[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73652-73653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29812]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP13-17-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

    Take notice that on November 20, 2012, Southern Natural Gas 
Company, L.L.C. (Southern), 569 Brookwood Village, Suite 749, 
Birmingham, Alabama 35209, filed in Docket No. CP13-17-000, an 
application pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208, 157.213, and 157.216 
of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as 
amended, to make certain modifications to facilities at Southern's 
Muldon Gas Storage Field (Muldon Field) in Monroe County, Mississippi, 
in order to convert 5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas capacity 
in the Muldon Field from cushion gas to working gas, under Southern's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-406-000,\1\ all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to the public for inspection.
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    \1\ Southern Natural Gas Company, 20 FERC ] 62,414 (1982).
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    Southern proposes to convert 5 Bcf of natural gas capacity at the 
Muldon Field from cushion gas to working gas and to make certain 
facilities modifications. Southern asserts that the total capacity of 
the Muldon Field would remain at the currently maximum certificated 
level of 92.82 Bcf.\2\ Southern states that the propose facilities 
modifications would take place over a two-year period. Southern also 
states that in 2013 it would add separators, heaters, regulators, salt 
water storage tanks, and associated piping and controls to the existing 
plant; work on seven existing wells; install approximately 3,200 feet 
of 8-inch diameter pipe and associated valves; and remove approximately 
200 feet of abandoned pipe. Southern further states that in 2014 it 
would make additional modifications to existing, including minor 
adjustments and modifications to the new facilities; work on four 
existing wells, drill one new well; and install approximately 650 feet 
of 8-inch diameter pipe for the new well. Southern estimates that it 
would cost $16,000,000 to modify and construct the proposed facilities.
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    \2\ Southern Natural Gas Company, 46 FPC 813 (1971).
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    Pursuant to the standard conditions for a certificate issued under 
the Commission's Blanket Certificate

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program, Part 157, Subpart F of the Commission's Regulations, section 
157.206(c) states that ``any authorized construction, extension, or 
acquisition shall be completed and made available for service by the 
certificate holder and any authorized operation, or service, shall be 
available within one year of the date the activity is authorized''. As 
described above, Southern's proposed project will span two years given 
the nature of the changes proposed for the operation of its Muldon 
storage field. Thus, pursuant to section 157.206(c), Southern must seek 
an extension of that one year deadline for the activities not completed 
during that first year just prior to the beginning of the second year 
of the project and describe progress of the project at that point.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Tina 
A. Hardy, Regulatory Manager, Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C., 569 
Brookwood Village, Suite 749, Birmingham, Alabama 35209 or via 
telephone at (205) 325-3668, or via email: [email protected].
    This filing is available for review at the Commission or may 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 filed to access the document. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or call toll-free at (866) 206-3676, or, for 
TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. 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. The Commission strongly encourages 
intervenors to file electronically.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 60 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, 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 section 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 therefore, the 
proposed activity shall be deemed to be 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 allowed time for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA.

    Dated: November 30, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-29812 Filed 12-10-12; 8:45 am]
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