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1A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe that is 

installed adjacent to or in the vicinity of an existing 

pipeline and connected to the existing pipeline at 

both ends. A loop increases the volume of gas that 

can be transported through that portion of the 

system. 

2Construction of the Westbrook, Searsmont, 

Brewer and Woodchopping Ridge Compressor 

Stations was recently completed as part of 

Maritimes’ Phase IV Project, as described in Docket 

No. CP06–335–000. These compressor stations were 

placed into service in January 2009. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF08–24–000] 

Calais LNG Project Company, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Calais LNG Project 

and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues Related to the 

Potential Expansion of the Maritimes & 

Northeast Pipeline System 

May 27, 2009. 

As previously noticed on November 

20, 2008, and supplemented herein, the 

staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC or Commission) will 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) that will discuss 

environmental impacts that could result 

from construction and operation of the 

Calais Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 

Project planned by the Calais LNG 

Project Company, LLC (Calais LNG). 

The EIS will be used by the Commission 

in its decision making process to 

determine whether the project is in the 

public convenience and necessity. 

The planned Calais LNG Project 

would consist of an onshore LNG 

import and storage terminal located just 

north of Ford Point on the St. Croix 

River, about 6 miles southeast of the 

Town of Calais in Washington County, 

Maine; and about 20 miles of natural gas 

sendout pipeline between the LNG 

terminal and an interconnection with 

the existing Maritimes & Northeast 

Pipeline L.L.C.’s (M&NE) pipeline 

system near the Town of Baileyville, 

Maine. The M&NE system currently 

does not have sufficient capacity to 

transport the natural gas that would be 

supplied by the LNG terminal. 

Therefore, if the Calais LNG Project is 

authorized and placed into service, the 

M&NE system would require expansion 

in Maine, Massachusetts, and New 

Hampshire. 

This Supplemental Notice of Intent 

(NOI) discloses the potential facilities 

that are anticipated to expand M&NE’s 

system, based on information provided 

to Calais LNG by M&NE. Although 

M&NE is not proposing to construct 

these facilities and does not have an 

application before the FERC, these 

expanded M&NE facilities are likely a 

necessary part of the project. An 

analysis of the impacts of these facilities 

will be included in the EIS being 

prepared for the Calais LNG facility. 

This Supplemental NOI is being issued 

to notify the public about the 

anticipated M&NE system expansion 

and to request comments regarding the 

possible environmental impact of those 

facilities. Your input will help 

determine what issues need to be 

evaluated in the EIS regarding the 

M&NE system expansion. Please note 

that the scoping period for this 

supplemental NOI will close on June 29, 

2009. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project, which 

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. 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. 

Summary of the Anticipated M&NE 

Expansion 

The following facilities have been 

identified by M&NE as necessary to 

accommodate the gas volumes to be 

delivered by Calais LNG. A summary of 

the Calais LNG Project was included in 

the NOI issued on November 20, 2008, 

and the scoping period closed on 

December 22, 2008. This NOI may also 

be accessed via the FERC eLibrary. 

Instructions about using eLibrary are 

included in the Additional Information 

section on page 7. 

Pipeline Looping 

Approximately 233.4 miles of 36- 

inch-diameter pipeline looping 1 is 

anticipated in or adjacent to the existing 

M&NE right-of-way (ROW) or other 

nearby utility or road ROWs, as follows: 

• Eliot Loop—21.1 miles of 36-inchdiameter pipeline adjacent to the 

existing 30-inch-diameter Joint Mainline 

(milepost [MP] 31.1 in Rockingham 

County, New Hampshire to MP 51.2 in 

York County, Maine); 

• Westbrook Loop—41.1 miles of 36- 

inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the 

existing 30-inch-diameter Joint Mainline 

(MP 60.3 to MP 101.4 in Cumberland 

County, Maine); 

• Richmond Loop—35.4 miles of 36- 

inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the 

existing 24-inch-diameter Phase II 

Mainline (MP 107.9 in Cumberland 

County, Maine to MP 143.4 in 

Sagadahoc County, Maine); 

• Searsmont Loop—35.5 miles of 36- 

inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the 

existing 24-inch-diameter Phase II 

Mainline (MP 152.0 in Kennebec 

County, Maine to MP 185.5 in Waldo 

County, Maine); 

• Brewer Loop—34.2 miles of 36- 

inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the 

existing 24-inch-diameter Phase II 

Mainline (MP 191.6 in Waldo County, 

Maine to MP 225.8 in Penobscot 

County, Maine); 

• WC Ridge Loop—35.2 miles of 36- 

inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the 

existing 24-inch-diameter Phase II 

Mainline (MP 230.8 in Penobscot 

County, Maine to MP 266.0 in Hancock 

County, Maine); and 

• Baileyville Loop—30.9 miles of 36- 

inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the 

existing 24-inch-diameter Phase II 

Mainline (MP 271.3 in Washington 

County, Maine to MP 302.2 in 

Washington County, Maine). 

