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Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the project. 

By becoming a commentor, your 

concerns will be addressed in the EA 

and considered by the Commission. You 

should focus on the potential 

environmental effects of the proposal, 

alternatives to the proposal, and 

measures to avoid or lessen 

environmental impact. The more 

specific your comments, the more useful 

they will be. 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 letter to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

• Label one copy of the comments for 

the attention of Gas Branch 3. 

• Reference Docket No. CP07–108–

000. 

• Mail your comments so that they 

will be received in Washington, DC on 

or before May 18, 2007. 

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 on-line. 

We may mail the EA for comment. If 

you are interested in receiving it, please 

return the Information Request 

(Appendix 3). If you do not return the 

Information Request, you will be taken 

off the mailing list. 

Becoming an Intervenor 

In addition to involvement in the EA 

scoping process, you may want to 

become an official party to the 

proceeding, or ‘‘intervenor’’. To become 

an intervenor you must file a motion to 

intervene according to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Intervenors 

have the right to seek rehearing of the 

Commission’s decision. Motions to 

Intervene should be electronically 

submitted using the Commission’s 

eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons without Internet access should 

send an original and 14 copies of their 

motion to the Secretary of the 

Commission at the address indicated 

previously. Persons filing Motions to 

Intervene on or before the comment 

deadline indicated above must send a 

copy of the motion to the Applicant. All 

filings, including late interventions, 

submitted after the comment deadline 

must be served on the Applicant and all 

other intervenors identified on the 

Commission’s service list for this 

proceeding. Persons on the service list 

with email addresses may be served 

electronically; others must be served a 

hard copy of the filing. 

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 

environmental comments considered. 

Environmental Mailing List 

An effort is being made to send this 

notice to all individuals, organizations, 

and government entities interested in 

and/or potentially affected by the 

proposed project. This includes all 

landowners who are potential right-ofway grantors, whose property may be 

used temporarily for project purposes, 

or who own homes within distances 

defined in the Commission’s regulations 

of certain aboveground facilities. By this 

notice we are also asking governmental 

agencies, especially those in Appendix 

2, to express their interest in becoming 

cooperating agencies for the preparation 

of the EA. 

Additional Information 

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 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. 

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. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–7508 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Comments, 

Protests, and Motions To Intervene 

April 16, 2007. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Application: Preliminary 

Permit. 

b. Project No.: 12784–000. 

c. Date filed: March 8, 2007. 

d. Applicant: Mt. Hope Waterpower 

Project LP. 

e. Name and Location of Project: The 

Mount Hope Pumped Storage Project 

would use water from the Mt. Hope 

Mine and would be built in the vicinity 

of Rockaway Township in Morris 

County, New Jersey. 

f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

g. Applicant contact: Mr. Sam Ramiz, 

Mt. Hope Waterpower Project LP, 627 

Mt. Hope Road, Wharton, NJ 07885–

2837, (201) 361–1072. 

h. FERC Contact: Tom Papsidero, 

(202) 502–6002. 

i. Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and motions to intervene: 60 

days from the issuance date of this 

notice. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

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. 

Please include the project number (P–

12784–000) on any comments or 

motions filed. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person in the official service list 


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for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

j. Description of Existing Facilities 

and Proposed Project: The proposed 

pumped storage project would be 

comprised of four developments, each 

with a powerhouse and an upper and 

lower reservoir. The proposed project 

would be constructed in four stages as 

follows: 

(1) Stage 1 of the project would 

consist of the following features: (a) A 

new upper reservoir on a 60 acre site 

excavated through quarrying operation 

and having a surface area of 45 acres to 

be constructed on an upland site, a 60 

acre tract west of Mount Hope Lake. The 

upper reservoir would provide total 

storage of 3,400 to 4,100 acre-feet. 

During operation, the normal maximum 

water surface elevation in the upper 

reservoir would be 900 feet msl. The 

upper reservoir would be filled with 

water pumped out of the Mount Hope 

Mine Complex. The Mt. Hope inactive 

mine would provide access to the lower 

reservoir located at 1,000 feet below the 

ground surface comprised of 

underground caverns; (b) a reinforced 

concrete intake/outtake structure 

capable of discharging 1,500 cubic feet 

per second (cfs); (c) a 10-foot-diameter, 

1,300-foot-long reinforced concrete 

vertical intake shaft; (d) a 300-foot-long, 

8-foot-diameter concrete-lined steel 

underground penstock; (e) a 

powerhouse machine hall 

approximately 1,300 feet below ground 

level containing one reversible pump 

turbine with a total installed generating 

capacity of 250 megawatts (MW); (f) a 

transformer hall; (g) a lower reservoir; 

(h) a ventilation shaft and ventilation 

building at the northern end of the 

lower reservoir; and (i) various ancillary 

access shafts and tunnels. 

