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Description: Application for 

Authorization of the Assumption of 

Liabilities and the Issuance of Securities 

under Section 204 of the Federal Power 

Act of Wolverine Power Supply 

Cooperative, Inc. 

Filed Date: 2/24/12 

Accession Number: 20120224–5173 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/16/12 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: February 27, 2012. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5241 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP12–399–000. 

Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline 

LLC. 

Description: 2012 Annual FL&U 

Percentage Adjustment to be effective 

4/1/2012. 

Filed Date: 2/24/12. 

Accession Number: 20120224–5076. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/7/12. 

Docket Numbers: RP12–400–000. 

Applicants: Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP. 

Description: Updates to GT&C Section 

3.13 to be effective 4/1/2012. 

Filed Date: 2/27/12. 

Accession Number: 20120227–5075. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/12. 

Docket Numbers: RP12–403–000. 

Applicants: Crossroads Pipeline 

Company. 

Description: TRA 2012 to be effective 

4/1/2012. 

Filed Date: 2/27/12. 

Accession Number: 20120227–5230. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/12. 

Docket Numbers: RP12–402–000. 

Applicants: Southern Natural Gas 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: Fuel Retention Rates— 

2012 to be effective 4/1/2012. 

Filed Date: 2/28/12. 

Accession Number: 20120228–5021. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/12. 

Docket Numbers: RP12–404–000. 

Applicants: High Island Offshore 

System, L.L.C. 

Description: 2012 Annual Fuel Filing 

to be effective 4/1/2012. 

Filed Date: 2/28/12. 

Accession Number: 20120228–5049. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/12. 

Docket Numbers: RP12–405–000. 

Applicants: Transcontinental Gas 

Pipe Line Company 

Description: Annual Fuel Tracker 

Filing 2012 to be effective 4/1/2012. 

Filed Date: 2/28/12. 

Accession Number: 20120228–5051. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/12. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

and service can be found at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filingreq.pdf. For other information, call (866) 

208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 

502–8659. 

Dated: February 28, 2012. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary 

[FR Doc. 2012–5239 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF12–5–000] 

Florida Gas Transmission Company; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Planned I–595 Replacement Project 

and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

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 Florida Gas Transmission 

Company’s (FGT) planned I–595 

Replacement Project (Project). The 

planned project involves the 

abandonment, relocation, and operation 

of interstate natural gas transmission 

facilities in Broward County, Florida. 

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. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies on the Project. 

Your input will help the Commission 

staff determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the EA. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on March 29, 

2012. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project. State and 

local government representatives should 

notify their constituents of this planned 

project and encourage them to comment 

on their areas of concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, a pipeline company 

representative may contact you about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

planned facilities. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

agreement. However, if the Commission 

approves the project, 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 

where compensation would be 

determined 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?’’ is available for viewing on 

the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This 

fact sheet addresses a number of 


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1The appendices referenced in this notice will 

not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the 

appendices were sent to all those receiving this 

notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 

using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ 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. 

2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the 

environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects. 

3The Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations addressing cooperating agency 

responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 1501.6. 

4The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 

regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define 

historic properties as any prehistoric or historic 

district, site, building, structure, or object included 

in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register 

for Historic Places. 

typically-asked questions, including the 

use of eminent domain and how to 

participate in the Commission’s 

proceedings. 

Summary of the Planned Project 

FGT plans to abandon and relocate 

existing natural gas transmission 

facilities in Broward County, Florida. 

According to FGT, the planned project 

would resolve conflicts with Florida 

Department of Transportation/Florida 

Turnpike Enterprise encroachments and 

would maintain the access required for 

normal operation and maintenance. 

FGT would: 

• Abandon approximately 0.48 mile 

of existing 36-inch-diamater natural gas 

transmission pipeline; 

• Construct and operate 

approximately 0.60 mile of 36-inchdiamater natural gas transmission 

pipeline; and 

• Abandon, relocate, realign and 

reconfigure minor transmission pipeline 

associated facilities. 

The general location of the planned 

facilities is depicted in Appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

Abandonment and relocation of the 

planned facilities would disturb about 

19 acres of land. Following 

construction, FGT would permanently 

maintain about three acres of land; the 

remaining acreage would be restored 

and revert to former uses. Almost all of 

the land that would be disturbed is 

either existing road/utility right-of-way 

or adjacent to existing road/utility 

rights-of-way. 

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 2 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, the Commission requests public 

comments on the scope of the issues to 

address in the EA. We will consider all 

filed comments during the preparation 

of the EA. 

In the EA we will discuss impacts that 

could occur as a result of the 

abandonment, relocation and operation 

of the planned project under these 

general headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• Water resources and wetlands; 

• Vegetation and wildlife; 

• Land use; 

• Air quality and noise; and 

• Reliability and safety. 

We will also evaluate possible 

alternatives to the planned project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 

Although no formal application has 

been filed, we have already initiated our 

NEPA review under the Commission’s 

pre-filing process. The purpose of the 

pre-filing process is to encourage early 

involvement of interested stakeholders 

and to identify and resolve issues before 

the FERC receives an application. As 

part of our pre-filing review, we will 

contact some federal and state agencies 

to discuss their involvement in the 

scoping process and the preparation of 

the EA. 

The EA will present our independent 

analysis of the issues. To ensure we 

have the opportunity to consider and 

address your comments, please carefully 

follow the instructions in the Public 

Participation section beginning on page 

4. 

