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1The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of 

appendices were sent to all those receiving this 

notice in the mail and are available at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ 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. 

2 ‘‘We’’, ‘‘us’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the environmental 

staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[EG10–40–000; EG10–41–000; EG10–42– 

000; EG10–43–000; EG10–44–000; EG10– 

45–000; EG10–46–000; EG10–47–000; 

EG10–49–000; EG10–50–000] 

Notice of Effectiveness of Exempt 

Wholesale Generator Status 

September 13, 2010. 

Taloga Wind, LLC ................. Docket Nos. 

EG10–40– 

000 

Stephentown Regulation 

Services, LLC.

EG10–41–000 

Longview Power, LLC ........... EG10–42–000 

Alta Wind I, LLC .................... EG10–43–000 

Alta Wind II, LLC ................... EG10–44–000 

Alta Wind III, LLC .................. EG10–45–000 

Alta Wind IV, LLC ................. EG10–46–000 

Alta Wind V, LLC .................. EG10–47–000 

Synergics Roth Rock Wind 

Energy, LLC.

EG10–49–000 

Synergics Roth Rock North 

Wind Energy, LLC.

EG10–50–000 

Take notice that during the month of 

August 2010, the status of the abovecaptioned entities as Exempt Wholesale 

Generators became effective by 

operation of the Commission’s 

regulations. 18 CFR 366.7(a). 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23362 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP10–477–000] 

Southern LNG Company, LLC; Notice 

of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed LNG 

Truck Loading Project and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues, 

and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting 

September 13, 2010. 

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 LNG Truck Loading Project 

involving construction and operation of 

facilities by Southern LNG Company, 

LLC (Southern) in Chatham County, 

Georgia. This EA will be used by the 

Commission in its decision-making 

process to make a public interest 

determination whether the project is in 

the public convenience and necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use 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 October 13, 

2010. 

Comments may be submitted in 

written form or verbally. Further details 

on how to submit written comments are 

provided in the Public Participation 

section of this notice. In lieu of or in 

addition to sending written comments, 

the Commission invites you to attend 

the public scoping meeting scheduled as 

follows: 

FERC Public Scoping Meeting, LNG 

Truck Loading Project, September 29, 

2010, 7 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn 

Savannah Midtown, 5711 Abercorn 

Street, Savannah, Georgia 31405. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project. State and 

local government representatives are 

asked to notify their constituents of this 

planned project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

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 Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet addresses 

a number of typically-asked questions, 

including the use of eminent domain 

and how to participate in the 

Commission’s proceedings. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Southern seeks to abandon by 

removal a portion of the existing truck 

loading facilities at its existing Elba 

Island Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 

Terminal located on Elba Island in 

Chatham County, Georgia. Southern also 

proposes to reactivate, expand, and 

modify the remainder of its existing 

truck loading facilities at the Terminal. 

The proposed activities would be 

completed in two phases: Phase I would 

include removal of certain out-dated 

facilities and construction of two 

loading facilities; Phase II would 

include an expansion of the trucking 

facilities to provide two additional 

loading bays. 

Southern intends to operate and lease 

the truck loading facilities to Southeast 

LNG Distribution Company, LLC 

(Southeast LNG), a joint venture 

between El Paso Corporation and a 

subsidiary of AGL Resources Inc. 

Southeast LNG would distribute LNG by 

truck from the Elba Island Terminal to 

end users throughout the Southeast, to 

peak shaving facilities in Georgia and as 

an alternative fuel for use by heavy-duty 

vehicles. Southeast LNG anticipates 

distribution from about ten trucks per 

day at the start of reactivation and 

ramping up over a 10-year period to 

about 58 trucks per day. Southern 

proposes to commence construction 

during the second quarter of 2011, with 

an in-service date of November 2012. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in Appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

All land disturbance would occur on 

2.20 acres within the existing Elba 

Island LNG Terminal. The new facilities 

would replace those authorized as part 

of the original terminal construction. 

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 2 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 

notice, 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. 

In the EA we will discuss impacts that 

could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed 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 reasonable 

alternatives to the proposed project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

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3The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s 

regulations are at Title 36 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 800. Historic properties are 

defined in those regulations as any prehistoric or 

historic district, site, building, structure, or object 

included in or eligible for inclusion in the National 

Register for Historic Places. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be presented in the EA. The 

EA will be placed in the public record 

and, depending on the comments 

received during the scoping process, 

may be published and distributed to the 

public. A comment period will be 

allotted if the EA is published for 

review. 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 beginning on page 5. 

We are already involved in 

discussions with other jurisdictional 

agencies to identify their issues and 

concerns. These agencies include, but 

are not limited to, the U.S. Department 

of Transportation’s Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration and the Georgia 

Department of Transportation. With this 

notice, 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 notice. 

Consultations Under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

In accordance with the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation’s 

implementing regulations for section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, we are using this 

notice to initiate consultation with the 

Georgia State Historic Preservation 

Office, and to solicit its views and those 

of other government agencies, interested 

Indian tribes, and the public on the 

project’s potential effects on historic 

properties.3 We will define the projectspecific Area of Potential Effects (APE) 

in consultation with the SHPO as the 

project is further developed. On natural 

gas facility projects, the APE at a 

minimum encompasses all areas subject 

to ground disturbance (examples 

include construction right-of-way, 

contractor/pipe storage yards, 

compressor stations, and access roads). 

