[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19158]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Environmental Compliance and Applicant Environmental 
Report Preparation Training Courses

July 16, 1997.
    The Office of Pipeline Regulation (OPR) staff is conducting three 
sessions of its environmental compliance training course and the course 
on preparing the applicants environmental report.
    These courses are a result of the positive response to our outreach 
training courses held since 1992. 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 presentation and the 
manual focus primarily on Section 7 filings. However, the course manual 
will address the following topics:

A. What types of projects require environmental filings
    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 under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
    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 
number listed for the hotel by the reservation deadline and identify 
themselves as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seminar attendees to 
receive the discounted group rate.
    We also intend to have a session in Salt Lake City in October. 
Information on that session (and registration forms) should be 
available by the end of July through the telephone number given below 
under Preregistration.

Session and Location:
    September 9, Four Points Hotel, Riverwalk North, 110 Lexington 
Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78205,
    September 22, Hynes Auditorium, 900 Boyleston Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02115, Information: (617) 954-2000
Reservation by: August 11.

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
    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 reservation deadline and identify 
themselves as FERC seminar attendees to receive the discounted group 
rate.
    We also intend to have a session in Salt Lake City in October. 
Information on that session (and registration forms) should be 
available by the end of July through the telephone number given below 
under Preregistration.

Session and Location:
    September 10-11, Four Points Hotel, Riverwalk North, 110 Lexington 
Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78205, 1-800-28TEXAS
    September 23-24, Hynes Auditorium, 900 Boyleston Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02115, Information: (617) 954-2000
Reservation by: August 11.

Preregistration

    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 preregister because space is limited.
    If you would like to attend either of these courses, please call 
the telephone number listed below to obtain a preregistration form.\1\ 
Note: If you plan to attend both the environmental report preparation 
session and the subsequent environmental compliance training session, 
you must preregister separately for each (only one form is needed). 
Attendance will be limited to the first 150 people to preregister in 
each course. Call or FAX requests for preregistration forms to: Ms. 
Donna Connor, c/o Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, 470 
Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210, Telephone or FAX (Menu driven): 
(508) 384-1424.
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    \1\ The preregistration 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 preregistration 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. 97-19158 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]
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