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1The pronouns ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ refer to the 

environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy 

Projects. 

2A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool for cleaning and inspecting the 

inside of a pipeline. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP07–441–000; Docket No. 

CP07–444–000] 

Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, LP, 

Jordan Cove Energy Project, LP; 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Jordan Cove LNG and 

Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Project 

August 29, 2008. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared a draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the construction and operation of the 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) import 

terminal and natural gas pipeline 

facilities proposed by Jordan Cove 

Energy Project, LP (Jordan Cove) and 

Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP 

(Pacific Connector) in the abovereferenced dockets. We 1 call this the 

Jordan Cove Energy and Pacific 

Connector Pipeline (JCE & PCGP) 

Project, or simply the Project. The JCE 

& PCGP Project facilities would be 

located in Coos, Douglas, Jackson, and 

Klamath Counties, Oregon. 

The draft EIS was prepared to satisfy 

the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act. The United 

States (U.S.) Department of Agriculture 

Forest Service, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security Coast Guard, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration of the U.S. Department 

of Transportation, U.S. Department of 

the Interior Bureau of Land Management 

and Bureau of Reclamation, and Douglas 

County, Oregon, are cooperating 

agencies for the development of this 

EIS. A cooperating agency has 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to potential environmental 

impacts associated with the proposal 

and is involved in the NEPA analysis. 

Based on the analysis included in the 

draft EIS, the FERC staff concludes that 

the proposed action would have limited 

adverse environmental impacts. 

However, if the Project is constructed 

and operated in accordance with 

applicable laws and regulations, and 

with implementation of Jordan Cove’s 

and Pacific Connector’s proposed 

mitigation measures, and the additional 

mitigation measures recommended by 

staff, environmental impacts would be 

substantially reduced. 

The purpose of the Project is to 

provide a new import access point for 

overseas LNG and provide a new source 

of natural gas to markets in the Pacific 

Northwest, northern Nevada, and 

northern California. LNG is natural gas 

that has been turned into a liquid state 

by cooling it to about ¥260 degrees 

Fahrenheit to reduce its volume for 

transport in specially designed carriers 

some distance across oceans from its 

point of origin to the proposed Jordan 

Cove LNG import terminal in Coos Bay. 

Jordan Cove would off-load and would 

store the LNG in specially designed 

tanks at its terminal, vaporize the LNG 

back into natural gas, and provide up to 

1.0 billion cubic feet per day of natural 

gas to the region through the Pacific 

Connector sendout pipeline and 

interconnections with an intrastate 

pipeline, and four interstate pipeline 

systems. 

The draft EIS addresses the potential 

environmental effects associated with 

the construction and operation of the 

facilities listed below. Jordan Cove’s 

import terminal, located on the bay side 

of the North Spit of Coos Bay, at about 

Channel Mile 7.5 up the existing Coos 

Bay navigation channel, in Coos County, 

Oregon, would include: 

• Access channel from the existing 

Coos Bay navigation channel and slip; 

• LNG unloading berth and transfer 

pipeline; 

• Two full-containment LNG storage 

tanks, each with a capacity 160,000 m3

(or 1,006,000 barrels); 

• Vapor handling system, and 

vaporization equipment capable of 

regasifying the LNG for delivery into the 

natural gas sendout pipeline; 

• Piping, ancillary buildings, safety 

systems, and other support facilities; 

• A natural gas liquids (NGL) 

extraction facility, with the NGL to be 

sold to an entity other than Jordan Cove 

and likely transported from the terminal 

using existing railroad lines; 

• 37-megawatt, natural gas-fired, 

simple-cycle combustion turbine 

powerplant to provide electric power for 

the LNG terminal; and 

• Three disposal areas for the storage 

of excavated and dredged materials 

resulting from the construction of the 

access channel and slip. 

