[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 217 (Friday, November 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66235-66236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26582]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-431-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Availability of 
the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Ohio Storage Expansion 
Project

October 31, 2008.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared this environmental assessment (EA) on the 
natural gas storage facilities proposed by Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia) in the above-referenced docket. Columbia's 
proposal (the Ohio Storage Expansion Project) would add additional 
storage and transmission capabilities to its existing Crawford 
(Fairfield and Hocking Counties, Ohio)

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and Weaver Storage Fields (Ashland and Holmes Counties, Ohio).
    The EA was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 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 the proposed Ohio Storage Expansion 
Project. The purpose of the project is to provide an additional 103,400 
dekatherms per day of storage deliverability for service in the eastern 
United States and to increase storage capacity at these fields by 6.7 
billion cubic feet of natural gas.
    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.
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to federal, state, and local 
agencies; newspapers and libraries in the project area; parties to this 
proceeding; and those who have expressed an interest in this project by 
returning the Mailing List Form attached to the February 22, 2008 
Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the 
Proposed Ohio Storage Expansion Project and Request for Comments on 
Environmental Issues.
    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 as specified below. Please 
carefully follow these instructions below to ensure that your comments 
are received in time and properly recorded.
     Send an original and two copies of your comments to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Gas 
Branch 1, PJ-11.1;
     Reference Docket No. CP08-431-000; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in 
Washington, DC on or before December 1, 2008.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing of any 
comments. See Title 18 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Internet 
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov under the link to ``Documents and 
Filings'' and ``e-Filing.'' eFiling is a file attachment process and 
requires that you prepare your submission in the same manner as you 
would if filing on paper, and save it to a file on your hard drive. New 
eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on ``Sign up'' 
or ``eRegister.'' You will be asked to select the type of filing you 
are making. This filing is considered a ``Comment on Filing.'' In 
addition, there is a ``Quick Comment'' option available, which is an 
easy method for interested persons to submit text only comments on the 
project. The Quick-Comment User Guide can be viewed at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/quick-comment-guide.pdf. Quick Comment 
does not require a FERC eRegistration account: However, you will be 
asked to provide a valid e-mail address. All comments submitted under 
either eFiling or the Quick Comment option are placed in the public 
record for the specified docket or project number(s).
    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 decisions. 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 of 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 exluding the last three digits in the docket number field 
(i.e., CP08-431). 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 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 
notifications of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to 
the documents. Go to the eSubscription link on the FERC Internet Web 
site for more information or to subscribe to this service.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-26582 Filed 11-6-08; 8:45 am]
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