82 FR 15051 - Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Fairburn Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 56 (March 24, 2017)

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-46-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Fairburn Expansion Project 
and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will 
discuss the environmental impacts of the Fairburn Expansion Project 
involving construction and operation of facilities by Southern Natural 
Gas Company, LLC (Southern) in Clayton, Cobb, Fayette, Fulton, and 
Monroe Counties, Georgia. The Commission will use this EA in its 
decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the 
public convenience and necessity.
    This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the 
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested 
agencies on the project. You can make a difference by providing us with 
your specific comments or concerns about the project. Your comments 
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable 
alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 
Your input will help the Commission staff determine what issues they 
need to evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your comments are timely and 
properly recorded, please send your comments so that the Commission 
receives them in Washington, DC on or before April 19, 2017.
    If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the 
opening of this docket on February 3, 2017, you will need to file those 
comments in Docket No. CP17-46-000 to ensure they are considered as 
part of this proceeding.
    This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental 
mailing list for this project. State and local government 
representatives should notify their constituents of this proposed 
project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
    If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a pipeline company 
representative may contact you about the acquisition of an easement to 
construct, operate, and maintain the proposed facilities. The company 
would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. However, if 
the Commission approves the project, that approval conveys with it the 
right of eminent domain. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to 
produce an agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation 
proceedings where compensation would be determined in accordance with 
state law.
    Southern provided landowners with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC 
entitled ``An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I 
Need To Know?''. This fact sheet addresses a number of typically-asked 
questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate 
in the Commission's proceedings. It is also available for

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viewing on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov).

Public Participation

    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit 
your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic 
filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist you at 
(202) 502-8258 or [email protected]. Please carefully follow these 
instructions so that your comments are properly recorded.
    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment 
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to 
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief, 
text-only comments on a project;
    (2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling 
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to 
Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a 
variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. 
New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on 
``eRegister.'' If you are filing a comment on a particular project, 
please select ``Comment on a Filing'' as the filing type; or
    (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to 
the following address. Be sure to reference the project docket number 
(CP17-46-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426.

Summary of the Proposed Project

    Southern proposes to provide approximately 343 million cubic feet 
per day of new firm transportation capacity to delivery points in 
Southern's Zone 2 and Zone 3 systems from a new interconnection with an 
existing Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company pipeline in Fayette 
County, Georgia. Southern plans to begin construction of the project in 
early 2018 for an anticipated in-service date of October 2018. The 
Fairburn Expansion project would include the following facilities:
     One new 4.9-mile-long 30-inch-diameter Fairburn Lateral 
from the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company interconnect in Fayette 
County, Georgia, to the proposed Fairburn Compressor Station in Fulton 
County, Georgia;
     one 1.6-mile-long 30-inch-diameter South Main 2nd Loop 
Line Extension looping \1\ along with pig \2\ receiver from mileposts 
(MP) 373.6 to 375.2 on Southern's existing South Main Line System in 
Monroe County, Georgia;
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    \1\ A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed parallel to 
an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
    \2\ A ``pig'' is a tool that the pipeline company inserts into 
and pushes through the pipeline for cleaning the pipeline, 
conducting internal inspections, or other purposes.
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     acquisition of the 19.7-mile-long 30-inch-diameter 
McDonough Lateral that extends from Southern's existing SNG-to-
McDonough Meter Station in Fulton County, Georgia to the proposed Plant 
McDonough Meter Station in Cobb County, Georgia;
     a new Plant McDonough Meter Station in Cobb County, 
Georgia, a SNG-to-McDonough Meter Station modification in Fulton 
County, Georgia; and a new UPS Meter Station in Fulton County, Georgia, 
all located on the McDonough Lateral;
     one new Transco-to-SNG Meter Station with pig launcher in 
Fayette County, Georgia,
     one new 18,000-horsepower electric Fairburn Compressor 
Station with pig receiver in Fulton County, Georgia; and
     modification of the Jonesboro Meter Station in Clayton 
County, Georgia.
    A map depicting the general location of the project facilities is 
included in appendix 1.\3\
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    \3\ The appendices referenced in this notice are not being 
printed in the Federal Register. Copies of appendices were sent to 
all those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at 
www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the 
Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502-8371. For instructions on 
connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.
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Land Requirements for Construction

    Southern proposes to use 170 acres of land for construction of the 
project, and would retain 59 acres of new permanent right-of-way for 
operations. The Fairburn Lateral would require 65 acres for 
construction, comprised of 34 acres of temporary right-of-way to be 
restored and allowed to revert to former uses, and 31 acres of new 
permanent right-of-way retained for operations. The South Main 2nd Loop 
Line Extension would require 21 acres for construction, comprised of 16 
acres of temporary right-of-way and 5 acres of new permanent right-of-
way. The Fairburn Compressor Station would require 28 acres for 
construction, comprised of 13 acres of temporary workspace and 15 acres 
of new permanent operational workspace. The five meter stations would 
require 4.3 acres for construction and Columbia would retain all of 
this acreage within its proposed permanent pipeline right-of-way for 
operations. Columbia would require six new permanent access roads 
totaling 4.5 acres for construction and operation. Columbia would 
require 8.5 acres of temporary access roads and three contractor yards 
totaling 39 acres for construction, all of which would revert to 
previous use following construction.