(2) Stage 2 of the project would 

consist of the following features: (a) The 

lower reservoir utilized in Stage 1, 

located 1,000 feet below the ground 

surface, would serve as the upper 

reservoir in Stage 2, and would have a 

total storage capacity of 4,900 to 5,800 

acre-feet. During operation, the normal 

maximum water surface elevation in the 

upper reservoir would be 900 feet below 

the ground surface, and the normal 

minimum water surface elevation would 

be 1,000 feet below the ground surface. 

The upper reservoir would be partially 

filled with water pumped out of the 

Mount Hope Mine Complex; (b) the Mt. 

Hope inactive mine would provide 

access to the lower reservoir, comprised 

of underground caverns, located 1,700 

feet below the ground surface; (c) a 

reinforced concrete intake/outtake 

structure capable of discharging 1,500 

cfs; (d) a 10-foot-diameter, 1,000-footlong reinforced concrete vertical intake 

structure; (e) a 300-foot-long, 8-footdiameter concrete-lined underground 

penstock; (f) a powerhouse machine hall 

approximately 2,000 feet below ground 

level containing one reversible pump 

turbine with a total installed generating 

capacity of 250 MW; (g) a transformer 

hall; (h) a lower reservoir; (i) a 

ventilation shaft and ventilation 

building at the northern end of the 

lower reservoir; and (j) various ancillary 

access shafts and tunnels. 

(3) Stage 3 of the project would 

consist of the following features: (a) An 

upper reservoir which would consist of 

the lower reservoir used in Stage 2, 

located 1,700 feet below the ground 

surface. The upper reservoir would be 

partially filled with water pumped out 

of the Mount Hope Mine and would 

have a total storage capacity of 4,250 to 

4,900 acre-feet. The upper reservoir 

would have a maximum water surface 

elevation of 1,600 feet below the ground 

surface, and the normal minimum water 

surface elevation would be 1,700 feet 

below the ground surface; (b) the Mr. 

Hope inactive mine would provide 

access to the lower reservoir, comprised 

of underground caverns, located 2,500 

feet below the ground surface; (c) a 

reinforced concrete intake/outtake 

structure capable of discharging 1,500 

cfs; (d) a 10-foot-diameter, 1,100-footlong reinforced concrete vertical intake 

shaft; (e) a 300-foot-long, 8-footdiameter concrete-lined underground 

penstock; (f) a powerhouse machine hall 

approximately 2,800 feet below ground 

containing a reversible pump turbine 

with a total installed generating capacity 

of 250 MW; (g) a transformer hall; (h) a 

lower reservoir; (i) a ventilation shaft 

and ventilation building at the northern 

end of the lower reservoir; and (j) 

various ancillary access shafts and 

tunnels. 

(4) Stage 4 of the project would 

consist of the following features: (a) An 

upper reservoir which would consist of 

the lower reservoir of Stage 2, located 

1,700 feet below the ground surface. The 

upper reservoir would be filled to its 

full capacity with water pumped out of 

the Mount Hope Mine Complex and 

would provide total storage capacity of 

4,250 to 4,900 acre-feet. During 

operation, the normal maximum water 

surface elevation in the upper reservoir 

would be 1,600 feet below the ground 

surface, and the normal minimum water 

surface elevation would be 1,700 feet 

below the ground surface; (b) the Mt. 

Hope inactive mine would provide 

access to the lower reservoir located at 

2,500 feet below the ground surface and 

comprised of underground caverns; (c) a 

reinforced concrete intake/outtake 

structure capable of discharging 1,500 

cfs; (d) a 10-foot-diameter, 1,100 footlong reinforced concrete vertical intake 

shaft; (e) a 300-foot-long, 8-footdiameter concrete-lined underground 

penstock; (f) a powerhouse machine hall 

approximately 2,800 feet below ground 

containing a reversible pump turbine 

with a total installed generating capacity 

of 250 MW; (g) a transformer hall; (h) a 

lower reservoir; (i) a ventilation shaft 

and ventilation building at the northern 

end of the lower reservoir; and (j) 

various ancillary access shafts and 

tunnels. 

