97-32376. Notice of Environmental Compliance and Applicant Environmental Report Preparation Training Courses

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32376]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Environmental Compliance and Applicant Environmental 
Report Preparation Training Courses

December 5, 1997.
    The Office of Pipeline Regulation (OPR) staff will conduct the 
first of three planned sessions of its Environmental Compliance 
Training Course and the Environmental Report Preparation Course on 
January 27-29, 1998.
    These courses are a result of the positive response to our outreach 
training courses held since 1992 and as recently as October of this 
year. We encourage interested organizations and the public to take 
advantage of the courses to gain an understanding of the requirements 
and objectives of the Commission in ensuring compliance with all 
environmental certificate conditions and meeting its responsibilities 
under the National Environmental Policy Act and other laws and 
regulations. We also encourage feedback, either at the courses or in 
reply to this notice, on how we can improve the courses.

Environmental Report Preparation Course

    The Environmental Report Preparation Course presentation and its 
manual focus primarily on Section 7 filings. However, the course manual 
will address the following topics:

A. The types of projects that require environmental filings.
    1. Natural Gas Act section 7
    2. Natural Gas Policy Act filings
    3. Section 2.55 replacements
B. The filings required for each type of project.
C. Information to include in each filing.
D. Potential time saving procedures.
    1. Applicant-prepared DEA
    2. Third-party EA or EIS

    The staff intends the manual to be a sourcebook for preparing 
environmental filings under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
    If you have specific questions related to the subject matter of 
this course, or if you would like the course to address a particular 
item, please call Mr. John Leiss at [phone].
    This one-day Environmental Report Preparation Course will be held 
on the date and at the location shown below. Attendees must call the 
number listed for the hotel by the reservation deadline and identify 
themselves as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seminar attendees to 
receive the discounted group rate.

Session: January 27, 1998
Location: Fairmont Hotel, 123 Baronne Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 
70112, 1-800-527-4727, [phone]
Reservations by: January 5, 1998.

    We also intend to have sessions in Chicago and Las Vegas in March 
and May, respectively. Information on those sessions (and registration 
forms) should be available by the middle of January through the 
telephone number given below under Pre-registration.

Environmental Compliance Training Course

    The two-day Environmental Compliance Training Course and its manual 
will include the following topics:

    A. Post-certificate clearance filings.
    B. Environmental inspection as it relates to:
    1. Right-of-way preparation;
    2. Temporary erosion control;
    3. Cultural resources;
    4. Waterbody crossings;
    5. Wetland construction;
    6. Residential area construction;
    7. Right-of-way restoration; and
    8. Techniques for environmental compliance.

    The Environmental Compliance Training Course will be held on the 
dates and at the location shown below. Attendees must call the numbers 
listed for the hotels by the reservation deadline and identify 
themselves as FERC seminar attendees to receive the discounted group 
rate.

Session: January 28-29, 1998
Location: Fairmont Hotel, 123 Baronne Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 
70112
Information: 1-800-527-4727, [phone]
Reservations by: January 5, 1998

    We also intend to have sessions in Chicago and Las Vegas in March 
and May, respectively. Information on those sessions (and registration 
forms) should be available by the middle of January through the 
telephone number given below under Pre-registration.

Pre-Registration

    The OPR staff and Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, the 
Commission's environmental support contractor for natural gas projects, 
will conduct the training. There is no fee for the courses, but you 
must pre-register because space is limited.
    If you would like to attend either of these courses, please call 
the telephone number listed below to obtain a pre-registration form.\1\ 
NOTE: IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND BOTH THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT PREPARATION 
COURSE AND THE SUBSEQUENT ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE TRAINING COURSE, YOU 
MUST PRE-REGISTER SEPARATELY FOR EACH (ONLY ONE FORM IS NEEDED). 
Attendance will be limited to the first 150 people to pre-register in 
each course. Call or FAX requests for pre-registration forms to: Ms. 
Donna Connor, c/o Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, 470 
Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210, Telephone or FAX (Menu driven): 
[phone].
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being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of the forms were sent 
to those receiving this notice in the mail.
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    You will receive confirmation of pre-registration and additional 
information before the training course(s).
    Additional training will be offered in the future. Please indicate 
whether you would like these courses to be offered again, or if you are 
interested in any other courses with different topics or audiences. 
Please indicate your preferences for location and time of year. 
Suggestions on format are welcome.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-32376 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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