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revision to the Interconnection and Description: MidAmerican Energy of the intervention or protest to the
Local Delivery Service Agreement 1262 Company submits an amended Network Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
with Wabash Valley Power Association. Integration Transmission Service 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC
Filed Date: 12/01/2006. Agreement and an amended 20426.
Accession Number: 20061205–0023. Interconnection and Network Operating The filings in the above proceedings
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time Agreement w/Indianola Municipal are accessible in the Commission’s
on Friday, December 22, 2006. Utilities. eLibrary system by clicking on the
Docket Numbers: ER07–279–000. Filed Date: 12/01/2006. appropriate link in the above list. They
Applicants: Kentucky Utilities Accession Number: 20061205–0022. are also available for review in the
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time Commission’s Public Reference Room in
Company.
on Friday, December 22, 2006. Washington, DC. There is an
Description: Kentucky Utilities
Company submits amendment to their Docket Numbers: ER97–2846–011; eSubscription link on the Web site that
contract with City of Falmouth, ER99–2311–008; ER01–2928–010; enables subscribers to receive e-mail
Kentucky Rate Schedule 310. ER01–1418–007; ER99–2324–004; notification when a document is added
Filed Date: 12/01/2006. ER01–1310–008; ER03–398–008. to a subscribed dockets(s). For
Applicants: Florida Power assistance with any FERC Online
Accession Number: 20061205–0018.
Corporation; Carolina Power & Light service, please e-mail
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
Company; Progress Ventures, Inc.; FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
on Friday, December 22, 2006.
Efffingham County Power, LLC; MPC (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
Docket Numbers: ER07–280–000. Generating, LLC; Walton County Power, (202) 502–8659.
Applicants: Kentucky Utilities LLC; Washington County Power, LLC.
Company. Description: Progress Energy, Inc on Magalie R. Salas,
Description: Kentucky Utilities Co behalf of Florida Power Corp submits Secretary.
submits amendments to their contract notice of change in status re the [FR Doc. E6–21100 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am]
with City of Corbin, Kentucky Rate terminating agreement with Shady Hills BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Schedule 309. Power Co, LLC etc pursuant to Order
Filed Date: 12/01/2006. 652.
Accession Number: 20061205–0019. Filed Date: 12/01/2006. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time Accession Number: 20061205–0026.
on Friday, December 22, 2006. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time Federal Energy Regulatory
Docket Numbers: ER07–282–000. on Friday, December 22, 2006. Commission
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Any person desiring to intervene or to [Docket No. PF06–34–000]
Inc. protest in any of the above proceedings
Description: Southwest Power Pool, must file in accordance with Rules 211 Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice
Inc submits an executed service and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
agreement for firm point-to-point Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 Impact Statement for the Proposed
transmission service with Kansas Power and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern East End Expansion Project, and
Pool. time on the specified comment date. It Request for Comments on
Filed Date: 12/01/2006. is not necessary to separately intervene Environmental Issues
Accession Number: 20061205–0003. again in a subdocket related to a
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time compliance filing if you have previously December 4, 2006.
on Friday, December 22, 2006. intervened in the same docket. Protests The staff of the Federal Energy
will be considered by the Commission Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Docket Numbers: ER07–283–000.
in determining the appropriate action to Commission) will prepare an
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
be taken, but will not serve to make environmental impact statement (EIS)
Inc.
protestants parties to the proceeding. that will identify and address the
Description: Southwest Power Pool,
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or environmental impacts that could result
Inc submits an executed service
protest must serve a copy of that from the construction and operation of
agreement for Network Integration
document on the Applicant. In reference the East End Expansion Project
Transmission Service with Kansas
to filings initiating a new proceeding, proposed by Ozark Gas Transmission,
Power Pool.
interventions or protests submitted on LLC (OGT).
Filed Date: 12/01/2006. In order to assist staff with the
Accession Number: 20061205–0021. or before the comment deadline need
not be served on persons other than the identification of environmental issues
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time and to comply with the requirements of
on Friday, December 22, 2006. Applicant.
