Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

Docket Numbers: RP96320092.

Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP.

Description: Gulf South Pipeline Company LP submits two capacity release agreements containing negotiated rate provisions executed with QWest Energy Company.

Filed Date: 06/27/2008.

Accession Number: 200806300020.

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, July 09, 2008.

Docket Numbers: RP99176163.

Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America.

Description: Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC submits an Amendment to the Firm Transportation and Storage Negotiated Rate Agreement etc.

Filed Date: 06/27/2008.

Accession Number: 200806300019.

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, July 09, 2008.

Docket Numbers: RP01382018.

Applicants: Northern Natural Gas Company.

Description: Northern Natural Gas submits for filing i ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15609 Thu, Jul 10 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15612

Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

Docket Numbers: RP96200193.

Applicants: CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co.

Description: CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company submits negotiated rate agreements between CEGT and Petrohawk Energy Corporation.

Filed Date: 07/01/2008.

Accession Number: 200807020224.

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 14, 2008.

Docket Numbers: RP96200194.

Applicants: CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co.

Description: CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company submits two negotiated rate agreements between CEGT and Chesapeake Energy, Inc.

Filed Date: 07/01/2008.

Accession Number: 200807020223.

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 14, 2008.

Docket Numbers: RP96383087.CP0710002.

Applicants: Dominion Transmission, Inc.

Description: Dominion Transmission, Inc submits Eighth Revised Sheet 36 et a ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15612 Thu, Jul 10 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15701

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission or FERC) regulations, 18 CFR Part 380, Commission staff has reviewed the application for an original license for the proposed Whitman Lake Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 11841002) and has prepared a final environmental assessment (final EA) for the project. The project would be located on Whitman Creek, approximately 4 miles east of the City of Ketchikan, Alaska. The project would occupy 155.8 acres of lands of the United States, 155 acres administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and 0.8 acres administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

On February 8, 2008, Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU) filed a multiparty Settlement Agreement. In addition to KPU, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land and Water, Water Resources Section, and the Sout ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15701 Thu, Jul 10 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15700

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47879), the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed Upper Peninsula Power Company's proposed shoreline management plan for the Cataract Hydroelectric Project, located on the Middle Branch of the Escanaba River in Marquette County, Michigan, and has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA).

A copy of the EA is on file with the Commission and is available for public inspection. The EA may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P10854) excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupp ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15700 Thu, Jul 10 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15703

The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will discuss the environmental impacts of the amended portion of the Empire Connector Project involving construction and operation of facilities by Empire Pipeline, Inc. (EPI) and Empire State Pipeline (Empire), a subsidiary of National Fuel Gas Company, in Ontario County, New York.\1\ These amended facilities would consist of about 1 mile of 24 inchdiameter pipeline. This EA will be used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity.
\1\ EPI and Empire's application was filed with the Commission under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations.

If you are a landowner receiving this notice, you may be contacted by a pipeline company representative about the acquisition of an easement to construct, operate, and maintain the proposed faci ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15703 Thu, Jul 10 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15702

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: New Major License.

b. Project No.: 2277023.

c. Date Filed: June 24, 2008.

d. Applicant: Union Electric Company, dba AmerenUE.

e. Name of Project: Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Project.

f. Location: The project is located on the East Fork Black River and Taum Sauk Creek, in Reynolds, Iron, St. Francois, and Washington counties, near the Town of Lesterville, Missouri. The project does not occupy any federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Michael O. Lobbig, P.E., Managing Supervisor, Hydro Licensing, AmerenUE, 1901 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103; mlobbig@ameren.com.

i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426; 2025028365; ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15702 Thu, Jul 10 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15699

This constitutes notice, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt of prohibited and exempt offtherecord communications.

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, September 22, 1999) requires Commission decisional employees, who make or receive a prohibited or exempt off therecord communication relevant to the merits of a contested proceeding, to deliver to the Secretary of the Commission, a copy of the communication, if written, or a summary of the substance of any oral communication.

Prohibited communications are included in a public, nondecisional file associated with, but not a part of, the decisional record of the proceeding. Unless the Commission determines that the prohibited communication and any responses thereto should become a part of the decisional record, the prohibited offtherecord communication will not be considered by the Commission in reaching its decision. Parties to a proceeding may seek the opportunity to respond to any facts or contentions made in a p ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-07-10-E8-15699 Thu, Jul 10 2008 11:00:00 GMT