[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30824]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-35-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

    Take notice that on December 17, 2014 Southern Natural Gas Company, 
LLC (Southern), 569 Brookwood Village, Suite 749, Birmingham, Alabama 
35209, filed in the above Docket, a prior notice request pursuant to 
sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Southern's blanket certificate issued in 
CP82-406-000 on September 1, 1982, for authorization to abandon 
approximately 16.6 miles of its 8-inch West Point Line, approximately 
1.5 miles of its 4-inch West Point Line and West Point Meter Station 
located in Noxubee, Lowndes and Clay Counties, Mississippi, 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, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Tina 
S. Hardy, Manager IC--Regulatory, Southern Natural Gas Company, 569 
Brookwood Village, Suite 749, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, phone (205) 
325-3668 or email [email protected].
    Specifically, Southern proposes to abandon in place 8-inch pipeline 
segment from milepost (MP) 0.00 to MP 16.60 and 4-inch pipeline segment 
form MP 22.786 to MP 24.257. Southern also proposes to remove ten above 
ground facilities on these pipeline segments, including the West Point 
Meter Station, and to grout and cap the pipe at all major road 
crossings. Southern states that the 8-inch pipeline ruptured on 
November 21, 2013 and the 4-inch line has not been used in 14 years. 
Southern also states that the abandonment will not impact Southern's 
firm requirements. Southern proposes to start abandonment work in April 
2015 and complete it by June 2015. Southern states that the replacement 
cost for the facilities described above would be approximately $20.7 
million.
    Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 57.9, 
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 may, within 60 days after the 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. Any person filing to intervene or the Commission's staff 
may, pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.205) file 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 protest. If a protest is filed and not 
withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a protest, 
the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to section 7 of the NGA.
    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 (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

    Dated: December 24, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-30824 Filed 1-2-15; 8:45 am]
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