19214 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 80 / Tuesday, April 28, 2009 / Notices 

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 with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

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. 

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: May 12, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–9609 Filed 4–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2351–013] 

Public Service Company of Colorado; 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document, Commencement of 

Licensing Proceeding, and Scoping; 

Request for Comments on the Pad and 

Scoping Document, and Identification 

of Issues and Associated Study 

Requests 

April 21, 2009. 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Licensing 

Proceeding. 

b. Project No.: 2351–013. 

c. Dated Filed: February 20, 2009. 

d. Submitted By: Public Service 

Company of Colorado. 

e. Name of Project: Cabin Creek 

Pumped Storage Project. 

f. Location: On South Clear Creek and 

Cabin Creek in Clear Creek County, 

Colorado. The project occupies about 

268 acres of land in the Arapaho 

National Forest managed by the U.S. 

Forest Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Ms. 

Christine Johnston, Xcel Energy, 4653 

Table Mountain Drive, Golden, CO 

80403; (720) 497–2156. 

i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking (202) 

502–8753 or steve.hocking@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item n below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See, 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR 

Part 402 and (b) the State Historic 

Preservation Officer, as required by 

section 106, National Historical 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. Public Service Company of 

Colorado filed a Pre-Application 

Document (PAD; including a proposed 

process plan and schedule) with the 

Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of 

the Commission’s regulations. 

m. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site (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 

Online Support at 

FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 

502–8659. A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

Register online at http://ferc.gov/ 

esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and Scoping 


erowe on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 80 / Tuesday, April 28, 2009 / Notices 19215 

Document 1 (SD1), as well as study 

requests. All comments on the PAD and 

SD1, and study requests should be sent 

to the address above in paragraph h. In 

addition, all comments on the PAD and 

SD1, study requests, requests for 

cooperating agency status, and all 

communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application (an original 

and eight copies) must be filed with the 

Commission at the following address: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

All filings with the Commission must 

include on the first page, the project 

name (Cabin Creek Pumped Storage 

Project) and number (P–2351–013), and 

bear the heading ‘‘Comments on PreApplication Document,’’ ‘‘Study 

Requests,’’ ‘‘Comments on Scoping 

Document 1,’’ ‘‘Request for Cooperating 

Agency Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to 

and from Commission Staff.’’ Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by June 22, 2009. 

Comments on the PAD and SD1, 

study requests, requests for cooperating 

agency status, and other permissible 

forms of communications with the 

Commission 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/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) 

under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. For a simpler 

method of submitting text only 

comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ 

o. Although our current intent is to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA), there is the possibility that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be required. Nevertheless, the 

below scoping meetings will satisfy the 

NEPA scoping requirements, 

irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is 

issued by the Commission. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the time and place noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist staff in identifying 

particular study needs, as well as the 

scope of environmental issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document. The times and locations of 

these meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 

Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (MST) 

Location: U.S. Forest Service Regional 

Office (Region 2), 740 Simms Street, 

Golden, CO 80401. 

Phone: (303) 275–5350 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 

Time: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (MST) 

Location: Georgetown Community 

Center, 613 6th Street, Georgetown, CO 

80444. 

Phone: (303) 569–2274 

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the Web 

at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

m. Based on all oral and written 

comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 may include a 

revised process plan and schedule, as 

well as a list of issues, identified 

through the scoping process. 

Site Visit 

Commission staff held an early site 

visit for this project on June 18, 2008. 

Therefore, there will be no site visit 

held in association with the above 

scoping meetings. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review 

and discuss existing conditions and 

resource management objectives; (3) 

review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the appropriateness of any 

federal or state agency or Indian tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are included in item 

m of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will become part of 

the formal record of the Commission 

proceeding on the project. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–9608 Filed 4–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–109–000] 

Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas 

Transmission LLC; Notice of 

Application 

April 17, 2009. 

Take notice that on April 6, 2009, 

Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas 

Transmission LLC (KMIGT), 370 Van 

Gordon Street, Lakewood, CO 80228, 

filed in Docket No. CP09–109–000 an 

application pursuant to section 7(c) of 

the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part 157 

of the Commission’s regulations, 

requesting a certificate of public 

convenience and necessity authorizing 

the construction and operation of 

certain facilities comprising its 

proposed Huntsman 2009 Expansion 

Project. KMIGT is requesting 

authorization to construct and operate 

certain storage facilities necessary to 

increase the capability of the Huntsman 

Storage Facility in Cheyenne County, 

Nebraska to expand storage services 

available to the Cheyenne Market Center 

hub. KMIGT also requests approval of 

new incremental rates for the project 

facilities under its currently effective 

Rate Schedule CMC–2. The proposed 

project facilities will create an 

incremental storage capacity for up to 

1,000,000 dekatherms (Dth), with an 

associated injection capability of 

approximately 6,400 dekatherms per 

day (Dth/day) and associated 

withdrawal deliverability of 

approximately 10,400 Dth/day. The total 

estimated cost for the proposed 

Huntsman 2009 Expansion Project is 

$13,120,330, all as more fully set forth 

in the application which is on file with 

the Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the Web 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 


erowe on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES