[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 80 (Thursday, April 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22143-22144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8849]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-104-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

April 16, 2008.
    Take notice that on April 3, 2008, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern), Colonial Brookwood Center, 569 Brookwood Village, Suite 
501, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, filed with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) an abbreviated application pursuant 
to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and part 157 
of the Commission's regulations for authorization to abandon by sale to 
Nexus Gas Holdings LLC (Nexus) and its successors, all of its 
facilities located to the west of it's Bienville Compressor Station 
which consist of certain transmission pipelines, a compressor station, 
meter stations, and related appurtenant facilities located in Panola 
and Shelby Counties, Texas, and DeSoto, Red River, and Bienville 
Parishes, Louisiana. Southern also requests a determination that, upon 
the closing of the sale, the facilities to be abandoned will be 
considered non-jurisdictional gathering facilities under section 1(b) 
of the NGA, or non-jurisdictional intrastate transmission facilities 
under section 2(16) of the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA). Southern 
states that the proposed abandonment will not affect the capacity of 
its pipeline system or the availability of gas supplies on its system. 
Southern's proposal and a detailed description of the facilities are 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection. The filing may also be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, please 
contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free 
at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to John 
C. Griffin, Senior Counsel, Southern Natural Gas Company, P.O. Box 
2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563 at (205) 325-7133.
    Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either: 
Complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the 
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a 
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule 
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other 
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of 
the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this 
proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for 
this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for 
Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of 
the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the 
subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days 
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before the comment date, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to 
intervene in accordance with the

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requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 
CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 
157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service 
list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive 
copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other 
parties. A party must submit 14 copies of filings made with the 
Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other 
party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for 
court review of Commission orders in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. 
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will 
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's 
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project 
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly 
involved in the protest.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    Comment Date: May 7, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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