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to obtain all necessary permits for road 

construction. In 2040, the lease 

agreement expires and the developer is 

obligated to demolish the 300 housing 

units. 

During development of the EIS, the 

Navy will evaluate the no-action 

alternative and several alternative road 

alignments which will provide 

unimpeded access from the Laurelwood 

housing area to a State primary or 

secondary road without adversely 

impacting NWS Earle security or 

operational/mission capability. 

In addition to the natural and cultural 

environment located along the various 

road alignments, the Navy will evaluate 

the potential impacts to local school 

systems, base security, community 

services, and traffic impacts at proposed 

intersections to state roads. Since NWS 

Earle was acquired under exclusive 

federal jurisdiction, police, fire, and 

rescue services would continue to be 

provided by the Navy under the 

proposed action. 

The Navy is initiating the scoping 

process to identify community concerns 

and local issues to be addressed in this 

EIS. Navy representatives will be 

available at the public open-house 

scoping meeting to receive comments 

from the public regarding issues of 

concern. Federal, State, and local 

agencies and interested individuals are 

encouraged to take this opportunity to 

identify concerns that should be 

addressed during the preparation of the 

EIS. Agencies and the public are also 

invited and encouraged to provide 

written comments on scoping issues in 

addition to, or in lieu of, comments 

provided at the open-house meeting. 

Written comments must be postmarked 

by December 14, 2007 and should be 

mailed to: Naval Facilities Engineering 

Command, Atlantic, Attn: Code 

EV21LR, 6506 Hampton Boulevard, 

Norfolk, Virginia 23508. Comments can 

also be submitted no later than 

December 14, 2007 via the project Web 

site: http://www.laurelwoodeis.com. 

Dated: October 31, 2007. 

T.M. Cruz, 

Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–22039 Filed 11–8–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Finding of No Significant Impact: 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Commercial Equipment, Distribution 

Transformers 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Finding of No Significant 

Impact for Energy Conservation 

Standards for distribution transformers. 

SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act, as amended, 

prescribes energy conservation 

standards for certain consumer products 

and commercial equipment. Part C of 

Title III (42 U.S.C. 6311–6317) 

establishes a program for ‘‘Certain 

Industrial Equipment,’’ which includes 

distribution transformers. The 

Department of Energy (DOE) is directed 

to administer an energy conservation 

program for this product. Based on an 

Environmental Assessment (EA), DOE/ 

EA–1565, which is published as part of 

the Distribution Transformer Technical 

Support Document (TSD), DOE has 

determined that the adoption of energy 

efficiency for liquid-immersed 

distribution transformers and mediumvoltage dry-type distribution 

transformers, as adopted by the Final 

Rule entitled the ‘‘Energy Conservation 

Program for Commercial Equipment: 

Distribution Transformers Energy 

Conservation Standards; Final Rule,’’

published on October 12, 2007 (72 FR 

58190), would not be a major Federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment within the 

meaning of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Therefore, 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) is not required, and the 

Department is issuing this Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI). 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the EA and the 

TSD, as well as the complete docket for 

the distribution transformer rulemaking 

can be reviewed at the U.S. Department 

of Energy, Resource Room of the 

Building Technologies Program, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 

(202) 586–2945, between 9 a.m. and 4 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda 

Edwards-Jones at the above telephone 

number for additional information 

regarding visiting the Resource Room. 

You may also obtain copies of certain 

previous rulemaking documents from 

this proceeding (i.e., Framework 

Document, advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking (ANOPR), notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NOPR or 

proposed rule)), draft analyses, public 

meeting materials, and related test 

procedure documents from the Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy’s Web site at http:// 

www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ 

appliance_standards/commercial/ 

distribution_transformers.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Antonio Bouza, Project Manager, Energy 

Conservation Standards for Distribution 

Transformers, Docket No. EE–RM/STD–

00–550, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, Building Technologies Program, 

EE–2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 

586–4563, e-mail: 

Antonio.Bouza@ee.doe.gov. For further 

information regarding the DOE NEPA 

process contact: Ms. Othalene 

Lawrence, EERE NEPA Compliance 

Officer (EE–3C), U.S. Department of 

Energy, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585–

0119, (202) 586–8596. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of the Final Rule: The 

final rule published on October 12, 2007 

established an energy conservation 

standard for liquid-immersed 

distribution transformers and mediumvoltage dry-type distribution 

transformers. 72 FR 58190. 