The Commission encourages the National Environmental Policy Act
Docket Numbers: ER07–285–000. electronic submission of protests and of 1969 (NEPA), a scoping period has
Applicants: New York Independent interventions in lieu of paper, using the been opened to receive comments on
System Operator, Inc. FERC Online links at http:// the proposed project. Please note that
Description: New York Independent www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic the scoping period for this project will
System Operator Inc submits revisions service, persons with Internet access close on January 31, 2007.
to its Market Administration and who will eFile a document and/or be Comments may be submitted in
Control Area Service Tariff. listed as a contact for an intervenor written form or verbally. Further details
Filed Date: 12/01/2006. must create and validate an on how to submit written comments are
Accession Number: 20061205–0020. eRegistration account using the provided in the Public Participation
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Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time eRegistration link. Select the eFiling section of this notice. In lieu of sending
on Friday, December 22, 2006. link to log on and submit the written comments, we invite you to
Docket Numbers: ER07–287–000. intervention or protests. attend the public scoping meetings that
Applicants: Klondike Wind Power III Persons unable to file electronically will be scheduled in mid January across
LLC. should submit an original and 14 copies the project region. A second notice will

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be issued in December to provide the The general location of the proposed wetlands, or waterbodies), in areas with
meeting date, time, and locations. pipeline is shown in the figure included steep side slopes, or in association with
This notice is being sent to affected as Appendix 1.1 special construction techniques.
landowners; federal, state, and local The East End Expansion Project Based on preliminary information,
government agencies; elected officials; facilities under FERC jurisdiction would construction of the proposed project
include: facilities would affect a total of about
environmental and public interest
• Approximately 225 miles of 36- 3,414 acres of land. Following
groups; Native American tribes; other
inch-diameter pipeline extension (East construction, about 2,118 acres would
interested parties; and local libraries End Expansion) and looping beginning be maintained as permanent right-of-
and newspapers. We encourage in Conway County, Arkansas and way, and about 126 acres of land would
government representatives to notify ending in Calhoun County, Mississippi; be maintained as new aboveground
their constituents of this planned • Approximately 8 miles of 24-inch- facility sites. The remaining 1,170 acres
project and encourage them to comment diameter pipeline extension (Noark of temporary workspace (including all
on their areas of concern. Details on Extension) from the existing Noark to temporary construction rights-of-way,
how to submit comments are provided the proposed Wonderview Compressor extra workspaces, and pipe storage and
in the Public Participation section of Station all within Conway County, contractor yards) would be restored and
this notice. Arkansas; allowed to revert to its former use.
If you are a landowner receiving this • Three compressor stations—
Wonderview, Searcy, and Helena The EIS Process
notice, you may be contacted by an OGT
representative about the acquisition of Compressor Stations in Conway, White, NEPA requires the Commission to
an easement to construct, operate, and and Phillips County, Arkansas, take into account the environmental
maintain the proposed project facilities. respectively each with two 10,000- impacts that could result from an action
The pipeline company would seek to horsepower (hp) electric drive when it considers whether or not an
negotiate a mutually acceptable compressors; interstate natural gas pipeline should be
agreement. However, if the project is • Five new gas meter stations at approved. The FERC will use the EIS to
approved by the FERC, that approval interconnects with existing interstate consider the environmental impact that
conveys with it the right of eminent pipelines, including: could result if the OGT project is
domain. Therefore, if easement —Texas Gas Meter Station in Coahoma authorized under section 7 of the
negotiations fail to produce an County, Mississippi; Natural Gas Act. NEPA also requires us
agreement, the pipeline company could —ANR Meter Station in Panola County, to discover and address concerns the
initiate condemnation proceedings in Mississippi; public may have about proposals to be
accordance with state law. —Trunkline Meter Station in Panola considered by the Commission. This
County, Mississippi; process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The
A fact sheet prepared by the FERC —Tennessee Gas Meter Station in main goal of the scoping process is to
entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Panola County, Mississippi; focus the analysis in the EIS on the
Facility on My Land? What Do I Need —Columbia Gulf Meter Station in important environmental issues. With
To Know?’’ is available for viewing on Calhoun County, Mississippi; this Notice of Intent, the Commission
the FERC Internet Web site (http:// • Interconnections between the OGT staff is requesting public comments on
www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet addresses existing 16-inch-diameter pipeline the scope of the issues to be addressed
a number of typically asked questions, (Noark) and the OGT existing 20-inch- in the EIS. All comments received will
including the use of eminent domain diameter pipeline; and be considered during preparation of the
and how to participate in the FERC’s • Four pig launching and receiving EIS.