The EA Process

    The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the 
Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could 
result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us 
\4\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about 
proposals. This process is referred to as ``scoping.'' The main goal of 
the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important 
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public 
comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We will 
consider all filed comments during the preparation of the EA.
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    \4\ ``We,'' ``us,'' and ``our'' refer to the environmental staff 
of the Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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    In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of 
the construction and operation of the proposed project under these 
general headings:
     Geology and soils;
     water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
     cultural resources;
     vegetation, wildlife, threatened and endangered species, 
and migratory birds;
     land use and socioeconomics;
     air quality and noise;
     public safety; and
     cumulative impacts.
    We will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the project or 
portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen or 
avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
    The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA 
will be available in the public record through eLibrary. Depending on 
the comments received during the scoping process, we may also publish 
and distribute the EA to the public for an allotted comment period. We 
will consider all comments on the EA before making our recommendations 
to the Commission. To ensure we have the opportunity to consider and 
address your comments, please carefully follow the instructions in the 
Public Participation section, beginning on page 2.
    With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law 
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or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues of this 
project to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the EA.\5\ 
Agencies that would like to request cooperating agency status should 
follow the instructions for filing comments provided under the Public 
Participation section of this notice. Currently, the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers has expressed intention to participate as a cooperating 
agency in the preparation of the EA to satisfy its NEPA 
responsibilities related to this project.
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    \5\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing 
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations, Part 1501.6.
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Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation 
Act

    In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's 
implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation 
with applicable State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and to 
solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested 
Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on 
historic properties.\6\ We will define the project-specific Area of 
Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as the project 
develops. On natural gas facility projects, the APE at a minimum 
encompasses all areas subject to ground disturbance (examples include 
construction right-of-way, contractor/pipe storage yards, compressor 
stations, and access roads). Our EA for this project will document our 
findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status 
of consultations under section 106.
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    \6\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations 
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those 
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or 
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in 
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic 
Places.
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Environmental Mailing List

    The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local 
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; 
environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other 
interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also 
includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission's 
regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property 
may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within 
certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits 
comments on the project. We will update the environmental mailing list 
as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the information related 
to this environmental review to all individuals, organizations, and 
government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the 
proposed project.
    If we publish and distribute the EA, copies will be sent to the 
environmental mailing list for public review and comment. If you would 
prefer to receive a paper copy of the document instead of the CD 
version or would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please 
return the attached Information Request (appendix 2).

Becoming an Intervenor

    In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want 
to become an ``intervenor'' which is an official party to the 
Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the 
process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard 
by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling. 
An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a 
request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are in 
the ``Document-less Intervention Guide'' under the ``e-filing'' link on 
the Commission's Web site. Motions to intervene are more fully 
described at http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.

Additional Information

    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the 
FERC Web site at www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Click on the 
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number, 
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP17-
46). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the 
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, 
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission offers a free service called 
eSubscription, which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances 
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time 
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with 
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to 
the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
    Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the 
Commission's calendar located at www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information.

