
[Federal Register: January 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 9)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP09-36-000 PF08-13-000]

 
Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

January 7, 2009.
    Take notice that on December 15, 2008, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, 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 of the Commission's 
regulations for a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
authorizing the construction, installation, and operation of certain 
pipeline, compression, measurement, interconnection, and appurtenant 
facilities in the states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia, and the 
abandonment and replacement of certain other sections of its pipeline 
system in the state of Georgia (SSEIII Project), 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 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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or 
TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    Specifically, Southern proposes to: (a) Construct 65.35 miles of 
pipeline loop, (b) replace 22.6 miles of pipeline with larger diameter 
pipeline; and (c) install 17,310 horsepower of compression at existing 
compressor stations in order to provide an additional 375,000 Dth/day 
of firm transportation for Southern Company Services to provide fuel 
for Georgia Power Company's Plant McDonough electric generation 
facility in Cobb County, Georgia. Southern estimates that the proposed 
facilities will cost approximately $352 million and proposes to recover 
the costs through a new levelized incremental rate under its FERC Gas 
Tariff Rate Schedule FT. Southern proposes to construct the SSEIII 
Project in three phases. Phase I will consist of one new meter station, 
looping of one pipeline segment, and abandonment and replacement of one 
pipeline segment, with the meter station to be completed and in service 
on May 1, 2010, and the pipeline segments to be completed and in 
service on January 1, 2011. Phase II will consist of modifications at 
one of Southern's existing compressor stations and looping of two 
pipeline segments, all to be completed and in service on June 1, 2011. 
Finally, Phase III will consist of modifications at one of Southern's 
existing compressor stations, looping of two pipeline segments, and 
abandonment and replacement of one pipeline segment, all to be 
completed and in service on June 1, 2012.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to John 
C. Griffin, Senior Counsel, Southern Natural Gas Company, P.O. Box 
2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563 at (205) 325-7133.
    On March 14, 2008, the Commission staff granted Southern's request 
to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF08-13-000 
to staff activities involved in the SSEIII Project. Now as of the 
filing of the December 15, 2008 application, the Pre-Filing Process for 
this project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be 
conducted in Docket No. CP09-36-000, as noted in the caption of this 
Notice.
    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 14 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.
    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 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail

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FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: January 28, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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