Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 204 (Thursday, October 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56631-56632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28332]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-12-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

October 16, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 9, 1998, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern), Post Office Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed 
in Docket No. CP99-12-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, 
157.212 and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

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157.212, 157.216) for authorization to abandon certain regulating 
facilities in conjunction with the change in operation of an existing 
delivery point Southern's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-406-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more 
fully set forth in the request that is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Southern states it is currently authorized to deliver natural gas 
to Alabama Gas Corporation (Alagasco) at Southern's Anniston #3 
Delivery Point (Anniston #3) as specified under Exhibit B to the Firm 
Service Agreements between Southern and Alagasco. Anniston #3 is 
located at or near Milepost 371.641 on Southern's 20-inch North Main 
Line in Section 32, Township 16 South, Range 7 East, Calhoun County, 
Alabama. Specifically, Southern proposes to abandon the regulating 
facilities and relief valve, isolation valves, and header at Anniston 
#3, and to install four 6-inch regulators, one 6-inch meter run, six 6-
inch ball valves and one 12-inch header. As a result of these 
modifications the meter station at the delivery point will be 
redesigned to deliver gas to Alagasco at a minimum contract pressure of 
200 psig during the period April 1 through September 30 of each year 
and at a minimum contract pressure of 250 psig during the period 
October 1 through March 31 of each year. Alagasco agrees that it shall 
be responsible for any necessary regulation or modification to its 
facilities downstream of the station to receive the gas at the contract 
pressures described in this paragraph.
    Southern states that the abandonment of facilities proposed in this 
application will not result in any termination of service, and that 
said changes will not result in a change in the total Firm 
Transportation Demand delivered to Alagasco. Further, Southern states 
that (1) the revised delivery pressure will not cause a detriment or 
disadvantage to its other firm customers; (2) deliveries at the revised 
delivery pressure will have no impact on Southern's peak day and annual 
deliveries; and (3) the abandonment and delivery pressure change are 
not prohibited by any existing tariff of Southern.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 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 Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
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 time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28332 Filed 10-21-98; 8:45 am]
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