Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 24, 2009 / Notices 30065 

1A loop is a segment of pipeline that is usually 

installed adjacent to an existing pipeline and 

connected to it at both ends. The loop allows more 

gas to be moved through the system. 

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 but were sent 

to all those receiving this notice in the mail. Copies 

of all appendices are available at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ 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. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF09–1–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; 

Supplemental Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for the Planned 300 Line Project and 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues 

June 17, 2009. 

As previously noticed on February 4, 

2009, and supplemented herein, the 

staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC or Commission) is 

preparing an environmental assessment 

(EA) that will discuss the environmental 

impacts that could result from the 

construction and operation of the 300 

Line Project. The project is planned by 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (TGP) 

to expand the natural gas transportation 

capacity of its existing 300 Line pipeline 

in northern Pennsylvania and 

northwestern New Jersey. The 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 Supplemental Notice of Intent 

(NOI) announces the opening of a 

limited scoping period the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies on a new 

alternative which will be included in 

the EA, identified as the Eastern 

Alternative Loop. This alternative 

consists of about 2.2 miles at the eastern 

end of the planned Loop 325 in Passaic 

County, New Jersey and would replace 

2.0 miles at the western end of Loop 

325. Use of the alternative would avoid 

crossing the Wallkill River National 

Wildlife Refuge (WRNWR) in Sussex 

County, New Jersey, if it is found to be 

feasible in meeting the project 

objectives. Your input will help 

determine what issues need to be 

evaluated in the EA regarding use of the 

Eastern Alternative Loop. Please note 

that this limited scoping period will 

close on July 17, 2009. 

This notice is being sent to 

landowners who would be affected by 

the Eastern Alternative Loop (including 

those that would no longer be affected 

by the 300 Line Project if this alternative 

is ultimately approved by the 

Commission); 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 encourage 

government representatives to notify 

their constituents of the Eastern 

Alternative Loop 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 300 Line 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 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility on My Land? What Do I Need 

To Know?’’ is available for viewing on 

the FERC Internet 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. 

Summary of the Planned Project 

TGP plans to request authorization to 

construct, own, and operate the 

facilities necessary to increase natural 

gas delivery capacity to the northeast 

region of the United States by 

approximately 300,000 dekatherms per 

day. In addition to increasing natural 

gas delivery capacity to the region, TGP 

would also upgrade certain existing 

compressor units to improve overall 

system reliability. 

The 300 Line Project would consist of 

the following facilities: 

• Installation of approximately 128.4 

miles of new 30-inch-diameter pipeline 

and associated appurtenant 

aboveground facilities in seven separate 

looping 1 segments in Potter, Tioga, 

Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne, and 

Pike Counties, Pennsylvania; and 

Sussex and Passaic Counties, New 

Jersey; 

• construction of new compressor 

stations in Venango and McKean 

Counties, Pennsylvania; 

• modifications to seven existing 

compressor stations in Potter, Tioga, 

Bradford, Susquehanna, and Pike 

Counties, Pennsylvania, and Sussex 

County, New Jersey, and to an existing 

meter station in Bergen County, New 

Jersey; and 

• installation of associated 

appurtenant aboveground facilities 

including mainline valves and pig 2

launchers and receivers. 

Eastern Alternative Loop 

This supplemental NOI concerns only 

TGP’s planned Loop 325 in Sussex and 

Passaic Counties, New Jersey. Planned 

Loop 325 would begin at milepost (MP) 

0.0 in Sussex County, and terminate at 

MP 17.3 in Passaic County. As planned, 

Loop 325 would cross the WRNWR from 

approximate MPs 1.0 to 1.8. 

The Eastern Alternative Loop would 

begin approximately 2.0 miles to the 

east of MP 0.0 and end approximately 

2.2 miles to the east of MP 17.3. Thus, 

the alternative would avoid impacts 

from MPs 0.0 to 2.0 of Loop 325, 

including the WRNWR, but would 

impact areas that would not be affected 

by TGP’s Loop 325 configuration. The 

route would remain as initially planned 

for the approximately 15.3-mile-long 

segment between the eastern and 

western portions of the loop whether 

the Commission would approve either 

the planned Loop 325 or the Eastern 

Alternative Loop. 

Maps depicting Loop 325 and Eastern 

Alternative Loop are included in 

appendix 1.3

Land Requirements 

We have requested that TGP provide 

additional information regarding the 

Eastern Alternative Loop. However, 

because the length of Loop 325 is 

similar for TGP’s planned configuration 

and the Eastern Alternative Loop, land 

requirements for either configuration are 

expected to be similar. In general, Loop 

325 would be located within and 

directly adjacent to the existing 300 

Line right-of-way and at a typical offset 

of 25 feet from the existing pipeline to 

the extent practicable. The area 

temporarily disturbed during 

construction but not required for 

operation would generally be allowed to 

revert to pre-construction condition and 

uses. The area required for operation of 

Loop 325 would vary depending on the 

width of TGP’s existing right-of-way, 

but would generally be maintained in an 

herbaceous state. Permanent structures 

such as buildings would not be allowed 

within the new, permanent right-of-way. 

