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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects 

(OEP). 

2The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

printed in the Federal Register, but they are being 

provided to all those who receive this notice in the 

mail. Copies of the NOI can be obtained from the 

Commission’s Web site at the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link, from 

the Commission’s Public Reference Room, or by 

calling (202) 502–8371. For instructions on 

connecting to eLibrary, refer to the end of this 

notice. 

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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1352 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER09–514–000] 

Cyprus Energy Futures, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

January 14, 2009. 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Cyprus 

Energy Futures, LLC’s application for 

market-based 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 February 3, 

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 

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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1354 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF08–28–000] 

Henry Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed Henry 

Gas Storage Project Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

and Notice of Public Meeting 

January 14, 2009. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC or Commission) is 

in the process of preparing an 

environmental assessment (EA) on the 

environmental impacts of the Henry Gas 

Storage Project (HGS Project) involving 

the construction and operation of a new 

natural gas storage facility and new 

natural gas pipeline proposed by Henry 

Gas Storage, LLC (HGS). 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process that will be used to 

gather input from the public and 

interested agencies on the Project. Your 

input will help determine which issues 

will be evaluated in the EA. Please note 

that the scoping period for this Project 

will close on February 13, 2009. 

Comments on the Project may be 

submitted in written form or verbally. In 

lieu of, or in addition, to sending 

written comments, we also invite you to 

attend the public scoping meeting that 

has been scheduled in the Project area 

on January 27, 2009. Details on how to 

submit comments and additional details 

of the public scoping meeting are 

provided in the Public Participation 

section of this notice. 

This notice 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; 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 

proposed pipeline 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 

federal 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 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ was attached to the project 

notice HGS provided to landowners. 

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 

HGS proposes to construction and 

operate an 11.5 billion cubic-feet 

capacity natural gas salt-dome storage 

facility on Cote Blanche Island in St. 

Mary Parish, Louisiana as well as a 12- 

mile, 24-inch-diameter pipeline lateral. 

The HGS Project would have a 

withdrawal capacity of 2.6 billion cubic 

feet (bcf) of natural gas per day and an 

injection capacity of up to 1 bcf per day. 

Location maps depicting the proposed 

facilities are attached to this NOI as 

Appendix 1.2 HGS anticipates filing its 

application in March 2009 with a 

request that the Commission issue a 

certificate by September 2009. HGS 

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plans to complete the proposed project 

and commence service by April 2012. 

Specifically, HGS proposes the 

following primary components for the 

HGS Project: 

• Main Plant Site—Approximately 

367 acres which would include the 

following: 

‰ Solution mining equipment; 

‰ Gas dehydration system; 

‰ Gas meter and pig launcher and 

receiving facilities; 

‰ Power generation, utility systems, 

safety and fire equipment; and 

‰ Compressor Station which would 

consist of 14 reciprocating gas-fired 

engine/compressor packages with a total 

of 66,220 horsepower; 

• Four salt dome natural gas storage 

caverns; 

• Brine decanting tank site; 

• Raw water intake; 

• Ferry landing, barge dock & helipad 

site; 

• Approximately 25 miles of subsea 

24-inch diameter brine disposal 

pipeline terminating at the brine 

disposal outlet; 

• Brine disposal outlet approximately 

6.5 miles south-southeast of Marsh 

Island in Iberia Parish Louisiana; 

• Approximately 12 miles of 24-inch 

diameter natural gas pipeline; 

• Eight tie-in and metering facilities 

along the natural gas pipeline route; and 

• Pipe fabrication yard. 

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 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. 

• Water Resources. 

• Aquatic Resources. 

• Vegetation and Wildlife. 

• Threatened and Endangered 

Species. 

• Land use, Recreation, and Visual 

Resources. 

• Cultural Resources. 

• Socioeconomics. 

• Air Quality and Noise. 

• Reliability and Safety. 

• Cumulative Impacts. 

We will also evaluate reasonable 

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. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified issues that 

we think deserve attention based on our 

previous experience with similar 

projects in the region. This preliminary 

list of issues, which is presented below, 

may be revised based on your comments 

and our continuing analyses specific to 

the HGS Project. 

• Impacts of the pipeline on 

waterbodies, wetlands and endangered 

species; 

• Air quality impacts due to 

emissions from compressor station; 

• Water quality and fisheries impacts 

due to brine disposal; and 

• Impacts to fisheries and oyster beds 

from the brine disposal pipeline. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the HGS 

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 February 

13, 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 

PF08–28–000 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 3, PJ–11.3. 