The rated capacity of the turbines and 

generators is one gigawatt. Upon 

completion of the four stages, the 

proposed project would generate a 

maximum of 2,080 gigawatt-hours 

annually. The proposed project would 

also include two parallel 10.60 milelong, 500-kV transmission lines 

interconnecting with the proposed 

Jefferson Substation, located 

approximately 5.3 miles northnorthwest of Mr. Hope Lake. The 

transmission line right-of-way would 

parallel an existing transmission line 

owned by Public Services Electric and 

Gas Company for 4.3 miles and would 

traverse mostly undeveloped forest 

lands, two lakes and five streams. The 

primary transmission line of the 

proposed project would be located in 

part on federal land. Specifically, the 

transmission line would traverse a 

portion of the northern and eastern edge 

of the U.S. Army’s Picatinny Arsenal for 

a total of approximately 2.4 miles. 

k. Location of Applications: A copy of 

the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may 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 the document. For 

assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208–

3676 or e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item g 

above. 

l. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

m. Competing Preliminary Permit—

Anyone desiring to file a competing 

application for preliminary permit for a 


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proposed project must submit the 

competing application itself, or a notice 

of intent to file such an application, to 

the Commission on or before the 

specified comment date for the 

particular application (see 18 CFR 4.36). 

Submission of a timely notice of intent 

allows an interested person to file the 

competing preliminary permit 

application no later than 30 days after 

the specified comment date for the 

particular application. A competing 

preliminary permit application must 

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. 

n. Competing Development 

Application—Any qualified 

development applicant desiring to file a 

competing development application 

must submit to the Commission, on or 

before a specified comment date for the 

particular application, either a 

competing development application or a 

notice of intent to file such an 

application. Submission of a timely 

notice of intent to file a development 

application allows an interested person 

to file the competing application no 

later than 120 days after the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. A competing license 

application must conform with 18 CFR 

4.30(b) and 4.36. 

o. Notice of Intent—A notice of intent 

must specify the exact name, business 

address, and telephone number of the 

prospective applicant, and must include 

an unequivocal statement of intent to 

submit, if such an application may be 

filed, either a preliminary permit 

application or a development 

application (specify which type of 

application). A notice of intent must be 

served on the applicant(s) named in this 

public notice. 

p. Proposed Scope of Studies under 

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued, 

does not authorize construction. The 

term of the proposed preliminary permit 

would be 36 months. The work 

proposed under the preliminary permit 

would include economic analysis, 

preparation of preliminary engineering 

plans, and a study of environmental 

impacts. Based on the results of these 

studies, the Applicant would decide 

whether to proceed with the preparation 

of a development application to 

construct and operate the project. 

q. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene—Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. 

In determining the appropriate action to 

take, the Commission will consider all 

protests or other comments filed, but 

only those who file a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

r. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents—Any filings must bear in 

all capital letters the title 

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT 

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION’’, 

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’, 

‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the 

Project Number of the particular 

application to which the filing refers. 

Any of the above-named documents 

must be filed by providing the original 

and the number of copies provided by 

the Commission’s regulations to: The 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. An additional 

copy must be sent to Director, Division 

of Hydropower Administration and 

Compliance, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, at the above-mentioned 

address. A copy of any notice of intent, 

competing application or motion to 

intervene must also be served upon each 

representative of the Applicant 

specified in the particular application. 

s. Agency Comments—Federal, state, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described application. 

A copy of the application may be 

obtained by agencies directly from the 

Applicant. If an agency does not file 

comments within the time specified for 

filing comments, it will be presumed to 

have no comments. One copy of an 

agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–7514 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0286; FRL–8302–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; EPA’s In-Use 

Vehicle Testing Programs; EPA ICR 

No. 0222.08, OMB Control No. 2060–

0086 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on September 

30, 2007. Before submitting the ICR to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 19, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

OAR–2007–0286, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: (202) 566–1741 

• Mail: EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0286, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 6102T, Docket1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: Docket Center, 

(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. 20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–

0286. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 


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