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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 11437–016] 

Hydro Matrix Limited Partnership; 

Notice of Availability of Environment 

Assessment 

March 30, 2007. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s regulations, the Office of 

Energy Projects has reviewed the Hydro 

Matrix Limited Partnership’s (licensee) 

application requesting the 

Commission’s authorization to amend 

its license for the Jordan Dam 

Hydroelectric Project. The licensee 

proposes to install two generating units 

rated at 2200 kW, rather than the 

authorized eighty 100 kW units. This 

would reduce the generating capacity of 

the project from 8.0 MW to 4.4 MW, and 

reduce the hydraulic capacity of the 

project form 2320 cubic feet per second 

(cfs) to 1200 cfs. The unconstructed 

project is located at the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (Corps) B. Everett 

Jordan Dam on the Haw River, in 

Chatham County, North Carolina. An 

environmental assessment (EA) has 

been prepared. 

In the EA, the Commission’s staff 

concludes that approval of the licensee’s 

application would not constitute a 

major federal action significantly 

affecting the quality of the human 

environment. No ground disturbing 

activities are involved with the 

licensee’s proposal. 

A copy of the EA is attached to a 

Commission order titled ‘‘Order 

Amending License and Revising Annual 

Charges,’’ issued March 30, 2007, and is 

available at the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room. A copy of 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 (P–11437) in the docket field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

call (202) 502–8222 or (202) 502–8659 

(for TTY). 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6324 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP06–470–000; CP06–471–

000; CP06–472–000; CP06–473–000; CP06–

474–000] 

Southern LNG Inc.; Elba Express 

Company, L.L.C.; Southern Natural 

Gas Company; Notice of Availability of 

the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Elba III Project 

March 30, 2007. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared a draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Elba III Project, proposed by 

Southern LNG Inc. (Southern LNG), 

Elba Express Company, L.L.C. (EEC), 

and their parent company Southern 

Natural Gas Company (Southern), a 

subsidiary of El Paso Corporation. As 

described in the above-referenced 

dockets, this project would consist of 

the following components: 

• Southern LNG’s expansion of the 

existing Elba Island Liquefied Natural 

Gas (LNG) Import Terminal near 

Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia; 

• EEC’s construction and operation of 

natural gas pipeline and compression 

facilities (Elba Express Pipeline) 

extending between existing facilities 

owned by Southern in Chatham County 

and those of Transcontinental Gas Pipe 

Line Corporation (Transco) in Hart 

County, Georgia and Anderson County, 

South Carolina; and 

• Southern’s abandonment by sale to 

EEC of an undivided interest in its 

pipeline facilities that extend between 

the LNG import terminal and the 

existing Port Wentworth Meter Station 

(where the Elba Express Pipeline would 

begin), and purchase of an undivided 

interest in the first 10 miles of the Elba 

Express Pipeline. 

The draft EIS was prepared to satisfy 

the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), and was completed with the 

cooperation of the U.S. Coast Guard 

(Coast Guard), the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (COE), and the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries). A 

cooperating agency has jurisdiction by 

law or special expertise with respect to 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with the proposal, and 

participates in the NEPA analysis. 

The Coast Guard is responsible for 

determining the suitability of a 

waterway for LNG marine traffic; in this 

instance, the determination would be 

issued as a Letter of Recommendation 

with conditions. The Captain of the Port 

Savannah is the point of contact for this 

action. The COE would need to evaluate 

the project and issue Section 404 

Permits for wetland impacts associated 

with expansion of the terminal and 

pipeline construction, easements where 

the pipeline would cross COE-managed 

lands, modifications to existing COE 

Mitigation Lands, and an approval for a 

large fuel-carrying pipeline to cross 

federal property. NOAA Fisheries has 

responsibilities for evaluating potential 

impacts on essential fish habitat and 

threatened or endangered aquatic 

species. 

The FERC staff has concluded that if 

the project is constructed and operated 

in accordance with applicable laws and 

regulations, each project sponsor’s 

proposed mitigation, and the staff’s 

additional mitigation recommendations, 

it would have limited adverse 

environmental impact and would be an 

environmentally acceptable action. 

The draft EIS addresses the potential 

environmental effects of construction 

and operation of the following LNG 

terminal and natural gas pipeline 

facilities: 

Elba Terminal Expansion 

The proposed expansion of the 

existing LNG import terminal would: (a) 

More than double the site’s LNG storage 

capacity by adding 405,000 cubic meters 

(m3) of new storage; (b) substantially 

increase the facility’s existing 

vaporization capacity; (c) upgrade the 

terminal’s send-out meter station to 

increase the natural gas send-out 

capacity of the facility by an additional 

900 million cubic feet per day (MMcfd); 

and (d) modify the terminal’s LNG 

tanker berthing and unloading facilities 

to accommodate larger tankers and 

provide for simultaneous unloading of 

two LNG tankers. All of the planned 

facilities would be located entirely 

within the existing 190-acre facility site 

on Elba Island. 

