

increase PetroLogistics’ ability to 

provide firm and interruptible storage 

and hub services in the Gulf Coast 

region. 

The Choctaw Hub Expansion Project 

would consist of the following facilities: 

• Conversion, into gas storage 

caverns, of existing Cavern No. 28, 

currently used for commercial brine 

service and existing Cavern No. 102, 

currently used for liquid-ethylene 

storage service; 

• 13-mile-long 30-inch-diameter 

Expansion Header Pipeline looping 

PetroLogistics’ existing pipelines; 1

• two compressor units totaling 

27,000 horsepower at the existing 

PetroLogistics Compressor Station; 

• 0.67-mile-long 30-inch-diameter 

cavern injection/withdrawal pipeline 

(30–Inch Compressor Station Pipeline) 

from the proposed Compressor Station 

Expansion to Cavern 28; 

• 0.66-mile-long 16-inch-diameter 

cavern injection/withdrawal pipeline 

extending from the 30–Inch Compressor 

Station pipeline at Cavern 28 to the well 

head at Cavern 10; 

• 300-foot-long 10-inch-diameter 

cavern injection/withdrawal pipeline 

extending from the 30–Inch Compressor 

Station pipeline to the existing 

certificated Cavern 24; 

• 0.90-mile-long 20-inch-diameter 

pipeline and expansion of the Texas 

Eastern Transmission Company Meter 

Station Interconnect; 

• 0.23 acre expansion of the meter 

station interconnect to Bridgeline 

Pipeline Company; 

• 0.23 acre expansion of the meter 

station interconnect to Southern Natural 

Gas Company; 

• meter station interconnects to 

Florida Gas Transmission Company, 

LLC and CrossTex LIG Pipeline 

Company; 

• side valves on the Expansion 

Header Pipeline for future lateral 

interconnects; and 

• 5.5 acre non-jurisdictional electrical 

substation and 1,460 feet of overhead 

conductor lines to increase the existing 

electrical service lines to 69 kilovolt 

amperes supply capability. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the proposed facilities 

would require disturbance of 131 acres 

of land. This total would include 65 

acres under existing permanent 

easement right-of-way, 17 acres to be 

added as new permanent easement (and 

ownership of aboveground facilities), 

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

staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

right-of-way that would be restored to 

previous land use following 

construction. PetroLogistics would use a 

75-foot-wide construction right-of-way 

with a 10 to 40-foot temporary right-ofway width for the installed pipeline. 

About 45 percent of the proposed 

pipelines would parallel 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 3 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 

proposed project under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and soils, 

• Water resources, 

• Wetlands and fisheries, 

• Vegetation and wildlife, including 

migratory birds, 

• Threatened and endangered 

species, 

• Land use, 

• Cultural resources, 

• Air quality and noise, 

• Reliability and safety, and 

• Cumulative impacts. 

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. 

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. 

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 February 

24, 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 (CP11–050–000) 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 

(i.e., CP11–50). 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 


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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. 2011–2139 Filed 1–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13123–002] 

Eagle Crest Energy Company; Notice 

of Applicant-Proposed Water Pipeline 

Route for the Proposed Eagle 

Mountain Pumped Storage 

Hydroelectric Project and Notice of 

Public Meetings 

January 21, 2011. 

On June 22, 2009, Eagle Crest Energy 

Company (Eagle Crest or applicant) filed 

an application for an original license 

with the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission or FERC) for 

the proposed Eagle Mountain Pumped 

Storage Hydroelectric Project (Eagle 

Mountain Project). This notice describes 

the water supply pipeline route 

proposed by the applicant and 

recommended by staff that is identified 

in the Commission’s draft 

environmental impact statement (draft 

EIS). This notice and copies of the draft 

EIS are being sent to landowners of 

property that would be crossed by the 

proposed water supply pipeline. We are 

currently soliciting comments on the 

proposed water supply pipeline and the 

draft EIS. Additionally, as discussed 

below, we will be hosting two public 

meetings on February 3, 2011, to discuss 

the proposed water supply pipeline as 

well as our other recommendations in 

the draft EIS. 

The proposed Eagle Mountain Project 

would be located at the inactive Eagle 

Mountain mine in Riverside County, 

California, near the town of Desert 

Center and would consist of: (1) An 

upper and lower reservoir with surface 

areas of 191 and 163 acres, respectively; 

(2) an underground powerhouse with 

four reversible pump-turbine units each 

rated at 325 megawatts (MW) for a total 

generating capacity of 1,300 MW; (3) a 

13.5-mile-long transmission line; and (4) 

groundwater supply facilities including 

an underground water supply pipeline. 

Eagle Crest’s proposed water supply 

wells are about 3 miles northeast of the 

town of Desert Center. The proposed 

feeder water lines leading from the 

location of the wells to the main 

pipeline would cross several privately 

owned parcels. The proposed main 

water supply pipeline would then 

extend northwest within the right-ofway for the existing 160-kilovolt 

Southern California Edison transmission 

line to the intersection with Kaiser 

Road. After the intersection with Kaiser 

Road, the proposed water supply 

pipeline would remain within the 

Kaiser Road right-of-way to the 

proposed lower reservoir. 

Additional information about the 

proposed project is available on the 

FERC Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, 

using the ‘‘e-Library’’ link. Enter the 

docket number (P–13123) to access the 

public record. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support at 

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

contact (202) 502–8659. 

All comments must be filed by 

Monday, February 28, 2011, and should 

reference Project No. 13123–002. 

Comments may be filed electronically 

via the Internet. See 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) 

under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For a simpler 

method of submitting text-only 

comments, click on ‘‘eComment’’ under 

the ‘‘Documents and Filings’’ tab. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support. Although the Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filing, 

documents may also be paper-filed. To 

paper-file, mail an original and eight 

copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

In addition to or in lieu of sending 

written comments, you are invited to 

attend a public meeting that will be held 

to receive comments on the 

transmission line routes and the draft 

EIS. The time and location of the 

meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Meeting: 

Date: February 3, 2011. 

Time: 1 p.m. 

Place: University of California at 

Riverside, Palm Desert Graduate Center. 

Address: 75–080 Frank Sinatra Drive, 

Room B114/117, Palm Desert, California 

92211. 

Evening Meeting: 

Date: February 3, 2011. 

Time: 7 p.m.–10 p.m. 

Place: University of California at 

Riverside, Palm Desert Graduate Center. 

Address: 75–080 Frank Sinatra Drive, 

Room B200, Palm Desert, California 

92211. 

At these meetings, resource agency 

personnel and other interested persons 

will have the opportunity to provide 

oral and written comments and 

recommendations regarding the draft 

EIS. The meetings will be recorded by 

a court reporter, and all statements 

(verbal and written) will become part of 

the Commission’s public record for the 

project. This meeting is posted on the 

Commission’s calendar located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/ 

EventsList.aspx along with other related 

information. 

For further information, please 

contact Kenneth Hogan at (202) 502– 

8434 or at kenneth.hogan@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER11–2724–000] 

Black Hills Colorado IPP, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

January 25, 2011. 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding Black Hills 

Colorado IPP, LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

Part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 


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