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DETAILS FOR FERC–537, ‘‘GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, AND ABANDONMENT’’—Continued 

[Based on Fiscal Year 2010 information and records] 

Regulation section 18 CFR Regulation topic Number of respondents 

Number of filings or responses 

Avg. hours to 

prepare a filing or application 

157.201–.209; 157.211; 

157.214–.218.

Blanket Certificates prior notice filings. 45 200 

157.201–.209; 157.211; 

157.214–.218.

Blanket Certificates—annual reports .......................... 145 companies .................

(145 different) 

336 50 

284.11 ............................... NGPA Sec. 311 Construction—annual reports.

284.8 ................................. Capacity Release—record keeping ............................ 168 ................................... 168 75 

284.126 (a) & (c) .............. Intrastate bypass, semi annual transportation & storage—reports.50 companies ...................

(50 different) 

100 30 

284.221 ............................. Blanket Certificates—one time filing, inc. new tariff 

and rate design proposal.

20 ..................................... 20 100 

284.224 ............................. Hinshaw Blanket Certificates— ................................... 2 .......................................

(2 different) 

2 75 

157.5–.11; & 157.13–.20; Non-facility certificate or abandonment applications .. 9 .......................................

(3 different) 

12 75 

Totals ......................... ...................................................................................... 225 different ..................... 775 133 average, 

weighted. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26240 Filed 10–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 2558–030; 2445–023; 2558– 

029; 2445–023; 2558–029] 

Vermont Marble Power, Division of 

Omya Inc.; Central Vermont Public 

Service Corporation; Notice of 

Application of Transfer of Licenses, 

Substitution of Relicense Applicant, 

and Soliciting Comments and Motions 

To Intervene 

October 12, 2010. 

On August 31, 2010, Vermont Marble 

Power, Division of Omya Inc. 

(transferor) and Central Vermont Public 

Service Corporation (transferee) filed an 

application for the transfer of licenses 

for the Otter Creek Hydroelectric Project 

No. 2558, and the Center Rutland 

Project No. 2445, located on the Otter 

Creek in Addison and Rutland Counties, 

Vermont. On October 8, 2010, the 

transferor and transferee filed a joint 

request to substitute the transferee for 

the transferor as the applicant in the 

pending application for a new license 

filed by the transferor in Project No. 

2558–029. 

The transfer application was filed 

within five years of the expiration of the 

license for Project No. 2558, which is 

the subject of pending relicensing 

applications. In Hydroelectric 

Relicensing Regulations Under the 

Federal Power Act (54 FR 23,756 FERC 

Stats. and Regs., Regs. Preambles 1986– 

1990 30,854 at p. 31,437), the 

Commission declined to forbid all 

license transfers during the last five 

years of an existing license, and instead 

indicated that it would scrutinize all 

such transfer requests to determine if 

the transferor’s primary purpose was to 

give the transferee an advantage in 

relicensing. 

Applicant Contacts: For transferor: 

Todd Allard, Operations Engineer 

Omya, Inc., Vermont Marble Power, 

9987 Carver Road, Suite 300, Cincinnati, 

OH 45252, (513) 387–4344. Andrew D. 

Qua, Project Manager, Klienschmidt 

Associates, 75 Main Street, P.O. Box 

576, Pittsfield, ME 04967, (207) 487– 

3328. For transferee: Dale A. Rocheleau, 

Esq., Senior Vice President, General 

Counsel and Corporate Secretary, 77 

Grove Street, Rutland, VT 05701–3400, 

(802) 747–5355. 

FERC Contact: Kim Carter (202) 502– 

6486. 

Deadline for filing comments and 

motions to intervene: 30 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. Comments 

and motions to intervene may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site under 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.

asp. Commenters can submit brief 

comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://www.ferc.

gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 

must include your name and contact 

information at the end of your 

comments. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original plus 

seven copies should be mailed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project can 

be viewed or printed on the eLibrary 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–2558, P–2445) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208– 

3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF10–23–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Planned Northeast Upgrade Project, 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues, and Notice of 

Public Scoping Meetings 

October 8, 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 Northeast Upgrade Project involving 

construction and operation of facilities 

by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 

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1A pipeline loop is constructed parallel to an 

existing pipeline to increase capacity. 

