
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7677]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP11-139-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

    Take notice that on March 16, 2011, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern), Post Office Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed 
in Docket No. CP11-139-000, an application pursuant to sections 157.205 
and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) as amended, to abandon in place a supply lateral that extends 
from the Matagorda Island Area Block 696 Platform, offshore Texas to a 
subsea interconnect at Matagorda Island Area Block 665, under 
Southern's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-406-000,\1\ 
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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 
208-3676, or TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
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    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Glenn 
A. Sheffield, Director, Rates and Regulatory, Southern Natural Gas 
Company, P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, via telephone 
at (205) 325-3813 or e-mail: glenn.sheffield@elpaso.com or Tina S. 
Hardy, Rates and Regulatory, P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-
2563, via telephone at (205) 325-3668 or e-mail: tina.hardy@elpaso.com.
    Specifically, Southern proposes to abandon 10 miles of 10-inch 
diameter pipeline that extends from Apache Corporation's (Apache) 
Platform A in the Matagorda Island Area Block 696, offshore Texas to a 
subsea tie-in with the existing 24-inch Matagorda Offshore Pipeline 
System at Matagorda Island Area Block 665. Southern states the Apache 
Platform ceased production operations in October 2010 and Apache plans 
to remove the platform in the second quarter of 2011. Southern states 
it has provided interruptible transportation service for three shippers 
through the supply lateral in the last twelve months and each customer 
has provided written consent in support of the abandonment project. 
Southern also states that it would cost approximately $13.8 million to 
replicate the facilities today.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 60 days after 
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 and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.205), 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 filing a protest. If a protest is filed and 
not withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA.
    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 commenter's 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 commenter's will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentary, 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.

    Dated: March 25, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-7677 Filed 3-31-11; 8:45 am]
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