[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 89 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11613]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-397-000]
Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application
May 4, 1999.
Take notice that on April 29, 1999, Southern Natural Gas Company
(Applicant), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed in
Docket No. CP99-397-000 an application pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, and Subpart
F of the Regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's
(Commission) thereunder, for permission and approval to abandon certain
pipeline facilities and for a certificate of public convenience and
necessity authorizing the construction and operation of approximately
1,430 feet of replacement pipeline and appurtenant facilities located
at the Boeuf River crossing and 1,017 feet of replacement pipeline and
appurtenant facilities located at the Bayou Macon crossing, all as more
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection. This filing may be viewed on the web at
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208-2222 for
assistance).
Applicant requests authorization to abandon and replace certain
pipeline segments of its North Main Line, North Main Loop Line, and
North Main 2nd Loop Line at the Boeuf River crossing in Morehouse and
West Carroll Parishes, Louisiana and the North Main Line and North Main
Loop Line at the Bayou Macon crossing in East and West Carroll
Parishes, Louisiana. Applicant states that at the Boeuf River crossing,
it proposes to abandon approximately .16 miles of three 12-inch O.D.
segments of its North Main Line, three 12-inch O.D. of its North Main
Line, three 12-inch O.D. of its North Main Loop Line, and four 12-inch
O.D. segments of its North Main 2nd Loop Line. Applicant further states
that at the Bayou Macon crossing, it proposes to abandon approximately
0.08 miles of three 12-inch O.D. segments of its North Main Line and
three 12-inch O.D. segments of its North Main Loop Line. Applicant
indicates that it also requests authorization to construct, install,
and operate approximately 1430 feet of one 20-inch North Main Line
segment, one 18-inch North Main Loop Line segment, and one one 24-inch
North Main 2nd Loop Line segment as replacements for the Boeuf River
crossings and approximately 1,017 feet of one 22-inch North Main Line
segment and one 22-inch North Main Loop Line segments as replacements
for the Bayou Macon crossings. Applicant asserts that the total cost of
the abandonments and replacements is estimated to be $3.5 million.
Applicant requests Commission approval by June 1, 1999, so that
construction may begin by July 1, 1999.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before May 11, 1999, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20426, a
petition to intervene or a protest 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 Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10).
All protests filed with the Commission will be considered by it in
determining the appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to
make the protestants parties to the proceeding.
Any person wishing to become a party to the proceeding or to
participate as a party in any hearing therein must file a petition to
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules.
Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be
held without further notice before the Commission on this application
if no petition to intervene is filed within the time required herein,
and if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that the
abandonment is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a
petition for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission
on its motion believes that a formal hearing is required, further
notice of such hearing will be duly given.
Under the procedure herein provide for, unless otherwise advised,
it will be unnecessary for Applicant to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-11613 Filed 5-7-99; 8:45 am]
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