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1Trailblazer’s application was filed with the

Commission under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

Total Peaking states that copies of the

filing has been served on all parties on

the office of Service List of Docket No.

RP01–175–000 and the Connecticut

Department of Utility Control.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed in accordance with Section

154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. 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 proceedings. Copies of this filing are

on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room. This filing may

be viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Comments and protests 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 at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–213–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing

February 1, 2001.

Take notice that on January 25, 2001

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco) tendered for

filing to become part of its FERC Gas

Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1,

Thirty Second Revised Sheet No. 50,

with an effective date of January 1,

2001.

Transco states that the purpose of the

instant filing is to track rate changes

attributable to transportation service

purchased from Texas Gas Transmission

Corporation (Texas Gas) under its Rate

Schedule FT the costs of which are

included in the rates and charges

payable under Transco’s Rate Schedule

FT–NT. This filing is being made

pursuant to tracking provisions under

Section 4 of the Transco’s Rate Schedule

FT–NT.

Transco states that included in

Appendix B attached to the filing is the

explanation of the rate changes and

details regarding the computation of the

revised FT–NT rates.

Transco states that copies of the filing

are being mailed to each of its FT–NT

customers and interested State

Commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. 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 proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments and protests 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 at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–64–000]

Trailblazer Pipeline Company; Notice

of Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Assessment for the Proposed

Trailblazer Expansion Project and

Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

February 2, 2001.

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 Trailblazer Expansion Project

involving construction and operation of

facilities by Trailblazer Pipeline

Company (Trailblazer) in Logan County,

Colorado and Lincoln and Kearney

Counties, Nebraska.1 These facilities

would consist of 54,800 horsepower

(hp) of compression. This EA will be

used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether

the project is in the public convenience

and necessity.

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 pipeline

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 Trailblazer 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

available for viewing on the FERC

Internet website (www.ferc.fed.us).

Summary of the Proposed Project

Trailblazer wants to expand the

capacity of its facilities in Colorado and

Nebraska to transport an additional

324,000 million British thermal units

per day of natural gas to two other

pipeline companies—Natural Gas

Pipeline Company of America and

Northern Natural Gas Pipeline Company

to serve six shippers. Trailblazer seeks

authority to construct and operate:

• A new Compressor Station 601,

consisting of two 10,000 hp gas-fired

compressors in Logan County, Colorado;

• Increase the horsepower of an

electric motor-driven compressor from

5,200 hp to 10,000 hp and install one

new 10,000 hp electric unit at

Compressor Station 602 in Lincoln

County, Nebraska; and

• Construct a new Compressor

Station 603, consisting of two 10,000 hp

electric motor driven compressors in

Kearney County, Nebraska.

In addition, 13 miles of

nonjursidictional 69 kilovolt electric

power line would be constructed in

Kearney County, Nebraska by Southern

Power District, to supply electricity for

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

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects

(OEP).

Compressor Station 603. Southern

Power District has not yet started work

on the power line. An electric

substation would also be constructed at

Compressor Station 603.

The location of the project facilities is

shown on maps in Appendix 1.

Land Requirements for Construction

Construction of the proposed facilities

would require up to 113 acres of land.

Compressor Station 601 would be built

on a 40-acre portion of an 80-acre site.

There is a VHF radio building and

tower, a warehouse, and a small utility

building on the 40-acre site. The

additional compressor facilities at

existing Compressor Station 602 would

be built on a 33-acre portion of the 73-

acre site south of the 36-inch-diameter

Trailblazer Pipeline. Existing facilities

at the station include an office building,

compressor building, garage, and weld

shop, meter building, and a VHF radio

building and tower. Compressor Station

603 would be built on a 40-acre portion

of an 80-acre site. In addition to the 36-

inch-diameter pipeline, other structures

at the site include a VHF radio building

and tower, a warehouse, and a small

utility building. Following construction,

no more than 113 acres would be

maintained as new aboveground facility

sites. All construction would be located

on property owned by Trailblazer.

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 2 to

discover and address concerns the

public may have about proposals. We

call this ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the

scoping process is to focus the analysis

in the EA on the important

environmental issues. By this Notice of

Intent, the Commission requests public

comments on the scope of the issues it

will address in the EA. All comments

received are 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.

The EA 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

• vegetation and wildlife

• air quality and noise

• endangered and threatened species

• land use

• cultural resources

• hazardous waste

No impacts to water resources,

fisheries and wetlands are expected. An

off-site wetland area is located

approximately 75 feet from the

northwest corner and 25 feet from the

north-central property boundary of

Compressor Station 603. However, no

wetland areas exist on the Compressor

Station 603 property. 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 in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. 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.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified several

issues that we think deserve attention

based on a preliminary review of the

proposed facilities and the

environmental information provided by

Trailblazer. This preliminary list of

issues may be changed based on your

comments and our analysis.

