

[Federal Register: October 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 207)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-5-000]

 
Southern Natural Gas Company; Magnolia Enterprise Holdings, Inc.; 
Notice of Application

October 19, 2007.
    Take notice that on October 5, 2007, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed an 
application in Docket No. CP08-5-000 pursuant to section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), for approval to abandon and lease certain 
pipeline and appurtenant facilities and authorization to construct, 
install and operate a new compressor unit on its Cypress Pipeline and 
related appurtenant facilities. Magnolia Enterprise Holdings, Inc. 
(MEHI), Ten Peachtree Place, Location 1466, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, 
filed a request in the same application pursuant to section 7 of the 
NGA, for authorization to acquire certain pipeline, measurement and 
compression facilities and to lease those facilities back to Southern, 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    It is stated that pursuant to the terms of a Purchase and Sale 
Agreement between Southern and AGL Resources, Inc., MEHI's parent 
company, Southern requests authorization to abandon by sale to MEHI an 
undivided interest of the following:

    Twin 30 Pipelines extending from Southern's interconnection with 
Elba Island to Port Wentworth, Georgia in Chatham

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County, Georgia and Jasper County, South Carolina; 10 miles of 
Southern's 20-inch Wrens to Savannah Second Loop Line from the 
interconnection with the Twin 30 Pipelines at Port Wentworth, 
Georgia, to the Rincon Gate in Effingham County, Georgia; The 
Cypress Pipeline from the take off point on the Wrens Savannah Lines 
to the interconnection with Atlanta Gas Light Company's (AGLC) 
Brunswick Pipeline in Glynn County, Georgia, including, as 
applicable, the compressor facilities to be constructed on that 
portion of the Cypress Pipeline; and Southern's Brunswick Pipeline 
from the Jackson Measurement Station at Milepost 53.8 to Milepost 
0.0.

    It is stated that upon closing of the sale of the facilities, MEHI 
and Southern request authorization for MEHI to lease to Southern the 
facilities, including the compression facilities to be constructed, and 
AGLC's Brunswick Pipeline that it proposes to sell to MEHI so that 
Southern may operate and maintain the facilities as part of its 
interstate gas pipeline system under the terms of Southern's tariff. In 
addition, it is stated that MEHI requests pregranted abandonment 
authority to sell the AGLC Brunswick Pipeline back to AGLC upon 
termination of the lease.
    This filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public 
Reference Room 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 field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or Telephone: 202-502-6652; Toll-free: 1-

866-208-3676; or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any initial questions regarding Southern's proposal in this 
application should be directed to Patricia S. Francis, Senior Counsel, 
Southern Natural Gas Company, P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-
2563, or call (205) 325-7696. Any initial questions regarding EMHI's 
proposal in this application should be directed to Shannon Omia Pierce, 
Senior Regulatory Counsel, AGL Resources, Inc., Ten Peachtree Place, 
15th floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, or call (404) 584-3394.
    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 proceeding 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 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a 
copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only 
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders 
in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene 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. The Commission's rules require that 
persons filing comments in opposition to the project provide copies of 
their protests only to the applicant. 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 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.
    Comment Date: November 9, 2007.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-21160 Filed 10-25-07; 8:45 am]

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