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1 The appendix referenced in this notice is not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of the 

appendix (map) are available from the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, call (202) 502– 

8371. Copies of the appendix will be sent to all 

those receiving this notice in the mail. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Public Comment Meetings for 

the Elba III Project Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement 

April 25, 2007. 

Southern LNG Inc. (Docket No. CP06– 

470–000); Elba Express Company, L.L.C. 

(Docket Nos. CP06–471–000, CP06–472– 

000, and CP06–473–000); Southern 

Natural Gas Company (Docket No. 

CP06–474–000) 

On March 30, 2007, the staff of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC or Commission) issued a draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Elba III Project, proposed by 

Southern LNG Inc., Elba Express 

Company, LLC, and their parent 

company Southern Natural Gas 

Company, a subsidiary of El Paso 

Corporation. Issuance of the draft EIS 

began a 45-day public comment period 

which will end on May 21, 2007. In 

addition to accepting written comments 

on the draft EIS, the Commission staff 

will be hosting public comment 

meetings in the project area to accept 

oral comments as listed in the following 

table. 

Public meeting 

date and time Location 

Monday, May 

7, 2007 at 7 

p.m.

Washington-Wilkes High 

School Cafeteria, 304 Gordon Street, Washington, 

GA 30673, Phone: (706) 

678–2426. 

Tuesday, May 

8, 2007 at 7 

p.m.

Thomson High School Cafeteria, 1160 White Oak 

Road, Thomson, GA 

30824, Phone: (706) 986– 

4200. 

Wednesday, 

May 9, 2007 

at 7 p.m.

Sylvania Recreation Building, 605 Millen Highway, 

Sylvania, GA 30467, 

Phone: (912) 863–2388. 

Thursday, May 

10, 2007 at 

7 p.m.

Quality Inn Conference Center, (Southburg Chateau 

Room), 301 Governor 

Truetlen Drive, Pooler, GA 

31322, Phone: (912) 748– 

6464. 

Comment Procedure 

Instructions for submitting written 

comments are included in the draft EIS 

and the Notice of Availability that were 

issued on March 30, 2007. These 

documents can be found on the FERC 

Internet website as discussed below. 

Oral comments presented at the public 

comment meetings will be given the 

same consideration as written 

comments received by mail before the 

close of the public comment period on 

May 21, 2007. 

As with previous public meetings on 

the Elba III Project, attendees will be 

asked to provide their name and address 

so that any project-related 

environmental information issued by 

the Commission may be mailed to all 

attendees. Additionally, those wishing 

to provide oral comments will be asked 

to put their name on a Speakers List. 

Depending on the number of 

individuals wishing to provide oral 

comments, speakers may be asked to 

limit their presentations to 5 minutes in 

order that all speakers may be 

accommodated. Transcripts of the 

public comment meetings will be 

prepared and placed into the FERC’s 

public record. 

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 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP07–128–000] 

Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline 

Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare 

an Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Kirk Compressor Station 

Project and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

April 25, 2007. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Kirk Compressor Station Project 

(Project), involving construction and 

operation of a compressor station and 

appurtenances by Cheyenne Plains Gas 

Pipeline Company (CPG). 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process we will use to 

gather input from the public and 

interested agencies on the project. Your 

input will help the Commission staff 

determine which issues need to be 

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on May 25, 

2007. 

This notice is being sent to affected 

landowners within half mile of the 

proposed compressor station; Federal, 

State, and local government 

representatives and agencies; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; other 

interested parties in this proceeding; 

and local libraries and newspapers. We 

encourage government representatives 

to notify their constituents of this 

planned project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

Project Description 

CPG proposes to construct a new 

natural gas-fired compressor station 

referred to as the Kirk Compressor 

Station which would consist of a single 

10,310 horsepower gas fired compressor 

unit and appurtenances near Kirk in 

Yuma County, Colorado. The proposed 

Project would permit the firm 

transportation of an additional 70,000 

dekatherms per day of natural gas to a 

delivery point near Greensburg, Kansas. 

The general location of the project is 

shown on the map attached as 

Appendix 1.1

The Kirk Compressor Station would 

be constructed on a 40 acre tract of land 

which is owned by CPG. Approximately 

3.69 acres would be permanently 

disturbed for placement of the 

compressor station and access road. The 

current land use is fallow agricultural 

land. The closest residence is located 

more than one mile away from the 

proposed compressor station site 

(approximately 5,500 feet north 

northwest of the site). 

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 to 

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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 of Intent, the Commission staff 

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. 

The Commission’s staff will prepare 

an EA that will describe the potential 

environmental impacts that could result 

from construction and operation of the 

proposed project under the general 

headings: 

<bullet≤ Water resources, wetlands, and 

waterbodies 

<bullet≤ Vegetation and wildlife 

<bullet≤ Threatened and endangered 

species 

<bullet≤ Cultural resources 

<bullet≤ Geology and soils 

<bullet≤ Land use and residences 

<bullet≤ Air quality and noise 

<bullet≤ Reliability and safety 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be presented in the EA. We 

will also evaluate possible 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. 

Depending on the comments received 

during the scoping process, the EA may 

be published and mailed to federal, 

state, and local government agencies; 

public interest groups; Native American 

tribes; interested individuals; affected 

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and 

the Commission’s official service list for 

this proceeding. A 30-day comment 

period will be allotted for review if the 

EA is published. We will consider all 

comments submitted in any 

Commission Order that is issued for the 

project. 

To ensure your comments are 

considered, please carefully follow the 

instructions in the public participation 

section below. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the project. 

By becoming a commenter, your 

concerns will be addressed in the EA 

and considered by the Commission. The 

more specific your comments, the more 

useful they will be. Generally, 

comments are submitted regarding the 

potential environmental effects, 

reasonable alternatives and measures to 

avoid or lessen environmental impact. 

This notice and request for 

environmental comments is being sent 

to affected landowners; federal, state 

and local government representatives 

and agencies; environmental and public 

interest groups; other interested parties 

in this proceeding; and local libraries 

and newspapers. We encourage 

government representatives to notify 

their constituents of this notice and to 

encourage their comments concerning 

this proposed project. 

To ensure that your comments are 

properly recorded, please mail them to 

our office on or before May 25, 2007. 

When filing comments please: 

<bullet≤ 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. 

<bullet≤ Label one copy of the 

comments for the attention of Gas 

Branch 2; DG2E; and Reference Docket 

No. CP07–128–000 on the original and 

both copies. 

Please note that the Commission 

strongly encourages the electronic filing 

(‘‘eFiling’’) of comments, interventions 

or protests to this proceeding. 

Instructions on how to ‘‘eFile’’ 

comments can be found on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘Documents 

and Filings’’ link. 

We may mail the EA for comment. If 

you are interested in receiving it, please 

return the Information Request 

(Appendix 2). 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 known as an ‘‘intervenor’’. 

Intervenors play a more formal role in 

the process. Among other things, 

intervenors have the right to receive 

copies of case-related Commission 

documents and filings by other 

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor 

must send one electronic copy (using 

the Commission’s e-Filing system) or 14 

paper copies of its filings to the 

Secretary of the Commission and must 

end a copy of its filings to all other 

parties on the Commission’s service list 

for this proceeding. If you want 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). 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 

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. 

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 (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. 

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. 

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