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1Southern Star’s application was filed with the 

Commission under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing of any comments in 

response to this Notice of Intent. For 

information on electronic filing of 

comments, please see the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ 

link and the link to the User’s Guide, as 

well as information in 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii). Before you can 

submit comments you will need to 

create a free account, which can be 

created on-line. 

The public scoping meetings (dates, 

times, and locations are listed above) are 

designed to provide another opportunity 

to offer comments on the proposed 

Project. Interested groups and 

individuals are encouraged to attend the 

meetings and to present comments on 

the environmental issues they believe 

should be addressed in the EIS. A 

transcript of each meeting will be 

generated so that your comments will be 

accurately recorded. 

Once MEP formally files its 

application with the Commission, you 

may want to become an official party to 

the proceeding known as an 

‘‘intervenor.’’ Intervenors play a more 

formal role in the process and are able 

to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be 

heard by the courts if they choose to 

appeal the Commission’s final ruling. 

An intervenor formally participates in a 

Commission proceeding by filing a 

request to intervene. Instructions for 

becoming an intervenor are included in 

the User’s Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’ 

link on the Commission’s Web site. 

Please note that you may not request 

intervenor status at this time. You must 

wait until a formal application is filed 

with the Commission. 

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 of 

certain aboveground facilities, as 

defined in the Commission’s 

regulations. 

If you received this notice, you are on 

the environmental mailing list for this 

Project. If you do not want to send 

comments at this time, but still want to 

remain on our mailing list, please return 

the Information Request (Appendix 3). If 

you do not return the Information 

Request, you will be removed from the 

Commission’s environmental mailing 

list. 

Availability of Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

Project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at 1–866–208-FERC (3372) or on the 

FERC Internet Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. Using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link, 

select ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the 

Project docket number excluding the 

last three digits (i.e., PF07–4) 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 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 rule 

makings. 

In addition, the FERC now offers a 

free service called eSubscription that 

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. To register for this service, 

go to http://www.ferc.gov/ 

esubscribenow.htm. 

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. 

Finally, MEP has established an 

Internet Web site for this Project at 

http://www.midcontinentexpress.com. 

The Web site includes a description of 

the Project, a map of the proposed 

pipeline route, and answers to 

frequently asked questions. You can 

also request additional information or 

provide comments directly to MEP at 1– 

877–327–5515 or 

pipelineinfo@midcontinentexpress.com. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–8522 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP07–89–000] 

Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, 

Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed North Welda Storage Field 

Expansion Project and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

April 30, 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 North Welda Storage Field 

Expansion Project involving 

construction and operation of facilities 

by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, 

Inc. (Southern Star) in and to an existing 

gas storage field in Anderson County, 

Kansas.1 This EA will be used by the 

Commission in its decision-making 

process to determine whether the 

project is in the public convenience and 

necessity. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, you may be contacted by a 

pipeline company representative about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

proposed facilities. The pipeline 

company would seek to negotiate a 

mutually acceptable agreement. 

However, if the project is approved by 

the Commission, that approval conveys 

with it the right of eminent domain. 

Therefore, if easement negotiations fail 

to produce an agreement, the pipeline 

company could initiate condemnation 

proceedings in accordance with state 

law. 

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ was attached to the project 

notice that Southern Star provided to 

landowners. This fact sheet addresses a 

number of typically asked questions, 

including the use of eminent domain 

and how to participate in the 

Commission’s proceedings. It is 

available for viewing on the FERC 

Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov). 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Southern Star is proposing to: (1) 

Expand the existing certificated 

boundary and buffer zone of its existing 

storage field by acquiring certain 

property rights to approximately 1,240 

acres; (2) to redefine the cap rock of the 


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2The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all 

appendices, other than Appendix 1 (map), are 

available on the Commission’s Web site at the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link or from the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, 

DC 20426, or call (202) 502–8371. For instructions 

on connecting to eLibrary refer to the last page of 

this notice. Copies of the appendices were sent to 

all those receiving this notice in the mail. 

