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of 17,000 acre-feet and normal water 

surface elevation of 1,527 feet mean sea 

level (msl); (3) a proposed 3,600-footlong, 6 to 12-inch diameter combination 

bored tunnel and steel penstock; (4) a 

proposed powerhouse containing three 

new generating units having an installed 

capacity of 20 megawatts; (4) an existing 

20-mile-long, 138 kilovolt transmission 

line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 

proposed Ruth Lake Project would have 

an average annual generation of 70 

gigawatt-hours. 

Applicants Contact: For Cascade 

Creek, LLC: Mr. Chris Spears, Cascade 

Creek, LLC, 3633 Alderwood Avenue, 

Bellingham, WA 98225, (360) 738–9999. 

For City and Borough of Wrangell, 

Alaska: Mr. Warren Edgley, City and 

Borough of Wrangell, Alaska, P.O. Box 

531, Wrangell, AK 99929, (907) 874– 

2381. For Petersburg Municipal Electric 

& Light: Mr. Joe Nelson, Superintendent, 

Petersburg Municipal Electric & Light, 

P.O. Box 329, 11 South Nordic, 

Petersburg, AK 99833, (907) 772–4203. 

For the City of Angoon, Alaska: Mayor, 

Albert Howard, City of Angoon, Alaska, 

P.O. Box 189, Angoon, AK 99820, (907) 

788–3653. 

FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 502– 

6062. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Comments, motions to intervene, 

notices of intent, and competing 

applications may be filed electronically 

via the Internet. See 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight 

copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 

more information on how to submit 

these types of filings please go to the 

Commission’s Web site located at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp. 

More information about this project can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of the Commission’s Web site at 

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

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–12619–002, 13363–000, 13364, or P– 

13366) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

call toll-free 1–866–208–3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–3971 Filed 2–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP09–59–000] 

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice 

of Application 

February 18, 2009. 

Take notice that on February 3, 2009, 

as supplemented on February 12, 2009, 

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP (Cove 

Point) with a principal place of business 

at 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, VA, 

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission an application under 

Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act seeking 

authorization to construct, install, own, 

operate and maintain a new compressor 

to be used to compress boil-off gas from 

the vapor system up to pipeline 

pressure prior to entering the Cove Point 

Pipeline at Dominion’s Cove Point LNG 

Terminal located in Calvert County, 

Maryland. 

Cove Point’s proposal is more fully set 

forth in the application which is on file 

with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. The filing is available 

for review at the Commission in the 

Public Reference Room or may 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 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Amanda K. Prestage, Regulatory and 

Certificates Analyst II, Dominion 

Transmission, Inc., 701 East Cary Street, 

Richmond, VA 23219, telephone: (804) 

771–4416, fax: (804) 771–4804. 

Cove Point says that the purpose of 

the boil-off compressor project is to 

increase Cove Point’s capability to 

compress vapor for send-out through its 

natural gas pipeline facilities. This 

capability is important during periods of 

low send-out from the LNG Terminal. 

When LNG is routinely being vaporized 

in the normal course of business, boil 

off vapor is consumed as fuel to operate 

terminal equipment, and does not 

accumulate within the plant. However, 

when vaporization is not occurring on a 

regular basis, boil off can cause 

pressures within the LNG storage tanks 

to increase. 

The boil-off compressor project will 

be composed of one 3,500-horsepower 

electric motor driven reciprocating 

compressor unit and related facilities, 

all of which will be constructed within 

the existing LNG Terminal site. The 

estimated cost of the boil-off compressor 

project facilities is about $ 8 million. 

Cove Point anticipates that these costs 

will be allocated to LNG import 

services, and will be collected in rates 

(1) through negotiations in accordance 

with the Commission’s Hackberry 

policy as codified in EPAct 2005, and/ 

or (2) through the normal course of 

future rate proceedings (such as the next 

general rate case that is to be filed not 

later than 2011). Cove Point does not 

seek to establish an initial rate 

applicable to the boil-off compressor 

project at this time. Nor is Cove Point 

seeking a pre-determination of rolled-in 

rate treatment for the costs of this 

project. Cove Point says that no changes 

to the rates for any existing services are 

proposed at this time. 

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 

the 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 

14 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 


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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 14 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comment Date: March 10, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–3967 Filed 2–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP09–60–000; PF08–20–000] 

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice 

of Application 

February 18, 2009. 

Take notice that on February 4, 2009, 

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP (Cove 

Point) with a principal place of business 

at 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, VA, 

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission an application under 

section 3 of the Natural Gas Act seeking 

authorization to upgrade, modify, and 

expand the existing offshore pier at 

Cove Point’s LNG Terminal located in 

Calvert County, Maryland. Cove Point 

says that these proposed facilities will 

enable the safe docking, discharge and 

departure from the pier of nextgeneration LNG vessels that are now 

coming into service worldwide. 

Cove Point’s proposal is more fully set 

forth in the application which is on file 

with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. The filing is available 

for review at the Commission in the 

Public Reference Room or may 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 

at FERCOnline Support@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

Application should be directed to 

Amanda K. Prestage, Regulatory and 

Certificates Analyst II, Dominion 

Transmission, Inc., 701 East Cary Street, 

Richmond, VA 23219, telephone: (804) 

771–4416, fax: (804) 771–4804. 

Cove Point says that its Pier 

Reinforcement Project would consist of 

the following components to be 

constructed at or adjacent to the existing 

offshore pier at the Cove Point LNG 

Terminal: 

• Installation of ten new mooring 

dolphins; 

• Reinforcement of eight existing 

breasting dolphins; 

• Construction of new walkways at 

each end of the pier; 

• Replacement of the existing 

gangways and service cranes with new 

automated gangways on platforms; 

• Installation of new display boards; 

• Upgrading of the docking control 

system with new quick-release mooring 

hooks; 

• Dredging the channelward side of 

the pier to accommodate deeper draft 

vessels; and 

• Placing the dredged material at a 

permitted dredged material placement 

site. 

Cove Point says that the cost of the 

Pier Reinforcement Project is about 

$51.1 million and that it is proposing to 

provide an optional incremental service 

under Rate Schedules LTD–1 and LTD– 

2 to shippers utilizing these proposed 

Incremental Port Facilities. Under Cove 

Point’s current tariff limit, it limits the 

receipt of vessels at its LNG Terminal to 

a capacity of no greater than 148,000 

cubic meters of LNG. The proposed 

modifications to the pier would allow 

Cove Point to receive vessels carrying 

cargoes of up to 267,000 cubic meters of 

LNG. Cove Point proposes three options 

for its import shippers to contract for 

this incremental service which are 

explained in more detail in its 

application, along with applicable 

proposed revisions to its tariff. One of 

these options includes a cost-based 

recourse rate and Cove Point provided 

details to support the proposed 

calculation of this recourse rate in its 

filing. 

Cove Point says that this proposal will 

not involve an increase in the amount 

of LNG delivered to the LNG Terminal, 

the amount of storage capacity, or the 

amount of vaporized LNG sent out from 

the LNG Terminal over the levels 

authorized by the Commission in the 

Cove Point Expansion Project. 

On May 21, 2008, the Commission 

staff granted Cove Point’s request to 

utilize the FERC Pre-Filing Process and 

assigned Docket No. PF08–20–000 to 

staff activities involved in the Pier 

Reinforcement Project. Now as of the 

filing of Cove Point’s application on 

February 4, 2009, the Pre-Filing Process 

for this project has ended. From this 

time forward, this proceeding will be 

conducted in Docket No. CP09–60–000, 

as noted in the caption of this Notice. 

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 

the 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 


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