[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 117 (Monday, June 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 28222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12941]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-494-000]


Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization; Southern Natural 
Gas Company, L.L.C.

    Take notice that on June 1, 2018, Southern Natural Gas Company, 
L.L.C. (Southern), 569 Brookwood Village, Suite 749, Birmingham, 
Alabama 35209, filed in Docket No. CP18-494-000 a prior notice request 
pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of the Commission's 
regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), requesting authorization 
to abandon in place 6.5 miles of both its 4-inch West Point Line and 8-
inch West Point Loop Line from Milepost 16.43 to Milepost 22.79 located 
in Lowndes and Clay Counties, Mississippi. In addition, Southern 
proposes to abandon by removal its delivery meter at Milepost 16.43, a 
regulator at Milepost 19.35, and all associated above-ground 
appurtenances. Southern estimates the cost of the proposed project to 
be approximately $20,700,000, 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 Pamela 
R. Donaldson, Sr. Regulatory Analyst II at Southern Natural Gas 
Company, L.L.C., Colonial Brookwood Center, 569 Brookwood Village, 
Suite 749, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, by telephone at (204) 325-3739, 
or by email at [email protected].
    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.
    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 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 EA.
    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 Commissions' 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 commenters' 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 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, 
DC 20426.

    Dated: June 11, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-12941 Filed 6-15-18; 8:45 am]
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