Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, 35341-35342 [2014-14372]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35341-35342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14372]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP14-493-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Application for 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

    Take notice that on May 30, 2014 Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC 
(Southern), 569 Brookwood Village, Suite 749, Birmingham, Alabama 
35209, filed in the above referenced docket an application pursuant to 
section 7(c) and 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Parts 157 and 
284 of the Commission's regulations, requesting a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing their Zone 3 Expansion Project. 
This project that creates an additional 235 million cubic feet per day 
(MMcf/d) of firm transportation capacity on the Southern is pipeline 
system. Southern also requested authorization for incremental rate 
treatment for the Zone 3 Expansion Project, 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 https://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.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Glenn 
A. Sheffield, Director, Rates & Regulatory Affairs, Southern Natural 
Gas Company, LLC, 569 Brookwood Village, Suite 749, Birmingham, Alabama 
35209, phone (205) 325-3813 or email glenn_sheffield@kindermorgan.com.
    Specifically, Southern will be (1) constructing a 3.3 mile long, 
36-inch outer-diameter pipeline loop in Marengo County, Alabama; (2) 
installing compressor unit 4,000 Horsepower (Hp) at an existing 
compressor station in Upson County, Georgia; (3) abandoning a 
compressor unit 4,700 International Standard Organization (ISO) Hp from 
operation at an existing compressor station in St. Bernard Parish, 
Louisiana and relocating it to an existing compressor station in 
Liberty County, Georgia; (4) installing relocated compressor unit 4,700 
ISO Hp and installing gas cooling at an existing compressor station in 
Liberty County, Georgia; (5) installing new gas cooling at an existing 
compressor station in Glynn County, Georgia; (6) constructing a new 
compressor station, one unit of 4,700 ISO Hp and a main line valve in 
Nassau County, Florida; (7) installing miscellaneous upgrades at an 
existing meter station in Wayne County, Georgia; (8) and installing up 
to three pipeline taps and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition 
system interconnection along the existing Southern Cypress line in 
Nassau and/or Duval Counties, Florida.
    Southern states that the Zone 3 Expansion Project will provide 
Southern's customers with access to additional supplies of 
domestically-produced natural gas entering Southern's system through 
its interconnections with Elba Express Company, LLC. Southern states 
that the project is supported by signed precedent agreements for firm 
transportation service with ten new and existing customers for all the 
capacity created by the Zone 3 Expansion Project. Southern requests 
that the Commission issue the requested authorizations on or before May 
15, 2015, in order to allow Southern sufficient time to meet the June 
1, 2016 in-service date set forth in the precedent agreements. Southern 
states that the Zone 3 Expansion Project will result in no 
subsidization from existing shippers, and is seeking incremental rate 
treatment for the project. The cost of the project is $93,468,931.
    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 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 7 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 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

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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 https://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 https://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 email 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: July 7, 2014.

    Dated: June 13, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-14372 Filed 6-19-14; 8:45 am]
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