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Description: Millennium Pipeline 

Company, LLC submits First Revised 

Sheet 6 to FERC Gas Tariff, Original 

Volume 1, to be effective 2/1/09. 

Filed Date: 01/29/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090202–0545. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–313–000. 

Applicants: Gulf Crossing Pipeline 

Company LLC. 

Description: Gulf Crossing Pipeline 

Company, LLC submits the Interim 

Negotiated Rate Agreement re the Gulf 

Crossing Project. 

Filed Date: 01/30/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090203–0021. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–315–000. 

Applicants: East Tennessee Natural 

Gas, LLC. 

Description: East Tennessee Natural 

Gas, LLC submits Fourth Revised Sheet 

306 and 373 to its FERC Gas Tariff, 

Third Revised Volume 1, to be effective 

4/1/09. 

Filed Date: 01/30/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090203–0019. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–317–000. 

Applicants: Texas Gas Transmission, 

LLC. 

Description: Texas Gas Transmission, 

LLC submits Second Revised Sheet 

2200, and First Revised Sheet 3201 to 

FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume 

1, to be effective 3/1/09. 

Filed Date: 01/30/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090203–0034. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–318–000. 

Applicants: Northern Natural Gas 

Company. 

Description: Northern Natural Gas Co 

submits 81 Revised Sheet 53 et al. to 

FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume 

1, to be effective 4/1/09. 

Filed Date: 01/30/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090203–0033. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–319–000. 

Applicants: Texas Gas Transmission, 

LLC. 

Description: Texas Gas Transmission, 

LLC submits First Revised Sheet 5225 et 

al. to FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised 

Volume 1, to be effective 3/1/09. 

Filed Date: 01/30/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090203–0032. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–320–000. 

Applicants: Millennium Pipeline 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: Millennium Pipeline Co, 

LLC submits First Revised Sheet 178 et 

al. to FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume 

1, to be effective 3/1/09. 

Filed Date: 01/30/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090203–0031. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: RP09–321–000. 

Applicants: MarkWest Pioneer, L.L.C. 

Description: Markwest Pioneer, LLC 

submits its FERC Gas Tariff, Original 

Volume 1 for the Arkoma Connector 

Pipeline to be effective 4/1/09. 

Filed Date: 01/30/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090203–0030. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 

again in a subdocket related to a 

compliance filing if you have previously 

intervened in the same docket. 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. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. In reference 

to filings initiating a new proceeding, 

interventions or protests submitted on 

or before the comment deadline need 

not be served on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

eLibrary system by clicking on the 

appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also 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 dockets(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. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–2567 Filed 2–5–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF09–4–000] 

Fayetteville Express Pipeline, LLC; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Fayetteville Express Pipeline Project, 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues, and Notice of 

Public Scoping Meetings 

January 30, 2009. 

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 Fayetteville Express Pipeline Project 

(project) planned by Fayetteville 

Express Pipeline, LLC (FEP). The project 

consists of about 185 miles of 42-inchdiameter pipeline within the states of 

Arkansas and Mississippi. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process used to gather input 

from the public and interested agencies 

on the project. Your input will help the 

Commission staff determine which 

issues need to be evaluated in the EA. 

The staff will also use the scoping 

process to determine whether 

preparation of an environmental impact 

statement is more appropriate for this 

project based on the anticipated level of 

impacts. Please note that the scoping 

period will close on March 2, 2009. 

Comments regarding this project 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, we invite 

you to attend the public scoping 

meetings we have scheduled as follows: 


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

environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy 

Projects. 

2A pig is an internal tool that can be used to 

clean and dry a pipeline and/or to inspect it for 

damage or corrosion. 

3The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all 

appendices, other than Appendix 1 (maps), are 

available on the Commission’s Web site at the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link 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. Copies of the appendices were sent to 

all those receiving this notice in the mail. 

Date and time Location 

Tuesday, February 17, 2009; 7 p.m ......................................................... Carmichael Community Center, 801 S. Elm St., Searcy, AR 72143. 

Wednesday, February 18, 2009; 7 p.m ................................................... Forrest City Civic Center, 1335 N. Washington, Forrest City, AR 72335. 

Thursday, February 19, 2009; 7 p.m ....................................................... Batesville Civic Center, 290 Civic Center Drive, Batesville, MS 38606. 

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 EA. A 

transcript of the meetings will be 

generated so that your comments will be 

accurately recorded. 

This Notice of Intent (NOI) is being 

sent to affected landowners; federal, 

state, and local government 

representatives and agencies; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; other 

interested parties in this proceeding; 

and local libraries and newspapers. We 1

encourage government representatives 

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 pipeline 

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 in accordance with state 

law. 

