[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77465-77466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30052]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP15-23-000; PF14-12-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on December 3, 2014, Southern Natural Gas Company, 
LLC (Southern), 569 Brookwood Village Suite 749, Birmingham, Alabama 
35209, filed in the above referenced docket an application pursuant to 
sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Part 157 and 
284 of the Commission's regulations requesting authorization to 
construct and operate the North Main Line Relocation Project (Project). 
Southern proposes to relocate (total of 3.91 miles) and abandon in 
place (total of 3.41 miles) a segment of each of its three North Main 
Lines and the Calera Branch Line in Jefferson County, Alabama. The 
project is designed to ensure the continued safe and efficient 
operation of Southern's existing fully subscribed pipeline facilities 
at their certificated design capacity all as more fully set forth in 
the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. The filing is available for review at the Commission in the 
Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 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.
    Any questions regarding this application may be directed to Glenn 
A. Sheffield, Director, Rates & Regulatory Affairs, Southern Natural 
Gas Company, L.C.C., 569 Brookwood Village Suite 749, Birmingham, 
Alabama 35209, [email protected], (205) 325-3813, or 
Tina Hardy at [email protected], (205) 325-3668.
    Specifically, Southern proposes to abandon in place 2.87 miles of 
existing and parallel 22-inch North Main Line, 24-inch North Main Line 
Loop, and 24-inch 2nd North Main Line and 0.54 miles of existing Calera 
Branch Line. Southern also proposes to construct 3.48 miles of 
relocated segments of each of the three North Main Lines with new 
above-ground gate settings on each of the three lines and 0.43 miles of 
relocated Calera Branch Line to replace the abandoned segments. 
Southern states that the existing lines are located in the path of the 
ongoing longwall coal mining operations that are planned to extend to 
the area underneath the existing pipeline facilities by April 1, 2016. 
Southern estimates the cost of this project to be $42,358,978 and it 
will be rolled into Southern's existing rates.
    On June 24, 2014, the Commission staff granted Southern's request 
to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF14-12-000 
to staff activities involved in the Project. Now, as of the filing of 
the December 3, 2014 application, the Pre-Filing Process for this 
project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be 
conducted in Docket No. CP15-23-000, as noted in the caption of this 
Notice.
    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 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 seven copies of filings made in the proceeding with the 
Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other 
party. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of 
Commission orders in the proceeding.

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    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 commentors 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 environmental review process. 
Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors 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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and 7 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 7, 2014.

    Dated: December 17, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-30052 Filed 12-23-14; 8:45 am]
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