2A pig is a tool that is inserted into and moves 

through the pipeline, and can be used to clean and/ 

or dry the pipeline, for internal inspection, or other 

purposes. 

3The 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. 

(TGP) in northeastern Pennsylvania 

northern New Jersey. This EA will be 

used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine 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 November 

12, 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, 

you are invited to attend the public 

scoping meetings listed below. 

Date and Time Location 

Monday, November 1, 2010 7 p.m. EDT ................................................. Eleanor G. Hewitt Elementary School Gymnasium, 266 Sloatsburg 

Road, Ringwood, NJ 07456. 

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 7 p.m. EDT ........................................... Delaware Valley High School Auditorium, 252 Routes 6 & 209, Milford, 

PA 18337. 

Thursday, November 4, 2010 7 p.m. EDT ............................................... Wyalusing Valley Junior and Senior High School Auditorium, 11364 

Wyalusing New Albany Road, Wyalusing, PA 18853. 

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. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, you may be contacted by a 

pipeline company representative about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

planned facilities. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

agreement. However, if the project is 

approved by the Commission, that 

approval conveys with it the right of 

eminent domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings 

where compensation would be 

determined in accordance with Federal 

or 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 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 Planned Project 

TGP has announced its intention to 

build approximately 37 miles of 30- 

inch-diameter natural gas pipeline in 

five loop 1 segments and other facilities 

in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The 

project would increase natural gas 

transmission capacity to the northeast 

region of the United States by about 

636,000 dekatherms per day and would 

provide access to natural gas supplies in 

the Marcellus Shale supply area. The 

project would not, however, involve 

facilities necessary to produce natural 

gas from the Marcellus Shale. TGP has 

signed binding precedent agreements 

with two shippers for all of the project’s 

additional firm transportation capacity. 

The Northeast Upgrade Project would 

consist of the following components: 

1. Installation of five pipeline loop 

segments: 

• Loop 317—Installation of 5.4 miles 

of 30-inch-diameter pipeline loop in 

Bradford County, Pennsylvania. 

• Loop 319—Installation of 2.0 miles 

of 30-inch-diameter pipeline loop in 

Bradford County, Pennsylvania. 

• Loop 321—Installation of 8.0 miles 

of 30-inch-diameter pipeline loop in 

Wayne and Pike Counties, 

Pennsylvania. 

• Loop 323—Installation of 14.0 miles 

of 30-inch-diameter pipeline loop in 

Pike County, Pennsylvania and Sussex 

County, New Jersey. 

• Loop 325—Installation of 7.7 miles 

of 30-inch-diameter pipeline loop in 

Passaic and Bergen Counties, New 

Jersey. 

2. Modifications at four existing 

compressor stations: 

• Compressor Station 319—An inlet 

gas filter-separator, a blowdown 

silencer, and a relief valve would be 

installed and unit piping would be 

modified at the existing compressor 

station in Wyalusing Township, 

Bradford County, Pennsylvania. 

• Compressor Station 321— 

Approximately 10,310 horsepower (hp) 

of additional compression would be 

installed at the existing compressor 

station in Clifford Township, 

Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. An 

inlet gas filter-separator, a blowdown 

silencer, and a relief valve would also 

be installed. 

• Compressor Station 323— 

Approximately 10,310 hp of additional 

compression would be installed at the 

existing compressor station in 

Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, 

Pennsylvania. An existing compressor 

unit would be restaged, unit piping 

would be modified, and an inlet gas 

filter-separator, a blowdown silencer, 

and a relief valve would also be 

installed. 

• Compressor Station 325—An inlet 

gas filter-separator, a blowdown 

silencer, and a relief valve would be 

installed at the existing compressor 

station in Wantage Township, Sussex 

County, New Jersey. 

3. Construction or modification of 

other aboveground facilities including 

one meter station, two pig 2 receivers, 

three mainline block valves, and other 

appurtenant facilities. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.3

Land Requirements for Construction 

TGP is still in the planning phase for 

the Northeast Upgrade Project, and 

workspace requirements have not been 

finalized at this time. As currently 

planned, construction would disturb 

approximately 638 acres of land for the 

aboveground facilities and the pipeline. 

