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to serve a copy of that document on 

each person on the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

Scoping comments may be filed 

electronically via the Internet in lieu of 

paper. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filings. See 18 

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

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site at http://www.ferc.gov under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

k. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. Project Description: The existing 

Forest City Project comprised an earth 

embankment dam containing a gated 

timber spillway and two impoundments 

(East Grand and North lakes). There are 

no generating facilities located at the 

project. Approximately one-quarter of 

the 544-foot-long dam (i.e., 

approximately 147 feet) is within the 

United States; the remaining section of 

the dam is located in Canada. The 

United States (western) section of the 

dam is an earth embankment measuring 

approximately 110-feet-long with a 

maximum height of 12 feet. The center 

section of the dam (i.e., that portion 

located in the river channel) contains a 

55-foot-wide gated timber crib spillway 

structure with three wooden gates (gates 

1 and 2 are located within the United 

States). The spillway is approximately 

33-feet-wide with an elevation of 426.61 

feet msl. A 5-foot-wide vertical slot 

design fishway is located in Canada. 

The eastern (Canadian) embankment is 

an earth structure approximately 397- 

feet-long, 30-feet-wide with a crest 

elevation of 437.27 feet msl. No new 

construction is planned. 

m. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site 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 Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 

502–8659. A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction by 

contacting the applicant using the 

contact information in item (h) above. 

You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm 

to be notified via e-mail of new filings 

and issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support. 

n. Scoping Process: The Commission 

intends to prepare a single 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

project which will include the West 

Branch Project (FERC No. P–2618– 020) 

(no draft EA would be prepared) in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act. The EA will 

consider both site-specific and 

cumulative environmental impacts and 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

action. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the time and place noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of these meetings 

and to assist staff in determining the 

scope of the environmental issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

assessment. The times and locations of 

these meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: August 13, 2009. 

Time: 10 a.m. (EST). 

Place: Conference Room, Domtar 

Maine Administration Building. 

Address: Domtar Maine Corporation, 

144 Main Street, Baileyville, Maine 

04694. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: August 13, 2009. 

Time: 6 p.m. (EST). 

Place: Conference Room, Domtar 

Maine Administration Building, 

Address: Domtar Maine Corporation, 

144 Main Street, Baileyville, Maine 

04694. 

The scoping document, which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

assessment, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of the 

scoping document will be available at 

the scoping meetings or may be viewed 

on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above). 

Based on all oral and written comments, 

a revised scoping document may be 

issued. 

Site Visit 

We will hold a site visit to the project 

on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 

beginning at 9 a.m. (EST). To attend the 

site visit, meet at Domtar Maine 

Corporation’s Administration Building 

located at 144 Main Street, Baileyville, 

Maine 04694. All participants are 

responsible for their own transportation 

and lunch. Anyone with questions 

about the site visit (or for directions) 

should contact Scott Beal at (207) 427– 

4004. Those individuals planning to 

participate in the site visit should notify 

Mr. Beal of their intent, no later than 

August 6, 2009. 

Note that Commission staff may hold 

a site visit and/or meeting at the project 

at a later date to discuss any projectrelated effects to archaeological, 

historic, or traditional cultural 

properties. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Summarize the environmental issues 

tentatively identified for analysis in the 

EA; (2) solicit from meeting participants 

all available information, especially 

quantifiable data, on the resources 

issues; (3) encourage statements from 

experts and the public on issues that 

should be analyzed in the EA, including 

viewpoints in opposition to, or in 

support of, the staff’s preliminary views; 

(4) determine the resource issues to be 

addressed in the EA; and (5) identify 

those issues that require a detailed 

analysis, as well as those issues that do 

not require a detailed analysis. 

Meeting Procedures 

Scoping meetings will be recorded by 

a stenographer and will become part of 

the Commission’s formal record for this 

proceeding. 

Individuals, organizations, and 

agencies with environmental expertise 

and concerns are encouraged to attend 

the meetings and to assist staff in 

defining and clarifying the issues to be 

addressed in the EA. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–16991 Filed 7–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No.: 2618–020] 

Domtar Maine Corporation; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment and Notice of Scoping 

Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting 

Scoping Comments 

July 10, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

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with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New License. 

b. Project No.: 2618–020. 

c. Date Filed: March 19, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Domtar Maine 

Corporation. 

e. Name of Project: West Branch 

Project. 

f. Location: On Grand Lake Stream, a 

tributary of the St. Croix River in 

Penobscot, Washington and Hancock 

Counties, Maine. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Scott Beal, 

Domtar Maine Corporation, 144 Main 

Street, Baileyville, Maine 04694, (207) 

427–4004. 

i. FERC Contact: John Costello, (202) 

502–6119 or john.costello@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: September 11, 2009. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person on the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

Scoping comments may be filed 

electronically via the Internet in lieu of 

paper. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filings. See 18 

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

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site at http://www.ferc.gov under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

k. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. Project Description: The existing 

West Branch Project includes two 

developments (Sysladobsis and West 

Grand) comprising two dams and a dike. 

The 23,500 acre impounded waters are 

comprised of West Grand, Junior, 

Pocumcus, Pug, Bottle, Norway, and 

Scraggly lakes. 

The Sysladobsis development 

includes the 250-foot-long by 9-foothigh Sysladobsis Dam (the furthest 

upstream), an earth embankment 

structure with a timber gate and fish 

facility. The dam impounds the 5,400- 

acres Sysladobsis Lake and discharges 

directly into the West Grand 

development. 

