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1Adams Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., Buckeye 

Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., Butler Rural 

Electric Cooperative, Inc., Carroll Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., Consolidated Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., Darke Rural Electric Cooperative, 

Inc., Firelands Electric Cooperative, Inc., The 

Frontier Power Company, Ouernsey-Mnskingum 

Electric Cooperative, Inc., Hancock-Wood Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., Holmes-Wayne Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., Licking Rural Electrification, Inc., 

Logan County Cooperative Power and Light 

Association, Inc., Lorain-Medina Rural Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative. 

Inc., Midwest Electric, Inc., North Central Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., North Western Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., Paulding-Putnam Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., Pioneer Rural Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., South Central Power Company, 

Tricounty Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., Union 

Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., and Washington 

Electric Cooperative, Inc. 

deserve attention based on a 

preliminary review of the proposed 

facilities, comments made to us at the 

MGS’s open house, preliminary 

consultations with other agencies, and 

the environmental information provided 

by MGS. This preliminary list of issues 

may be changed based on your 

comments and our analysis. Issues 

include, but are not limited to: 

• Cultural resources that may be 

affected by the Project; 

• Potential impacts on streams, 

riparian zones, and wetlands; 

• Rights-of-way required for proposed 

pipeline crossing of federal lands 

managed by the BLM and the FS; 

• Cumulative impacts of the proposed 

facilities combined with past, present, 

and reasonable foreseeable Projects; and 

• Assessment of alternatives, 

including alternative routes, that would 

avoid or reduce impacts on private and 

federal lands. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about MGS’s 

proposal. 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 27, 

2009. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods, which you can use to submit 

written comments to the Commission. 

In all instances please reference the 

Project docket numbers PF09–3–000 

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 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, PJ–11.2. 

You may also submit oral comments 

at one of two public scoping meetings 

identified earlier in this NOI. 

Becoming an Intervenor 

Once MGS 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. 

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 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. 

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 

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 (i.e., PF09–3) 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL09–59–000] 

Buckeye Power, Inc., on Behalf of Itself 

and Members; Notice of Filing 

June 18, 2009. 

Take notice that on June 10, 2009, 

Buckeye Power, Inc. (Buckeye), on 

behalf of itself and its member electric 

distribution cooperatives (members),1


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filed a request for waiver of certain 

Commission regulations concerning 

purchases from and sales to qualifying 

cogeneration and small power 

production facilities (QFs). Buckeye also 

proposes that it assume its members’ 

obligation to purchase electric energy 

from QFs, and that its members assume 

Buckeye’s obligation to sell electric 

energy to QFs, under sections 292.303(a) 

and 292.303(b), respectively, of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

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. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link, and is 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. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on July 10, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–427–000] 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

June 18, 2009. 

Take notice that on June 4, 2009, 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Columbia), 5151 San Felipe, Suite 

2500, Houston, Texas 77056, filed a 

prior notice request pursuant to sections 

157.205, 157.208, and 157.216 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Columbia’s 

blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 

CP83–76–000, for NGA certification to 

construct, uprate, replace, relocate, and 

abandon certain natural gas facilities, all 

as more fully set forth in the 

application, which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the Web at http:// 

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

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Columbia states that Range Resources 

Appalachia LLC (Range Resources) has 

requested Columbia to transport 150,000 

dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of natural 

gas from Range Resources’ production 

fields in the Marcellus Shale in 

southwestern Pennsylvania to Leach, 

Kentucky. Columbia asserts that, as a 

result of that request and to meet the 

market demands in the Marcellus Shale 

region, it has determined that it will 

need to make certain modifications to 

its pipeline system in Washington and 

Greene Counties, Pennsylvania. 

Columbia states that it will: (i) Isolate a 

portion of its transmission Line 1570 

from Sharp Farm MS to Waynesburg 

Compressor Station; (ii) provide 

alternate sources of supply to continue 

service to the markets currently being 

served from Line 1570; and (iii) make 

minor modifications to other Columbia 

facilities in order to accommodate those 

alternate sources of supply. 

More specifically, Columbia seeks 

approval to: (i) Increase the maximum 

allowable operating pressure (MAOP) 

on approximately 1.3 miles of 4-inch 

pipeline on Line 10331 from 206 

pounds per square inch gauge (psig) to 

330 psig; (ii) increase the MAOP on 

approximately 13.4 miles of 10-inch 

pipeline on Line 40 from 150 psig to 330 

psig; (iii) increase the MAOP on 

approximately 0.82 miles of 8-inch 

pipeline of Line 708 from 280 psig to 

330 psig; (iv) replace approximately 0.4 

miles of 4-inch pipeline and 

appurtenances with a like amount of 10- 

inch pipeline and appurtenances on 

Line 36; (v) replace approximately 2.8 

miles of 3-inch pipeline and 

appurtenances with a like amount of 10- 

inch pipeline and appurtenances on 

Line 628; (vi) replace approximately 

0.07 miles of 10-inch pipeline and 

appurtenances with a like amount of 10- 

inch pipeline and appurtenances on 

Line 40; (vii) construct approximately 

1.8 miles of 12-inch pipeline and 

appurtenances to extend Line 7215; 

(viii) construct approximately 1.14 

miles of 6-inch pipeline and 

appurtenances on Line 10366; (ix) 

abandon the pipeline segments being 

replaced; and (x) abandon 23 mainline 

taps. Columbia estimates the cost 

associated with the construction of the 

subject facilities as approximately 

$16,500,000. 

Any questions regarding the 

application should be directed to 

Frederic J. George, Senior Counsel, 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, PO 

Box 1273, Charleston, West Virginia 

22030–0146, at (304) 357–2359. 

Any person may, within 60 days after 

the issuance of the instant notice by the 

Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 

of the Commission’s Procedural Rules 

(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene 

or notice of intervention. Any person 

filing to intervene or the Commission’s 

staff may, pursuant to § 157.205 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205), file a protest to 

the request. If no protest is filed within 

the time allowed therefore, the proposed 

activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request shall be 

treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the Internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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