11094 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 49 / Monday, March 16, 2009 / Notices 

1On February 3, 2009, Cove Point filed its 

application with the Commission under section 7 

of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations. The Commission issued 

its Notice of Application on February 18, 2009. 

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all 

appendices are available on the Commission’s Web 

site at the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 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. Copies of the appendices 

were sent to all those receiving this notice in the 

mail. 

Filed Date: 03/02/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090302–5184. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, March 23, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER08–1317–003. 

Applicants: California Independent 

System Operator Corp. 

Description: Quarterly Report on 

Process in Processing Interconnection 

Requests and Motion for Extension of 

Time of the California Independent 

System Operator Corporation. 

Filed Date: 02/27/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090227–5220. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, March 20, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–369–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection 

L.L.C. 

Description: PJM Interconnection, 

LLC submits response to FERC 1/3/09 

deficiency notice requesting PJM to 

provide additional information re its 

proposed change to the PJM Open 

Access Transmission Tariff, etc. 

Filed Date: 03/02/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090305–0052. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, March 23, 2009. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 

again in a subdocket related to a 

compliance filing if you have previously 

intervened in the same docket. Protests 

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. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. In reference 

to filings initiating a new proceeding, 

interventions or protests submitted on 

or before the comment deadline need 

not be served on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

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 St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

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 e-mail 

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. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5582 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–59–000] 

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Pipeline Compressor 

Addition Project and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

March 9, 2009. 

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 Pipeline Compressor Addition 

Project (Project) involving construction 

and operation of facilities by Dominion 

Cove Point LNG, LP (Cove Point) in 

Calvert County, Maryland.1 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 we will use to 

gather input from the public and 

interested agencies on the project. Your 

input will help the Commission staff 

determine which issues need to be 

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on April 8, 

2009. 

This notice is being sent to affected 

landowners; 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. State and local 

government representatives are asked to 

notify their constituents of this planned 

project and encourage them to comment 

on their areas of concern. 

A brochure prepared by the FERC 

entitled ‘‘A Guide to LNG—What All 

Citizens Should Know’’ is available for 

viewing on the FERC Internet Web site 

(http://www.ferc.gov). This brochure 

addresses a number of typically asked 

questions, including what is LNG and 

how is it transported. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Cove Point is proposing to construct, 

install and operate on land owned by 

Cove Point: 

• One 3,500 horsepower (HP) electric 

motor driven reciprocating compressor 

unit; 

• Associated compressor piping; 

• Electrical connections for power; 

• System controls; 

• Approximately 900 feet of 6-inch 

pipeline to replace existing 4-inch 108J 

discharge pipeline; 

• Coalescing separator to replace 

existing coalescing separator; and 

• Boil-off gas (BOG) turbine meter to 

replace existing BOG turbine meter. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in Appendix 1.2

If approved, Cove Point proposes to 

commence construction of the proposed 

facilities in the beginning of May 2009 

in order to meet an in-service date of 

early fourth quarter 2009. 

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the project would 

occur entirely on previously developed 

property inside the existing 136 acre 

fenced area for terminal operations and 

within the existing 1,017 acre Cove 

Point terminal site. The temporary 

footprint of the project construction area 

would take place on approximately 2 

acres or less of previously disturbed 

land. The permanent footprint of the 

project area would affect less than 0.1 

acre of previously disturbed land 

currently covered in stone. 

The EA Process 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to 

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects 

(OEP). 

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 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 of Intent, the Commission staff 

requests public comments on the scope 

of the issues to address in the EA. All 

comments received are considered 

during the preparation of the EA. State 

and local government representatives 

are encouraged to notify their 

constituents of this proposed action and 

encourage them to comment on their 

areas of concern. 

In the EA we 3 will discuss impacts 

that could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed project under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and soils. 

• Land use. 

• Water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands. 

• Cultural resources. 

• Vegetation and wildlife. 

• Air quality and noise. 

• Endangered and threatened species. 

• Public safety. 

We will also evaluate possible 

alternatives to the proposed project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be in the EA. Depending on 

the comments received during the 

scoping process, the EA may be 

published and mailed to federal, state, 

and local agencies, public interest 

groups, interested individuals, affected 

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and 

the Commission’s official service list for 

this proceeding. A comment period will 

be allotted for review if the EA is 

published. We will consider all 

comments on the EA before we make 

our recommendations to the 

Commission. To ensure your comments 

are considered, please carefully follow 

the instructions in the public 

participation section below. 