Environmental Impacts: The EA and 

TSD evaluate the environmental 

impacts of a range of energy 

conservation standards for distribution 

transformers. The results are presented 

for each TSL that DOE considered in 

this rulemaking. Each TSL was 

considered as an alternative action, and 

the environmental impacts of each 

alternative are compared to what would 

be expected to happen if no new 

standard were adopted, i.e., the ‘‘no 

action’’ alternative. 

The main environmental impact is 

decreased emissions from fossil-fueled 

electricity generation. All of the 

minimum efficiency levels that were 

considered for this commercial product 

would result in decreased electricity use 

and, therefore, a reduction in power 

plant emissions. The adopted energy 

conservation standard will generally 

decrease air pollution by decreasing 

future energy demand. The 

environmental analysis considers 

carbon dioxide (CO2) nitrogen oxides 

(NOX), mercury (Hg) and sulfur dioxide 

(SO2). 

The results of the analysis show an 

estimated cumulative reduction of 250 

million tons of carbon dioxide 

emissions for liquid-immersed and 

medium-voltage dry-type distribution 

transformers between 2010 and 2038. 

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Because emissions of NOX, Hg and SO2

from power plants are capped by clean 

air legislation, physical emissions from 

electricity generation will be only 

minimally affected by distribution 

transformers energy conservation 

standards. The maximum NOX, Hg and 

SO2 allowed by law will most likely still 

be produced, but because these 

emissions are traded, and if emissions 

are lowered due to the reduction in 

power generation, then the cost of 

emission credits may decrease slightly. 

Therefore, the EA did not consider 

changes in power sector emissions 

because they will be negligible. 

Determination: Based upon the EA, 

DOE has determined that the adoption 

of the final rule energy conservation 

standard for distribution transformers 

would not constitute a major Federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment, within the 

meaning of NEPA. Therefore, an EIS is 

not required, and the Department is 

issuing this FONSI. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 1, 

2007. 

Alexander A. Karsner, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. E7–22004 Filed 11–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP07–393–001] 

Nornew Energy Supply, Inc.; Notice of 

Compliance Filing 

November 2, 2007. 

Take notice that on October 22, 2007, 

Nornew Energy Supply, Inc. (NES) 

tendered for filing as part of its FERC 

Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, First 

Revised Original Sheet No. 1, effective 

October 26, 2007. 

NES tendered for filing its compliance 

filing consisting of a notice to cancel its 

FERC Gas Tariff. NES states that upon 

cancellation of its tariff, NES will be a 

Hinshaw pipeline, exempt from 

Commission regulation under the 

Natural Gas Act and regulated by the 

New York Public Service Commission. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Such protests must be filed on or before 

the date as indicated below. Anyone 

filing a protest must serve a copy of that 

document on all the parties to the 

proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests in lieu 

of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at 

http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to 

file electronically should submit an 

original and 14 copies of the protest 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 e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

November 8, 2007. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–22020 Filed 11–8–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP06–115–003] 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; 

Notice of Compliance Filing 

November 2, 2007. 

Take notice that on October 30, 2007, 

Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P. (Texas 

Eastern) tendered for filing as part of its 

FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh Revised 

Volume No. 1, the following tariff 

sheets, with an effective date of 

December 1, 2007: 

Original Sheet No. 35B 

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 211 

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 213 

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 501 

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 529 

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 627 

Texas Eastern states that the filing is 

being made in compliance with the 

Commission’s order issued on June 8, 

2007 in Docket No. CP06–115–000. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Such protests must be filed in on or 

before the date as indicated below. 

Anyone filing a protest must serve a 

copy of that document on all the parties 

to the proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests in lieu 

of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at 

http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to 

file electronically should submit an 

original and 14 copies of the protest 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 e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

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

(202) 502–8659. 

Protest Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

November 7, 2007. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–22018 Filed 11–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP07–14–002] 

Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd; 

Notice of Compliance Filing 

November 2, 2007. 

Take notice that on October 17, 2007, 

Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd 

(WIC) tendered for filing as part of its 

FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised 

Volume No. 2, the following tariff 

sheets, with an effective date of 

November 17, 2007: 

Eighteenth Revised Sheet No. 4A 

Twentieth Revised Sheet No. 4B 

Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 4C 

Ninth Revised Sheet No. 5A 

Original Sheet No. 5A.01 

Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 11 

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 11A 

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 26 

Ninth Revised Sheet No. 27 

Ninth Revised Sheet No. 28 

Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 38 

First Revised Sheet No. 83B 

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