proceedings. facilities (one on the 24-inch-diameter In the EIS we will discuss impacts
Summary of the Proposed Project line and three on the 36-inch diameter that could occur as a result of the
line), 24-inch side valve on the 36-inch construction and operation of the
OGT proposes to construct, own, diameter line, and 14 mainline valves. proposed project under these general
operate, and maintain a natural gas The project would be designed and headings:
pipeline to provide incremental constructed to receive and transport • Geology and soils;
multiyear shipper requirements due to about 1.0 billion cubic feet of natural • Water resources;
expected regional supply and market gas per day. OGT proposes to have the • Wetlands and vegetation;
growth. OGT indicates that the project constructed and operational by • Fish and wildlife;
proposed facilities form the basis of an December 2008. • Threatened and endangered
incremental project that is designed to species;
Land Requirements for Construction • Land use, recreation, and visual
optimize the placement of facilities to
meeting short term volume growth As proposed, the typical construction resources;
requirements while taking into right-of-way for the project pipeline • Air quality and noise;
would be 115-feet-wide for the 36-inch- • Cultural resources;
consideration a long term design to meet
diameter pipeline and 115-feet-wide for • Socioeconomics;
future anticipated transporter volume • Reliability and safety; and
the 24-inch-diameter pipeline.
growth to 2026. The proposed pipeline • Cumulative impacts.
Following construction, OGT would
would originate at the proposed In the EIS, we will also evaluate
retain a 75-foot-wide permanent right-
Wonderview Compressor Station near possible alternatives to the proposed
of-way for operation of the project.
Wonderview in Conway County, project or portions of the project, and
Additional, temporary extra workspaces
Arkansas along OGT existing pipeline make recommendations on how to
beyond the typical construction right-of-
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right-of-way to Searcy, Arkansas and lessen or avoid impacts on affected


way limits would be required at certain
extend to a terminus at the resources.
feature crossings (e.g., roads, railroads,
interconnection with an existing Our independent analysis of the
interstate pipeline located near Banner 1 The appendices referenced in this notice are not issues will be included in a draft EIS.
in Calhoun County, Mississippi. being printed in the Federal Register. The draft EIS will be mailed to federal,

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state, and local government agencies; impacts to federally and state-listed groups and individuals are encouraged
elected officials; environmental and threatened and endangered species. to attend the meetings and to present
public interest groups; Native American • Potential visual effects of the comments on the environmental issues
tribes; affected landowners; aboveground facilities on surrounding they believe should be addressed in the
commentors; other interested parties; areas. EIS. A transcript of each meeting will be
local libraries and newspapers; and the • Potential impacts and potential generated so that your comments will be
FERC’s official service list for this benefits of construction workforce on accurately recorded.
proceeding. A 45-day comment period local housing, infrastructure, public Once OGT formally files its
will be allotted for review of the draft services, and economy. application with the Commission, you
EIS. We will consider all comments on • Potential impacts to local air and may want to become an official party to
the draft EIS and revise the document, noise quality associated with the proceeding known as an
as necessary, before issuing a final EIS. construction and operation. ‘‘intervenor.’’ Intervenors play a more
We will consider all comments on the • Public safety and potential hazards formal role in the process and are able
final EIS before we make our associated with the transport of natural to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be
recommendations to the Commission. gas. heard by the courts if they choose to
To ensure that your comments are • Alternative alignments for the appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
considered, please follow the pipeline route and alternative sites for An intervenor formally participates in a
instructions in the Public Participation the compressor stations. Commission proceeding by filing a
section of this notice. request to intervene. Instructions for
Public Participation
Although no formal application has becoming an intervenor are included in
You can make a difference by the User’s Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’
been filed, the FERC staff has already
providing us with your specific link on the Commission’s Web site.
initiated its NEPA review under the
comments or concerns about the Please note that you may not request
Commission’s Pre-filing Process. The
proposed project. By becoming a intervenor status at this time. You must
purpose of the Pre-filing Process is to
commentor, your concerns will be wait until a formal application is filed
encourage the early involvement of
addressed in the EIS and considered by with the Commission.
