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doubly-labeled water will be 

administered via a stomach tube 

(procedural variants of this, lavage and 

gastric sampling, is already authorized 

under the current permit). Additional 

personnel with germane experience to 

this project are requested to be Coinvestigators. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: December 24, 2014. 

Julia Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00142 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP15–29–000] 

Notice of Application: Transcontinental 

Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC 

Take notice that on December 15, 

2014, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC (Transco), PO Box 1396, 

Houston, Texas 77251, filed in Docket 

No. CP15–29–000 an application 

pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to 

construct: (i) An approximately sevenmile, 36-inch diameter pipeline; (ii) a 

new 32,000 horsepower (HP) 

compressor station; (iii) an additional 

32,000 HP at its Compressor Station 44; 

(iv) piping and valve modifications at 

three existing compressor stations to 

allow for bi-directional flow; (v) two 

meter stations; (vi) various piping, valve 

modifications, and pig launchers and 

receivers; and (vii) appurtenances (Gulf 

Trace Expansion Project). The proposed 

facilities are located in Cameron, 

Beauregard, Evangeline, and East 

Feliciana Parishes, Louisiana. Transco 

states that the Gulf Trace Expansion 

Project will provide 1,200,000 

dekatherms per day of firm 

transportation service to Sabine Pass 

Liquefaction, LLC’s (Sabine Pass) 

liquefied natural gas terminal for Sabine 

Pass’s liquefaction trains 3 and 4. 

Transco estimates the cost of the Gulf 

Trace Expansion Project to be 

approximately $278 million, all as more 

fully set forth in the application which 

is on file with the Commission and open 

to public inspection. The filing is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site 

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

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions concerning these 

applications may be directed to Marg 

Camardello, Rates & Regulatory, 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC, PO Box 1396, Houston, 

Texas 77251–1396, by telephone at 

(713) 215–3380. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice, the 

Commission staff will either: complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the EA 

for this proposal. The filing of the EA 

in the Commission’s public record for 

this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

seven copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, 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 7 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on January 21, 2015. 

Dated: December 31, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00088 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Application 


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