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1The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of all 

appendices 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. 

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 

[Docket No. CP09–237–000] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company LLC; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for the Proposed Delta Lateral Project 

and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

May 29, 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 Delta Lateral Project involving 

construction and operation of facilities 

by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company LLC (Transco) in York 

County, Pennsylvania. 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 we 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 June 30, 

2009. 

This notice is being sent to affected 

landowners; Federal, State, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American Tribes; other 

interested parties in this proceeding; 

and local libraries and newspapers. 

State and local government 

representatives are asked to notify their 

constituents of this proposed 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. It is 

available for viewing on the FERC 

Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov). 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Transco proposes to construct its 

Delta Lateral Project in York County, 

Pennsylvania, in order to provide 

208,800 dekatherms per day of firm 

transportation service to the Delta 

Power Plant, a natural gas and oil fired 

electric power generation plant that is 

currently under construction in York 

County. 

Transco is proposing to construct: 

• 3.42 miles of 16-inch-diameter 

pipeline lateral from Compressor 

Station 195 located at milepost (MP) 

1674.6 of Transco’s Mainlines A and C 

to the interconnection with the Delta 

Power Plant; 

• Two 12-inch taps at MP 1674.6, one 

each on Mainlines A and C discharge 

headers; 

• Minor aboveground facilities and 

modifications including a new pig 

launcher and receiver; 

• A delivery point meter station at the 

Delta Power Plant site, including two 8- 

inch ultrasonic meters, 12-inch yard 

piping, electronic flow measurement 

equipment and a radio with a tower; 

• An odorization system within the 

Delta Power Plant site; 

• A chromatograph with accessories, 

and a radio and building within the 

Delta Power Plant site; and 

• A 630-foot-long cathodic protection 

ground bed at MP 1.9, adjacent to Delta 

Road. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in Appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the proposed facilities 

would require about 54.1 acres of land. 

Following construction, about 14.8 acres 

would be maintained as new 

aboveground facility sites and 

permanent pipeline right-of-way. The 

remaining 39.3 acres of land would be 

restored and allowed to revert to their 

former use. 

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 

notice, the Commission staff 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. State 

and local government representatives 

are encouraged to notify their 

constituents of this proposed action and 

encourage them to comment on their 

areas of concern. 

In the EA, we 2 will discuss impacts 

that could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed project under these general 

headings: 

• Land use; 

• Geology and soils; 

• Water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• Cultural resources; 

• Vegetation and wildlife; 

• Endangered and threatened species; 

and 

• Public safety. 

We will also evaluate possible 

alternatives to the proposed project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be presented in the EA. 

Depending on the comments received 

during the scoping process, the EA may 

be published and mailed to the entities 

on our mailing list (see how to remain 

on our mailing list under Environmental 

Mailing List, below). 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. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the Delta 

Lateral 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 June 30, 

2009. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods which you can use to submit 

your comments to the Commission. In 

all instances, please reference the 


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project docket number CP09–237–000 

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 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 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 Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. 

Label one copy of the comments for 

the attention of Gas Branch 3, PJ–11.3. 

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 

proposed project. This includes all 

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

used temporarily for project purposes, 

or who own property 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 

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 1–866–208–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 (CP09–237) 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. 

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. E9–13229 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER09–1195–000] 

Palmco Power PA, LLC; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

May 29, 2009. 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Palmco 

Power PA, LLC’s application for marketbased rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

Part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the Applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is June 19, 

2009. 

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-referenced 

proceeding 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 

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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13226 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] 

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