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

environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy 

Projects. 

Commission’s service list for this 

proceeding. Persons on the service list 

with e-mail addresses may be served 

electronically; others must be served a 

hard copy of the filing. 

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 

environmental comments considered. 

Additional Information 

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) using the ‘‘eLibrary link.’’ 

Click on the eLibrary link, select 

‘‘General Search’’ and enter the project 

docket number excluding the last three 

digits (i.e., PF06–1) 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 TTY, contact 

(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 rule 

makings. 

In addition, the FERC 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 http://www.ferc.gov/ 

esubscribenow.htm. 

Texas Gas has established an Internet 

Web site for the project at 

www.txgt.com, then click on expansion 

projects. The Web site includes a 

description of the project, a map of the 

proposed pipeline route, and contact 

information. You may also use Texas 

Gas’ toll free telephone number, 1–866– 

462–6679 to ask questions about the 

project. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–23504 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. PF08–22–000; PF08–23–000] 

TransCanada PipeLine USA, Ltd.; 

Bison Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Intent 

To Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed Pathfinder 

Pipeline Project and Bison Pipeline 

Project; Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues and Notice of 

Public Meetings 

September 30, 2008. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC or Commission) is 

in the process of preparing an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

on the environmental impacts of the 

Pathfinder Pipeline Project involving 

the construction and operation of a new 

underground natural gas pipeline 

proposed by TransCanada PipeLine 

USA, Ltd. (TransCanada). The 

Pathfinder project is under review in 

Docket No. PF08–22–000. 

A related pipeline project, the 

proposed Bison Pipeline Project (Bison) 

is also currently under review in Docket 

No. PF08–23–000. The entire route of 

Bison is identical to that of the 

corresponding portion of Pathfinder 

(Segment 2) from Dead Horse to 

Compressor Station No. 6, as described 

further in Summary of the Proposed 

Project section of this notice. 

On September 3, 2008, TransCanada 

announced that one of its subsidiaries 

acquired Bison Pipeline, LLC from 

Northern Border. With this acquisition, 

TransCanada will provide shippers on 

Bison the opportunity to transport their 

production on Pathfinder. TransCanada 

proposes to build either Pathfinder or 

Bison. Once TransCanada is in a 

position to confirm which of the two 

Projects it will pursue, TransCanada 

will file a request with the FERC to 

discontinue review of the other project. 

While we 1 are requesting comments on 

both Pathfinder and Bison, we expect 

that a single project will be proposed 

and addressed in our EIS. 

This Notice of Intent (NOI) explains 

the scoping process that will be used to 

gather input from the public and 

interested agencies on the Project. Your 

input will help determine which issues 

will be evaluated in the EIS. Please note 

that the scoping period for this Project 

will close on November 3, 2008. 

Comments on the Project may be 

submitted in written form or verbally. In 

lieu of, or in addition, to sending 

written comments, we also invite you to 

attend the public scoping meetings that 

have been scheduled in the Project area 

during the week of October 13, 2008. 

Details on how to submit comments and 

additional details of the public scoping 

meetings are provided in the Public 

Participation section of this notice. 

The FERC will be the lead federal 

agency in the preparation of an EIS that 

will satisfy the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and will be used by the FERC 

to consider the environmental impacts 

that could result if the Commission 

issues a Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity for the 

Project under Section 7 of the Natural 

Gas Act. As a part of that review we will 

be preparing an EIS for the proposed 

Project. 

The Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) is participating as a cooperating 

agency in the preparation of the EIS 

because the Project would cross federal 

lands and resources administered by the 

White River, Little Snake, Lander, 

Rawlins, Casper, Buffalo, Miles City and 

North Dakota Field Offices, for which 

the BLM has jurisdiction and/or special 

expertise with respect to environmental 

issues/impacts. The EIS will be used by 

the BLM to meet its NEPA 

responsibilities in considering 

TransCanada’s application for a Rightof-Way Grant and Temporary Use 

Permit for the portion of the Project on 

federal land. 

Although a formal application has not 

been filed, the FERC has already 

initiated its NEPA review under its prefiling process. A pre-filing docket 

number has been assigned to the 

Pathfinder Pipeline Project (PF08–22– 

000) and the Bison Pipeline Project 

(PF08–23–000). The purpose of the prefiling process is to encourage early 

involvement of interested stakeholders 

and to identify and resolve issues before 

an application is filed with the FERC. 