With this NOI, we are asking Federal, 

state, and local agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues to 

formally cooperate with us in the 

preparation of the EA. These agencies 

may choose to participate once they 

have evaluated the proposal relative to 

their responsibilities. Additional 

agencies that would like to request 

cooperating agency status should follow 

the instructions for filing comments 

provided under the Public Participation 

section of this NOI. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified several 

issues that we think deserve attention 

based on a preliminary review of the 

proposed facilities and the 

environmental information provided by 

Cove Point. This preliminary list of 

issues may be changed based on your 

comments and our analysis. 

• The operation of the proposed 

compressor would contribute to noise 

generated by the existing Cove Point 

facility. 

• No impacts would occur to water 

resources, fisheries, wetlands, 

vegetation or wildlife. Other than air 

quality and noise, all impacts would 

occur within existing Cove Point 

property. 

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 in your comments 

so that they will be received in 

Washington, DC on or before April 8, 

2009. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods which you can use to submit 

your comments to the Commission. In 

all instances please reference the project 

docket number CP09–59–000 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 may file your comments 

electronically by using the Quick 

Comment feature, which is located on 

the Commission’s internet Web site 

at&fnl; http://www.ferc.gov under the 

link to Documents and Filings. A Quick 

Comment is an easy method for 

interested persons to submit text-only 

comments on a project; 

(2) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the eFiling 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s internet Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov under the link to 

Documents and Filings. eFiling involves 

preparing your submission in the same 

manner as you would if filing on paper, 

and then saving the file on your 

computer’s hard drive. You will attach 

that file as your submission. New 

eFiling users must first create an 

account by clicking on ‘‘Sign up’’ or 

‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select 

the type of filing you are making. A 

comment on a particular project is 

considered a ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 

(3) You may file your comments via 

mail to the Commission by sending an 

original and two copies of your letter to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 

20426. Label one copy of the comments 

for the attention of Gas Branch 3, PJ11.3. 

Environmental Mailing List 

An effort is being made to send this 

notice to all individuals, organizations, 

and government entities interested in 

and/or potentially affected by the 

proposed project. This includes all 

landowners who are potential right-ofway grantors, whose property may be 

used temporarily for project purposes, 

or who own homes within distances 

defined in the Commission’s regulations 

of certain aboveground facilities. 

If you do not want to send comments 

at this time but still want to remain on 

our mailing list, please return the 

Information Request (Appendix 2). If 

you do not return the Information 

Request, you will be taken off the 

mailing list. 

Becoming an Intervenor 

In addition to involvement in the EA 

scoping process, you may want to 

become an ‘‘intervenor,’’ which is an 

official party to the 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 a 

Commission proceeding by filing a 

request to intervene. Instructions for 

becoming an intervenor are included in 

the User’s Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’ 

link on the Commission’s Web site. 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at 1–866–208–FERC or on the FERC 

Internet Web site (http://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. Be sure you have selected 

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an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, 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 now 

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 http:// 

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm. 

Finally, public meetings or site visits 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

calendar located at http://www.ferc.gov/ 

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 

with other related information. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5559 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP08–591–002] 

Equitrans LP; Notice of Filing 

March 9, 2009. 

Take notice that on March 5, 2009, 

Equitrans, L.P. filed an offer of 

settlement in the form of a Stipulation 

and Agreement resolving all issues 

concerning Equitrans’ Tennessee 

Capacity Surcharge Tracker. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the date as indicated below. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 

again in a subdocket related to a 

compliance filing if you have previously 

intervened in the same docket. Protests 

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. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. In reference 

to filings initiating a new proceeding, 

interventions or protests submitted on 

or before the comment deadline need 

not be served on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

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 St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

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 e-mail 

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. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, March 13, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5551 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER09–804–000] 

PJM Interconnection, LLC; Notice of 

Filing 

March 9, 2009. 

Take notice that on March 6, 2009, 

pursuant to Rule 207(a)(5) of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission) Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(5), PJM 

Interconnection, LLC filed a request for 

limited tariff waiver as may be 

necessary to implement the allocation of 

Auction Revenue Rights pursuant to the 

Notice of Cancellation of the Amended 

and Restated Wholesale Power Contract 

filed with the Commission on 

September 8, 2008, by Old Dominion 

Electric Cooperative (ODEC) to effect the 

withdrawal of Northern Virginia Electric 

Cooperative from ODEC. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests 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. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of 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. 

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 on 

March 17, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5555 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER09–779–000] 

Nordic Energy Services, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

March 9, 2009. 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Nordic 

Energy Services, LLC’s application for