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placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies of all documents 

filed by the applicant and by all other 

parties. A party must submit 14 copies 

of filings made with the Commission 

and must mail a copy to the applicant 

and to every other party in the 

proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project, or in support of or in opposition 

to this project, should submit an 

original and two copies of their 

comments to the Secretary of the 

Commission. Environmental 

commenters will be placed on the 

Commission’s environmental mailing 

list, will receive copies of the 

environmental documents, and will be 

notified of meetings associated with the 

Commission’s environmental review 

process. Environmental commenters 

will not be required to serve copies of 

filed documents on all other parties. 

The Commission’s rules require that 

persons filing comments in opposition 

to the project provide copies of their 

protests only to the applicant. However, 

the non-party commenters will not 

receive copies of all documents filed by 

other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) 

under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Comment Date: April 6, 2007. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–5201 Filed 3–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

March 16, 2007. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER07–421–001. 

Applicants: Wisconsin Power and 

Light Company. 

Description: Wisconsin Power and 

Light Company submits a revised Power 

Supply Agreement in compliance with 

FERC’s 2/16/07 Order. 

Filed Date: 03/14/2007. 

Accession Number: 20070315–0084. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, April 04, 2007. 

Docket Numbers: ER07–612–000. 

Applicants: New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc. 

Description: New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc submits corrected 

tariff sheets for its Market 

Administration and Control Area 

Services Tariff and its Open Access 

Transmission Tariff. 

Filed Date: 03/09/2007. 

Accession Number: 20070315–0086. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, March 23, 2007. 

Docket Numbers: ER07–613–000. 

Applicants: California Independent 

System Operator Corporation. 

Description: California Independent 

System Operator Corporation submits 

certain amendments to the currentlyeffective ISO Tariff designed to facilitate 

implementation of the Market Redesign 

and Technology Upgrade Program. 

Filed Date: 03/09/2007. 

Accession Number: 20070315–0087. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, March 30, 2007. 

Docket Numbers: ER07–614–000. 

Applicants: American Transmission 

Systems, Incorporated. 

Description: American Transmission 

Systems, Inc submits a Construction 

Agreement designated as Service 

Agreement 349, FERC Electric Tariff, 

Second Revised Volume 1, effective 

1/5/07. 

Filed Date: 03/09/2007. 

Accession Number: 20070315–0088. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, March 30, 2007. 

Docket Numbers: ER07–619–000. 

Applicants: NSTAR Electric 

Company. 

Description: NSTAR Electric 

Company submits the Cost Allocation 

Agreement for Braintree Tap Upgrades 

between NSTAR and Braintree Electric 

Light Department, designated as Rate 

Schedule 215. 

Filed Date: 03/14/2007. 

Accession Number: 20070315–0085. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, April 04, 2007. 

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 


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FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–5204 Filed 3–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP06–354–000; CP06–401–

000; CP06–423–000] 

Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC; 

TransColorado Gas Transmission 

Company; Questar Overthrust Pipeline 

Company; Notice of Availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Rockies Western Phase Project 

March 16, 2007. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared a final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the construction and operation of the 

natural gas pipeline facilities proposed 

by Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 

(Rockies Express), TransColorado Gas 

Transmission Company 

(TransColorado), and Questar 

Overthrust Pipeline Company 

(Overthrust) in the above-referenced 

dockets. These individual project 

sponsors have submitted separate and 

distinct proposals to the Commission; 

however, the FERC views the proposed 

facilities as interconnected projects that 

are necessary components of a larger, 

combined natural gas transportation 

system. As such, all three project 

proposals have been included in the 

final EIS, and are collectively referred to 

as the Rockies Western Phase Project (or 

the Project). The Project facilities would 

be located in Colorado, Wyoming, 

Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and New 

Mexico. 