• Federally listed endangered or

threatened species may occur in the

proposed project area.

• Residents in the vicinity of the

project may be affected by operational

noise from the compressor stations.

• Potential environmental impacts

may result from the construction of 13

miles of nonjurisdictional 69 kilovolt

electric power line that would be

constructed by Southern Power District.

Also, we have made a preliminary

decision to address the environmental

impacts of the nonjurisdictional electric

power line facilities to the extent the

information is available. The two

preliminary routes proposed for the

power line are shown on the maps

attached (see Appendix 1), but the final

route may change. However, our staff

will not make any recommendations on

route changes for the electric power

line. Also, under Nebraska State laws,

Southern Power District must follow a

public notice procedure to notify

landowners. After the public notice is

issued for the power line, landowners

would be contacted about the route by

Southern Power District. Therefore, this

NOI is not being sent to any landowners

on the electric power line route. We

believe the State of Nebraska

notification procedure to landowners

should be adequate.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commentor, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission. You

should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative locations/routes), and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please carefully follow

these instructions to ensure that your

comments are received in time and

properly recorded:

• Send an original and two copies of

your letter to: David P. Boergers,

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 2.

• Reference Docket No. CP01–64–

000.

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before March 5, 2001.

Comments may also 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 at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm under

the link to the User’s Guide. Before you

can file comments you will need to

create an account which can be created

by clicking on ‘‘Login to File’’ and then

‘‘New User Account.’’

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 3). 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 official party to the

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proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must provide 14 copies of its filings to

the Secretary of the Commission and

must send a copy of its filings to all

other parties on the Commission’s

service list for this proceeding. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2). Only

intervenors have the right to seek

rehearing of the Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs

at (202) 208–1088 or on the FERC

website (www.ferc.fed.us) using the

‘‘RIMS’’ link to information in this

docket number. Click on the ‘‘RIMS’’

link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the RIMS

Menu, and follow the instructions. For

assistance with access to RIMS, the

RIMS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2222.

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the

FERC Internet website provides access

to the texts of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,

notices, and rulemakings. From the

FERC Internet website, click on the

‘‘CIPS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

CIPS menu, and follow the instructions.

For assistance with access to CIPS, the

CIPS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2474.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Declaration of Intention and

Soliciting Comments, Motions To

Intervene, and Protests

February 1, 2001.

Take notice that the following

application has been filed with the

Commission and is available for public

inspection:

a. Application Type: Declaration of

Intention.

b. Docket No.: DI01–5–000.

c. Date Filed: December 26, 2000.

d. Applicant: Northern Illinois

Hydropower.

e. Name of Project: Dresden Island

Hydropower Plant.

f. Location: On the Illinois waterway,

near Channahon, Grundy County,

Illinois.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 23(b)(1)

of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C.

817(b).

h. Applicant Contact: Dennis Cohil,

801 Oakland Avenue, Joliet, Il 60435,

telephone (185) 723–6314, FAX (815)

725–5687, E-mail damonzdunich@aol.

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on

this notice should be addressed to

Patricia W. Gillis (202) 208–0735, or Email address: patricia.gillis@ferc.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing comments and/

or motions: March 8, 2001.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the Internet in lieu on

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

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm

Please include the docket number

(DI01–5–000) on any comments or

motions filed.

k. Description of Project: The

proposed project would consist of: (1) a

powerhouse, located next to the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineer’s existing

Dresden Island Lock and Dam,

tentatively containing eight generating

units with a total installed capacity of

18MW; and (2) appurtenant facilities.

When a Declaration of Intention is

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, the Federal Power Act

requires the Commission to investigate

and determine if the interests of

interstate or foreign commerce would be

affected by the project. The Commission

also determines whether or not the

project: (1) would be located on a

navigable waterway; (2) would occupy

or affect public lands or reservations of

the United States; (3) would utilize

surplus water or water power from a

government dam; or (4) if applicable,

has involved or would involve any

construction subsequent to 1935 that

may have increased or would increase

the project’s head or generating

capacity, or have otherwise significantly

modified the project’s pre-1935 design

or operation.

l. Locations of the Application: A

copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference Room

located at 888 First Street, NE., Room

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. This filing may be

viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance). A copy is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h. above.

m. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

n. Protests or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the requirements of Rules of Practice

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,

385.211, and 385.214. In determining

the appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests

filed, but only those who file a motion

to intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any protests or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified deadline date

for the particular application.

o. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

p. Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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