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its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be 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 

seven copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. 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 should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors 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 commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

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 in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically should submit an original 

and seven copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on March 9, 2012. 

Dated: February 17, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4416 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP12–59–000] 

Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of 

Application 

On February 10, 2012, Dominion 

Transmission, Inc. (DTI) filed with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) an application under 

section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and 

the Rules and Regulations of the 

Commission’s Regulations for authority 

to establish a protective boundary for 

the Sabinsville Storage Pool located in 

Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The 

expansion would further the integrity 

and protection of the gas storage field, 

as more fully detailed in the 

Application. DTI requests that the 

Commission issue all required 

authorizations by August 1, 2012. 

Questions concerning this application 

may be directed to Amanda K. Prestage, 

Regulatory and Certificates Analyst III, 

Dominion Transmission, Inc., 701 East 

Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, 

by calling 804–771–4416 or by emailing 

Amanda.K.Prestage@dom.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be 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 

seven 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 


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the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and seven 

copies of the protest or intervention to 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. This filing is 

accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov 

using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is 

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 email 

notification when a document is added 

to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance 

with any FERC Online service, please 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or 

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

call (202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on March 8, 2012. 

Dated: February 16, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4414 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13680–001] 

Bryant Mountain, LLC; Notice of Intent 

To File License Application, Filing of 

Pre-Application Document (PAD), and 

Commencement of Pre-Filing Process; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Conduct Scoping; Request for 

Comments on the PAD and Scoping 

Document, and Identification of Issues 

and Associated Study Requests 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for an Original 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 13680–001. 

c. Dated Filed: December 21, 2011. 

d. Submitted By: Bryant Mountain, 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Bryant Mountain 

Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: Near Malin in Klamath 

County, Oregon, on lands administered 

by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and 

private lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. 

Bart O’Keeffe, Bryant Mountain, LLC, 

P.O. Box 1916, Discovery Bay, 

California, 94505, (925) 634–1550 or 

email at bmokeeffe@sbcglobal.net. 

i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 

502–8074 or email at ryan.hansen@ferc.

gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item o below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service under section 

7 of the Endangered Species Act and the 

joint agency regulations thereunder at 

50 CFR, part 402 and (b) the State 

Historic Preservation Officer, as 

required by section 106, National 

Historical Preservation Act, and the 

implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Bryant Mountain, LLC, as the 

Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act and section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Bryant Mountain, LLC, filed with 

the Commission a Pre-Application 

Document (PAD; including a proposed 

process plan and schedule), pursuant to 

18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site (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, contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCONlineSupport@ferc.

gov or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or 

for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in 

paragraph h. 

Register online at http://www.ferc.

gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be 

notified via email of new filing and 

issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and 

Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1 

(SD1), as well as study requests. All 

comments on the PAD and SD1, and 

study requests should be sent to the 

address above in paragraph h. In 

addition, all comments on the PAD and 

SD1, study requests, requests for 

cooperating agency status, and all 

communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. Documents may 

be filed electronically via the Internet. 

See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://www.ferc.

gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 

must include your name and contact 

information at the end of your 

comments. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support. Although 

the Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

All filings with the Commission must 

include on the first page, the project 

name (Bryant Mountain Pumped 

Storage Hydroelectric Project) and the 

project number (P–13680–001), and bear 

the appropriate heading: ‘‘Comments on 

Pre-Application Document,’’ ‘‘Study 

Requests,’’ ‘‘Comments on Scoping 

Document 1,’’ ‘‘Request for Cooperating 

Agency Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to 

and from Commission Staff.’’ Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by April 16, 2012. 

p. We intend to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for this project. The scoping meetings 

identified below satisfy the NEPA 

scoping requirements. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the time and place noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist staff in identifying 

particular study needs, as well as the 

scope of environmental issues to be 


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