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(1) Socioeconomic and recreational 

impacts of development of the land 

tracts and their subsequent uses; 

(2) Impacts on protected, threatened, 

endangered, or sensitive species of 

animals or plants, or their critical 

habitats; 

(3) Impacts on floodplains and 

wetlands; 

(4) Impacts on archaeological, 

cultural, or historic resources; 

(5) Impacts on human health and 

safety; 

(6) Impacts on existing and future 

land uses; 

(7) Visual impacts; and 

(8) Disproportionately high and 

adverse impacts on minority and lowincome populations, also known as 

environmental justice considerations. 

Scoping Process 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in the scoping process, both 

to refine the preliminary alternatives 

and environmental issues to be analyzed 

in depth and to eliminate from detailed 

study those alternatives and 

environmental issues that are not 

feasible or pertinent. The scoping 

process is intended to involve all 

interested agencies (Federal, State, 

county, and local), public interest 

groups, Native American tribes, 

businesses, and members of the public. 

Public scoping meetings will be held as 

indicated above under the DATES and 

ADDRESSES sections. These scoping 

meetings will be informal. The 

presiding officer will establish only 

those procedures needed to ensure that 

everyone who wishes to speak has a 

chance to do so and that the Agencies 

understand all issues and comments. 

Speakers will be allocated 

approximately 5 minutes for their oral 

statements. Depending upon the number 

of persons wishing to speak, the 

presiding officer may allow longer times 

for representatives of organizations. 

Consequently, persons wishing to speak 

on behalf of an organization should 

identify that organization in their 

request to speak. Persons who have not 

submitted a request to speak in advance 

may register to speak at the scoping 

meeting(s), but advance requests are 

encouraged. Meetings will begin at the 

times specified and will continue until 

all those present who wish to 

participate have had an opportunity to 

do so. Should any speaker desire to 

provide for the record further 

information that cannot be presented 

within the designated time, such 

additional information may be 

submitted in writing by the date listed 

in the DATES section. 

Oral, written, and electronic (i.e., by 

facsimile or by e-mail) comments will 

be impartially considered and given 

equal weight by the Agencies. 

A complete transcript of the public 

scoping meetings will be retained by the 

Agencies and made available to the 

public for review on the DOE Web site 

at http://www.electricity.doe.gov, on the 

project Web site at http:// 

corridoreis.anl.gov, and during business 

hours at the Department of Energy, 

Freedom of Information Reading Room, 

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC. 

Draft PEIS Schedule and Availability 

The Draft PEIS is scheduled to be 

issued in early spring 2006. The 

availability of the Draft PEIS and dates 

for public hearings soliciting comments 

on it will be announced in the Federal 

Register and local media. Comments on 

the Draft PEIS will be considered in 

preparing the Final PEIS. 

Those interested parties who do not 

wish to submit comments at this time, 

but who would like to receive a copy of 

the Draft PEIS and other project 

materials, please contact Julia Souder as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. 

Tom Lonnie, 

Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and 

Resource Protection, Bureau of Land 

Management. 

John Spitaleri Shaw, 

Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety 

and Health, Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 05–19375 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Impact Statement: Site 

Selection for the Expansion of the 

Strategic Petroleum Reserve 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice to extend the public 

scoping period and reschedule public 

scoping meetings. 

SUMMARY: Due to the extraordinary 

circumstances created by Hurricane 

Katrina in the region where the 

proposed action and public scoping 

meetings will take place, DOE has 

extended the public scoping period and 

revised the dates and locations of the 

public scoping meetings originally 

announced in the Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (70 FR 52088; September 1, 

2005). 

DATES:

Extended: The public scoping period 

is extended by 2 weeks to October 28, 

2005. 

Cancelled: The public scoping 

meeting at Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 

originally scheduled on October 4, 2005, 

is cancelled. 

Cancelled: The public scoping 

meeting at Pascagoula, Mississippi, 

originally scheduled on October 5, 2005, 

is cancelled. 

Rescheduled: The public scoping 

meeting at Houma, Louisiana, originally 

scheduled on October 6, 2005 has been 

rescheduled to October 19, 2005, at the 

Ramada Inn, 1400 West Tunnel 

Boulevard, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

Telephone: (985) 879–4871. 