This NOI is being sent to federal, 

state, and local government agencies; 

elected officials; affected landowners; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Indian tribes and regional 

Native American organizations; 

commentors and other interested 

parties; and local libraries and 

newspapers. We encourage government 

representatives to notify their 

constituents of this proposed 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 

TransCanada representative about the 

acquisition of an easement to construct, 

operate, and maintain the proposed 


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2The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

printed in the Federal Register, but they are being 

provided to all those who receive this notice in the 

mail. Copies of the NOI can be obtained from the 

Commission’s Web site at the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link, from 

the Commission’s Public Reference Room, or by 

calling (202) 502–8371. For instructions on 

connecting to eLibrary, refer to the end of this 

notice. 

3A lateral pipeline typically takes gas from the 

main system to deliver it to a customer or receives 

gas from a storage or supply source. 

facilities. TransCanada would seek to 

negotiate a mutually acceptable 

agreement. However, if the Project is 

approved by the FERC, that approval 

conveys with it the right of eminent 

domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, and the Project is ultimately 

approved by the FERC, TransCanada 

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 Internet Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/for-citizens/citizenguides.asp). This fact sheet addresses a 

number of typically asked questions, 

including the use of eminent domain 

and how to participate in FERC’s 

proceedings. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

TransCanada has announced its 

proposal to construct and operate a new 

natural gas pipeline and associated 

structures with a maximum capacity of 

1.6 billion cubic feet per day. As shown 

in Appendix 1,2 the Pathfinder Project 

would be located in portions of 

Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and 

North Dakota and would consist of 673 

miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline 

running from Meeker, Rio Blanco 

County, Colorado to near Glen Ullin, 

Morton County, North Dakota. The 

currently proposed pipeline route 

would travel across Rio Blanco and 

Moffat Counties in Colorado; Carbon, 

Sweetwater, Freemont, Natrona, 

Johnson, and Campbell Counties in 

Wyoming; Powder River, Carter, and 

Fallon Counties in Montana; and 

Bowman, Slope, Hettinger, Stark, Grant, 

and Morton Counties, North Dakota. 

The pipeline would connect to the 

existing Northern Border mainline 

pipeline system in southwest North 

Dakota and would deliver natural gas to 

primarily midwestern markets. The 

proposed Pathfinder Project includes an 

11-mile-long supply lateral,3 the 

Wamsutter Segment, located near 

Wamsutter, Sweetwater County, 

Wyoming to connect the Pathfinder 

Pipeline Project mainline to natural gas 

supply in the Green River Basin. Certain 

associated aboveground facilities are 

also proposed. Mainline valves spaced 

at intervals along the pipeline as 

defined by U.S. Department of 

Transportation regulations per the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) 49 Part 

192, eight compressor stations, four 

meter stations, and seven pig launcher 

and receiver facilities are currently 

proposed. 

More specifically, TransCanada 

proposes the following primary 

components for the Pathfinder Project: 

• 673 miles of 36-inch diameter 

underground natural gas pipeline 

consisting of four segments: 

➢ Meeker Segment: 130 miles of 

pipeline from an existing gathering hub 

near Meeker, Colorado to Wamsutter, 

Wyoming; 

➢ Segment 1: 236 miles of pipeline 

from Wamsutter, Wyoming to Dead 

Horse in Campbell County, Wyoming; 

and 

➢ Segment 2: 297 miles of pipeline 

commencing in Dead Horse and 

terminating at the Northern Border 

Pipeline Company’s existing 

Compressor Station No. 6 in Morton 

County, North Dakota: and 

➢ Wamsutter Segment: 11 miles of 

pipeline extending from the existing 

Echo Springs gas plant to the 

intersection of the Pathfinder Meeker 

Segment and Segment 1 in Wamsutter, 

Wyoming; 

• A new 10,000 horsepower 

compressor station at milepost (MP) 0.0 

of the Wamsutter Segment near Echo 

Springs, Wyoming; 

• A new 30,000 horsepower 

compressor station at MP 153 in 

Sweetwater County, Wyoming; 

• A new 30,000 horsepower 

compressor station at MP 221 in 

Freemont County, Wyoming; 

• A new 30,000 horsepower 

compressor station at MP 301 in 

Natrona County, Wyoming; 

• A new 30,000 horsepower 

compressor station at MP 374 in 

Campbell County, Wyoming; 