The final EIS was prepared to satisfy 

the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

the Federal Land Management and 

Policy Act. The U.S. Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS) are federal land 

management agencies with lands 

affected by this proposal and are 

cooperating agencies for the 

development of the EIS. A cooperating 

agency has jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise with respect to potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposal, and is involved in the 

NEPA analysis. The Project would cross 

federal land under the jurisdiction of 

the BLM Rawlins, Kemmerer, and Rock 

Springs Field Offices. Lands 

administered by the FWS would also be 

crossed by the Project. Under section 

185(f) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 

1920, the BLM has the authority to issue 

Right-of-Way Grants for all affected 

federal lands. 

The FERC staff has concluded that if 

the Project is constructed and operated 

in accordance with applicable laws and 

regulations, and each project sponsor’s 

proposed mitigation, and the staffs’

additional mitigation recommendations, 

it would have limited adverse 

environmental impact and would be an 

environmentally acceptable action. 

As currently proposed, the Rockies 

Western Phase Project would consist of 

the construction and operation of 

approximately 795.6 miles of natural gas 

pipeline and a total of 237,320 

horsepower of new compression. 

Following completion of the proposed 

facilities, the Project would transport up 

to 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas 

per day. Specifically, the final EIS 

addresses the potential environmental 

effects of the construction and operation 

of the following natural gas pipeline 

facilities proposed by Rockies Express, 

TransColorado, and Overthrust: 

Rockies Express (REX-West Project) 

• 712.7 miles of 42-inch-diameter 

natural gas pipeline in Wyoming, 

Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and 

Missouri; 

• 5.3 miles of 24-inch-diameter 

pipeline (Echo Springs Lateral) in 

Sweetwater and Carbon Counties, 

Wyoming; 

• Five new compressor stations 

(Cheyenne Compressor Station in Weld 

County, Colorado; Julesburg Compressor 

Station in Sedgwick County, Colorado; 

Echo Springs Compressor Station in 

Sweetwater County, Wyoming; the 

Steele City Compressor Station in Gage 

County, Nebraska; and Turney 

Compressor Station in Clinton County, 

Missouri); 

• Four new compressor units at two 

previously certificated compressor 

stations (Meeker Compressor Station in 

Rio Blanco County, Colorado and 

Wamsutter Compressor Station in 

Sweetwater County, Wyoming); and 

• 8 new meter stations, 41 mainline 

valves, and associated facilities. 

TransColorado (Blanco to Meeker 

Project) 

• 392 feet of discharge line and 478 

feet of suction line, 1,300 feet of 24- 

inch-diameter pipeline, and 60 feet of 

16-inch-diameter pipeline in San Juan 

County, New Mexico; 

• Two new compressor stations 

(Blanco Compression Station in San 

Juan County, New Mexico and the Conn 

Creek Compressor Station in Garfield 

County, Colorado); 

• Modifications at four existing 

compressor stations (Mancos 

Compressor Station in Montezuma 

County, Colorado; Redvale Compressor 

Station in Montrose County, Colorado; 

Whitewater Compressor Station in Mesa 

County, Colorado, and the Greasewood 

Compressor Station in Rio Blanco 

County, Colorado); and 

• One new meter station, one 

mainline valve, and associated facilities. 

Overthrust (Wamsutter Expansion 

Project) 

• 77.2 miles of 36-inch-diameter 

natural gas pipeline in Sweetwater 

County, Wyoming; 

• 0.1 mile of 20-inch-diameter 

pipeline (TL–90 Tie-in); 

• Two new compressor stations in 

Wyoming (Roberson Compressor Station 

in Lincoln County and Rock Springs 

Compressor Station in Sweetwater 

County); and 

• Two new meter stations, three 

mainline valves, and associated 

facilities. 

The final EIS has been placed in the 

public files of the FERC and is available 

for distribution and public inspection 

at: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Public Reference Room, 

888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. 

CD–ROM copies of the final EIS have 

been mailed to federal, state, and local 

agencies; public interest groups; 

individuals and affected landowners 

who requested a copy of the final EIS or 

provided comments during scoping; 

libraries and newspapers in the Project 

area; and parties to this proceeding. 

Hard copy versions of the final EIS were 

mailed to those specifically requesting 

them. A limited number of hard copies 

and CD–ROMs are available from the 

Public Reference Room identified above. 

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 on the FERC Internet Web site also 


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