No Change to Original Schedule: The 

public scoping meeting at Lake Jackson, 

Texas, will take place as originally 

scheduled on October 11, 2005, 7 p.m. 

to 9 p.m. at the Cherotel Brazosport 

Hotel and Conference Center, 925 Hwy 

332. Telephone: (979) 297–1161. 

New Public Scoping Meeting: A public 

scoping meeting will be held at Jackson, 

Mississippi, on October 18, 2005, 7 p.m. 

to 9 p.m. at the Jackson Marriott 

Downtown, 200 East Amite Street. 

Telephone: (601) 969–5100. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Comments or suggestions on the scope 

and content of the EIS and requests to 

speak at the scoping meetings should be 

directed to Donald Silawsky, Office of 

Petroleum Reserves (FE–47), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0301; telephone: 

(202) 586–1892; fax: (202) 586–4446; or 

electronic mail at 

Donald.Silawsky@hq.doe.gov. 

Envelopes and the subject line of emails or faxes should be labeled 

‘‘Scoping for the SPR EIS.’’ Please note 

that conventional mail to DOE may be 

delayed by anthrax screening. 

For information on the proposed 

project or to receive a copy of the Draft 

EIS when it is issued, contact Donald 

Silawsky by any of the means listed 

above. Additional information may also 

be found on the DOE Fossil Energy 

Strategic Petroleum Reserve proposed 

expansion Web site at http:// 

fossil.energy.gov/news/techlines/2005/ 

tl_spr_noi.html. 

For information on the DOE NEPA 

process, contact Carol M. Borgstrom, 

Director, Office of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance (EH–42), U.S. Department 

of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–0119; 

telephone: (202) 586–4600; fax: (202) 

586–7031; or leave a toll-free message 

at: (800) 472–2756. 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

25, 2005. 

Mark J. Matarrese, 

NEPA Compliance Officer, Office of Fossil 

Energy. 

[FR Doc. 05–19507 Filed 9–26–05; 2:34 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP05–479–001] 

Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of 

Compliance Filing 

September 21, 2005. 

Take notice that on September 16, 

2005, Alliance Pipeline L.P. (Alliance) 

tendered for filing as part of its FERC 

Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, 

Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 276 

and Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 

277, proposed to become effective 

September 1, 2005. 

Alliance states that copies of its filing 

have been mailed to all customers, State 

commissions, and other interested 

parties. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing 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. 

Such protests must be filed in 

accordance with the provisions of 

Section 154.210 of the Commission’s 

regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone 

filing a protest must serve a copy of that 

document on all the parties to the 

proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests 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 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. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–5273 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP99–301–133] 

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of 

Negotiated Rate Filing 

September 20, 2005. 

Take notice that on September 15, 

2005, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) 

tendered for filing and approval an 

amendment to an existing negotiated 

rate service agreement between ANR 

and Wisconsin Public Service 

Corporation and an amendment to an 

existing negotiated rate service 

agreement between ANR and Wisconsin 

Gas LLC. ANR requests an effective date 

of November 1, 2005. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing 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. 

Such protests must be filed in 

accordance with the provisions of 

Section 154.210 of the Commission’s 

regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone 

filing a protest must serve a copy of that 

document on all the parties to the 

proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests 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 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. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–5255 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EC05–138–000] 

Arroyo Energy LP, Calpine Energy 

Services, L.P., Calpine Merchant 

Services Company, Inc.; Notice of 

Filing 

September 19, 2005. 

Take notice that on September 13, 

2005, Arroyo Energy LP (Arroyo 

Energy), Calpine Energy Services, L.P. 

(CES) and Calpine Merchant Services 

Company, Inc. (Applicants) filed an 

application pursuant to section 203 of 

the Federal Power Act requesting 

authorization from the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission for: (1) A 

proposed internal corporate 

restructuring upstream of Arroyo 

Energy; and (2) certain contractual 

arrangements pursuant to which CMSC 

would perform certain energy trading 

and related functions for and on behalf 

of each of CES and CalBear Energy LP, 

the successor of Arroyo Energy 

(Transaction). Applicants also request 

that the Commission grant limited 

waivers of its part 33 filing requirements 

to the extent that such information is 

not necessary to ensure that the 

Transaction meets the statutory 

requirements of section 203, and that 

the Commission grant confidential 

treatment of the contractual 

arrangements as they contain sensitive 

commercial and financial information. 

Applicants further request that the 

Commission issue an order authorizing 

the Transaction by October 18, 2005, to 

permit business under the proposed 

Transaction to commence as 

expeditiously as possible. 

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