• A new 30,000 horsepower 

compressor station at MP 453 in Powder 

River County, Montana; 

• A new 30,000 horsepower 

compressor station at MP 535 in Fallon 

County, Montana; 

• A new 30,000 horsepower 

compressor station at MP 619 in 

Hettinger County, North Dakota; 

• One meter station and one pig 

launcher on the Meeker Segment; one 

meter station, one pig launcher, and one 

pig receiver on the Wamsutter Segment; 

one meter station and three pig 

launcher/receivers on Segment 1; and 

two meter stations, two pig launcher/ 

receivers, and one pig receiver on 

Segment 2; 

• Approximately 36 mainline valves 

generally located at 20-mile intervals 

along the pipeline; 

• Temporary pipe storage and 

contractor yards at various locations 

along the pipeline for office trailers, 

parking, and pipe and equipment 

storage during construction; and 

• Temporary construction roadways 

and short permanent roads from existing 

roads to meter station sites and other 

aboveground facilities. 

Bison would consist of approximately 

297 miles of 24-inch-diameter natural 

gas pipeline and related pipeline system 

facilities that would move gas 

northeastward from Dead Horse across 

the southeastern corner of Montana and 

into central North Dakota where it 

interconnects with the Northern Border 

pipeline system near Compressor 

Station No. 6 in Morton County. The 

entire route of Bison is identical to that 

of the corresponding portion of 

Pathfinder (Segment 2) from Dead Horse 

to Compressor Station No. 6. 

Location maps depicting the proposed 

facilities are attached to this NOI as 

Appendix 1. 

The EIS Process 

NEPA requires the Commission to 

take into account the environmental 

impacts that could result from an action 

when it considers whether or not a 

natural gas pipeline should be 

approved. FERC will use the EIS to 

consider the environmental impacts that 

could result if it issues a Project 

authorization to TransCanada under 

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. 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 scoping is 

to focus the analysis in the EIS on the 

important environmental issues. With 

this NOI, we are requesting public 

comments on the issues to be addressed 

in the EIS. All comments received will 

be considered during preparation of the 

EIS. 

In the EIS we will discuss impacts 

that could occur as a result of the 

construction, operation, and 

maintenance of the proposed Project 

under these general headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• Water resources; 

• Aquatic resources; 

• Vegetation and wildlife; 

• Threatened and endangered 

species; 

• Land use, recreation, and visual 

resources; 

• Cultural resources; 

• Socioeconomics; 


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• Air quality and noise; 

• Reliability and safety; 

• Cumulative impacts. 

In the EIS, we will also evaluate 

possible alternatives to the proposed 

Project or portions of the Project, and 

make recommendations on how to 

lessen or avoid impacts on affected 

resources. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be included in a draft EIS. 

The draft EIS will be mailed to federal, 

state, and local government agencies; 

elected officials; affected landowners; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Indian tribes and regional 

Native American organizations; 

commentors; other interested parties; 

local libraries and newspapers; and 

FERC’s official service list for this 

proceeding. There will be at minimum 

a 45-day comment period allotted for 

review of the draft EIS. We will consider 

all comments on the draft EIS and revise 

the document, if necessary, before 

issuing a final EIS. We will then 

consider all comments on the final EIS 

before we make our recommendations to 

the Commission. To ensure that your 

comments are considered, please follow 

the instructions in the Public 

Participation section of this NOI. 

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 EIS. These agencies 

may choose to participate once they 

have evaluated the proposal relative to 

their responsibilities. As previously 

discussed, the BLM has agreed to 

become a cooperating agency and would 

use the EIS to fulfill its NEPA 

responsibilities in considering the 

potential issuance of a Right-of-Way 

Grant and Temporary Use Permit for the 

portion of the Project on federal land. 

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. 

The EIS will examine the proposed 

action and alternatives that require 

administrative or other actions by other 

federal agencies. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified issues that 

we think deserve attention based on our 

previous experience with similar 

projects in the region. This preliminary 

list of issues, which is presented below, 

may be revised based on your comments 

and our continuing analyses specific to 

the Pathfinder Project. 