With this notice, we are asking 

agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ 

or special expertise with respect to the 

environmental issues related to this 

project to formally cooperate with us in 

the preparation of the EA.3 Agencies 

that would like to request cooperating 

agency status should follow the 

instructions for filing comments 

provided under the Public Participation 

section of this notice. 

Consultations Under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

In accordance with the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation’s 

implementing regulations for section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, we are using this 

notice to initiate consultation with 

applicable State Historic Preservation 

Office(s), and to solicit their views and 

those of other government agencies, 

interested Indian tribes, and the public 

on the project’s potential effects on 

historic properties.4 We will define the 

project-specific Area of Potential Effects 

(APE) in consultation with the SHPO(s) 

as the project develops. On natural gas 

facility projects, the APE at a minimum 

encompasses all areas subject to ground 

disturbance (examples include 

construction right-of-way, contractor/ 

pipe storage yards, compressor stations, 

and access roads). Our EA for this 

project will document our findings on 

the impacts on historic properties and 

summarize the status of consultations 

under section 106. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the project. 

Your comments should focus on the 

potential environmental effects, 

reasonable alternatives, and measures to 

avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 

The more specific your comments, the 

more useful they will be. To ensure that 

your comments are timely and properly 

recorded, please send your comments so 

that the Commission receives them in 

Washington, DC on or before March 29, 

2012. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. In all 

instances, please reference the project 

docket number (PF12–5–000) with your 

submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

efiling@ferc.gov. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature located on the Commission’s 

Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link 

to Documents and Filings. This is an 

easy method for interested persons to 

submit brief, text-only comments on a 

project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

located on the Commission’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. With eFiling, 

you can provide comments in a variety 

of formats by attaching them as a file 

with your submission. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select 

the type of filing you are making. If you 

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project, please select ‘‘Comment on a 

Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

following address: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Room 1A, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Environmental Mailing List 

The environmental mailing list 

includes federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American Tribes; other 

interested parties; and local libraries 

and newspapers. This list also includes 

affected landowners (as defined in the 

Commission’s regulations) who are 

potential right-of-way grantors, whose 

property may be used temporarily for 

project purposes, or who own homes 

within certain distances of aboveground 

facilities, and anyone who submits 

comments on the project. We will 

update the environmental mailing list as 

the analysis proceeds to ensure that we 

send the information related to this 

environmental review to all individuals, 

organizations, and government entities 

interested in and/or potentially affected 

by the planned project. 

Becoming an Intervenor 

Once FGT files its application with 

the Commission, you may want to 

become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an 

official party to the Commission’s 

proceeding. 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 

the proceeding by filing a request to 

intervene. Instructions for becoming an 

intervenor are in the User’s Guide under 

the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s 

Web site. Please note that the 

Commission will not accept requests for 

intervenor status at this time. You must 

wait until the Commission receives a 

formal application for the project. 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC 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 (i.e., PF12– 

5–000). Be sure you have selected an 

appropriate date range. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 

at (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 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 www.ferc.gov/ 

esubscribenow.htm. 

Finally, public meetings or site visits 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ 

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 

with other related information. 

Dated: February 28, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5234 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF12–4–000] 

Excelerate Energy L.P.; Notice of Intent 

To Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Planned Aguirre 

Offshore Gasport Project, Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues, 

and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

that will address the environmental 

impacts of the Aguirre Offshore GasPort 

Project involving construction and 

operation of facilities by Excelerate 

Energy L.P. (Excelerate) in Salinas, 

Puerto Rico. The Commission will use 

this EIS in its decision-making process 

to determine whether the project is in 

the public interest. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process that the 

Commission will use to gather input 

from the public and interested agencies 

on the project. Your input will help the 

Commission staff determine what issues 

they need to evaluate in the EIS. Please 

note that the scoping period will close 

on March 30, 2012. 

You may submit comments in written 

form or verbally. Further details on how 

to submit written comments are in the 

Public Participation section of this 

notice. In lieu of or in addition to 

sending written comments, the 

Commission invites you to attend the 

public scoping meetings scheduled as 

indicated below. The Commission will 

conduct the public scoping meetings in 

English, but there will be a concurrent 

Spanish language translation available. 

Date and time Location 

March 20, 2012; 7 p.m. AST ........................................... Lions Club, Carretera 3 km Street Carrete, Guayama, Puerto Rico 00785. 

March 21, 2012; 7 p.m. AST ........................................... Marina de Salinas, P.R. 701 (end) Playa Ward, Salinas, Puerto Rico 00751. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project. A flyer 

containing a brief project description 

and the above meeting information 

distributed in the general project area 

presents information on how to obtain 

copies of this notice in Spanish. State 

and local government representatives 

should notify their constituents of this 

planned project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Excelerate has announced its plans to 

construct and operate a maritime 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) import 

terminal and approximately 4 miles of 

18-inch-diameter pipeline linking the 

receiving facility to the existing onshore 

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s 

Central Aguirre Power Plant (CAPP). 

The LNG terminal would be in Puerto 

Rican waters, about 1 mile outside of 

Jobos Bay and 4 miles off the southern 

coast of Puerto Rico, near the towns of 

Salinas and Guayama. This offshore 

portion of the project would consist of 

a fixed platform and a permanently 

docked storage and regasification vessel. 

The facility would operate year-round to 

receive, vaporize, and deliver up to 500 

million cubic feet per day of natural gas 

to the CAPP. 

Specifically, the Aguirre Offshore 

GasPort Project would consist of the 

following: 


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