30066 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 24, 2009 / Notices 

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects 

(OEP). 

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 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 EA on the 

important environmental issues. By this 

supplemental NOI, the Commission 

requests public comments on the scope 

of the issues to address in the EA 

regarding the Eastern Alternative Loop. 

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 will compare impacts 

that could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of Loop 325 

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; 

and 

• public safety. 

We will also evaluate possible 

alternatives to the planned project or 

portions of the project, including the 

Eastern Alternative Loop. Our analysis 

will also include 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 contacted Federal and State 

agencies to discuss their involvement in 

the scoping process and the preparation 

of the EA. The FERC is the lead Federal 

agency in the preparation of the EA, and 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 

the U.S. Bureau of Land Management 

have agreed to participate as 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the EA to satisfy their respective 

NEPA responsibilities. Representatives 

from the FERC also participated in 

public open houses sponsored by TGP 

in the project area in December 2008 

and January 2009, to explain the 

environmental review process to 

interested stakeholders. The initial NOI 

for this project was issued by the FERC 

on February 4, 2009. In addition, we 

conducted three public scoping 

meetings in the project area to hear 

public concerns and comments on the 

planned project. One of these scoping 

meetings was held near Loop 325 in 

Vernon, New Jersey, on February 24, 

2009. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be presented in the EA. The 

EA will be published and mailed to the 

entities on our mailing list (see 

discussion on how to remain on our list 

under Environmental Mailing List 

below). A 30-day comment period will 

be allotted for review of the EA. 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. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues 

We have already identified several 

issues that we think deserve attention 

based on a preliminary review of Loop 

325 and the Eastern Alternative Loop. 

This preliminary list of issues may be 

changed based on your comments and 

our analysis: 

• Impacts on the WRNWR, which 

would be crossed by the planned Loop 

325 but avoided by the Eastern 

Alternative Loop; 

• impacts on lands under jurisdiction 

of the New Jersey Highlands Act; 

• potential impacts on nearby 

residences; 

• aesthetic impacts, including the 

loss of trees in forested areas; and 

• potential impacts on threatened or 

endangered species including the 

Indiana bat and the bog turtle. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the Eastern 

Alternative Loop. 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 17, 

2009. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

written comments to the Commission. 

In all instances, please reference the 

project docket number PF09–1–000 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. 

In all instances, please reference the 

project docket number PF09–1–000 with 

your submission. Label one copy of the 

comments for the attention of Gas 

Branch 1, PJ–11.1. 

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 first 

2.0 miles of the planned Loop 325 and 

the last 2.2 miles of the Eastern 

Alternative Loop. This includes all 

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

used temporarily for project purposes. 

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. 

Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 24, 2009 / Notices 30067 

Becoming an Intervenor 

Once TGP 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 the 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 

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, to request additional 

information on the project or to provide 

comments directly to the project 

sponsor, you can contact TGP directly 

by calling toll free at 1–866–683–5587. 

Also, TGP has established a Web site at 

http://www.elpaso.com/ 

tgp300lineproject/. The Web site 

includes a description of the project, an 

overview map of the planned facilities, 

and links to related documents. TGP 

will update the Web site as the 

environmental review of its project 

proceeds. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–14785 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER09–1278–000] 

AES Mountain Wind, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

June 17, 2009. 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of AES 

Mountain Wind, 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 July 16, 

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. E9–14794 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM06–22–006; Order No. 706– 

C] 

Mandatory Reliability Standards for 

Critical Infrastructure Protection 

Issued June 18, 2009. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Order denying request for 

clarification. 

SUMMARY: On March 19, 2009, the 

Commission issued Order No. 706–B 

which clarified the scope of Critical 

Infrastructure Protection Reliability 

Standards which were approved in 

Commission Order No. 706. The 

Commission is denying a request for 

clarification of Order No. 706–B filed by 

the Edison Electric Institute. 

DATES: Effective Date: This rule will 

become effective June 24, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan First (Legal Information), 

Office of General Counsel, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–8529. 

Regis Binder (Technical Information), 

Office of Electric Reliability, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

(301) 665–1601. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Before Commissioners: Jon Wellinghoff, 

Chairman; Suedeen G. Kelly, Marc Spitzer, 

and Philip D. Moeller. 

Order Denying Request for Clarification 

Issued June 18, 2009. 

1. In this order, the Commission 

denies the Edison Electric Institute’s