• Potential for disturbance to 

residents along pipeline construction 

route, including noise and aesthetics; 

• Potential impacts to the viewshed 

from construction activities and 

placement of aboveground facilities; 

• Potential for geological hazards, 

including seismic activity, to have 

impacts on the pipeline; 

• Potential impacts of the pipeline on 

waterbodies and wetlands, including 

issues of erosion control; 

• Potential impacts of the pipeline on 

vegetation, including the clearing and 

revegetation of existing plant 

communities and, in particular, the 

clearing of riparian areas; 

• Potential impacts of the pipeline on 

threatened and endangered species and 

wildlife habitat; 

• Potential impacts of the pipeline on 

cultural resources, including 

paleontological resources and historic 

trails; and 

• Potential impacts of the pipeline on 

recreation and scenic resources. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the 

Pathfinder Project or Bison 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 November 

3, 2008. 

Comments on the proposed Project 

can be submitted to the FERC in written 

form or verbally at the public scoping 

meetings. For your convenience, there 

are three methods which you can use to 

submit your written comments to the 

Commission. In all instances please 

reference the Project docket number 

(PF08–22–000 or PF08–23–000) with 

your submission. The three methods 

are: 

(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, PJ–11.3. 

The public scoping meetings (dates, 

times, and locations listed below) are 

designed to provide another opportunity 

to offer comments on the proposed 

Project. Interested groups and 

individuals are encouraged to attend the 

meetings and to present comments on 

the environmental issues that they 

believe should be addressed in the EIS. 

A transcript of the meetings will be 

generated so that your comments can be 

accurately recorded. All meetings are 

scheduled to run from 6 to 8 p.m., and 

are scheduled as follows: 

Date Location 

Monday, October 13, 6 to 8 pm ......................... Best Western Tower West Lodge, 109 N. U.S. Highway 14–16, Gillette, Wyoming 82716. 

Tuesday, October 14, 6 to 8 pm ........................ Roosevelt High School, 140 East K Street, Casper, Wyoming 82601. 

Broadus High School, 500 North Trautman, Broadus, MT 59317. 

Wednesday, October 15, 6 to 8 pm ................... Jeffrey Memorial Center, 315 East Pine Street, Rawlins, Wyoming 82301. 

Bowman City Hall, 101 1st Street NE, Bowman, North Dakota 58623. 

Thursday, October 16, 6 to 8 pm ....................... Holiday Inn Suites, 300 South Colorado Highway 13, Craig, Colorado 81625.

Parish Hall—Sacred Heart Church, 204 Oak Avenue East, Glen Ullin, North Dakota 58631. 


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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. 

Once TransCanada 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 ‘‘e-filing’’ 

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. 

Environmental Mailing List 

Everyone who responds to this notice 

or provides comments throughout the 

EIS process will be retained on our 

mailing list for this Project. If you do not 

want to send comments at this time but 

want to stay informed and receive 

copies of the draft and final EIS, you 

must return the Mailing List Retention 

Form (Appendix 2). If you do not send 

comments or return the Mailing List 

Retention Form asking to remain on the 

mailing list, you will be taken off the 

mailing list. 

Additional Information 

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) using the ‘‘eLibrary link.’’ 

Click on the eLibrary link, select 

‘‘General Search’’ and enter the Project 

docket number, excluding the last three 

digits (i.e., PF08–22) in the ‘‘Docket 

Number’’ field. Be sure you have 

selected an appropriate date range. For 

assistance with eLibrary, the eLibrary 

helpline can be reached at 1–866–208– 

3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, or by e-mail 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The 

eLibrary link on the FERC Web site also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and rule 

makings. 

In addition, the FERC 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 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, 

TransCanada has established a Web site 

for the Project at http:// 

www.transcanada.com/company/ 

pathfinder.html. The Web site includes 

a Project overview, timeline, safety and 

environmental information, and public 

outreach. You can also request 

additional information by contacting 

TransCanada directly at: 

E-mail: pathfinder@transcanada.com. 

Mailing address: Pathfinder Pipeline 

Project, PO Box 6160, Broomfield, CO 

80021. 

Toll-free telephone: (866) 509–2270. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–23500 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ID–5870–000] 

Swisher, Keith L.; Notice of Filing 

September 30, 2008. 

Take notice that on September 19, 

2008, Keith L. Swisher submitted for 

filing an application for authority to 

hold interlocking positions, pursuant to 

section 305(b) of the Federal Power Act, 

16 U.S.C. 825d(b) (2008), Part 45 of Title 

18 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 

18 CFR Part 45 (2008), and Commission 

Order No. 664 (2005). 

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 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of 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: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on October 10, 2008. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–23502 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

September 30, 2008. 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 


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