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1On December 30, 2008, MEP filed its amended 

application for CP08–6–000 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 Amendment on January 12, 

2009. On January 29, 2009, MEP filed its 

application for CP09–56–000 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 11, 

2009. 

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects 

(OEP). 

Docket Numbers: ER09–863–000. 

Applicants: SMART Papers Holdings, 

LLC. 

Description: Smart Papers Holdings, 

LLC submits Petition for Acceptance of 

FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1, 

Waivers and Blanket Authority. 

Filed Date: 3/23/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090324–0001. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, April 13, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric securities 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ES07–34–001; 

ES08–29–002. 

Applicants: System Energy Resources, 

Inc. 

Description: Application of System 

Energy Resources, Inc., for Modification 

of Authority Under Federal Power Act 

Section 204(a). 

Filed Date: 3/23/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090323–5135. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, April 13, 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 dockets(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. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–7069 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP08–6–002; CP09–56–000] 

Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed MEP Amendment and 

Expansion Projects and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

March 24, 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 proposed Midcontinent Express 

Pipeline LLC (MEP) Amendment and 

Expansion Projects (MEP Amendment 

and Expansion) involving construction 

and operation of facilities by 

Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC in 

Lamar and Cass Counties, Texas; Union 

Parish, Louisiana; and Hinds County, 

Mississippi.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 supersedes the ‘‘Notice of 

Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed MEP 

Amendment Project and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues’’ 

issued on February 11, 2009 in Docket 

No. CP08–6–002 for the MEP 

Amendment Project. The Commission 

staff plans to address the environmental 

impacts of both the MEP Amendment 

Project (Docket No. CP08–6–002) and 

the MEP Expansion Project (Docket No. 

CP09–56–000) under a single EA 

document. This notice summarizes and 

describes currently identified 

environmental issues for both projects. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process we 2 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 23, 

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. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, you may be contacted by a MEP 

representative about survey permission 

and/or the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

proposed facilities. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

agreement. However, if the project is 

approved by the Commission, that 

approval conveys with it the right of 

eminent domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, the natural gas company 

could initiate condemnation 

proceedings in accordance with state 

law. 

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ is available for viewing on 

the FERC Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet addresses 

a number of typically asked questions, 

including the use of eminent domain 

and how to participate in the 

Commission’s proceedings. It is 

available for viewing on the FERC 

Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov). 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

MEP proposes expansion and/or 

equipment modifications at the 


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3The 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. 

previously certificated Lamar 

Compressor Station in Lamar County, 

Texas; Atlanta Compressor Station in 

Cass County, Texas; Perryville 

Compressor Station in Union Parish, 

Louisiana; and the expansion and 

relocation of the previously certificated 

Vicksburg Compressor Station to Hinds 

County, Mississippi. Specifically, MEP 

is proposing to: 

• Install one additional G12 

compressor unit at the Lamar 

Compressor Station; 

• Substitute two G16 compressor 

units for the two previously certificated 

G12 compressor units at Atlanta 

Compressor Station and remove the 

compression-capacity cap for the 

station; 

• Increase the land parcel size at the 

Atlanta Compressor Station from 30.0 

acres to 36.7 acres to encompass an 

adjacent block valve that was 

certificated under Docket CP08–6–000 

for the MEP pipeline; 

• Install one additional inlet filter/ 

separator at the Perryville Compressor 

Station; 

• Relocate the previously certificated 

Vicksburg Compressor Station 

approximately 3.5 miles to the east from 

Warren County, Mississippi to Hinds 

County, Mississippi. The relocation 

would involve acquiring a new 74.8 acre 

land parcel; and 

• Install one new G12 compressor 

unit at the new Vicksburg Compressor 

Station site. 

The specific location of the project 

facilities is shown in Appendix 1.3

If approved, MEP proposes to 

commence construction of the proposed 

facilities in September 2009. 

Land Requirements for Construction 

No additional land requirements, 

beyond what has been previously 

certificated, for modifications to the 

Lamar or Perryville Compressor Stations 

will be required. 

The area that would be temporarily 

affected by construction of the Atlanta 

Compressor Station would increase over 

the previously certificated Project by 

10.0 acres to a total of approximately 

22.0 acres. The area that would be 

permanently affected by operation of the 

Atlanta Compressor Station would 

increase by 1.4 acres to a total of 

approximately 13.1 acres. 

Construction of the Vicksburg 

Compressor Station would temporarily 

impact approximately 31.8 acres. 

Permanent land requirements for the 

operation of the Vicksburg Compressor 

Station would impact approximately 

20.7 acres. 

MEP is proposing to locate the 

compressor stations adjacent to existing 

roadways. MEP is proposing to 

construct access roads between the 

existing roadways and each area where 

the compressor station construction 

activity would occur. MEP would retain 

a permanent access road for each site 

after construction is complete. 

The EA Process 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to 

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 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 proposed 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 

MEP. This preliminary list of issues may 

be changed based on your comments 

and our analysis. 

• Disturbance caused by Project 

construction may contribute to water 

and wind erosion of soils. 

• Disturbance caused by the Project 

may result in the temporary and 

permanent alteration of wildlife habitat. 

• Potential impacts on air quality and 

noise emissions. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the MEP 

Amendment and Expansion Projects. 

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 23, 

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 numbers (CP08–6–002 and 

CP09–56–000) with your submission. 

The Commission encourages electronic 

filing of comments and has dedicated 


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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 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 land 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 

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, 

if applicable, 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. E9–7080 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13234–001] 

City and Borough of Sitka 

Notice of Request To Use Alternative 

Procedures in Preparing a License 

Application 

March 24, 2009. 

Take notice that the following request 

to use alternative procedures to prepare 

a license application has been filed with 

the Commission. 

a. Type of Application: Request to use 

alternative procedures to prepare an 

original license application. 

b. Project No.: 13234–001 

c. Date filed: March 20, 2009 

d. Applicant: City and Borough of 

Sitka 

e. Name of Project: Takatz Lake 

Hydroelectric Project 

f. Location: On the Takatz Lake and 

Takatz Creek, approximately 20 miles 

east of the City of Sitka, Alaska, on east 

side of Baranof Island. The project 

would occupy federal lands within the 

Tongass National Forest, administered 

by the U.S. Forest Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Christopher 

Brewton, Utility Manager, City and 

Borough of Sitka, Electric Department, 

105 Jarvis Street, Sitka, Alaska 98335, 

(907) 747–1870, chrisb@cityofsitka.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Joseph Adamson, 

phone at (202) 502–8085; e-mail at 

joseph.adamson@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for Comments: 30 days 

from the date of this notice. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comments may be filed electronically 

via the Internet in lieu of paper. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings. See 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

k. The project would consist of a 200- 

foot-high primary concrete arch dam 

with spillway and parapet wall that 

would raise the elevation of the existing 

lake; 30-foot-high secondary saddle 

dam; an impoundment with a 740-acre 

surface area at a full pool elevation of 

1,040 feet mean sea level, with an active 

capacity of 82,000 acre-feet; an 

approximately 4-mile-long access road; 

a 2,800-foot-long, 6.5-foot by 7-foot 

modified unlined horseshoe tunnel fed 

by an intake into a 72-inch-diameter 

1,000-foot-long steel penstock leading to 

a powerhouse containing two Francistype generating units, having a total 

installed capacity of 27,700 kilowatts; 

an approximately 21-mile-long, 115 

kilovolt (kv) or 138 kv transmission line 

that consists of a combination of 

submarine, overhead, and underground 

segments. 

l. A copy of the request to use 

alternative procedures 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 


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