30284 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 121 / Thursday, June 25, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: June 19, 2009. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–14952 Filed 6–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

United States Air Force 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Modification of the Condor 1 and 

Condor 2 Military Operations Areas 

Used by the 104th Fighter Wing of the 

Massachusetts Air National Guard 

AGENCY: Air National Guard, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI) to prepare 

an environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: This notice replaces the 

posting in the Federal Register on June 

17, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 115 with the 

corrected location of the public hearing 

from the Civic Center in Augusta, 

Maine. In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 United States 

Code [U.S.C.] 4321–4347), the Council 

on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA 

Regulations (40 Code of Federal 

Regulations [CFR] parts 1500–1508), 

and the United States Air Force’s 

(USAF) Environmental Impact Analysis 

Process (EIAP, 32 CFR part 989), the Air 

Force is issuing this notice to advise the 

public and other Federal agencies that 

the ANG intends to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for proposed modifications of the 

Condor 1 and Condor 2 Military 

Operations Areas (MOAs) used by the 

104th Fighter Wing (FW) of the 

Massachusetts ANG (MAANG). The 

104th FW is based at Barnes ANG Base 

in Westfield, Massachusetts. The study 

area for this EIS includes portions of 

Piscataquis, Somerset, Franklin, and 

Oxford counties in Maine and a portion 

of Coos County, New Hampshire. 

The ANG and Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) completed an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) of this 

proposal in June 2008. However, in 

response to requests from elected 

officials and the general public, the 

ANG has elected to prepare an EIS. The 

ANG conducted five previous scoping 

meetings in the towns of Rumford, 

Mexico, Rangeley, and Farmington (2), 

Maine as part of the EA process; the 

previous scoping meetings are sufficient 

and follow-on scoping meetings are not 

deemed necessary. However, the Air 

Force requests formal written scoping 

comments from the public, State and 

local government agencies, as well as 

affected Federal agencies for 30 days 

after the publication date of this NOI, to 

ascertain if there are additional issues 

relevant to the range of actions, 

alternatives, and impacts to be 

examined in detail in the draft EIS. 

The Condor 1 and 2 MOAs are 

centered approximately 200 nautical 

miles northeast of Barnes ANG Base. 

The altitudes of both MOAs currently 

extend from 7,000 feet above mean sea 

level (MSL) (between approximately 

2,800 feet and 6,300 feet above ground 

level [AGL]) up to 18,000 ft MSL. 

Condor 1 MOA is located immediately 

west of Condor 2 MOA. The Condor 1 

and 2 MOAs are currently utilized by 

aircraft from the MAANG, the Vermont 

ANG, the United States Air Force, and 

the United States Navy. Units from 

these services utilize a variety of aircraft 

including the F–15, F–16, KC–10, KC– 

135, and P–3. Of these aircraft, F–15 and 

F–16 operations currently constitute 86– 

88% of annual operations in the Condor 

1 and 2 MOAs. 

The Ready Aircrew Program (RAP) is 

the United States Air Force’s 

continuation training program designed 

to focus training or develop capabilities 

needed to accomplish a unit’s core 

missions. The RAP requirements for 

every qualified F–15 and F–16 pilot 

include Low Altitude Awareness 

Training (LOWAT) which includes 

realistic, mission oriented air-to-air 

operations while in a LOWAT-certified 

low-altitude block at or below 1,000 feet 

AGL, as well as Low Slow/Visual 

Identification intercept and Slow 

Shadow intercept training missions. 

These training missions require pilots to 

identify and engage aerial targets at low 

altitude, and perform low altitude 

navigation, tactical formation, and 

defensive maneuvering to avoid or 

negate threats. 

In order to be Combat Mission Ready, 

all F–15 and F–16 pilots are required to 

demonstrate proficiency in these skills 

down to 500 feet AGL, over land, on a 

regular basis. Pilot operational training 

standards require missions to be 

accomplished in the low, medium, and 

high altitude regimes. As currently 

defined, the floors of Condor 1 and 2 

MOAs are too high to allow for the 

effective and efficient completion of 

required training. The purpose of the 

Proposed Action is to rectify these 

deficiencies and provide the 104th FW 

with adequate training airspace in a safe 

training environment to fulfill its 

mission. 

The 104 FW proposes to combine the 

Condor 1 and 2 MOAs, divide the 

combined MOA into Condor Low MOA 

and Condor High MOA, and lower the 

flight floor of the proposed Condor Low 

MOA from 7,000 feet MSL to 500 feet 

AGL. Condor Low MOA would extend 

from 500 feet AGL up to, but not 

include, 7,000 feet MSL. Condor High 

MOA would extend from 7,000 feet 

MSL up to, but not include, 18,000 

MSL. As part of the EIAP, and in 

accordance with the requirements of 

NEPA, the EIS will consider potential 

alternatives to the Proposed Action. 