Our EA for this project will document 

our findings on the impacts on historic 

properties and summarize the status of 

consultations under section 106. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified several 

issues that we think deserve attention 

based on a preliminary review of the 

proposed facilities, the results of the 

public open house hosted by Southern 

on August 24, 2010, and the 

environmental information provided by 

Southern. This preliminary list of issues 

may be changed based on your 

comments and our analysis. 

• Public safety, and 

• Public concern over LNG trucking 

on local highways. 

While we will address concerns 

related to LNG trucking in the EA, it is 

important for commentors to 

understand that the FERC has no 

jurisdiction over truck transport of LNG. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the 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 your comments so 

that they will be received in 

Washington, DC on or before October 

13, 2010. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods which you can use to submit 

written comments to the Commission. 

In all instances please reference the 

project docket number (CP10–477–000) 

with your submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert eFiling staff 

available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 

or efiling@ferc.gov. 

(1) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov under the link to 

Documents and Filings. An eComment 

is an easy method for interested persons 

to submit brief, 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 Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov under the link to 

Documents and Filings. With eFiling 

you can provide comments in a variety 

of formats by attaching them as a file 

with your submission. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘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 a paper copy of your 

comments at the following address: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Room 1A, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Environmental Mailing List 

The environmental mailing list 

includes federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American Tribes; other 

interested parties; and local libraries 

and newspapers. This list also includes 

all affected landowners (as defined in 

the Commission’s regulations) who are 

potential right-of-way grantors, whose 

property may be used temporarily for 

project purposes, or who own homes 

within certain distances of aboveground 

facilities, and anyone who submits 

comments on the project. We will 

update the environmental mailing list as 

the analysis proceeds to ensure that we 

send the information related to this 

environmental review to all individuals, 

organizations, and government entities 

interested in and/or potentially affected 

by the proposed project. 

If the EA is published for distribution, 

copies will be sent to the environmental 

mailing list for public review and 

comment. If you would prefer to receive 

a paper copy of the document instead of 

the compact-disk version or would like 

to remove your name from the mailing 

list, please return the attached 

Information Request (appendix 2). 

Becoming an Intervenor 

In addition to involvement in the EA 

scoping process, you may want to 

become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an 

official party to the Commission’s 

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 

the 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. 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web 

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


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‘‘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 

(i.e., CP10–477). Be sure you have 

selected an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or toll free at (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 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. 

Finally, 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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23361 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL10–88–000] 

Linden VFT, LLC; Notice of Filing 

September 13, 2010. 

Take notice that on August 24, 2010, 

Linden VFT, LLC, pursuant to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

instructions regarding the submission of 

FERC Form No. 715—Annual 

Transmission Planning and Evaluation 

Report, filed a request for a waiver of 

the annual submission requirements. 

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 September 28, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23363 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Creating an Offshore Wind Industry in 

the United States: A National Vision 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

general solicitation of comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

(EERE), Wind and Water Power 

Program, is planning a series of public 

events to exchange information on the 

development of offshore wind energy in 

the United States. In these events, the 

Program will outline the vision it has 

developed to guide the U.S. in creation 

of a world-leading offshore wind 

industry; focusing on ways in which the 

various interested sectors (i.e. academia, 

industry, state and local governments, 

the public at large) can harmonize their 

efforts to address barriers to 

deployment. During those meetings, and 

via emailed responses, the Program is 

welcoming comments from interested 

individuals on the draft document 

entitled: Creating an Offshore Wind 

Industry in the United States: A 

Strategic Work Plan for the United 

States Department of Energy, Fiscal 

Years 2011–2015, available at: http:// 

www.windpoweringamerica.gov/pdfs/ 

offshore/ 

offshore_wind_strategic_plan.pdf. 

DATES: Comments are welcome through 

October 29, 2010. Events will occur: 

• September 16, 2010; Webinar held 

entitled Creating an Offshore Wind 

Industry in the United States: A 

National Vision and Call to Action; from 

DOE Offices, Washington, DC; 

• September 21, 2010; Seminar 

entitled Creating an Offshore Wind 

Industry in the United States: A 

National Vision and Call to Action; 

Cleveland, Ohio; 

• September 28, 2010; Seminar 

entitled Creating an Offshore Wind 

Industry in the United States: A 

National Vision and Call to Action; 

Washington, DC. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically to 

OffshoreWindComments@go.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Chris Hart, Offshore Wind Team Lead, 

Wind and Water Power Program; 1000 

Independence Ave., SW.; Washington, 

DC 20585; chris.hart@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: More 

information on DOE’s Wind and Water 

Power Program can be found at: http:// 

www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/ 

Additional information on the 

September 16 Webinar is available at: 

http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/ 

filter_detail.asp?itemid=2817. 

Information on the September 21 

seminar is available at: http:// 

www.windpoweringamerica.gov/ 

filter_detail.asp?itemid=2819. 

Information on the September 28 

seminar is available at: http:// 

www.windpoweringamerica.gov/ 

filter_detail.asp?itemid=2820. 

Disclaimer 

DOE will not reimburse costs 

associated with participation in the 

events described herein, or for preparing 

any comments on its draft documents. 

Participation in these activities will in 

no way influence any subsequent 

awards made by DOE under its planned 

Offshore Wind Initiative. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

15, 2010. 

Jacques Beaudry-Losique, 

Program Manager, Wind and Water Power 

Program, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23446 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am] 

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