[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33796-33797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15933]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Environmental Compliance and Applicant Environmental 
Report Preparation Training Courses

June 23, 1995.
    The Office of Pipeline Regulation (OPR) staff is conducting two 
sessions of its environmental compliance training course and a new 
course on what we expect to see in the applicant-prepared environmental 
report.
    These courses are a result of the positive response to our outreach 
training courses held from 1992 through 1995. We encourage interested 
organizations and the public to take advantage of the courses to gain 
an understanding of the requirements and objectives of the Commission 
in ensuring compliance with all environmental certificate conditions 
and meeting its responsibilities under the National Environmental 
Policy Act and other laws and regulations.

Environmental Report Preparation Course

    The environmental report preparation course will include a manual 
covering the following topics:

A. What types of projects require environmental filings.

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    1. Natural Gas Act section 7
    2. Natural Gas Policy Act filings
    3. Section 2.55 replacements
B. What filings are required of each type of filing.
C. What to include in each filing.
D. Potential time saving procedures
    1. Applicant-prepared DEA
    2. Third-party EA or EIS

    The staff intends the manual to be a cookbook for preparing 
environmental filings. Because time is limited and the material 
required for the other types of filings is not as extensive and is 
listed in the regulations, the actual presentation at the session will 
be limited to Natural Gas Act filings under section 7. However, the 
manual will cover the other types of filings as well.
    If you have specific questions related to the subject matter of 
this course, or if you would like the course to address a particular 
item, please call Mr. John Leiss at (202) 208-1106.
    The one-day environmental report preparation course will be held on 
the dates and at the locations shown below. Attendees must call the 
numbers listed for the hotels by the listed reservation dates and 
identify themselves as FERC seminar attendees to receive the discounted 
group rate.

Session:              August 29                                     September 19                                
Location:             University Park Hotel & Suites, 480 Wakara    The Plaza Hotel, 16400 J.L. Hudson Drive,   
                       Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, (801) 581-   Southfield, Michigan 48075, (810) 559-6500 
                       1000                                                                                     
Reservations:         August 7                                      September 1                                 
                                                                                                                

Environmental Compliance Training Course

    The two-day environmental compliance training course will include 
the following topics:

A. Postcertificate clearance filings;
B. Environmental inspection as it relates to:
    1. Right-of-way preparation;
    2. Temporary erosion control;
    3. Cultural resources/Paleontology;
    4. Waterbody crossings;
    5. Wetland construction;
    6. Residential area construction;
    7. Right-of-way restoration; and
    8. Techniques for environmental compliance.

    The environmental compliance training course will be held on the 
dates and at the locations shown below. Attendees must call the numbers 
listed for the hotels by the listed reservation dates and identify 
themselves as FERC seminar attendees to receive the discounted group 
rate.

Session:              August 30-31                                  September 20-21                             
Location:             University Park Hotel & Suites, 480 Wakara    The Plaza Hotel, 16400 J.L. Hudson Drive,   
                       Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, (801) 581-   Southfield, Michigan 48075, (810) 559-6500 
                       1000                                                                                     
Reservations:         August 7                                      September 1                                 
                                                                                                                

    The OPR staff and Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, the 
Commission's environmental support contractor for natural gas projects, 
will conduct the training. There is no fee for the courses, but you 
must pre-register because space is limited.
    If you would like to attend the August or September 1995 session(s) 
of either of these courses, please call the telephone number listed 
below to obtain a registration for.\1\ NOTE: IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND BOTH 
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT PREPARATION SESSION AND THE SUBSEQUENT 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE TRAINING SESSION, YOU MUST REGISTER SEPARATELY 
FOR EACH. Attendance will be limited to the first 200 people to 
register in each course. Call or FAX requests for registration forms 
to: Ms. Donna Connor, Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, 470 
Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210, Telephone: (617) 542-8805, FAX: 
(617) 695-1587

    \1\ The registration forms referenced in this notice are not 
being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of the forms were sent 
to those receiving this notice in the mail.
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    You will receive confirmation of pre-registration and additional 
information before the training course(s).
    Additional training will be offered in the future. Please indicate 
whether you would like these courses to be offered again, or if you are 
interested in any other courses with different topics or audiences. 
Please indicate your preferences for location and time of year. 
Suggestions on format are welcome.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-15933 Filed 6-28-95; 8:45 am]
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