The West Branch development 

includes the approximately 487-footlong West Grand Dam comprises a 

105.9-foot-long gate structure with five 

gates. A vertical slot design upstream 

fish passage facility is located adjacent 

to the dam’s waste gate No.1 

The West Grand development 

includes approximately 535-foot-long by 

15-foot-high Farm Cove Dike is located 

approximately 3.5 miles west of the 

main outlet dam to West Grand Lake. 

The dike comprises a 10-foot-wide by 

30-foot-long fishway. The dike has no 

gates or other flow controls; the only 

flow passing capability is through the 

fishway. No new construction is 

planned. 

m. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site 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 Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 

502–8659. A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction by 

contacting the applicant using the 

contact information in item (h) above. 

You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm 

to be notified via e-mail of new filings 

and issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support. 

n. Scoping Process: The Commission 

intends to prepare a single 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

project which will include the Forest 

City Project (FERC No. P–2660- 024) (no 

draft EA would be prepared) in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act. The EA will 

consider both site-specific and 

cumulative environmental impacts and 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

action. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the time and place noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of these meetings 

and to assist staff in determining the 

scope of the environmental issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

assessment. The times and locations of 

these meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: August 13, 2009. 

Time: 10 a.m. (EST) 

Place: Conference Room, Domtar 

Maine Administration Building. 

Address: Domtar Maine Corporation, 

144 Main Street, Baileyville, Maine 

04694. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: August 13, 2009. 

Time: 6 a.m. (EST) 

Place: Conference Room, Domtar 

Maine Administration Building. 

Address: Domtar Maine Corporation, 

144 Main Street, Baileyville, Maine 

04694. 

The scoping document, which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

assessment, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of the 

scoping document will be available at 

the scoping meetings or may be viewed 

on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above). 

Based on all oral and written comments, 

a revised scoping document may be 

issued. 

Site Visit 

We will hold a site visit to the project 

on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 

beginning at 9 a.m. (EST). To attend the 

site visit, meet at Domtar Maine 

Corporation’s Administration Building 

located at 144 Main Street, Baileyville, 

Maine 04694. All participants are 

responsible for their own transportation 

and lunch. Anyone with questions 

about the site visit (or for directions) 

should contact Scott Beal at (207) 427– 

4004. Those individuals planning to 

participate in the site visit should notify 

Mr. Beal of their intent, no later than 

August 6, 2009. 

Note that Commission staff may hold 

a site visit and/or meeting at the project 

at a later date to discuss any projectrelated effects to archaeological, 

historic, or traditional cultural 

properties. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Summarize the environmental issues 

tentatively identified for analysis in the 

EA; (2) solicit from meeting participants 

all available information, especially 

quantifiable data, on the resources 

issues; (3) encourage statements from 

experts and the public on issues that 

should be analyzed in the EA, including 

viewpoints in opposition to, or in 

support of, the staff’s preliminary views; 

(4) determine the resource issues to be 

addressed in the EA; and (5) identify 

those issues that require a detailed 

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1The appendix referenced in this notice is not 

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of the 

appendix are available on the Commission’s Web 

site at the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link or from the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 502– 

8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, 

refer to the ‘‘Additional Information’’ section of this 

notice. Copies of the appendix were sent to all those 

receiving this notice in the mail. Requests for 

detailed maps of the proposed facilities should be 

made directly to Gulf South. 

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

environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy 

Projects. 

analysis, as well as those issues that do 

not require a detailed analysis. 

Meeting Procedures 

Scoping meetings will be recorded by 

a stenographer and will become part of 

the Commission’s formal record for this 

proceeding. 

Individuals, organizations, and 

agencies with environmental expertise 

and concerns are encouraged to attend 

the meetings and to assist staff in 

defining and clarifying the issues to be 

addressed in the EA. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–16990 Filed 7–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–420–000] 

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Haynesville/Perryville 

Expansion Project and Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

July 10, 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 Haynesville/Perryville Expansion 

Project involving the construction and 

operation of facilities by Gulf South 

Pipeline Company, LP (‘‘Gulf South’’) in 

Bienville and Madison Parishes, 

Louisiana. The Haynesville/Perryville 

Expansion Project involves the 

construction of additional compression 

facilities at two existing compressor 

stations. This 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 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 determine which issues 

need to be evaluated in the EA. Please 

note that the scoping period will close 

on August 10, 2009. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this project, which 

includes 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 to encourage them 

to comment on their areas of concern. 

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 Gulf South provided to 

landowners. This fact sheet addresses a 

number of typically asked questions, 

including how to participate in the 

Commission’s proceedings. It is 

available for viewing on the FERC Web 

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

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Gulf South proposes to construct on 

land owned by Gulf South two new 

turbine compressor units totaling 31,913 

horsepower (HP) at their existing Hall 

Summit Compressor Station located in 

Bienville Parish, Louisiana, and one 

new turbine compressor unit rated at 

17,558 HP at their existing Tallulah 

Compressor Station in Madison Parish, 

Louisiana. Associated yard and station 

piping would be constructed at each 

station. In addition, three existing 

compressors at the Tallulah Compressor 

Station would be re-wheeled, and 

several valves within the existing 

Tallulah Compressor Station yard and 

station piping would be replaced with 

similar valves capable of accepting 

higher discharge temperatures. 

Maps showing the location of the 

proposed project are included as 

Appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

Construction would temporarily 

impact a total of approximately 42 acres 

for both compressor station sites 

combined. The new facilities would add 

a total of approximately 7 acres of 

permanent impacts to the existing 

station footprints. All temporary and 

permanent impacts would occur on land 

owned by Gulf South. 

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 staff 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; 

• Threatened and endangered 

species; and 

• Public safety. 

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 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 those on our 

environmental mailing list (see 

discussion on how to remain on our 

environmental mailing list on page 5). A 

comment period will be allotted for the 

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. 

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