interested stakeholders and to identify
the Commission. Your comments
and resolve issues before an application Environmental Mailing List
should focus on the potential
is filed with the FERC. An effort is being made to send this
environmental effects, reasonable
With this notice, we are asking alternatives (including alternative notice to all individuals, organizations,
federal, state, and local governmental facility sites and pipeline routes), and and government entities interested in
agencies with jurisdiction and/or measures to avoid or lessen and/or potentially affected by the
special expertise with respect to environmental impact. The more proposed project. This includes all
environmental issues, especially those specific your comments, the more useful landowners who are potential right-of-
identified in Appendix 2, to express they will be. To ensure that your way grantors, whose property may be
their interest in becoming cooperating comments are timely and properly used temporarily for project purposes,
agencies for the preparation of the EIS. recorded, please carefully follow these or who own homes within distances
These agencies may choose to instructions: defined in the Commission’s regulations
participate once they have evaluated the • Send an original and two copies of of certain aboveground facilities.
proposal relative to their your letter to: Magalie R. Salas, If you received this notice, you are on
responsibilities. Agencies that would Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory the environmental mailing list for this
like to request cooperating status should Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room project. If you do not want to send
follow the instructions for filing 1A, Washington, DC 20426. comments at this time, but still want to
comments provided in Appendix 2. • Label one copy of your comments remain on our mailing list, please return
Currently Identified Environmental for the attention of Gas Branch 2, DG2E. the Information Request (Appendix 3). If
Issues • Reference Docket No. PF06–34–000 you do not return the Information
on the original and both copies. Request, you will be removed from the
The EIS will discuss impacts that • Mail your comments so that they Commission’s environmental mailing
could occur as a result of the will be received in Washington, DC on list.
construction and operation of the or before January 31, 2007.
proposed project. We have already Please note that we are continuing to Availability of Additional Information
identified several issues that we think experience delays in mail deliveries Additional information about the
deserve attention based on a from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, project is available from the
preliminary review of the project site we will include all comments that we Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
and the facility information provided by receive within a reasonable time frame at 1–866–208–FERC (3372) or on the
OGT. This preliminary list of issues may in our environmental analysis of this FERC Internet Web site http://
be changed based on your comments project. The Commission strongly www.ferc.gov. The ‘‘eLibrary link’’ on
and our analysis. encourages electronic filing of any the FERC Web site provides access to
• Potential effects on prime farmland comments in response to this Notice of documents submitted to and issued by
and erodable soils. Intent. For information on electronically the Commission, such as comments,
• Potential impacts to perennial and filing comments, please see the orders, notices and rulemakings. Once
intermittent waterbodies, including instructions on the Commission’s Web on the FERC Web site, click on the
waterbodies with federal and/or state site at http://www.ferc.gov. ‘‘eLibrary link,’’ select ‘‘General Search’’
designations/protections. The public scoping meetings (dates, and in the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field enter
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• Evaluation of temporary and times, and locations) will be provided at the project docket number excluding the
permanent impacts on wetlands and a later date in a separate notice. Scoping last three digits (PF06–34). When
development of appropriate mitigation. meetings are designed to provide researching information be sure to select
• Potential impacts to fish and another opportunity to offer comments an appropriate date range. In addition,
wildlife habitat, including potential on the proposed project. Interested the FERC now offers a free e-mail

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service called eSubscription that allows f. Location: On the San Joaquin River, 119,940 acre-feet at an elevation of
you to keep track of all formal issuances near North Fork, California. The project about 3,330 feet above mean sea level;
and submittals in specific dockets. This affects 2,036 cres of Federal land one power tunnel about 7.5 miles long,
can reduce the amount of time you administered by the Sierra National to convey water from Mammoth Pool
spend researching proceedings by Forest. Reservoir to Mammoth Pool
automatically providing you with g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Powerhouse; two small diversions on
notification of these filings, document Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). Rock Creek and Ross Creek; and one 230
summaries and direct links to the h. Applicant Contact: Russ W. kV transmission line about 6.7 miles
documents. To register for this service, Krieger, Vice President Power long that connects the Mammoth Pool
go to http://www.ferc.gov/ Production, Southern California Edison Powerhouse to the non-project Big
esubscribenow.htm. Company, 300 N. Lone Hill Ave., San Creek No. 3 Switchyard. Type of
Public meetings or site visits will be Dimas, CA 91773. Phone: 909–394– Application: New—Major Modified
posted on the Commission’s calendar 8667. License
located at http://www.ferc.gov/ i. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo at (202) m. A copy of the application is
EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 502–6095, or e-mail: available for review at the Commission
with other related information. james.fargo@ferc.gov. in the Public Reference Room or may be
For assistance with the FERC Web site j. Deadline for filing motions to viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
or with eSubscription, please contact intervene and protests, comments, and http://www.ferc.gov using the
FERC Online Support at final recommendations, terms and ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days number excluding the last three digits in
free at 1–866–208–3676, or TTY, contact from the issuance date of this notice; the docket number field to access the
(202) 502–8659. reply comments are due 105 days from document. For assistance, contact FERC
Finally, OGT has established an the issuance date of this notice. Online Support at
Internet Web site for this project at All documents (original and eight FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-
http://www.eastendexpansion@ copies) should be filed with: Magalie R. free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
ozarkgastransmission.com. The Web Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy (202) 502–8659. A copy is also available
site includes a description of the Regulatory Commission, 888 First for inspection and reproduction at the
project, a map of the proposed pipeline Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. address in item h above.
