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(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 2, PJ11.2. 

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 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. 

Environmental Mailing List 

As described above, we may publish 

and distribute the EA for public review 

and comment. If you are interested in 

receiving an EA, please return the 

Environmental Mailing List Form 

(appendix 2). If you do not return the 

Environmental Mailing List Form or 

comment on the project, you will be 

taken off the mailing list. All 

individuals who provide comments will 

remain on our environmental mailing 

list for this project. 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at 1–866–208–FERC or on the FERC 

Internet Web site (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. 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, 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 now 

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 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. E9–11344 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–60–000] 

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice 

of Availability of the Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed Pier 

Reinforcement Project 

May 8, 2009. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) of the 

Pier Reinforcement Project proposed by 

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP (DCP) in 

the above-referenced docket. 

The EA was prepared to satisfy the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

FERC staff concludes that approval of 

the proposed project, with appropriate 

mitigating measures, would not 

constitute a major Federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The FERC is the lead agency for the 

preparation of the EA. The United States 

Coast Guard (Coast Guard) and the 

United States Army Corps of Engineers 

(COE) are cooperating agencies for the 

development of the EA. A cooperating 

agency has jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise with respect to the proposed 

action and participates in the NEPA 

analysis. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of modifications 

to DCP’s existing pier in the Chesapeake 

Bay at the Cove Point Liquefied Natural 

Gas (LNG) terminal in Calvert County, 

Maryland. The Pier Reinforcement 

Project would involve the following 

construction activities: 

• Addition of ten new mooring 

dolphins; 

• Reinforcement of eight existing 

breasting dolphins; 

• Walkways to connect the mooring 

dolphins to the existing pier; 

• Replacement of the existing 

gangway system with an automated 

gangway; 

• Installation of new display boards; 

• Upgrading the docking control 

system to incorporate new quick-release 

mooring hooks; 

• Dredging approximately 120,000 

cubic yards of sediment directly 

adjacent to the pier; and 

• Placing the dredged material at a 

permitted dredged material placement 

site. 

The purpose of the project is to 

upgrade, expand, and modify the 

existing pier to accommodate DCP’s 

customers and recent advances in LNG 

ship technology. The reinforced pier 

would enable the safe docking, 

discharge, and departure of vessels 

capable of carrying cargoes of up to 

267,000 cubic meters of LNG. These 

vessels would be larger than those 

currently authorized for the Cove Point 

LNG Terminal and would allow 

comparable quantities of LNG to be 

delivered using fewer vessels. 

The EA has been placed in the public 

files of the FERC. A limited number of 

copies of the EA are 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. 

Copies of the EA have been mailed to 

Federal, State, and local agencies, 

public interest groups, interested 

individuals, newspapers and libraries in 

the project area, and parties to this 

proceeding. Any person wishing to 

comment on the EA may do so. To 

ensure consideration prior to a 

Commission decision on the proposal, it 

is important that we receive your 

comments before the date specified 

below. 

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 

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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 June 8, 

2009. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods in which you can use to submit 

your comments to the Commission. In 

all instances please reference the project 

docket number (CP09–60–000) 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 

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, PJ11.3. 

Mail your comments promptly, so that 

they will be received in Washington, DC 

on or before June 8, 2009. 

Comments will be considered by the 

Commission 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). 

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 

comments considered. 

The COE is also soliciting comments 

from the public in order to consider and 

evaluate the impacts of the proposed 

project to waters of the United States, 

including jurisdictional wetlands. All 

comments received by the COE will 

become a part of the COE’s 

administrative record and will be 

considered by the COE in evaluating the 

Department of the Army permit 

application. You may submit comments 

directly to the COE. The COE project 

number is NAB–2008–01241–M05 

(200861276 T61277) (Dominion Cove 

Point LNG/Pier Reinforcement Project). 

Copies of any written statements 

expressing concern for aquatic resources 

may be submitted to: Mrs. Kathy 

Anderson, Corps of Engineers, CENAB– 

OP–RMS, P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21203–1715. 

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, click on 

‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the Docket Number field (i.e. CP09–60). 

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, 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 now 

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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–11339 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL05–55–004; Docket No. 

EL05–63–006] 

City of Holland, MI v. Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc.; DTE Energy Trading, 

Inc. v. Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc.; 

Notice of Filing 

May 7, 2009. 

Take notice that on April 30, 2009, 

The Midwest Independent Transmission 

System Operator, Inc. submit a refund 

report, effective April 15, 2009, in 

compliance with the Commission’s May 

20, 2008 Order, City of Holland, 

Michigan v. Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. and 

DTE Energy Trading, Inc. v. Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc., 123 FERC 61,187 (2008) 

(May 20, Order). 

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. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all the parties in this proceeding. 

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 email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659.