[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40151-40152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17951]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-46-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Fairburn Expansion Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the 
Fairburn Expansion Project, proposed by Southern Natural Gas Company, 
LLC (Southern) in the above-referenced docket. Southern requests 
authorization to acquire, upgrade, construct, and operate certain 
natural gas pipeline and compression facilities in Clayton, Cobb, 
Fayetteville, Fulton, and Monroe Counties, Georgia. The project would 
provide approximately 343 million cubic feet per day of new firm 
transportation capacity to delivery points in Southern's Zone 2 and 
Zone 3 systems.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the Fairburn Expansion Project in 
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed 
project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a 
major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency participated as a cooperating agency in the 
preparation of the EA. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or 
special expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by the 
proposal and participate in the NEPA analysis.
    The proposed Fairburn Expansion Project includes the following 
facilities in Georgia:
     One new 4.9-mile-long 30-inch-diameter Fairburn Lateral 
pipeline, extending from the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company 
interconnect in Fayette County to a new proposed 18,000-horsepower 
electric Fairburn Compressor Station with pig \1\ receiver in Fulton 
County;
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    \1\ A pig is a tool that the pipeline company inserts into and 
pushes through the pipeline for cleaning the pipeline, conducting 
internal inspections, or other purposes.

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     one 1.6-mile-long 30-inch-diameter South Main 2nd Loop \2\ 
Line Extension pipeline along with pig receiver from mileposts 373.6 to 
375.2 on Southern's existing South Main Line System in Monroe County;
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    \2\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to 
an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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     acquisition of the 19.7-mile-long 30-inch-diameter 
McDonough Lateral pipeline that extends from Southern's existing SNG-
to-McDonough Meter Station in Fulton County to the proposed Plant 
McDonough Meter Station in Cobb County;
     a new Plant McDonough Meter Station in Cobb County; a SNG-
to-McDonough Meter Station modification in Fulton County; and a new UPS 
Meter Station in Fulton County, all located on the McDonough Lateral;
     one new Transco-to-SNG Meter Station with pig launcher in 
Fayette County; and
     modification of the Jonesboro Meter Station in Clayton 
County.
    The FERC staff mailed copies of the EA to Federal, state, and local 
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; 
environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; 
potentially affected landowners and other interested individuals and 
groups; and newspapers and libraries in the project area. In addition, 
the EA is available for public viewing on the FERC's Web site 
(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited number of copies of 
the EA are available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street 
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments 
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable 
alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 
The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To 
ensure that the Commission has the opportunity to consider your 
comments prior to making its decision on this project, it is important 
that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or before September 
18, 2017.
    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file 
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference the 
project docket number (CP17-46-000) with your submission. The 
Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert 
staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or 
[email protected].
    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment 
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to 
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief, 
text-only comments on a project;
    (2) You can also file your comments electronically using the 
eFiling feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the 
link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments 
in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your 
submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking 
on eRegister. You must select the type of filing you are making. If you 
are filing a comment on a particular project, please select Comment on 
a Filing; or
    (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to 
the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 
20426.
    Any person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a 
motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\3\ Only intervenors have the 
right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision. The Commission 
grants affected landowners and others with environmental concerns 
intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a 
clear and direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can 
adequately represent. Simply filing environmental comments will not 
give you intervenor status, but you do not need intervenor status to 
have your comments considered.
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    \3\ See the previous discussion on the methods for filing 
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    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the 
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the 
eLibrary link, click on General Search, and enter the docket number 
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP17-
46). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the 
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, 
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission offers a free service called 
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances 
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time 
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with 
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to 
the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.

    Dated: August 18, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-17951 Filed 8-23-17; 8:45 am]
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