Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 7, 2009 / Notices 32151 

1The appendices referenced in this notice are not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of 

appendices were sent to all those receiving this 

notice in the mail and 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. CP09–418–000] 

Perryville Gas Storage LLC; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed 

Crowville Salt Dome Storage Project 

and Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues, and Notice of 

Public Scoping Meeting and Site Visit 

June 26, 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 Crowville Salt Dome Storage Project 

(Project) involving construction and 

operation of facilities by Perryville Gas 

Storage LLC (Perryville) in Franklin and 

Richland Parishes, Louisiana. This EA 

will be used by the Commission in its 

decisionmaking 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 what issues need to be 

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on July 27, 

2009. 

Comments may be submitted in 

written form or verbally. Further details 

on how to submit written comments are 

provided in the public participation 

section of this notice. In lieu of sending 

written comments, we invite you to 

attend the public scoping meeting we 

have scheduled as follows: FERC Public 

Scoping Meeting, Crowville Salt Dome 

Storage Project, Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 

7 p.m., Crockett Point Baptist Church, 

139 Crockett Point Church Road, 

Winnsboro, Louisiana 71295. 

Interested groups and individuals are 

encouraged to attend the meeting and to 

present comments on the environmental 

issues they believe should be addressed 

in the EA. A transcript of the meeting 

will be generated so that your comments 

will be accurately recorded. 

In addition, on July 14, 2009, the 

FERC staff will conduct a public site 

visit to view the proposed facility 

locations and pipeline route. 

Examination will be by automobile and 

on foot. Representatives of Perryville 

will be accompanying the FERC staff. 

All interested parties may attend. Those 

planning to attend must provide their 

own transportation and should meet at 

the Crockett Point Baptist Church at 1 

p.m., at the address listed above. For 

additional information, you may contact 

the Commission’s Office of External 

Affairs at 1–866–208–FERC (3372). 

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; parties 

to this proceeding; and local libraries 

and newspapers. State and local 

government representatives are asked to 

notify their constituents of this 

proposed 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 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 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 Perryville 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 also 

available for viewing on the FERC Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov). 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Perryville requests authorization to 

construct, own and operate a new 

natural gas storage facility in the 

Crowville Salt Dome, as well as related 

facilities in Franklin and Richland 

Parishes, Louisiana. Upon completion of 

the proposed facilities, the Project 

would provide a total of 15 billion cubic 

feet (Bcf) of natural gas storage working 

capacity in two salt caverns, with a 

maximum injection rate of up to 226 

million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) and 

a maximum withdrawal rate of 600 

MMcf/d. 

According to Perryville, its project 

would provide necessary gas 

infrastructure, add new competitive 

storage facilities to the U.S. natural gas 

market, and support further 

development of domestic gas 

production in the Gulf Coast and MidContinent regions. 

The Crowville Gas Storage Project 

would consist of the following facilities: 

• Two 7.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) 

working gas capacity natural gas storage 

caverns connected to 1000 feet of utility 

corridor for an 8-inch-diameter 

freshwater pipeline, an 8-inch-diameter 

brine pipeline, a 14-inch-diameter 

natural gas pipeline, and a permanent 

access road; 

• 2.6 miles of 24-inch-diameter 

pipeline to deliver to CenterPoint 

Energy Gas Transmission Company and 

11.8 miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline 

to deliver to Columbia Gulf 

Transmission; 

• One 9,500 horsepower compressor 

station facility and multi-purpose 

buildings; 

• Leaching facilities with 0.8 mile of 

20-inch-diameter brine pipeline and 14- 

inch-diameter freshwater pipeline 

connecting to three brine settling ponds; 

• Two 20-inch-diameter brine 

disposal pipelines (2.3 miles and 0.9 

mile) connecting to five brine disposal 

well pads; and 

• About ten access roads, a wareyard, 

and four freshwater supply wells. 

The general location of the project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction of the Natural Gas 

Handling Facilities would disturb about 

39 acres, including land for the two 

storage caverns, the compressor station, 

a 100-foot-wide utility corridor, 

leaching plant, and 4 freshwater supply 

wells. The leaching facilities would 

disturb an additional 30 acres of land 

for the brine disposal ponds and brine 

and water pipelines. Construction of the 

brine disposal wells would disturb a 

total of 12.7 acres (2.54 acres for each 

of 5 wells), while operation of the brine 

disposal wells would be limited to a 

total of 1.4 acres (0.28 acre per well). 

