[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67554-67555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19702]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP06-102-000]


Trunkline LNG Company, LLC ; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Infrastructure Enhancement 
Project

November 13, 2006.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the 
natural gas facilities proposed by Trunkline LNG Company, LLC 
(Trunkline LNG) in the above-referenced docket.
    The EA was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act. The staff concludes that approval of the 
proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not 
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality 
of the human environment.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of Ambient Air Vaporization (AAV) facilities 
at its existing liquefied natural gas import terminal in Calcasieu 
Parish, Louisiana. These facilities would consist of system that uses 
ambient heat in the air to reduce the use of fuel gas in the 
vaporization of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Additionally, Trunkline 
LNG would add natural gas liquids (NGL) processing facilities for LNG 
conditioning and British thermal unit (Btu) control. The facilities 
would include the following:
     64 Potassium Formate (KF)-Air heaters (64 forced 
convection, three-fan air exchangers, 17.9 million Btu per hour (MMBtu/
hr)/Air Heater;
     Four KF-LNG Vaporizers (525 million standard cubic feet 
per day [MMscf/d]);
     One NGL Recovery Unit, sized for a maximum capacity of 
1,050 MMscf/d;
     1,160 feet of 12-inch-diameter ethane product piping;
     1,160 feet of 12-inch-diameter propane product piping;
     Two propylene glycol heaters (150 MMBtu/hr each);
     Glycol storage and circulation System;
     Two electrical switchgear buildings;
     One remote instrumentation building, designed as Equipment 
Room 2; and
     Foam Building No. 4.
    The EA also discusses facilities planned by British Gas (BG), and 
Entergy Louisiana which are considered nonjurisdictional facilities to 
the FERC. These facilities include the expansion of the existing 
electric substation, a meter station, and the construction of two 16.4 
mile-long (each) take away NGL product pipelines; an NGL processing 
facility consisting of a metering station and a depropanizer/truck 
terminal facility; and an underground storage cavern. BG has contracted 
PetoLogistics, LLC to design, permit, and operate the meter station and 
take away pipelines. The pipelines would consist of a 12-inch-diameter 
ethane (approximately 1,800 gallons per minute [gpm]) pipeline and an 
8-inch-diameter propane (approximately 1,250 gpm) pipeline. The 
pipelines would be constructed from the meter station to 
PetroLogistics' storage facility in Sulfur, Louisiana.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited 
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public 
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference 
Room, 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-
8371.
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, State and local 
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers, 
and parties to this proceeding.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. To ensure 
consideration prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is 
important that we receive your comments before the date specified 
below. 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 comments to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the 
Gas Branch 2, PJ11.2.
     Reference Docket No. CP06-102-000; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before December 13, 2006.
    Please note the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing of 
any comments or interventions or protests to this proceeding. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site at http://

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www.ferc.gov under the ``e-Filing'' link and the link to the User's 
Guide. Before you can file comments you will need to create a free 
account which can be created by clicking on ``Sign-up.''
    Comments will be considered by the Commission but will not serve to 
make the commentor a party to the proceeding. Any person seeking to 
become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene 
pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\1\ Only intervenors have the right to seek 
rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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    \1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing 
comments electronically.
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    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 comments considered.
    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the 
FERC Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 
Click on the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the 
docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number 
field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202)502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the 
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, 
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called 
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances 
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time 
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with 
notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to 
the documents. Go to http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-19702 Filed 11-21-06; 8:45 am]
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