[Federal Register: July 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 135)]
[Notices]
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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: Ellen.Russell@hq.doe.gov.
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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