Other Alternatives to be considered 

include lowering the floor of Condor 1 

MOA and leaving Condor 2 MOA 

unchanged, completing low-altitude 

training in other airspace in the 

Northeast, deploying to conduct lowaltitude training, and no action. 

The draft EIS will be made available 

for a 45-day public review and comment 

period. The Air Force will sponsor a 

public hearing on the draft EIS in mid 

August 2009 at the University of Maine, 

Farmington, ME. Notification of hearing 

time and related logistics will be made 

via local public notifications. 

No additional meetings are planned at 

this time. In addition to comments 

received at the public hearing, any 

written comments on the draft EIS 

received at the address below by 

October 1, 2009, will be considered in 

the preparation of this EIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Major Stephen R. Lippert NGB/A 7AM, 

Program Manager, 3500 Fetchet Avenue, 

Andrews AFB, MD 20762–5157, Ph: 

(301) 836–8167 

stephen.lippert@ang.af.mil. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–14976 Filed 6–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–431–000] 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; 

Notice of Application 

June 18, 2009. 

Take notice that on June 11, 2009, 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas 

Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, 

Houston, TX 77056–5310 filed an 

application in Docket No. CP09–431– 

000 an application pursuant to section 

7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) 

requesting permission and approval to 

(1) abandon by removal two PrattWhitney units with a total combined 

horsepower (HP) of 5,500 and related 

appurtenances at the Hanover 


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Compressor Station in Morris County, 

New Jersey (Hanover Station), and 

uprate to 6,500 HP the existing Solar 

compressor unit at the Hanover Station 

such that the certificated HP at the 

station is reduced from 9,200 HP to 

6,500, and (2) abandon in place one 

2,000 HP compressor unit and related 

appurtenances located at the Eagle 

Compressor Station (Station No. 25) in 

Chester County, Pennsylvania (Eagle 

Station), all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. This filing is accessible online 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. 

Texas Eastern states that the two 

Pratt-Whitney compressor units at the 

Hanover Station and the unit at the 

Eagle Station are outdated, and in 

conjunction with approval of the 

requested uprate of the Solar unit at the 

Hanover Station, are not needed for 

Texas Eastern to continue to meet its 

current firm service obligations. Texas 

Eastern further states that there will be 

no termination or reduction in service to 

any existing firm customer of Texas 

Eastern as a result of the proposed 

uprate and abandonments proposed in 

the application. According to Texas 

Eastern, the proposed abandonment will 

not affect Texas Eastern’s existing 

tariffs. Texas Eastern states that the 

proposed abandonments will reduce 

Texas Eastern’s current repair and 

maintenance expenses and eliminate the 

need for future capital expenditures at 

the stations associated with the 

abandoned units. As a result, Texas 

Eastern submits that the requested 

uprate and abandonment authorization 

is consistent with the public 

convenience and necessity. 

In order to accomplish the 

abandonment at the Eagle Station, Texas 

Eastern proposes to abandon in place 

the Westinghouse Type CS Frame 2–36– 

26 compressor and associated piping. 

No work is required in order to 

accomplish the proposed uprate of the 

Solar unit at the Hanover Station. In 

order to accomplish the abandonment of 

the Pratt-Whitney units at the Hanover 

Station, Texas Eastern proposes to (1) 

Remove the two units and the concrete 

foundation and piers; (2) remove all 

associated valves, gas piping, lube oil 

piping and control panels associated 

with the two units; and (3) complete 

rehabilitation. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to: Lisa 

A. Moore, General Manager, Rates and 

Certificates, Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP, PO Box 1642, 

Houston, Texas 77251–1642, at (713) 

627–4102. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

14 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

Comments, protests and interventions 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

intervenors to file electronically. 

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. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on July 9, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–14934 Filed 6–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF09–3–000; BLM Reference 

No. UTU–87295] 

Magnum Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed Magnum 

Gas Storage Project and Draft Pony 

Express Resource Management Plan 

Amendment for the Bureau of Land 

Management, Request for Comments 

on Environmental Issues, and Notice 

of Public Scoping Meetings 

June 18, 2009. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) and the 

staff of the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) will prepare a Draft Pony Express 

Resource Management Plan Amendment 

(Draft RMP Amendment). The EA and 

the Draft RMP Amendment will discuss 

the environmental impacts of the 

construction and operation of a new 

interstate natural gas storage facility and 

pipeline lateral, located in central Utah, 

proposed by Magnum Gas Storage, LLC 

(MGS) as part of its Magnum Gas 

Storage Project (Project). 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process that will be used to 

gather input from the public and 


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