Following construction, about 112 acres 

would be maintained for permanent 

operation of the project facilities. The 

remaining acreage would be restored 

and allowed to revert to former uses. As 

planned, the new pipeline loops would 

primarily be installed adjacent to TGP’s 

existing pipeline system. 

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4 ‘‘Us,’’ ‘‘we,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the environmental 

staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. 

5The 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. 

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 4 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 

planned project under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• Water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• Vegetation, wildlife, and 

endangered and threatened species; 

• Cultural resources; 

• Land use and cumulative impacts; 

• Air quality and noise; and 

• Public safety. 

We will also evaluate reasonable 

alternatives to the planned project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 

Although no formal application has 

been filed, we have already initiated our 

NEPA review under the Commission’s 

pre-filing process. The purpose of the 

pre-filing process is to encourage early 

involvement of interested stakeholders 

and to identify and resolve issues before 

an application is filed with the FERC. 

As part of our pre-filing review, we have 

begun to contact some Federal and state 

agencies to discuss their involvement in 

the scoping process and the preparation 

of the EA. 

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 6. 

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 

applicable State Historic Preservation 

Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their 

views and those of other government 

agencies, interested Indian tribes, and 

the public on the project’s potential 

effects on historic properties.5 We will 

define the project-specific Area of 

Potential Effects (APE) in consultation 

with the SHPOs 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 

planned facilities and the 

environmental information provided by 

TGP. This preliminary list of issues may 

be changed based on your comments 

and our analysis: 

• Route alternatives on and near the 

Delaware Water Gap National 

Recreation Area in Pike County, 

Pennsylvania and Sussex County, New 

Jersey; 

• Crossing the Appalachian Trail in 

Sussex County, New Jersey; 

• Crossing the Susquehanna River in 

Bradford County, Pennsylvania; and 

• Crossing the New Jersey Highlands 

in Passaic and Bergen Counties, New 

Jersey. 

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 November 

12, 2010. 

For your convenience, there are four 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. In all 

instances, please reference the project 

docket number (PF10–23–000) 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’’; 

3. You may attend and provide either 

oral or written comments at a public 

scoping meeting. A transcript of each 

meeting will be made so that your 

comments will be accurately recorded 

and included in the public record; or 

4. 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. 

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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 planned 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 CD version, or would like to remove 

your name from the mailing list, please 

return the attached Information Request 

(appendix 2). 

Becoming an Intervenor 

Once TGP files its application with 

the Commission, 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. Please note that 

the Commission will not accept requests 

for intervenor status at this time. You 

must wait until a formal application for 

the project is filed with the 

Commission. 

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 (http://www.ferc.gov) using the 

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., 

PF10–23). 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 text 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. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. ER08–656–007; EL10–83–000] 

Shell Energy North America (US), LP; 

Notice of Institution of Proceeding and 

Refund Effective Date 

October 12, 2010. 

On October 12, 2010, the Commission 

issued an order that instituted a 

proceeding in Docket No. EL10–83–000, 

pursuant to section 206 of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e (2005), 

concerning the justness and 

reasonableness of Shell Energy North 

America (US), LP’s market-based rate 

authority in the Central and Southwest 

balancing authority area. Shell Energy 

North America (US), LP, 133 FERC 

¶ 61,033 (2010). 

The refund effective date in Docket 

No. EL10–83–000, established pursuant 

to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26242 Filed 10–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

October 14, 2010. 

The following notice of meeting is 

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the 

government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. 

L. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552b: 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: October 21, 2010, 10 

a.m. 

PLACE: Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda 

*Note—Items listed on the agenda 

may be deleted without further notice. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone 

(202) 502–8400. 

For a recorded message listing items 

struck from or added to the meeting, call 

(202) 502–8627. 

This is a list of matters to be 

considered by the Commission. It does 

not include a listing of all documents 

relevant to the items on the agenda. All 

public documents, however, may be 

viewed on line at the Commission’s 

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

the eLibrary link, or may be examined 

in the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. 

963RD—MEETING; REGULAR MEETING

[October 21, 2010, 10 a.m.] 

Item No. Docket No. Company 

Administrative 

A–1 ........... AD02–1–000 ............................................... Agency Administrative Matters. 

A–2 ........... AD02–7–000 ............................................... Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations. 

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