route, and answers to frequently asked The Commission’s Rules of Practice n. Anyone may submit comments, a
questions. You can also request require all intervenors filing documents protest, or a motion to intervene in
additional information or provide with the Commission to serve a copy of accordance with the requirements of
comments directly to OGT thorough that document on each person on the Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
their Operations Communication Center official service list for the project. 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the
at 1–888–593–8207. Further, if an intervenor files comments appropriate action to take, the
or documents with the Commission Commission will consider all protests or
Magalie R. Salas, relating to the merits of an issue that other comments filed, but only those
Secretary. may affect the responsibilities of a who file a motion to intervene in
[FR Doc. E6–21052 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am] particular resource agency, they must accordance with the Commission’s
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P also serve a copy of the document on Rules may become a party to the
that resource agency. proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
Motions to intervene and protests, motions to intervene must be received
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY comments, recommendations, terms and on or before the specified comment date
conditions, and prescriptions may be for the particular application.
Federal Energy Regulatory filed electronically via the Internet in All filings must (1) bear in all capital
Commission lieu of paper. The Commission strongly letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION
encourages electronic filings. See 18 TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘COMMENTS’’,
[Project No. 2085]
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the ‘‘REPLY COMMENTS’’,
Southern California Edison Company; instructions on the Commission’s Web ‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS’’, ‘‘TERMS
Notice of Application and Applicant- site http://www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘e- AND CONDITIONS’’, or
Prepared EA Accepted for Filing, Filing’’ link. ‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS’’; (2) set forth in the
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and k. This application has been accepted heading the name of the applicant and
Protests, and Soliciting Comments, for filing. the project number of the application to
and Final Recommendations, Terms l. Description of project: the Project is which the filing responds; (3) furnish
and Conditions, and Prescriptions located in the central Sierra Nevada, the name, address, and telephone
within the San Joaquin River watershed, number of the person protesting or
December 5, 2006. about 50 miles northeast of the City of intervening; and (4) otherwise comply
Take notice that the following Fresno. The Project is operated as a with the requirements of 18 CFR
hydroelectric application and applicant- reservoir-storage type plant with an 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
prepared environmental assessment has installed operating capacity of 190.0 comments, recommendations, terms and
been filed with the Commission and is MW and a dependable operating conditions or prescriptions must set
available for public inspection. capacity of 187.0 MW. Water for the forth their evidentiary basis and
a. Type of Application: New—Major Project is taken from the San Joaquin otherwise comply with the requirements
License. River, Ross Creek, and Rock Creek and of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain
b. Project No.: 2085–014. conveyed to the Mammoth Pool copies of the application directly from
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c. Date Filed: November 29, 2005. Powerhouse through the Mammoth Pool the applicant. A copy of any protest or
d. Applicant: Southern California Tunnel. motion to intervene must be served
Edison Company. The Project facilities include: the upon each representative of the
e. Name of Project: Mammoth Pool Mammoth Pool Dam forming Mammoth applicant specified in the particular
Hydroelectric Power Project. Pool Reservoir, with a capacity of about application. A copy of all other filings

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