1710 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 9 / Tuesday, January 16, 2007 / Notices 

Dated: December 19, 2006. 

M. A. Harvison, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–115 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–M 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Availability of the 

Supplement to the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Gilberton 

Coal-to-Clean Fuels and Power Project 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces the availability 

for public comment of a Supplement to 

the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Gilberton Coal-toClean Fuels and Power Project (DOE/ 

EIS–0357D–S1), prepared in response to 

comments on the original Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

issued in December 2005. This 

Supplement corrects information 

regarding carbon dioxide (CO2) 

emissions from the proposed Gilberton 

plant, provides information on the 

feasibility of carbon sequestration for 

the CO2 emissions from the Gilberton 

plant, and presents additional 

information regarding CO2-related 

cumulative impacts. 

It should be noted that the 

Supplement contains only those 

sections affected by comments related to 

CO2 emissions and sequestration, and 

DOE is inviting comments only on those 

sections. Comments on the original 

Draft EIS need not be resubmitted. 

DATES: DOE invites the public to 

comment on the Supplement to the 

Draft EIS during the public comment 

period, which ends February 27, 2007. 

DOE will consider all comments 

postmarked or received during the 

public comment period in preparing the 

Final EIS, and will consider late 

comments to the extent practicable. 

DOE will consider and respond to all 

comments submitted on the original 

Draft EIS in preparing the Final EIS. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for information 

about this Supplement to the Draft EIS 

or to receive a copy of the Supplement 

or the Draft EIS should be directed to: 

Janice L. Bell, NEPA Document 

Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, 

National Energy Technology Laboratory, 

M/S 58–247A, P.O. Box 10940, 

Pittsburgh, PA 15236. Additional 

information about the Supplement or 

the Draft EIS may also be requested by 

telephone at: (412) 386–4512, or toll-free 

at: 1–866–576–8240. 

The Supplement to the Draft EIS will 

be available at http://www.eh.doe.gov/ 

nepa. The original Draft EIS is available 

at the same Internet address. Copies of 

the Supplement to the Draft EIS are also 

available for review at the locations 

listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this Notice. 

Written comments on the Supplement 

to the Draft EIS can be mailed to Janice 

L. Bell, NEPA Document Manager, at the 

address noted above. Written comments 

may also be submitted by fax to: (412) 

386–4806, or submitted electronically 

to: jbell@netl.doe.gov. In addition, oral 

comments on the Supplement to the 

Draft EIS can be provided by calling the 

toll-free telephone number: 1–866–576–

8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information regarding the DOE 

NEPA process, please contact: Ms. Carol 

M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance (GC–20), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: 

(202) 586–4600, or leave a message at: 

(800) 472–2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department prepared this 

Supplement to the Draft EIS in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) regulations that implement the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

parts 1500–1508), and the DOE 

procedures implementing NEPA (10 

CFR part 1021). 

In the original Draft EIS, issued in 

December 2005, DOE’s proposed action 

(and preferred alternative) is to provide 

cost-shared funding to design, construct, 

and operate a new plant to demonstrate 

coproduction of 41 MW of electricity, 

steam, and over 5,000 barrels-per-day of 

ultra-clean liquid hydrocarbon products 

(primarily diesel fuel and naphtha). The 

demonstration plant would use a 

gasifier to convert coal waste to 

synthesis gas, which would be conveyed 

to Fischer-Tropsch (F–T) liquefaction 

facilities for production of liquid fuels 

and to a combined-cycle power plant. 

The demonstration facilities, to be 

constructed in Gilberton, Schuylkill 

County, Pennsylvania, would process 

up to 4,700 tons per day of coal waste 

(anthracite culm). The potential 

environmental impacts of this action are 

evaluated in the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS 

also analyzed the No Action Alternative, 

under which DOE would not provide 

cost-shared funding to demonstrate the 

commercial-scale integration of coal 

gasification and F–T synthesis 

technology to produce electricity, steam 

and liquid fuels. Under the No-Action 

Alternative, it is reasonably foreseeable 

that no new activity would occur. 

Among the public comments received 

on the Draft EIS were those from the 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

(NRDC) regarding how the Draft EIS 

addressed CO2 emissions. The NRDC 

comments expressed concern about the 

potential impacts on global warming 

and questioned the accuracy of the 

annual rate of CO2 emissions reported in 

the Draft EIS. The comments also 

requested DOE to enhance the analysis 

of potential CO2-related cumulative 

impacts, further explore the feasibility 

of CO2 sequestration, and provide a 

public comment opportunity on the 

revised sections of the EIS. DOE also 

received similar comments on CO2

emissions and carbon sequestration 

from other organizations and 

individuals: the Coalition of Concerned 

Coal Region Citizens; the Mid-Atlantic 

Environmental Law Center; the Citizens 

for Pennsylvania’s Future; Mike Ewall; 

Edward and Helen Sluzis; and James 

Kotcon. 