    Dated: March 20, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-05844 Filed 3-23-17; 8:45 am]
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Accession Number: 20170320–5155. Description: Macquarie Sierra the Fairburn Expansion Project
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/10/17. Investment Holdings, Inc., et. al. involving construction and operation of
Docket Numbers: ER17–1248–000. submits FERC 65–B Waiver Notification. facilities by Southern Natural Gas
Applicants: Southern California Filed Date: 3/17/17. Company, LLC (Southern) in Clayton,
Edison Company. Accession Number: 20170317–5200. Cobb, Fayette, Fulton, and Monroe
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/7/17. Counties, Georgia. The Commission will
Amended and Restated Service Take notice that the Commission use this EA in its decision-making
Agreements with City of Victorville to received the following electric process to determine whether the
be effective 4/1/2017. reliability filings: project is in the public convenience and
Filed Date: 3/17/17. Docket Numbers: RD17–5–000. necessity.
Accession Number: 20170317–5179. Applicants: North American Electric This notice announces the opening of
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/7/17. Reliability Corporation. the scoping process the Commission
Description: Joint Petition of the will use to gather input from the public
Docket Numbers: ER17–1257–000.
North American Electric Reliability and interested agencies on the project.
Applicants: Southern California
Corporation and Western Electricity You can make a difference by providing
Edison Company.
Coordinating Council for Approval of us with your specific comments or
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: DSA
Proposed Regional Reliability Standard concerns about the project. Your
for Decade Dairy Digester Project, SA
VAR–501–WECC–3. comments should focus on the potential
No. 952 to be effective 5/22/2017. environmental effects, reasonable
Filed Date: 3/20/17. Filed Date: 3/10/17.
Accession Number: 20170310–5318. alternatives, and measures to avoid or
Accession Number: 20170320–5154. lessen environmental impacts. Your
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/10/17. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/19/17.
The filings are accessible in the input will help the Commission staff
Docket Numbers: ER17–1258–000. determine what issues they need to
Applicants: Canadian Wood Products- Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your
Montreal, Inc. comments are timely and properly
Description: Tariff Cancellation: docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or recorded, please send your comments so
Cancellation filing to be effective that the Commission receives them in
3/21/2017. protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211 Washington, DC on or before April 19,
Filed Date: 3/20/17. 2017.
Accession Number: 20170320–5169. and 214 of the Commission’s
If you sent comments on this project
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/10/17. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
to the Commission before the opening of
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern this docket on February 3, 2017, you
Docket Numbers: ER17–1259–000.
time on the specified comment date. will need to file those comments in
Applicants: ITC Midwest LLC.
Protests may be considered, but Docket No. CP17–46–000 to ensure they
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
intervention is necessary to become a are considered as part of this
Filing of a Joint Use Agreement to be
party to the proceeding. proceeding.
effective 5/19/2017.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed This notice is being sent to the
Filed Date: 3/20/17.
information relating to filing Commission’s current environmental
Accession Number: 20170320–5182.
requirements, interventions, protests, mailing list for this project. State and
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/10/17.
service, and qualifying facilities filings local government representatives should
Docket Numbers: ER17–1260–000. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
Applicants: Wisconsin Public Service notify their constituents of this
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For proposed project and encourage them to
Corporation. other information, call (866) 208–3676
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: comment on their areas of concern.
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. If you are a landowner receiving this
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation’s
Annual PEB/PBOP Filing to be effective Dated: March 20, 2017. notice, a pipeline company
4/1/2017. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., representative may contact you about
Filed Date: 3/20/17. Deputy Secretary. the acquisition of an easement to
Accession Number: 20170320–5184. [FR Doc. 2017–05847 Filed 3–23–17; 8:45 am]
construct, operate, and maintain the
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/10/17. proposed facilities. The company would
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seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
Docket Numbers: ER17–1261–000. agreement. However, if the Commission
Applicants: Otter Tail Power approves the project, that approval
Company. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
conveys with it the right of eminent
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: domain. Therefore, if easement
Federal Energy Regulatory
Filing of Certificate of Concurrence to be negotiations fail to produce an
Commission
effective 1/25/2017. agreement, the pipeline company could
Filed Date: 3/20/17. [Docket No. CP17–46–000]
initiate condemnation proceedings
Accession Number: 20170320–5193. where compensation would be
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/10/17. Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC;
Notice of Intent To Prepare an determined in accordance with state
Take notice that the Commission law.
received the following public utility Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Fairburn Expansion Project Southern provided landowners with a
holding company filings: fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled
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and Request for Comments on
Docket Numbers: PH17–12–000. Environmental Issues ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On
Applicants: Macquarie Sierra My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’.
Investment Holdings, In, Electrodes The staff of the Federal Energy This fact sheet addresses a number of
Holdings, LLC, Watt Battery Holdings, Regulatory Commission (FERC or typically-asked questions, including the
LLC, Battery Storage Holdings, LLC, Commission) will prepare an use of eminent domain and how to
Sparks Battery Holdings, LLC, Sparks environmental assessment (EA) that will participate in the Commission’s
Battery Holdings 2, LLC. discuss the environmental impacts of proceedings. It is also available for