3 ‘‘We’’, ‘‘us’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the environmental 

staff of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP). 

gas storage formation; (3) install a gas 

compressor unit; and (4) revise the 

maximum certificated wellhead shut-in 

pressure and restate the maximum 

certificated capacity at Southern Star’s 

existing North Welda Storage Field 

located in Anderson County, Kansas. 

Southern Star seeks authority to install 

an AJAX DPC–180 (173 bhp) skid 

mounted compressor package unit, 

building, and auxiliary facilities on a 

150 by 150-foot lot. Southern Star 

would install certain minor facilities 

under separate authorization of its 

Blanket Certificate issued in Docket No. 

CP82–479–000. The minor facilities 

would include 3.5 miles of 4-inch 

diameter suction storage lateral, 300 feet 

of 4-inch discharge lateral, and three 

oil/gas separators with collection tanks. 

The lateral system would connect 6 

existing oil wells (Squirrel Wells 1 

through 6) which would be converted to 

pressure recovery wells. 

The location of the project facilities is 

shown in Appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the proposed facilities 

would require about 8.7 acres of land. 

Following construction, about 1.8 acres 

would be maintained as new 

aboveground facility sites and 

permanent rights-of-way. The remaining 

6.9 acres of land would be restored and 

allowed to revert to its former use 

(primarily pasture/hayland). 

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 

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 are considered 

during the preparation of the EA. State 

and local government representatives 

are encouraged to notify their 

constituents of this proposed action and 

encourage them to comment on their 

areas of concern. 

In the EA we 3 will discuss impacts 

that could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed project under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and soils. 

• Land use. 

• Water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands. 

• Cultural resources. 

• Vegetation and wildlife. 

• Air quality and noise. 

• Endangered and threatened species. 

• Hazardous waste. 

• Public safety. 

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. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be in the EA. Depending on 

the comments received during the 

scoping process, the EA may be 

published and mailed to Federal, State, 

and local agencies, public interest 

groups, interested individuals, affected 

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and 

the Commission’s official service list for 

this proceeding. A comment period will 

be allotted for review if the EA is 

published. We will consider all 

comments on the EA before we make 

our recommendations to the 

Commission. 

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 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 2. 

• Reference Docket No. CP07–89– 

000. 

• Mail your comments so that they 

will be received in Washington, DC on 

or before May 31, 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 ‘‘e-Filing’’ 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 e-mail 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, 


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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 (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. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–8535 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[ Project No. 12478–001] 

Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene, Protests, and Comments 

April 27, 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.: 12478–001. 

c. Date filed: April 3, 2007. 

d. Applicant: Gibson Dam 

Hydroelectric Company, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Gibson Dam 

Project. 

f. Location: North Fork Sun Fork in 

Teton and Lewis and Clark Counties, 

Montana. It would use the U.S. Bureau 

of Reclamation’s Gibson Dam. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 USC. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Steven C. 

Marmon, Project Manager, Gibson Dam 

Hydroelectric Company, LLC, 3633 

Alderwood Avenue, Bellingham, WA 

98225, (360) 738–9999. 

i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 

502–4126. 

j. 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– 

12748–001) 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 

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. 

k. Description of Project: The 

proposed project using the U.S. Bureau 

of Reclamation’s Gibson Dam and 

operated in a run-of-river mode, would 

consist of: (1) Two proposed 300-footlong, steel penstocks, (2) a powerhouse 

containing two generating units having 

a total installed capacity of 15 

megawatts, (3) A proposed 34.5 kilovolt 

underground transmission line, and (4) 

appurtenant facilities. The Gibson Dam 

Hydroelectric Company, LLC project 

would have an average annual 

generation of 50 gigawatt-hours. 

l. This filing is available for review 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 h 

above. 

m. Competing Preliminary Permit— 

Anyone desiring to file a competing 

application for preliminary permit for a 

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 


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