[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42430-42431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16063]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. PP-285]


Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement Sharyland 
Utilities, L.P.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of floodplain/wetland involvement.

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SUMMARY: Sharyland Utilities, L.P. (Sharyland) has applied for a

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Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain, and connect an 
electric transmission line across the U.S. border with Mexico. The 
proposed action has the potential to impact on a floodplain/wetlands. 
In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance with floodplain/
wetlands environmental review requirements (10 CFR Part 1022), a 
floodplain or wetlands assessment will be performed for the proposed 
action in a manner so as to avoid or minimize potential harm to or 
within potentially affected floodplain and wetlands.

DATES: Comments are due to the address below no later than July 30, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments, questions about the proposed action, and 
requests to review the draft environmental assessment should be 
directed to: Ellen Russell, Office of Coal & Power Import/Export (FE-
27), Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350. Fax: (202) 287-
5736, or e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 or Richard Ahern (Program Attorney--NEPA) 202-586-3692.
    For Further Information on General DOE Floodplain and Wetlands 
Environmental Review Requirements Contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, 
Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance (EH-42), U.S. Department 
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0119; 
Phone: 202-586-4600 or leave a message at 800-472-2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Executive Order 11988, Floodplain 
Management, and 10 CFR Part 1022, Compliance with Floodplain-Wetlands 
Environmental Review Requirements (http://tis-nt.eh.doe.gov/nepa/tools/regulate/nepa_reg/1022/1022.htm), notice is given that DOE is 
considering an application from Sharyland for a Presidential permit to 
construct, operate, maintain and connect a 138,000-kilovolt (138-kV) 
transmission lines across the U.S. border with Mexico in the vicinity 
of McAllen and Mission, Texas, to interconnect with similar facilities 
of the Comision Federal de Electricidad, the national electric utility 
of Mexico. Notice of filing of the Sharyland Presidential permit 
application appeared in the Federal Register on October 2, 2003 (68 FR 
56825).
    Before making a final decision on granting or denying a 
Presidential permit, DOE will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) 
to address the environmental impacts that would accrue from the 
proposed project and reasonable alternatives. The EA will be prepared 
in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Because the proposed action has the potential 
to impact on a floodplain/wetlands, the EA will include a floodplain 
and wetlands assessment. A floodplain statement of findings will be 
included in any Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) that may be 
issued following completion of the EA. Copies of the EA and FONSI may 
be requested by telephone, facsimile, or e-mail from the address given 
above.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2004.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power 
Import/Export, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 04-16063 Filed 7-14-04; 8:45 am]
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