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viewing on the FERC Web site looping 1 along with pig 2 receiver from Columbia would require six new
(www.ferc.gov). mileposts (MP) 373.6 to 375.2 on permanent access roads totaling 4.5
Southern’s existing South Main Line acres for construction and operation.
Public Participation System in Monroe County, Georgia; Columbia would require 8.5 acres of
For your convenience, there are three • acquisition of the 19.7-mile-long 30- temporary access roads and three
methods you can use to submit your inch-diameter McDonough Lateral that contractor yards totaling 39 acres for
comments to the Commission. The extends from Southern’s existing SNG- construction, all of which would revert
to-McDonough Meter Station in Fulton to previous use following construction.
Commission encourages electronic filing
of comments and has expert staff County, Georgia to the proposed Plant The EA Process
available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 McDonough Meter Station in Cobb
County, Georgia; The National Environmental Policy
or efiling@ferc.gov. Please carefully Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
• a new Plant McDonough Meter
follow these instructions so that your take into account the environmental
Station in Cobb County, Georgia, a SNG-
comments are properly recorded. impacts that could result from an action
to-McDonough Meter Station
(1) You can file your comments modification in Fulton County, Georgia; whenever it considers the issuance of a
electronically using the eComment and a new UPS Meter Station in Fulton Certificate of Public Convenience and
feature on the Commission’s Web site County, Georgia, all located on the Necessity. NEPA also requires us 4 to
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to McDonough Lateral; discover and address concerns the
Documents and Filings. This is an easy • one new Transco-to-SNG Meter public may have about proposals. This
method for submitting brief, text-only Station with pig launcher in Fayette process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The
comments on a project; County, Georgia, main goal of the scoping process is to
• one new 18,000-horsepower electric focus the analysis in the EA on the
(2) You can file your comments important environmental issues. By this
electronically by using the eFiling Fairburn Compressor Station with pig
receiver in Fulton County, Georgia; and notice, the Commission requests public
feature on the Commission’s Web site comments on the scope of the issues to
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to • modification of the Jonesboro Meter
Station in Clayton County, Georgia. address in the EA. We will consider all
Documents and Filings. With eFiling, filed comments during the preparation
you can provide comments in a variety A map depicting the general location
of the project facilities is included in of the EA.
of formats by attaching them as a file In the EA we will discuss impacts that
with your submission. New eFiling appendix 1.3
could occur as a result of the
users must first create an account by Land Requirements for Construction construction and operation of the
clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing proposed project under these general
Southern proposes to use 170 acres of
a comment on a particular project, headings:
land for construction of the project, and
please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as • Geology and soils;
would retain 59 acres of new permanent
the filing type; or • water resources, fisheries, and
right-of-way for operations. The
(3) You can file a paper copy of your wetlands;
Fairburn Lateral would require 65 acres • cultural resources;
comments by mailing them to the for construction, comprised of 34 acres • vegetation, wildlife, threatened and
following address. Be sure to reference of temporary right-of-way to be restored endangered species, and migratory
the project docket number (CP17–46– and allowed to revert to former uses, birds;
000) with your submission: Kimberly D. and 31 acres of new permanent right-of- • land use and socioeconomics;
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy way retained for operations. The South • air quality and noise;
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street Main 2nd Loop Line Extension would • public safety; and
NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. require 21 acres for construction, • cumulative impacts.
comprised of 16 acres of temporary We will also evaluate reasonable
Summary of the Proposed Project alternatives to the project or portions of
right-of-way and 5 acres of new
Southern proposes to provide permanent right-of-way. The Fairburn the project, and make recommendations
approximately 343 million cubic feet Compressor Station would require 28 on how to lessen or avoid impacts on
per day of new firm transportation acres for construction, comprised of 13 the various resource areas.
acres of temporary workspace and 15 The EA will present our independent
capacity to delivery points in Southern’s
acres of new permanent operational analysis of the issues. The EA will be
Zone 2 and Zone 3 systems from a new
workspace. The five meter stations available in the public record through
interconnection with an existing
would require 4.3 acres for construction eLibrary. Depending on the comments
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
and Columbia would retain all of this received during the scoping process, we
Company pipeline in Fayette County,
acreage within its proposed permanent may also publish and distribute the EA
Georgia. Southern plans to begin
pipeline right-of-way for operations. to the public for an allotted comment
construction of the project in early 2018
period. We will consider all comments
for an anticipated in-service date of 1 A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed on the EA before making our
October 2018. The Fairburn Expansion parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity. recommendations to the Commission.
project would include the following 2 A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that the pipeline company
To ensure we have the opportunity to
facilities: inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for
consider and address your comments,
cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal
• One new 4.9-mile-long 30-inch- inspections, or other purposes. please carefully follow the instructions
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diameter Fairburn Lateral from the 3 The appendices referenced in this notice are not in the Public Participation section,
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company being printed in the Federal Register. Copies of beginning on page 2.
interconnect in Fayette County, Georgia, appendices were sent to all those receiving this With this notice, we are asking
notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
to the proposed Fairburn Compressor using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the agencies with jurisdiction by law and/
Station in Fulton County, Georgia; Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
• one 1.6-mile-long 30-inch-diameter Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 4 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the

502–8371. For instructions on connecting to environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of
South Main 2nd Loop Line Extension eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. Energy Projects.

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82 FR 15051 - Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Fairburn Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 56 (March 24, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