The public scoping meeting (date, 

time, and location listed below) are 

designed to provide another opportunity 

to offer comments on the proposed 

Project. Interested groups and 

individuals are encouraged to attend the 

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meetings and to present comments on 

the environmental issues that they 

believe should be addressed in the EA. 

A transcript of the scoping meeting will 

be generated so that your comments can 

be accurately recorded. 

Date: Tuesday, January 27, Scoping 

Meeting, 6 to 8 p.m. 

Location: Best Western, Forest Motor 

Inn & Restaurant, 1909 Main St., 

Franklin, LA 70538. 

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 whose property may be 

used temporarily for project purposes, 

who have existing easements from the 

pipeline, 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 HGS formally files its 

applications 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 ‘‘e-filing’’ 

link on the Commission’s Web site. 

Please note that you may not request 

intervenor status at this time. You must 

wait until formal applications are 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 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. E9–1348 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 9988–015–Georgia; King Mill 

Hydroelectric Project] 

Augusta Canal Authority; Notice of 

Proposed Restricted Service List for a 

Programmatic Agreement for 

Managing Properties Included In or 

Eligible for Inclusion In the National 

Register of Historic Places 

January 14, 2009. 

Rule 2010 of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) 

Rules of Practice and Procedure 

provides that, to eliminate unnecessary 

expense or improve administrative 

efficiency, the Secretary may establish a 

restricted service list for a particular 

phase or issue in a proceeding.1 The 

restricted service list should contain the 

names of persons on the service list 

who, in the judgment of the decisional 

authority establishing the list, are active 

participants with respect to the phase or 

issue in the proceeding for which the 

list is established. 

The Commission staff is consulting 

with the Georgia State Historic 

Preservation Officer (Georgia SHPO) 

pursuant to the Council’s regulations, 36 

CFR Part 800, implementing section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation 

Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 470f), to 

prepare and execute a programmatic 

agreement for managing properties 

included in, or eligible for inclusion in, 

the National Register of Historic Places 

at the King Mill Project No. 9988–015 

(Georgia SHPO Reference Number HP– 

060707–003). The Commission staff will 

also provide the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation an opportunity to 

comment. 

The programmatic agreement, when 

executed by the Commission and the 

Georgia SHPO, would satisfy the 

Commission’s section 106 

responsibilities for all individual 

undertakings carried out in accordance 

with the license until the license expires 

or is terminated (36 CFR 800.13[e]). The 

Commission’s responsibilities pursuant 

to section 106 for the King Mill Project 

would be fulfilled through the 

programmatic agreement, which the 

Commission proposes to draft in 

consultation with certain parties listed 

below. The executed programmatic 

agreement would be incorporated into 

any Order issuing a license. 

The Augusta Canal Authority, as 

licensee for Project No. 9988–015 is 

invited to participate in consultations to 

develop the programmatic agreement. 

For purposes of commenting on the 

programmatic agreement, we propose to 

restrict the service list for the 

aforementioned project as follows: 

Dayton Sherrouse, Executive Director, 

Augusta Canal Authority, 1450 Green 

Street, Suite 400, Augusta, GA 30901. 

Don Klima or Representative, 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, The Old Post Office 

Building, Suite 803, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. 

Elizabeth Shirk or Representative, 

Historic Preservation Division, 

Department of Natural Resources, 34 

Peachtree Street, NW., Suite 1600, 

Atlanta, GA 30303. 

Alan Stuart, Kleinschmidt Associates, 

204 Caughman Farm Lane, Suite 301, 

Lexington, SC 29072. 

Any person on the official service list 

for the above-captioned proceeding may 

request inclusion on the restricted 

service list, or may request that a 

restricted service list not be established, 

by filing a motion to that effect within 

15 days of this notice date. In a request 

for inclusion, please identify the 

reason(s) why there is an interest to be 

included. Also please identify any 

concerns about historic properties, 

including Traditional Cultural 

Properties. If historic properties are to 

be identified within the motion, please 

use a separate page, and label it NONPUBLIC Information. 

An original and 8 copies of any such 

motion must be filed with Kimberly D. 

Bose, the Secretary of the Commission 

(888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

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