Nearly all 233.4 miles of the required 

looping are in or adjacent to the existing 

Joint Mainline or Phase II Mainline 

ROW or other utility or road ROWs. 

M&NE’s primary goal would be to align, 

as much as possible, the new looping 

parallel to the existing Phase II Mainline 

and Joint Mainline with a 25-foot offset. 

The side that the loops would be located 

on would vary due to residential 

impacts, screening, land use, 

environmental or construction issues 

where known to exist. 

Compressor Station Facilities 2

A new meter station would be 

required at the tie-in of the Calais LNG 

sendout pipeline with the M&NE’s 

system in Baileyville, Maine. 

Modifications to the existing meter 

station in Dracut, Massachusetts would 

be necessary, as well as uprating the 

maximum allowable operating pressure 

of the existing Joint Pipeline Facilities 

from Westbrook, Maine to Dracut, 

Massachusetts from 1,440 to 1,600 

pounds per square inch gauge. 

Compression requirements for the 

pipeline expansion would likely 

include adding a total of 63,000 

horsepower of compression to six 

existing compressor stations. These 

compressor stations include the Eliot 

Compressor Station (MP 51.2), 

Westbrook Compressor Station (MP 

101.4), Richmond Compressor Station 

(MP 147.3), Searsmont Compressor 


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3The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed in the Federal Register, but were sent 

to all those receiving this notice in the mail. 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 end of this notice. 

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

environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects. 

Station (MP 185.5), Brewer Compressor 

Station (MP 225.8), and WC Ridge 

Compressor Station (MP 266.1). M&NE 

would install one new Taurus 70 

natural gas-driven turbine compressor at 

each of these stations. Restaging and 

repiping the existing compressor unit 

and installation of gas cooling would 

also be required at each station. 

A map depicting the expansion of the 

M&NE facilities downstream of the 

interconnection with Calais LNG is 

included in appendix 1.3

The EIS 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 EIS on the 

important environmental issues. By this 

Supplemental NOI, the Commission 

staff requests public comments on the 

scope of the issues to address in the EIS. 

All comments received will be 

considered during the preparation of the 

EIS. 

In the EIS, 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; 

• Hazardous waste; and 

• Public safety. 

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 review, we have 

begun to contact some federal and state 

agencies to discuss their involvement in 

the scoping process and the preparation 

of the EIS. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be in the EIS. The draft EIS 

will be mailed to those on our 

environmental mailing list (see 

discussion of how to remain on our 

mailing list on page 6). A 45-day 

comment period will be allotted for 

review of the draft EIS. We will consider 

all timely comments and revise the 

document, as necessary, before issuing a 

final EIS. To ensure your comments are 

considered, please carefully follow the 

instructions in the Public Participation 

section below. 

With this Supplemental NOI, 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 EIS. 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 below. Currently, 

the U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers; Environmental Protection 

Agency; U.S. Department of Commerce; 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration; and the State of Maine 

Department of Environmental Protection 

have expressed their intention to 

participate as a cooperating agency in 

the preparation of the EIS to satisfy their 

NEPA responsibilities related to this 

project. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the M&NE 

pipeline expansion for the Calais LNG 

Project. By becoming a commentor, your 

concerns will be addressed in the EIS 

and considered by the Commission. 

Your comments should focus on the 

potential environmental effects, 

reasonable alternatives (including 

alternative facility sites and pipeline 

routes), 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 29, 

2009. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods which you can use to submit 

your written comments to the 

Commission. In all instances please 

reference the project docket number 

PF08–24–000 with your submission. 

The Commission encourages electronic 

filing of comments and has dedicated 

eFiling expert staff available to assist 

you at 202–502–8258 orefiling@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.’’ 

(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 1, PJ–11.1. 

Reference Docket No. PF08–24–000 on 

the original and both copies. 

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 ROW 

grantors, whose property may be used 

temporarily for project purposes, or who 

own homes within certain distances of 

aboveground facilities (as defined in the 

Commission’s regulations). 

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. 


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Becoming an Intervenor 

Once Calais LNG files an 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 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 1–866–208–FERC (3372) or on the 

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

using the eLibrary link. Click on the 

eLibrary link, select ‘‘General Search’’ 

and enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits (i.e., PF08–24) in the 

‘‘Docket Number’’ field. Be sure you 

have selected an appropriate date range. 