In considering the comments received 

on the Draft EIS, DOE determined that 

the annual rate of CO2 emissions 

reported in the Draft EIS included only 

the quantity of CO2 that would be 

emitted directly. The reported quantity 

did not include a larger quantity of CO2

in a concentrated stream exiting the gas 

cleanup system. While it was previously 

anticipated that the concentrated CO2

stream would be sold as a byproduct, 

the industrial participant has informed 

DOE that the commercial sale of the CO2

would not occur in the foreseeable 

future. Therefore, all of the CO2 would 

be emitted to the atmosphere. DOE has 

prepared the Supplement to clarify the 

total emissions rate accordingly. DOE 

has also enhanced the discussion of 

cumulative impacts and the feasibility 

of carbon sequestration. 

Availability of the Supplement to the 

Draft EIS 

Copies of this Supplement to the Draft 

EIS have been distributed to Members of 

Congress, Federal, State, and local 

officials, and agencies, organizations 

and individuals who may be interested 

or affected. To obtain copies of the 

Supplement and the original Draft EIS, 

see ADDRESSES above. The Supplement 

and the Draft EIS are also available in 

the public reading rooms of the 

following public libraries: Frackville 

Free Public Library, 56 N. Lehigh 


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Avenue, Frackville, PA 17931; Mahanoy 

City Public Library, 17–19 West 

Mahanoy Avenue, Mahanoy City, PA 

17948; and the Pottsville Free Library, 

215 West Market Street, Pottsville, PA 

17901. 

It should be noted that the 

Supplement contains only those 

sections affected by comments related to 

CO2 emissions and sequestration, and 

DOE is inviting comments only on those 

sections. Comments on the original 

Draft EIS need not be resubmitted. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 9, 

2007. 

Mark J. Matarrese, 

Director, Office of Environment, Security, 

Safety and Health, Office of Fossil Energy. 

[FR Doc. E7–409 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PR06–18–002] 

Acadian Gas Pipeline System; Notice 

of Compliance Filing 

January 8, 2007. 

Take notice that on December 20, 

2006, Acadian Gas Pipeline System filed 

a revised Statement of Operating 

Conditions in compliance with the 

Commission’s letter order issued on 

December 6, 2006, in Docket Nos. PR06–

18–000 and PR06–18–001. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing 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. 

Such protests must be filed on or before 

the date as indicated below. Anyone 

filing a protest must serve a copy of that 

document on all the parties to the 

proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests 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 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. 

Protest Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on 

January 23, 2007. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–438 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER07–232–000] 

Aragonne Wind, LLC; Notice of 

Issuance of Order 

January 8, 2007. 

Aragonne Wind, LLC (Aragonne) filed 

an application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

schedule. The proposed market-based 

rate schedule provides for the sale of 

energy and capacity at market-based 

rates. Aragonne also requested waivers 

of various Commission regulations. In 

particular, Aragonne requested that the 

Commission grant blanket approval 

under 18 CFR part 34 of all future 

issuances of securities and assumptions 

of liability by Aragonne. 

On December 27, 2006, pursuant to 

delegated authority, the Director, 

Division of Tariffs and Market 

Development—West, granted the 

requests for blanket approval under Part 

34. The Director’s order also stated that 

the Commission would publish a 

separate notice in the Federal Register 

establishing a period of time for the 

filing of protests. Accordingly, any 

person desiring to be heard or to protest 

the blanket approvals of issuances of 

securities or assumptions of liability by 

Aragonne should file a motion to 

intervene or protest 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, 385.214 

(2004). 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing motions to intervene 

or protest is January 26, 2007. 

Absent a request to be heard in 

opposition by the deadline above, 

Aragonne is authorized to issue 

securities and assume obligations or 

liabilities as a guarantor, indorser, 

surety, or otherwise in respect of any 

security of another person; provided 

that such issuance or assumption is for 

some lawful object within the corporate 

purposes of Aragonne, compatible with 

the public interest, and is reasonably 

necessary or appropriate for such 

purposes. 

The Commission reserves the right to 

require a further showing that neither 

public nor private interests will be 

adversely affected by continued 

approvals of Aragonne’s issuance of 

securities or assumptions of liability. 

Copies of the full text of the Director’s 

Order are available from the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. The Order 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 

filed to access the document. 

Comments, protests, and interventions 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–432 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER07–254–000] 

Casselman Windpower, LLC; Notice of 

Issuance of Order 

January 8, 2007. 

Casselman Windpower, LLC 

(Casselman) filed an application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate schedule. The 

proposed market-based rate schedule 

provides for the sale of energy, capacity 

and ancillary at market-based rates. 

Casselman also requested waivers of 

various Commission regulations. In 

particular, Casselman requested that the 

Commission grant blanket approval 

under 18 CFR part 34 of all future 

issuances of securities and assumptions 

of liability by Casselman. 

On December 29, 2006, pursuant to 

delegated authority, the Director, 

Division of Tariffs and Market 

Development—West, granted the 

requests for blanket approval under part 

34. The Director’s order also stated that 

the Commission would publish a 


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