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2See the previous discussion on the methods for 

filing comments. 

comments in Washington, DC on or 

before April 16, 2012. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments with the Commission. In all 

instances please reference the project 

docket number (CP11–50–000) with 

your submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has dedicated eFiling 

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 on the Commission’s Web site at 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. This is an easy 

method for submitting brief, text-only 

comments on a project; 

(2) You can also file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

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 

are filing a comment on a particular 

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. 

Any person seeking to become a party 

to the proceeding must file a motion to 

intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).2 Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing of the Commission’s decision. 

The Commission grants affected 

landowners and others with 

environmental concerns intervenor 

status upon showing good cause by 

stating that they have a clear and direct 

interest in this proceeding which no 

other party can adequately represent. 

Simply filing environmental comments 

will not give you intervenor status, but 

you do not need intervenor status to 

have your comments considered. 

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., CP11–50). 

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. 

Dated: March 16, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7153 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13080–003–CT] 

Putnam Green Power, LLC; Notice of 

Availability of Environmental 

Assessment 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR Part 

380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47879), the 

Office of Energy Projects has reviewed 

the application for exemption from 

licensing for the Cargill Falls 

Hydroelectric Project, to be located on 

the Quinebaug River, in the Town of 

Putnam in Windham County, 

Connecticut, and has prepared an 

Environmental Assessment (EA). In the 

EA, Commission staff analyzes the 

potential environmental effects of the 

project and conclude that issuing an 

exemption for the project, with 

appropriate environmental measures, 

would not constitute a major federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment. 

A copy of the EA is on file with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection. The EA may also 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, contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

You may also register online at 

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

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

For further information, contact Jeff 

Browning at (202) 502–8677. 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7155 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–56–000] 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, 

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed New Jersey-New York 

Expansion Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared a final 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the New Jersey-New York Expansion 

Project (NJ-NY Project or Project), 

proposed by Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) and 

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Algonquin), both Spectra Energy 

Corporation natural gas pipeline 

companies, in the above-referenced 

docket. Texas Eastern and Algonquin 

request authorization to expand their 

natural gas pipeline systems in New 

Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, to 

deliver up to 800,000 dekatherms per 

day of natural gas from multiple receipt 

points on the Texas Eastern and 

Algonquin pipeline systems to new 

delivery points in New Jersey and New 

York. 

The final EIS assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the NJ-NY 

Project in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

FERC staff concludes that approval of 

the proposed Project would have some 

adverse environmental impact; 

however, these impacts would be 

reduced to less-than-significant levels 

with the implementation of Texas 

Eastern’s and Algonquin’s proposed 


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mitigation and the additional measures 

we recommend in the EIS. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, New York City Mayor’s 

Office, and New York City Department 

of Environmental Protection 

participated as cooperating agencies in 

the preparation of the EIS. Cooperating 

agencies have jurisdiction by law or 

special expertise with respect to 

resources potentially affected by the 

proposal and participate in the NEPA 

analysis. Although the cooperating 

agencies provided input to the 

conclusions and recommendations 

presented in the EIS, the agencies will 

present their own conclusions and 

recommendations in their respective 

Records of Decision for the project. 

The final EIS addresses the potential 

environmental effects of the following 

project facilities: 

• Construction and operation of 

approximately 15.2 miles of new 30- 

inch-diameter pipeline and 4.8 miles of 

42-inch-diameter pipeline; 

• Abandonment of 8.95 miles of 

existing 12-, 20-, and 24-inch-diameter 

pipeline; 

• Installation of seven new metering 

and regulating (M&R) stations; 

• Modifications to four existing 

compressor stations and one existing 

M&R station; and 

• Modifications and installations of 

associated valves and piping. 

The FERC staff mailed copies of the 

EIS to federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; local 

newspapers and libraries in the Project 

area; intervenors to the FERC’s 

proceeding; and potentially affected 

landowners and other interested 

individuals and groups. Paper copy 

versions of the EIS were mailed to those 

specifically requesting them; all others 

received a CD version. In addition, the 

EIS is available for public viewing on 

the FERC’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) 

using the eLibrary link. A limited 

number of copies are available for 

distribution and public inspection at: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Public Reference Room, 888 First Street 

NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. 

(202) 502–8371. 

In accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) 

regulations implementing NEPA, no 

agency decision on a proposed action 

may be made until 30 days after the EPA 

publishes a notice of availability of the 

final EIS in the Federal Register. 

However, the CEQ regulations provide 

an exception to this rule when an 

agency decision is subject to a formal 

internal appeal process that allows other 

agencies or the public to make their 

views known. In such cases, the agency 

decision may be made at the same time 

the notice of the final EIS is published, 

allowing both periods to run 

concurrently. The Commission decision 

for this proposed action is subject to a 

30-day rehearing period. 

Questions 

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., CP11–56). 

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; 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. 

Dated: March 16, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7149 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER12–1291–000] 

Wellhead Power Delano, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of 

Wellhead Power Delano, LLC’s 

application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

tariff, noting that such application 

includes a request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is April 9, 

2012. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also 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. 

Dated: March 20, 2012. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7144 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

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