[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67639-67640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27506]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP13-10-000]


Liberty Energy (Georgia) Corp.; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on October 25, Liberty Energy (Georgia) Corp. 
(Liberty Georgia), 2845 Bristol Circle, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6H 
7H7, filed in Docket No. CP13-10-000, an application pursuant to 
section 7(f) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting the determination 
of a service area within which Liberty Georgia may, without further 
Commission authorization, enlarge or expand its natural gas 
distribution facilities. Liberty Georgia also requests: (i) A waiver of 
the Commission's accounting and reporting requirements and other 
regulatory requirements ordinarily applicable to natural gas companies 
under the NGA and the NGPA; (ii) pregranted abandonment of this 
service; and (iii) such further relief the Commission may deem 
appropriate, all as more 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 web 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, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    Liberty Georgia, a newly created entity, states that it agreed on 
August 8, 2012, to purchase natural gas distribution assets owned by 
Atmos Energy Corporation (Atmos) in Georgia.\1\ Liberty Georgia now 
seeks a section 7(f) service area determination in order to provide 
natural gas service to approximately 64,000 customers in Georgia. The 
purchased Georgia facilities will include approximately 1,313 miles of 
gas transmission and distribution mains in Barrow, Chattahoochee, Hall, 
Harris, Jackson, Muscogee, and Oconee Counties. The Georgia facilities 
also include the distribution systems serving Columbus, Georgia, and 
Gainesville, Georgia.
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    \1\ See Atmos Energy Corp., 126 FERC ] 62,118 (2009).
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    Liberty Georgia states that it would also acquire from Atmos (i) 
approximately 7,078 feet of 6-inch diameter pipeline (ii) 14,040 feet 
of 6-inch diameter pipeline, and (iii) approximately 14,150 feet of 10-
inch pipeline that extend from an interconnection with Southern Natural 
Gas Company in Russell County, Alabama, to the Alabama-Georgia border 
at the northern bank of the Chattahoochee River (Alabama facilities), 
where they interconnect with Atmos' Georgia facilities that serve the 
distribution system on the U.S. Army base at Fort Benning, Georgia.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
William F. Demarest, Jr., Husch Blackwell LLP, 750 17th St. NW., Suite 
900, Washington, DC 20006, or at (202) 378-2310 (telephone) or email: 
[email protected].
    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 stated below, file with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene in accordance with the 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.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments 
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be 
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings 
associated with the Commission's

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environmental review process. Environmental commenters will not be 
required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. 
However, the non-party commenters will not receive copies of all 
documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission (except 
for the mailing of environmental documents issued by the Commission) 
and will not have the right to seek court review of the Commission's 
final order.
    Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically 
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and 
the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.

    Dated: November 6, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-27506 Filed 11-9-12; 8:45 am]
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