The LNG terminal expansion would 

be constructed in two phases, A and B. 

Southern LNG anticipates completing 

Phase A as early as January 2010. Phase 

A would include the following facilities: 

a. One new 200,000-m3 (1.25 million 

barrels [bbls]) LNG storage tank, one 

associated boil-off gas condenser, and 

three boil-off gas compressors; 

b. three submerged combustion 

vaporizers, each with a peak capacity of 

180 MMcfd (providing a total peak 

send-out capacity of 1,755 MMcfd for 

the full facility at the completion of 

phase A); and 

c. modifications to the unloading 

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tankers and to allow simultaneous 

unloading of two LNG tankers. The 

modifications to the dual berthing slip 

include: 

—Adding four mooring dolphins (two 

for each berth); 

—dredging approximately 72,000 cubic 

yards of material from the slope at the 

back of the existing slip (and 

disposing of dredged material into the 

existing spoil disposal area adjacent 

to the terminal); and 

—installing a sheet pile bulkhead at the 

back of the slip. 

These modifications would allow the 

slip to accommodate larger LNG tankers 

with an approximate overall length of 

345 meters (m) (compared to the current 

288 m), breadth of 55 m (currently 49 

m), design laden draft of 12.0 m 

(currently 11.7 m), and displacement of 

177,000 metric tons (currently 128,000 

metric tons). 

Phase B would be completed no later 

than December 2012 and would include 

the following facilities: 

a. one new 200,000-m3 (1.25 million 

bbls) LNG storage tank; and 

b. three submerged combustion 

vaporizers (two for service and one 

spare), each with a peak capacity of 180 

MMcfd (providing a total peak send-out 

capacity of 2,115 MMcfd for the full 

facility at the completion of phase B). 

Each phase would include all 

necessary ancillary equipment 

including related pumps, piping, 

controls and appurtenances, and 

associated systems (electrical, 

mechanical, civil, instrumentation, 

hazard detection, and fire protection) 

and buildings necessary to 

accommodate the associated tanks and 

vaporizer units. 

Elba Express Pipeline 

EEC proposes to construct and operate 

about 188 miles of new natural gas 

pipeline and appurtenant facilities in 

Georgia and South Carolina. The 

pipeline would be constructed in two 

phases. The first phase is proposed to be 

placed in service no later than July 2011 

with a design capacity of 945 MMcfd, 

and would consist of: 

a. a ‘‘Southern Segment,’’ which 

includes about 104.8 miles of 42-inchdiameter pipeline extending from Port 

Wentworth to the existing Southern 

Wrens Compressor Station (Wrens) in 

Jefferson County, Georgia (to be 

collocated with existing Southern 

pipelines); and 

b. a ‘‘Northern Segment,’’ which 

includes about 83.1 miles of 36-inchdiameter pipeline extending from Wrens 

to interconnects with Transco in Hart 

County, Georgia, and Anderson County, 

South Carolina. 

The second phase would involve 

construction and operation of a new 

10,000-horsepower compressor station 

near Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, on 

a site where Southern currently operates 

other aboveground facilities. The 

compressor station would increase the 

pipeline design capacity by 230 MMcfd 

to a total of 1,175 MMcfd, and is 

proposed to be placed in service no later 

than January 2013. 

The draft 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 draft EIS have 

been mailed to federal, state, and local 

agencies; public interest groups; 

individuals and affected landowners 

who requested a copy of the draft EIS 

or provided comments during scoping; 

libraries and newspapers in the project 

area; and parties to this proceeding. 

Hard copy versions of the draft 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. 

Comment Procedures and Public 

Meetings 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the draft EIS may do so. To ensure 

consideration prior to a Commission 

decision on the proposal, it is important 

that the Commission receive your 

comments before the date specified 

below. Please carefully follow these 

instructions to ensure that your 

comments are received and properly 

recorded: 

• Send an original and two copies of 

your comments to: Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

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

20426. 

• Reference Docket Nos. CP06–470–

000, et al. 

• Label one copy of the comments for 

the attention of Gas Branch 1, DG2E. 

• Mail your comments so that they 

will be received in Washington, DC on 

or before May 21, 2007. 

Please note that the Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filing of 

any comments or interventions or 

protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link and the link to the User’s 

Guide. Before you can file comments 

you will need to create a free account, 

which can be created by clicking on 

‘‘Login to File’’ and then ‘‘New User 

Account.’’ You will be asked to select 

the type of filing you are making. This 

filing is considered a ‘‘Comment on 

Filing.’’