The first pipeline corridor would 

consist of 2.6 miles of a 150-foot-wide 

corridor (for two pipelines), while the 

second corridor would disturb an 

additional 9.2 miles of 125-foot-wide 

corridor. The total acreage for 

construction of the pipelines would be 

about 188 acres. Following construction, 

about 88.5 acres would be maintained 

for 75- and 60-foot-wide permanent 

pipeline rights-of-way; the remaining 

acreage would be restored and allowed 

to revert to former uses. About 10 miles 

of the proposed pipeline route parallels 

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

environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects. 

an existing Columbia Gulf natural gas 

pipeline right-of-way. 

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, the Commission requests public 

comments on the scope of the issues to 

address in the EA. All comments 

received will be considered during the 

preparation of the EA. 

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; 

• Hazardous waste; and 

• 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 presented in the EA. 

Depending on the comments received 

during the scoping process, the EA may 

be published and mailed to those on our 

environmental mailing list (see 

discussion of how to remain on our 

mailing list on page 6). 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 notice, we are asking 

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. Agencies that would 

like to request cooperating agency status 

should follow the instructions for filing 

comments provided under the Public 

Participation section of this notice. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the 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 written 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 

your written comments to the 

Commission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert eFiling 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 at 

http://www.ferc.gov under the link 

called ‘‘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 that is listed under the 

‘‘Documents and Filings’’ link. 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 to your submission. New 

eFiling users must first create an 

account by clicking on the links called 

‘‘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 with 

the Commission via mail 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 CP09–418–000 

with your submission. Label one copy of 

the comments for the attention of Gas 

Branch 2, PJ–11.2. 

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 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. 

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 Commission’s 

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 

the 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 Internet at 

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. 

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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. E9–15898 Filed 7–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. NP09–26–000] 

North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation; Notice of Filing 

Regarding Notice of Penalty and 

Request for Decision on Jurisdiction 

Issue 

June 26, 2009. 

Take notice that on June 24, 2009, the 

North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC) submitted a Notice 

of Penalty regarding U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps) Tulsa District in the 

Texas Regional Entity region. NERC’s 

filing includes a discussion of the 

applicability of mandatory Reliability 

Standards to the Corps Tulsa District. 

NERC states that the Corps Tulsa 

District has challenged NERC’s 

jurisdiction under section 215 of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA). Therefore, 

NERC requests that the Commission 

issue a decision on the jurisdictional 

issue regarding the applicability 

mandatory Reliability Standards under 

section 215 of the FPA to the Corps and 

other Federal agencies. Accordingly, 

public comment is sought regarding the 

applicability of mandatory Reliability 

Standards under section 215 of the FPA 

to the Corps and other Federal agencies. 

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 24, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–15896 Filed 7–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13442–000] 

McGinnis, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary 

Permit Application Accepted for Filing 

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

June 26, 2009. 

On April 29, 2009, McGinnis, Inc. 

filed an application, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

Robert C. Byrd Hydrokinetic Project No. 

13442, to be located on the Ohio River, 

in Mason County, West Virginia, and 

Gallia County, Ohio. 

The proposed Robert C. Byrd Project 

would be located just downstream of the 

Robert C. Byrd Lock and Dam in an area 

of the Ohio River approximately 9,500- 

feet-long and 1,100-feet-wide and would 

consist of: (1) A single barge suspending 

up to 10 axial flow turbine generators 

into the river with a total installed 

capacity of 350 kilowatts; (2) a new 300 

to 8,000-foot-long, 13.5-kV transmission 

line; and (3) appurtenant facilities. The 

project would have an estimated average 

annual generation of 1,533 megawatthours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Bruce D. 

McGinnis, Sr., P.O. Box 534, 502 

Second Street Ext., South Point, Ohio 

45680, (740) 377–4391. 

FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502– 

6041. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Comments, motions to intervene, 

notices of intent, and competing 

applications may be filed electronically 

via the Internet. See 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight 

copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 

more information on how to submit 

these types of filings please go to the 

Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. More information about 

this project can be viewed or printed on 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s 

Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13442) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

call toll-free 1–866–208–3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–15897 Filed 7–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2008–0281; FRL–8927–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NESHAP for Publicly Owned 

Treatment Works (Renewal), EPA ICR 

Number 1891.05, OMB Control Number 

2060–0428 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR, which is abstracted 

below, describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost.