[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50304-50305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25389]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-723-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

September 19, 1997.
    Take notice that on September 3, 1997, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern), Post Office Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed 
a request with the Commission in Docket No. CP97-763-000 pursuant to 
Section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA) for authorization to relocate a portion of its North Main 
Line, North Main Loop Line and Second North Main Line, under its 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-406-000 pursuant to 
Section 7 of the NGA, all are more fully set forth in the request which 
is open to public inspection.
    Southern states that it proposes to relocate certain facilities in 
order to remove its system from the threat of soil subsidence which may 
occur as a result of a long-wall coal seam mining. Southern states that 
it will relocate its 22-inch North Main Line and 24-inch North Main 
Loop Line facilities in Jefferson County, Alabama. It is stated that 
the estimated cost would be about $17.7 million and that there would be 
no adverse impact to firm deliveries.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after the 
Commission has issued this notice, file pursuant to Rule 214 of the 
Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene or 
notice of intervention and pursuant to Sec. 157.205 of the Regulations 
under the NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the request. If no protest 
is filed within the time allowed therefor, the proposed activity shall 
be deemed to be

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authorized effective the day after the time allowed for filing a 
protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after 
the time allowed for filing a protest, the instant request shall be 
treated as an application for authorization pursuant to Section 7 of 
the NGA.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-25389 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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