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Filed Date: 06/03/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090603–5110. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–857–002. 

Applicants: Energy Resource 

Management Corporation. 

Description: Energy Resource 

Management Corporation submits for 

acceptance First Revised Sheet 1 et al to 

its FERC Electric Tariff, Original 

Volume 1. 

Filed Date: 06/01/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090604–0288. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, June 22, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER07–1174–005; 

OA07–74–005. 

Applicants: MATL LLP. 

Description: MATL LLP submits 

instant filing pursuant to the directive 

in March 3 Order requiring MATL to 

submit a further compliance filing w/in 

90 days of the issuance of that Order. 

Filed Date: 06/01/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090603–0153. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, June 22, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER08–1106–003. 

Applicants: MATL LLP. 

Description: MATL LLP submits 

settlement agreement. 

Filed Date: 06/03/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090604–0491. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, June 15, 2009. 

Reply Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time on Thursday, June 18, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–749–001. 

Applicants: Arizona Public Service 

Company. 

Description: Arizona Public Service 

Company submits First Revised Sheet 

232 to its FERC Electric Tariff, 

Fourteenth Revised Volume 2. 

Filed Date: 06/02/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090604–0287. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–1164–000. 

Applicants: Arizona Public Service 

Company. 

Description: Arizona Public Service 

Company submits informational filing 

of its Annual Update of transmission 

service rates pursuant to the APS Open 

Access Transmission Tariff. 

Filed Date: 05/15/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090518–0317. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, June 09, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–1180–001. 

Applicants: Entergy Services Inc. 

Description: Request for Deferred 

Effective Date. 

Filed Date: 05/28/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090528–5060. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Thursday, June 18, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–1261–000. 

Applicants: The Connecticut Light 

and Power Company. 

Description: Northeast Utilities 

Service Company submits filing to 

cancel CL&P’s FERC Electric Rate 

Schedule No 580 et al. 

Filed Date: 06/01/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090603–0154. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, June 22, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–1262–000. 

Applicants: Northeast Utilities 

Service Company. 

Description: Northeast Utilities 

Service Company submits amendment 

to the Transmission and Ancillary 

Services Wholesale Revenue Allocation 

Agreement between CL&P, et al. 

Filed Date: 06/01/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090603–0155. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, June 22, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER09–1263–000. 

Applicants: Virginia Electric and 

Power Company. 

Description: Virginia Electric and 

Power Company submits revised rate 

schedule cover sheet to cancel an 

Interconnection Agreement between 

Dominion and PJM Group. 

Filed Date: 06/03/2009. 

Accession Number: 20090604–0118. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, June 24, 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, D.C. 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. E9–13695 Filed 6–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–417–000] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC.; Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for the Proposed Bayonne Delivery 

Lateral Project and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

June 4, 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 Bayonne Delivery Lateral Project 

(Bayonne Lateral) involving 

construction and operation of facilities 

by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LCC (Transco) in Newark, 

Essex County, New Jersey. This EA will 

be used by the Commission in its 

decision-making 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 which issues need to be 


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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 Office of Energy Projects 

(OEP). 

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on July 4, 

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; 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. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, you may be contacted by a 

Transco representative about survey 

permission and/or the acquisition of an 

easement to construct, operate, and 

maintain the proposed facilities. The 

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 natural gas 

company could initiate condemnation 

proceedings in accordance with state 

law. 

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 acquire and 

convert from Hess Corporation (Hess) 

approximately 5.41 miles of 14-inch 

diameter pipeline, which is currently an 

idle petroleum pipeline that would be 

converted to natural gas use. Transco 

would provide 325,000 dekatherms per 

day (dt/day) of natural gas from 

Transco’s mainline to the planned 

Bayonne Energy Center, a 

nonjurisdictional electric generating 

plant that would provide power into the 

New York City market. In addition 

Transco is proposing to: 

• Install about 0.83 miles of 20-inch 

diameter natural gas pipeline (at or near 

milepost 1816.72, in Newark, Essex 

County, New Jersey). 

• Install minor aboveground facilities 

and modifications including a new pig 

launcher and pig receiver; 

• Install a delivery point meter 

station at the Bayonne Energy Center 

site. Facilities would include two 10- 

inch ultrasonic meters and one 3-inch 

rotary meter, 12-inch yard piping, filter 

separator, flow control, and 

chromatograph and communication 

equipment; 

• Install 0.04 miles of new 14-inch 

diameter pipeline to connect the meter 

station with the existing 14-inch 

pipeline to be acquired from Hess; and 

• Install 0.03 miles of new 14-inch 

pipeline to connect the pig launcher 

assembly with the existing 14-inch 

pipeline to be acquired from Hess. 

Prior to converting the 14-inch 

petroleum products pipeline for natural 

gas use, Transco proposes to conduct 

digs at 13 locations along this pipeline 

where smart pigging has identified 

potential anomalies in the pipe wall. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in Appendix 1.1

If approved, Transco proposes to 

commence construction of the proposed 

facilities on or about July 1, 2010. 

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction and modifications of the 

pipeline would temporarily impact 

about 22.59 acres of land for use as 

construction workspace, access roads 

and pipe/contractor yards areas. A total 

of 2.28 acres would be temporarily 

disturbed by the construction of access 

roads. Transco states that because it 

would operate the pipeline under 

license/agreement with the existing 

landowners, no permanent right-of-way 

would be acquired as part of this 

project. 

Transco is proposing to utilize 

existing access roads and existing rightof-way for the proposed project. Existing 

access roads would not require any 

improvements. Transco would also need 

to construct temporary access roads at 

numerous points throughout the project 

in order to construct anomaly digs. 

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 of Intent, 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 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: 

• Geology and soils; 

• Land use; 

• Water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• Cultural resources; 

• Vegetation and wildlife; 

• Air quality and noise; 

• Endangered and threatened species; 

• 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 in the EA. Depending on 

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. 


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Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified several 

issues that we think deserve attention 

based on a preliminary review of the 

proposed facilities and the 

environmental information provided by 

Transco. This preliminary list of issues 

may be changed based on your 

comments and our analysis. 

• Potential impacts may occur to 

groundwater. 

• Potential impacts to three historical 

architectural resources, and eleven 

cultural resources. 

• Environmental site assessments for 

the project identified 4 sites along the 

pipeline that are considered recognized 

environmental concern sites which 

could contain soil contaminants. 

• Mercer Park, located in Hudson 

County, would be crossed by a proposed 

workspace and access in the Park would 

be required. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about Bayonne 

Delivery 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 July 3, 

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 CP09–417–000 with 

your submission. The docket number 

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 2, PJ11.2. 

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 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 

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. 

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. 

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. E9–13675 Filed 6–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2088–068] 

South Feather Water and Power 

Agency, California; Notice of 

Availability of the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the South 

Feather Power Project 

June 4, 2009. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No. 

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy 

Projects has reviewed the application 

for license for the South Feather Water 

and Power Agency’s 117-megawatt 

South Feather Power Project (Project 

No. 2088), located on the South Fork 

Feather River (SFFR), Lost Creek, and 

Slate Creek, in Butte, Yuba, and Plumas 

counties, California and has prepared a 

final Environmental Impact Statement 

(final EIS) for the project. The project 

occupies about 1,977 acres of federal 

lands administered by the Plumas 

National Forest and 11 acres of federal 

lands administered by the U.S. Bureau 

of Land Management. 

The final EIS contains staff’s 

evaluations of the applicant’s proposal 

and alternatives for relicensing the 

South Feather Power Project. The final 


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