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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. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the Meeker 

to Cheyenne Expansion 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 9, 

2009. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods in which you can use to submit 

your comments to the Commission. In 

all instances please reference the project 

docket number CP09–58–000 with your 

submission. The docket number can be 

found on the front of this notice. 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 

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 website 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 Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. 

Label one copy of the comments for 

the attention of Gas Branch 1, PJ11.1. 

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 Internet 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 

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. E9–5679 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the-Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

March 10, 2009. 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 


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1Electronic Tariff Filings, Order No. 714, 73 FR 

57,515 (Oct. 3, 2008), 124 FERC ¶ 61,270, FERC 

Stats. & Regs [Regulations Preambles] ¶ 31,276 

(2008) (Sept. 19, 2008). 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

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, please contact 

FERC, Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

Prohibited: 

1. CP09–54–000 .............................................................................................................................. 3–4–09 Commission Staff.1

Exempt: 

1. CP04–36–000 .............................................................................................................................. 3–4–09 Hon. Walter S. Felag, Jr. 

2. CP08–458–000 ............................................................................................................................ 3–4–09 Kenneth Warn. 

3. CP07–444–000 ............................................................................................................................ 3–9–09 Kenneth Warn. 

4. CP09–54–000 .............................................................................................................................. 2–12–09 Hon. Dave Freudenthal. 

5. CP09–54–000 .............................................................................................................................. 3–10–09 David Swearington. 

6. EL09–29–000, EL09–30–000 ...................................................................................................... 2–27–09 Hon. Brad Molnar. 

7. P–2210–169 ................................................................................................................................ 2–23–09 T. P. Rogers.2

8. P–12429–000 .............................................................................................................................. 3–9–09 Dan Jewell. 

1 Memorandum to the File, Summary of Meeting. 

2E-mail attaching informational filing. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5678 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2244–022] 

Energy Northwest; Notice of Staff 

Participation in Meeting 

March 10, 2009. 

On April 27, 2009, Office of Energy 

Projects staff (staff) will host a meeting 

in Olympia, Washington to: (1) Discuss 

the Packwood Lake Hydroelectric 

Project (project) draft environmental 

assessment (EA) (issued on February 5, 

2009), and comments filed therein; (2) 

to discuss and attempt to resolve 

differences between the staff’s 

recommended alternative in the draft 

EA with the 10(j) recommendation filed 

by the Washington Department of Fish 

and Wildlife; and (3) facilitate the 

processing of the National Marine 

Fisheries Service’s biological opinion, 

the Washington State Department of 

Ecology’s water quality certification, 

and the Forest Service’s modified 4(e) 

conditions for the project. 

The meeting will start at 9 a.m. at the 

Washington Public Utility District 

Association building, located at 212 

Union Avenue SE., Olympia, WA 

98501. For directions please contact 

Audrey Desserault of Energy Northwest 

at (509) 377–8468, or via e-mail at: 

AJDESSERAULT@energynorthwest.com. For further information 

about the meeting please contact 

Carolyn Templeton of the Commission’s 

staff at (202) 502–8785, or via e-mail at: 

Carolyn.Templeton@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5682 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM01–5–000] 

Electronic Tariff Filings; Notice of 

Technical Conference Regarding 

Electronic Tariff Filing 

March 10, 2009. 

Take notice that on April 28, 2009, 

from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, a technical 

conference will be held to discuss the 

implementation of electronic tariff 

filing. In Order No. 714,1 the 

Commission adopted regulations 

requiring that, as of April 1, 2010, tariff 

and tariff related filings must be made 

electronically. The first technical 

conference was held on December 3, 

2008. 

This conference will cover: the data 

fields and formatting to be included in 

the Table of Contents on the 

Commission’s public viewer; issues that 

have arisen with respect to the testing 

site, including the need for dates or 

versioning in the comma separated 

value files and the error codes and 

descriptions; and a discussion of the 

means by which companies may, if they 

choose, include pending compliance 

tariff provisions in their baseline filings. 

Time permitting, participants also will 

be free to ask questions about other 

issues related to electronic tariff filing. 

Background material on the standards 

and requirements can be found on the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov; click on eTariff under the 

Documents and Filings Heading). 

The technical conference is open to 

the public. The conference will be held 

at the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. In addition, the 

conference will be accessible via 

telephone. Staff anticipates posting any 

documents that may be referenced 

during the conference on the eTariff 

Web site so that they will be accessible 

to those using the telephone. 

The telephone number for the 

conference will be posted on http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/etariff.asp and 

an RSS alert of the posting will be 


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