[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 13 (Monday, January 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2675-2676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-786]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP06-421-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of 
Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Potomac 
Expansion Project

January 16, 2007.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission 
or FERC) has prepared the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the 
construction and operation of the Potomac Expansion Project as proposed 
by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) 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 Potomac Expansion Project, with appropriate mitigating 
measures as recommended, would not constitute a major federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. The EA 
evaluates alternatives to the proposal, including the no-action 
alternative.
    The EA addresses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed Potomac Expansion Project in 
Campbell, Pittsylvania, and Fairfax Counties, Virginia, including the 
construction of:
     About 16.4 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline;
     About 3.4 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipeline replacement 
with 42-inch-diameter pipeline; and
     New and replacement aboveground facilities at existing 
aboveground facilities.
    The purpose of the Potomac Expansion Project is to: expand delivery 
capacity on Transco's existing mainline pipeline system to deliver up 
to 165,000 dekatherms per day of incremental primary firm 
transportation from Transco's interconnects with East Tennessee Natural 
Gas and Pine Needle LNG to interconnects with the customers' local 
distribution systems in northern Virginia, Washington, DC, and 
Baltimore, Maryland.
    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.
    In addition, copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, State, 
and local government agencies; elected officials; Native American 
tribes; local libraries and newspapers; intervenors in the FERC's 
proceeding; and affected landowners and individuals.
    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 Street, NE, 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the 
Gas Branch 1;
     Reference Docket No. CP06-421-000; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before February 16, 2007.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing of any 
comments, 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://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 ``Login to File'' and 
then ``New User Account.'' You will be asked to select

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the type of filing you are making. This filing is considered a 
``Comment on Filing.''
    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). Only intervenors have the right to seek 
rehearing of the Commission's decision. Anyone may intervene in this 
proceeding based on this EA. You must file your request to intervene as 
specified above.\1\ You do not need intervenor status to have your 
comments considered.
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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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    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 on the FERC Internet Web site 
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 the eSubscription link on the FERC Internet Web 
site.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-786 Filed 1-19-07; 8:45 am]
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