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC, 

‘‘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 those 

focusing on the use of eminent domain 

and how to participate in the FERC’s 

proceedings. 

Summary of the Planned Projects 

The planned Fayetteville Express 

Pipeline Project would consist of the 

following facilities: 

• About 185 miles of 42-inchdiameter pipeline in Conway, Faulkner, 

Cleburne, White, Woodruff, Saint 

Francis, Lee, and Phillips Counties in 

Arkansas; and Coahoma, Quitman, and 

Panola Counties in Mississippi; 

• A new 72,000 horsepower (hp) 

compressor station in White County, 

Arkansas; 

• 18 metering and regulation (M&R) 

stations at planned interconnections in 

Conway, Faulkner, White, and Cleburne 

Counties, Arkansas; and Coahoma, 

Quitman, and Panola Counties, 

Mississippi; 

• 18 mainline valves; and 

• Up to two pig 2 launcher and 

receiver facilities at the beginning and 

end of the pipeline, and a pig launcher 

and receiver facility at the Natural Gas 

Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) 

interconnection site in White County, 

Arkansas. 

The Fayetteville Express Pipeline 

Project would provide FEP with 

approximately 2,000,000 dekatherms 

per day of capacity to accommodate 

new natural gas production from the 

Fayetteville Shale in north-central 

Arkansas to markets served by NGPL, 

Texas Gas Transmission, LLC (TGT), 

ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), and 

Trunkline Gas Company, LLC 

(Trunkline). 

A general location map of FEP’s 

planned facilities is provided in 

Appendix 1.3

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of FEP’s planned 

facilities would require about 4,265 

acres of land including aboveground 

facilities, pipeline, and access roads. 

Following construction, about 1,216 

acres would be used for operation of the 

project’s facilities. The remaining 3,049 

acres of land would be restored or 

allowed to revert to former use along the 

pipeline right-of-way and aboveground 

facility sites. 

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 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 

NOI, the Commission staff requests 

public comments on the scope of the 

issues to address in the EA. All 

comments received are considered 

during the preparation of the EA. State 

and local government representatives 

are encouraged to notify their 

constituents of this planned action and 

encourage them to comment on their 

areas of concern. 

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. 

• Land use. 

• Water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands. 

• Cultural resources. 

• Vegetation and wildlife. 

• Air quality and noise. 

• Endangered and threatened species. 

• Safety and reliability. 

• Alternatives. 

We will also evaluate possible 

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 Process 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. In addition, 

representatives from the FERC 

participated in public open houses 

sponsored by FEP in the project area on 

December 2–4 and December 9–10, 

2008, to explain the environmental 

review process to interested 

stakeholders. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be in the EA. Depending on 


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the comments received during the 

scoping process, the EA may be 

published and mailed to federal, state, 

and local agencies, public interest 

groups, interested individuals, affected 

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and 

the Commission’s official service list for 

this proceeding. A comment period will 

be allotted for review if the EA is 

published. 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 below. 

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 EA. These agencies 

may choose to participate once they 

have evaluated the proposal relative to 

their responsibilities. 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. 

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 

FEP. This preliminary list of issues may 

be changed based on your comments 

and our analysis. 

• Potential impacts on National 

Wildlife Refuges in Arkansas; 

• Construction methods at waterbody 

crossings; and 

• Proximity to Texas Gas 

Transmission’s Fayetteville-Greenville 

Expansion Project, currently completing 

construction. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the 

Fayetteville Express Pipeline 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 March 2, 

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 PF09–4–000 with your 

submission. The docket numbers can be 

found on the front of this notice. 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 1, PJ11.1. 

Environmental Mailing List 

An effort is being made to send this 

notice to all individuals, organizations, 

and government entities interested in 

and/or potentially affected by the 

planned project. This includes all 

landowners who are potential right-ofway grantors, whose property may be 

used temporarily for project purposes, 

or who own homes within distances 

defined in the Commission’s regulations 

of certain aboveground facilities. 

If you do not want to send comments 

at this time but still want to remain on 

our mailing list, please return the 

Information Request (Appendix 2). If 

you do not return the Information 

Request, you will be taken off the 

mailing list. 

Becoming an Intervenor 

Once FEP 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 ‘‘eFiling’’ 

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. 

Availability of 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 (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. 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. 

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, FEP has established an 

Internet Web site for its project at 

http://www.fepipeline.com. The site 

includes a project overview, contact 

information, regulatory overview, and 

construction procedures. FEP will 

continue to update its Web site with 

information about the project. You can 

also request additional information by 

calling FEP directly, at 1–501–268–7300 

or e-mailing 

pipelineinfo@fepipeline.com. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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