In lieu of sending written comments, 

you are invited to attend public 

comment meetings the FERC staff will 

conduct in the project area to receive 

comments on the draft EIS. Date, time, 

and location of these meetings will be 

sent under separate cover. Interested 

groups and individuals are encouraged 

to attend and present oral comments on 

the draft EIS. Transcripts of the 

meetings will be prepared. 

After these comments are reviewed, 

any significant new issues are 

investigated, and modifications are 

made to the draft EIS, a final EIS will 

be published and distributed. The final 

EIS will contain the FERC staff’s 

responses to timely comments received 

on the draft EIS. 

Comments will be considered by the 

Commission but will not serve to make 

the commenter a party to the 

proceeding. Any person seeking to 

become a party to the proceeding must 

file a motion to intervene pursuant to 

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.214). Anyone may intervene in this 

proceeding based on this draft EIS. You 

must file your request to intervene as 

specified above.1 You do not need 

intervener status to have your comments 

considered. 

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 (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 

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, 


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the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous 

discussion on filing comments electronically. 

document summaries and direct links to 

the documents. Go to the eSubscription 

link on the FERC Internet Web site. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6315 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP06–115–000] 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; 

Notice of Availability of the 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Texas Eastern Incremental 

Market Expansion II Project 

March 30, 2007. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) on the 

natural gas pipeline facilities proposed 

by Texas Eastern Transmission, LP 

(Texas Eastern) in the above-referenced 

docket. 

The EA was prepared to satisfy the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act. The FERC 

staff concludes that approval of the 

proposed project, with appropriate 

mitigating measures, would not 

constitute a major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of Texas 

Eastern’s proposed Texas Eastern 

Incremental Market Expansion II Project 

(TIME II). The TIME II project would 

involve construction, replacement, and 

operation of facilities by Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) in 

Pickaway and Monroe Counties, Ohio 

and Somerset, Bedford, Franklin, Bucks, 

Fayette, and Adams Counties, 

Pennsylvania. The purpose of the 

facilities is to provide up to 150,000 

dekatherms per day of new 

transportation service to the New Jersey 

market area. 

The EA has been placed in the public 

files of the FERC. A limited number of 

copies of the EA are 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. 

Copies of the EA have been mailed to 

federal, state, and local agencies, public 

interest groups, interested individuals, 

newspapers, and parties to this 

proceeding. 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the EA may do so. To ensure 

consideration prior to a Commission 

decision on the proposal, it is important 

that we receive your comments before 

the date specified below. 

Please note that the Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filing of 

any comments or interventions or 

protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link and the link to the User’s 

Guide. Before you can file comments 

you will need to create a free account 

which can be created by clicking on 

‘‘Sign-up.’’

If you are filing written comments, 

please carefully follow these 

instructions to ensure that your 

comments are received in time and 

properly recorded: 

• Send an original and two copies of 

your comments to: Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., 

NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426; 

• Reference Docket No. CP06–115–

000; 

• Label one copy of the comments for 

the attention of the Gas Branch 1, PJ–

11.1; and 

• Mail your comments so that they 

will be received in Washington, DC on 

or before April 30, 2007. 

Comments will be considered by the 

Commission but will not serve to make 

the commentor a party to the 

proceeding. Any person seeking to 

become a party to the proceeding must 

file a motion to intervene pursuant to 

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.214).1 Only intervenors have the 

right to seek rehearing of the 

Commission’s decision. 

Affected landowners and parties with 

environmental concerns may be granted 

intervenor status upon showing good 

cause by stating that they have a clear 

and direct interest in this proceeding 

which would not be adequately 

represented by any other parties. You do 

not need intervenor status to have your 

comments considered. 

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 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. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6314 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP07–14–000; BLM Reference 

No. 2880/UTU–82750 and WYW–67229 (EA 

No. UT–080–06–156)] 

Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; 

Notice of Availability of the 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Kanda Lateral and Mainline 

Expansion Project 

March 30, 2007. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission), with the cooperation of 

the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM) and the 

Sweetwater County Conservation 

District, has prepared an environmental 

assessment (EA) on the natural gas 

pipeline facilities proposed by 

Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd. in 

the above-referenced docket. 

The EA was prepared to satisfy the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act. The staff 

concludes that approval of the proposed 

Kanda Lateral and Mainline Expansion 

Project, with appropriate mitigating 

measures, would not constitute a major 

federal action significantly affecting the 

quality of the human environment. 

The BLM is participating as a 

cooperating agency in the preparation of 

the EA because the project would cross 

federal lands under BLM administration 


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