1850 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 6 / Wednesday, January 9, 2013 / Notices 

the Draft Consolidation EIS was 

published on July 1, 2005 (70 FR 

38132). 

In response to public comments, DOE 

explored other locations and facilities 

for the ‘‘bridge’’ alternative, in addition 

to those analyzed in the Draft 

Consolidation EIS. While review of 

other reasonable alternatives at DOE 

sites was in progress, it became evident 

that refurbishment of existing facilities 

to make them suitable for the bridge 

period would not be cost effective. In 

addition, the escalating cost estimate of 

proposed new construction at INL did 

not favor the proposed consolidation. 

Therefore, DOE postponed issuance of 

the Final Consolidation EIS while the 

program reanalyzed its approach to Pu– 

238 production, with or without 

consolidation. On the basis of this 

reanalysis, DOE now believes that 

consolidation is no longer a reasonable 

alternative due to very high cost of 

refurbishment of facilities for the bridge 

period and for proposed new 

construction at the consolidation site. 

Therefore, the Consolidation EIS is 

hereby cancelled. 

Next Steps 

In order to restart Pu-238 production, 

implementation of the decision made in 

the NI PEIS ROD offers the optimum 

approach. Since the NI PEIS ROD was 

issued nearly 12 years ago, DOE will 

prepare an SA in accordance with 

DOE’s NEPA Implementing Procedures 

at 10 CFR 1021.314 prior to 

implementing that decision. There are 

no changes to the proposed action as 

analyzed in the NI PEIS. If there are 

significant new circumstances or 

information relevant to environmental 

concerns, DOE will prepare a 

supplemental EIS in accordance with 10 

CFR 1021.314 and the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations at 

40 CFR 1502.9. Otherwise, DOE may 

determine that the 2001 decision can be 

implemented without further NEPA 

documentation. DOE’s determination 

will be announced in the Federal 

Register and the SA and the 

determination will be available to the 

public and posted on the DOE NEPA 

Web site. Copies of the determination 

and SA will be provided upon written 

request and will be available for 

inspection in the appropriate DOE 

public reading room(s) or other 

appropriate location(s) for a reasonable 

period of time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 2, 

2013. 

Peter B. Lyons, 

Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00239 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP13–31–000] 

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; 

Notice of Application for Abandonment 

Take notice that on December 19, 

2012, Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP 

(Gulf South), 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 

2800, Houston, TX 77046, filed in 

Docket No. CP13–31–000, an 

application pursuant to sections 157.7 

and 157.18 of the Commission’s 

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA) as amended. Gulf South seeks 

authority to abandon the Magnolia Gas 

Storage Facility (Magnolia Facility) at 

the Napoleonville salt dome in 

Assumption Parish, Louisiana, and the 

storage services provided from that 

facility, all as more fully set forth in the 

application on file with the Commission 

and open to public inspection. Gulf 

South also seeks Commission authority 

to idle the facilities remaining at the 

Magnolia Facility which were 

constructed and placed into natural gas 

service in 2003, but are not proposed for 

refunctionalization as transmission 

facilities in Docket No. CP13–12–000. 

These facilities will remain physically 

in place and held for future use. 

The filing may also be viewed on the 

Web 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, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Michael 

E. McMahon, Senior Vice President and 

General Counsel; J. Kyle Stephens, Vice 

President, Regulatory Affairs; or M.L. 

Gutierrez, Director, Regulatory Affairs, 

at Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, 9 

Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800, Houston, 

TX 77046, telephone (713) 479–8252, 

fax (713) 479–1745 or email: 

Mike.McMahon@bwpmlp.com, 

Kyle.Stephens@bwpmlp.com or 

Nell.Gutierrez@bwpmlp.com. 

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, before the comment date of this 

notice, 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 14 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. 

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 commenter’s 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 commenter’s will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentary, 

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 7 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on January 24, 2013. 

Dated: January 3, 2013. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00264 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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