[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 49306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP14-530-000]


Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

    Take notice that on August 6, 2014, Southern Star Central Gas 
Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), pursuant to its blanket certificate 
authorization granted on September 30, 1982, in Docket No. CP82-479-
000,\1\ filed an application in accordance to sections 157.205, 
157.210, 157.211 and 157.216(b) of the Commission's Regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, requesting authority to replace 
approximately 6.01 miles of existing 12-inch XT pipeline by 
constructing approximately 6.01 miles of 20-inch XM pipeline in Johnson 
County, Missouri. The proposed pipeline is a part of a project that 
Southern Star proactively committed in 2008 to a multi-year plan to 
replace the approximately 18.93 remaining miles of 1930s-vintage 12-
inch XT pipeline, all as more fully set forth in the application which 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
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    \1\ 20 FERC ] 62,592 (1982).
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    The existing 12-inch XT pipeline was constructed in 1930s for the 
purpose of providing natural gas service to market areas between 
Ottawa, Kansas and Sedalia, Missouri and to the communities of 
Carrollton and Marshall in Missouri. Sections of the pipeline have been 
replaced over a period of years for various reasons including when 
required by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and as needed to 
eliminate obsolete, acetylene-welded pipe. The proposed 6.01 miles of 
20-inch XM pipeline is the final component in the multi-year program of 
replacing the entire 12-inch XT pipeline. Southern Star plans to 
abandon the existing 12-inch XT pipeline in-place. The proposed 
pipeline will be constructed approximately 25 feet from and parallel to 
the existing pipeline. Southern Star proposes to operate the 20-inch XM 
pipeline to a maximum operating pressure (MOP) of 720 psig.\2\ Southern 
Start states that the entire 20-inch XM pipeline does not provide any 
additional firm capacity upstream due to constrains through the Ottawa 
and Peculiar compressor stations. The total estimated cost of the 
proposed project is $21,007,847.
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    \2\ The proposed 20-inch XM pipeline will be hydrostatically 
tested at a maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of 960 psig.
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    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to 
Phyllis K. Medley, Senior Analyst, Regulatory Compliance, Southern Star 
Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., 4700 State Highway 56, Owensboro, Kentucky 
42301, by phone at (270) 852-4653, or fax at (270) 852-5010, or by 
email to [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 FERC 
[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.
    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.
    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: August 13, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-19667 Filed 8-19-14; 8:45 am]
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