Pacific Connector’s natural gas 

facilities, extending from the Jordan 

Cove terminal southeast across Coos, 

Douglas, Jackson, and Klamath Counties 

Oregon, to its terminus near Malin, with 

interconnections with Avista 

Corporation, Williams Northwest 

Pipeline Corporation (Williams 

Northwest), Gas Transmission 

Northwest Corporation, Tuscarora Gas 

Transmission Company, and Pacific Gas 

and Electric Company, would include: 

• 229.5-mile-long, 36-inch-diameter 

welded steel underground interstate 

natural gas pipeline; 

• Natural gas compressor station at 

Butte Falls, in Jackson County, 

consisting of two new 10,310- 

horsepower (hp) compressor units; 

• Four natural gas meter stations, 

including the Jordan Cove Receipt Meter 

Station in Coos County, Clarks Branch 

Delivery Meter Station in Douglas 

County, Shady Cove Delivery Meter 

Station in Jackson County, and the 

adjoining Tule Lake, Russell Canyon, 

and Buck Butte Meter Stations in 

Klamath County; 

• Gas control communication system, 

consisting of new radio towers at each 

meter station and the compressor 

station, use of an existing 

communication site owned by Williams 

Northwest and leased space on seven 

other existing communication towers; 

• Mainline block valves (MLV) at 

approximately 16 locations along the 

Pacific Connector pipeline; and 

• Five pig 2 launchers and receivers, 

four co-located with meter stations and 

the compressor station, and the fifth colocated with a MLV. 

Comment Procedures 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the draft EIS may do so. To ensure 

consideration prior to the Commission 

making a decision on the proposals, it 

is important that the Commission 

receives your comments before 

December 4, 2008. Please carefully 

follow the instructions below so that 

your comments are properly recorded. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. In all 

instances please reference the Project 

Docket Numbers CP07–441–000 and 

CP07–444–000 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 

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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, PJ–11.3. 

Mail your comments promptly, so that 

they will be received in Washington, DC 

on or before December 4, 2008. 

In addition to receiving written 

comments, by mail or electronically, we 

will hold a series of public meetings at 

several locations near the Project area in 

southwestern Oregon to take oral 

comments on the draft EIS. The FERC 

will issue a notice in the near future 

providing the dates, time, and locations 

of these public comment meetings. 

After comments on the draft EIS are 

reviewed, any significant new issues are 

investigated, and modifications are 

made to the EIS text, a final EIS will be 

published and distributed. The final EIS 

will contain the staff’s responses to 

timely comments received on the draft 

EIS. 

Comments will be considered by the 

Commission and the cooperating 

agencies 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). Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing of the Commission’s decision. 

Further instructions for becoming an 

intervenor are included in the User’s 

Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov). You do not need 

intervenor status to have your 

environmental comments considered. 

The draft EIS has been placed in the 

public files of the FERC and is available 

for distribution and public inspection 

at: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Public Reference Room, 

888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. 

Volumes 1 and 2 of the draft EIS, 

containing text of the analysis, was 

printed in hard copy. Volume 3, 

containing the appendices, was 

produced as .pdf files on a compact disk 

(CD) that can be read by a personal 

computer with a CD–ROM drive. A 

limited number of hard copies and CDs 

of the draft EIS are available from the 

FERC’s Public Reference Room, 

identified above. This draft EIS is also 

available for public viewing on the 

FERC’s Internet Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov, via the eLibrary link. 

Copies of the draft EIS have been 

mailed to federal, state, and local 

agencies; elected officials; Indian tribes 

and Native American organizations with 

an interest in the project area; 

interveners; regional environmental 

organizations and public interest 

groups; affected landowners; local 

libraries and newspapers; and other 

interested parties. Hard copies of 

volumes 1 and 2 were mailed to 

cooperating agencies; other appropriate 

federal, state, and local government 

agencies who participated in 

interagency meetings; intervenors; and 

parties that specifically requested hard 

copies. All others on the mailing list 

were sent a single CD containing all 

volumes of the draft EIS. 

Additional information about the 

Project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs 

at 1–866–208–FERC (3372) or on the 

FERC Internet Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov). Go to Documents & 

Filings and choose the eLibrary link. 

Under eLibrary, click on ‘‘General 

Search,’’ and enter the docket number 

excluding the last three digits in the 

field (e.g., CP07–441). 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 call 

202–502–8659. The eLibrary link on the 

FERC Internet Web site 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 

that 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. To register for this 

service, go to the eSubscription link on 

the FERC Internet Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/esubscripenow.htm). 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20717 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER08–1439–000] 

New Brunswick Power Generation 

Corporation; Supplemental Notice That 

Initial Market-Based Rate Filing 

Includes Request for Blanket Section 

204 Authorization 

August 29, 2008. 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of New 

Brunswick Power Generation 

Corporation’s application for marketbased rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

Part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is September 

19, 2008. 

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. 

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