[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 54 (Monday, March 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12172-12173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6276]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6553]


Amended Department of State Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Scoping Meetings and 
Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement and To Initiate 
Consultation Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation 
Act for the Proposed Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice of Intent--Rescheduled Public Scoping Meetings in South 
Dakota and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of State published a Notice of 
Intent in the Federal Register on January 28, 2009 (74 FR 5019), 
announcing its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
(EIS) for the proposed Keystone international pipeline project (the 
Keystone XL Project), which is designed to transport crude oil 
production from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin to existing 
markets in the Texas Gulf Coast area. The document contained a schedule 
for the public scoping meetings. Due to hazardous weather conditions, 
two of the scheduled public scoping meetings on February 26, 2009 in 
Faith and Buffalo, South Dakota were canceled. These two meetings have 
been rescheduled.
    Dates and locations for the rescheduled public scoping meetings 
are:

Faith, South Dakota

    Meeting date: Wednesday, April 8, 12-2 p.m.
    Location: Faith, SD
    Venue: Community Legion Hall, Main Street, Faith, SD 57626.

Buffalo, South Dakota

    Meeting date: Wednesday, April 8, 7-9 p.m.
    Location: Buffalo, SD
    Venue: Harding County Memorial Recreation Center, 204 Hodge Street, 
Buffalo, SD 57720.

The public scoping period has been extended until April 15, 2009. The 
Department of State will consider all comments received or postmarked 
by April 15, 2009 in defining the scope of the EIS. Written, 
electronic, and oral comments will be given equal weight by the 
Department of State in this process.

ADDRESSES: Written comments or suggestions on the scope of the EIS 
should be addressed to: Elizabeth

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Orlando, OES/ENV Room 2657, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC 
20520. Comments may be submitted electronically to 
[email protected]. Public comments will be posted on the Web 
site identified below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the proposed 
project or to receive a copy of the draft EIS when it is issued, 
contact Elizabeth Orlando at the address listed in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice by electronic or regular mail as listed above, 
or by telephone (202) 647-4284 or by fax at (202) 647-5947.
    Project details and environmental information on the Keystone XL 
Project application for a Presidential Permit, including associated 
maps downloadable from a Web site that has been established for this 
purpose: http://www.keystonepipeline-XL.state.gov. This Web site will 
accept public comments for the record.
    Information on the Department of State Presidential Permit process 
can also be found at the above Internet address. The MLA and FLPMA 
application submitted to BLM will be on file at its office in Billings, 
Montana.
    A TransCanada hosted project Web site is also available at http://www.transcanada.com/keystone/kxl.html. The Keystone XL Project toll-
free number is 1-866-717-7473 (United States and Canada).

    Dated: March 17, 2009.
Daniel Fantozzi,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy, Office of International 
Oceans, Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State.
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