For assistance with eLibrary, the 

eLibrary helpline can be reached at 1– 

866–208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, or 

by e-mail at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The 

eLibrary link also provides access to the 

texts of formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rule makings. 

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, Calais LNG has established a 

Web site for this project at http:// 

www.calaislng.com. The Web site 

includes a project overview, status, 

potential impacts and mitigation, and 

answers to frequently asked questions. 

You can also request additional 

information by calling Calais LNG 

directly at 207–214–7074 or visiting the 

Calais LNG office at 421 Main Street, 

Calais, Maine. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration; 

Big Eddy-Knight Transmission Project 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and notice of floodplain and wetlands 

involvement. 

SUMMARY: BPA intends to prepare an EIS 

in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on 

the construction, operation, and 

maintenance of a proposed 500-kilovolt 

(kV) transmission line and substation. 

The project would be located in Wasco 

County, Oregon and Klickitat County, 

Washington. The new BPA transmission 

line would extend generally northeast 

from BPA’s existing 500-kV Big Eddy 

Substation in The Dalles, Oregon, to a 

new BPA 500-kV substation proposed to 

be connected to BPA’s existing 

Wautoma-Ostrander 500-kV 

transmission line approximately 4 miles 

northwest of Goldendale, Washington. 

The proposed BPA substation would be 

called Knight Substation. BPA is 

considering three routing alternatives 

for the proposed transmission line; 

portions of all three routes parallel 

existing BPA lines in the area. The 

lengths of the routing alternatives range 

from about 26 to 28 miles. The proposed 

Big Eddy-Knight transmission line is 

needed to increase transmission 

capacity to respond to requests for 

transmission service in this area. 

With this Notice of Intent, BPA is 

initiating the public scoping process for 

the EIS. BPA is requesting comments 

about potential environmental impacts 

that it should consider as it prepares the 

EIS for the proposed project, as well as 

comments on the proposed routes for 

the transmission line, and suggestions 

about other route options that may meet 

the technical requirements of the 

transmission system. 

In accordance with DOE regulations 

for compliance with floodplain and 

wetlands environmental review 

requirements, BPA will prepare a 

floodplain and wetlands assessment to 

avoid or minimize potential harm to or 

within any affected floodplains and 

wetlands. The assessment will be 

included in the EIS. 

DATES: Written scoping comments are 

due to the address below no later than 

July 21, 2009. Comments may also be 

made at the EIS scoping meetings to be 

held on June 30, 2009 and July 1, 2009 

at the addresses below. 

ADDRESSES: Send letters with comments 

and suggestions on the proposed scope 

of the Draft EIS, and requests to be 

placed on the project mailing list, to 

Bonneville Power Administration, 

Public Affairs Office—DKE–7, P.O. Box 

14428, Portland, OR, 97293–4428, or by 

fax to (503) 230–3285. You also may call 

BPA’s toll free comment line at (800) 

622–4519 and leave a message (please 

include the name of this project), or 

submit comments online at http:// 

www.bpa.gov/comment. BPA will post 

all comment letters in their entirety on 

BPA’s Web site at http://www.bpa.gov/ 

comment. 

On Tuesday, June 30, 2009, an openhouse style scoping meeting will be 

held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Shilo 

Inn Suites Hotel in The Dalles, Oregon. 

On Wednesday, July 1, 2009, a scoping 

meeting will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 

p.m. at the Goldendale High School in 

Goldendale, Washington. At these 

informal meetings, we will provide 

maps and other information about the 

project and have members of the project 

team available to answer questions and 

accept oral and written comments. You 

may stop by anytime during the open 

house. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stacy Mason, Environmental 

Coordinator, Bonneville Power 

Administration—KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208–3621; toll-free 

telephone 1–800–282–3713; direct 

telephone 503–230–5455; or e-mail 

slmason@bpa.gov. You may also contact 

Steve Prickett, Project Manager, 

Bonneville Power Administration— 

TNP–3, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, 

Oregon, 97208–3621; toll-free telephone 

1–800–282–3713; direct telephone 360– 

619–6379; or e-mail slprickett@bpa.gov. 

Additional information can be found at 

BPA’s Web site: http:// 

www.efw.bpa.gov/ 

environmental_services/nepadocs.aspx, 

click on ‘‘Project Reviews—Active,’’ 

then use the drop-down box and click 

on Big Eddy-Knight Transmission 

Project. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2008, 

BPA conducted a Network Open Season 

(NOS) process to help manage its list of 

requests for long-term transmission 

service. During the NOS process, 

utilities and power generators 


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