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1 Interventions may also be filed electronically via 

the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous 

discussion on filing comments electronically. 

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

environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy 

Projects. 

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all 

appendices, other than appendix 1 (maps), 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. 

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. 

Comments will be considered by the 

Commission but will not serve to make 

the commentor a party to the 

proceeding. Any person seeking to 

become a party to the proceeding must 

file a motion to intervene pursuant to 

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.214).1 Only intervenors have the 

right to seek rehearing of the 

Commission’s decision. 

Affected landowners and parties with 

environmental concerns may be granted 

intervenor status upon showing good 

cause by stating that they have a clear 

and direct interest in this proceeding 

which would not be adequately 

represented by any other parties. You do 

not need intervenor status to have your 

comments considered. 

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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–8811 Filed 4–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF09–6–000] 

Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Loop Expansion Project and 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

April 10, 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 Loop Expansion Project (project) 

planned by Questar Overthrust Pipeline 

Company (Overthrust). The project 

consists of about 43 miles of 36-inchdiameter pipeline within Uinta and 

Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming. The 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 used to gather input 

from the public and interested agencies 

on the project. Your input will help the 

Commission staff determine what issues 

need to be evaluated in the EA. Please 

note that the scoping period will close 

on May 11, 2009. 

This Notice of Intent (NOI) is being 

sent to affected landowners; Federal, 

State, and local government 

representatives and agencies; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American Tribes; other 

interested parties; and local libraries 

and newspapers. We 1 encourage 

government representatives 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 

pipeline company representative about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

planned facilities. The pipeline 

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 pipeline 

company could initiate condemnation 

proceedings in accordance with state 

law. 

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC, 

‘‘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 typicallyasked questions, including those 

focusing on the use of eminent domain 

and how to participate in the FERC’s 

proceedings. 

Summary of the Planned Project 

The planned Loop Expansion Project 

would consist of the following facilities: 

• About 43 miles of 36-inch-diameter 

pipeline in Uinta and Sweetwater 

Counties, Wyoming; 

• A bypass valve assembly tie-in at 

the Rock Springs Compressor Station in 

Rock Springs, Wyoming; 

• A new crossover valve assembly at 

milepost (MP) 43.3; and 

• Two 36-inch-diameter block valves 

at MPs 18.6 and 38.5. 

The Loop Expansion Project would 

allow Overthrust to provide up to 

800,000 dekatherms per day of natural 

gas westbound to Kern River Gas 

Transmission Company and to El Paso 

Corporation’s proposed Ruby Pipeline. 

A general location map of 

Overthrust’s planned facilities is 

provided in appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of Overthrust’s planned 

facilities would disturb about 833 acres 

of land including aboveground facilities 

and the pipeline. Overthrust would 

utilize existing public roads to access 

the work areas. Following construction, 

about 262.3 acres would be maintained 

for permanent operation of the project’s 

facilities while the remaining acreage 

would be restored and allowed to revert 

to former uses. About 90 percent (39.1 

miles) of the planned pipeline would be 

collocated with existing pipeline, 

utility, or road ROWs. 

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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 

NOI, the Commission requests public 

comments on the scope of the issues to 

address in the EA. All comments 

received will be considered during the 

preparation of the EA. State and local 

government representatives are 

encouraged to notify their constituents 

of this planned 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 

planned 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; 

and 

• Public safety. 

We will also evaluate possible 

alternatives to the planned project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 

Although no formal application has 

been filed, we have already initiated our 

NEPA review under the Commission’s 

Pre-filing Process. The purpose of the 

Pre-filing Process is to encourage early 

involvement of interested stakeholders 

and to identify and resolve issues before 

an application is filed with the FERC. 

As part of our Pre-filing Process review, 

we have begun to contact some Federal 

and State agencies to discuss their 

involvement in the scoping process and 

the preparation of the EA. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be presented in the EA. 

Depending on the comments received 

during scoping, the EA may be 

published and mailed to Federal, State, 

and local agencies; public interest 

groups; interested individuals; affected 

landowners; and local newspapers and 

libraries. 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 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. 

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. The Department of 

the Interior’s Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has already 

requested cooperating-agency status and 

will be assisting us in the scoping, 

analysis, and preparation of the EA. The 

EA will be used by both the FERC and 

the BLM to satisfy our NEPA 

requirements and support our respective 

decisions. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the Loop 

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 May 11, 

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 PF09–6–000 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 

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 to 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 

planned 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 

Once Overthrust formally files its 

application with the Commission, 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 ‘‘eFiling’’ 

link on the Commission’s Web site. 

Please note that you may not request 

intervenor status at this time. You must 

wait until a formal application is filed 

with the Commission. 

Availability of 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) 

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1Transparency Provisions of Section 23 of the 

Natural Gas Act, Order No. 704, 121 FERC ¶ 61,295 

(2007), order on reh’g, Order No. 704–A, 124 FERC 

¶ 61,269 (2008), order on reh’g, Order No. 704–B, 

125 ¶ 61,302 (2008). 

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. 

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. 

Finally, Overthrust has established an 

Internet Web site for its project at 

http://www.overthrustexpansion.com. 

The site includes a project overview, 

contact information, regulatory 

overview, and construction procedures. 

Overthrust will continue to update its 

Web site with information about the 

project. You can also request additional 

information by calling Overthrust at 1– 

800–366–8532. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–8808 Filed 4–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP09–428–000] 

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of 

Technical Conference 

April 9, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission Staff 

will convene a technical conference in 

the above-referenced proceeding on 

Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at 9 a.m. (EST), 

in Room 3M–2B at the offices of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The technical conference will afford 

the Commission staff and the parties to 

the proceeding an opportunity to 

discuss the issues raised by ANR 

Pipeline Company’s (ANR) annual fuel 

and electric power cost re-determination 

filing, including but not limited to the 

proposed increase in the gas fuel charge 

and electric power cost charge for the 

Cold Springs 1 Storage Field. 

FERC conferences are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations please send an e-mail 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

(866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

All interested persons are permitted 

to attend. For further information please 

contact David Faerberg at (202) 502– 

8275 or e-mail David.Faerberg@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–8802 Filed 4–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM07–10–000] 

Transparency Provisions of Section 23 

of the Natural Gas Act; Notice of 

Extension of Time 

April 9, 2009. 

On April 8, 2009, the American Forest 

& Paper Association, the Process Gas 

Consumers Group, the Interstate Natural 

Gas Association of America, the Electric 

Power Supply Association, the 

Independent Petroleum Association of 

America, and the American Gas 

Association (the Associations) filed a 

joint motion for an extension of time for 

the initial filing of Form No. 552, as 

required by Commission Order Nos. 

704, 704–A, and 704–B (Order No. 

704).1 The motion states that because 

many of the Associations’ members are 

unfamiliar with reporting transactional 

data under the Commission’s rules and 

because of questions about the 

requirements of Form No. 552, as well 

as informational system and data 

collection issues which must be 

addressed by the members, additional 

time is needed to submit the compliance 

filing. 

Upon consideration, notice is hereby 

given that an extension of time for 

submitting the initial filing of Form 572 

in compliance with Commission Order 

No. 704, is granted to and including July 

1, 2009. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–8772 Filed 4–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2008–0432; FRL–8893–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NESHAP for Reinforced 

Plastic Composites Production, EPA 

ICR Number 1976.04, OMB Control 

Number 2060–0509 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR that is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before May 18, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2008–0432, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by e-mail to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 2201T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer 

for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Schaefer, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Sector Policies and 

Programs Division (D243–05), 

Measurement Policy Group, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0296; fax number: (919) 541–3207; email address: schaefer.john@epa.gov. 

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