In Reply Refer To: 

OEP/DG2E/Gas Branch 2 

Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP 

Docket No. CP07-032-000, et al. 

TO THE PARTY ADDRESSED: 

The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared 

this Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the natural gas pipeline facilities proposed by Gulf 

South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf South) under the above-referenced docket. Gulf South's Southeast 

Expansion Project (Project) would be located in various counties and parishes in eastern Louisiana, 

Mississippi, and western Alabama. 

The Final EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. 

 The FERC staff concludes that the proposed Project, with the appropriate mitigation measures as 

recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) are federal cooperating agencies for the development of this 

EIS. A federal cooperating agency has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any 

environmental impact involved with the proposal and is involved in the NEPA analysis. 

Gulf South indicates that the general purpose of the proposed Project is to provide producers in 

eastern Texas and northern Louisiana an eastern market outlet for production from CenterPoint Energy 

Gas Transmission Company in the Perryville, Louisiana, area. 

The Final EIS addresses the potential environmental impacts resulting from the construction and 

operation of the following facilities: 

• Approximately 111 miles of 42-inch-diameter natural gas transmission pipeline extending 

easterly from Simpson County, Mississippi, to Choctaw County, Alabama; 

• three new compressor stations, the Delhi, Harrisville, and Destin Compressor Stations, 

located in Richland County, Louisiana; Simpson County, Mississippi; and Choctaw County, 

Alabama, respectively; and 

• other ancillary facilities including five meter and regulator (M/R) facilities, eight mainline 

valves, one side valve, and two pig launcher and/or receiver facilities. 

Dependent upon Commission approval, Gulf South proposes to complete construction and begin 

operating the proposed Project in January 2008. 

The Final EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is available for public 

inspection at: 
Docket No. CP07-032-000, et al. - 2 -

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

Public Reference Room 

888 First Street N.E., Room 2A 

Washington, DC 20426 

(202) 502-8371 

A limited number of copies of the Final EIS are available from the Public Reference Room 

identified above. In addition, CD copies of the Final EIS have been mailed to affected landowners; 

various federal, state, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; local libraries and newspapers; intervenors; and other individuals that 

expressed an interest in the proposed Project. Hard-copies of the Final EIS have also been mailed to 

those who requested that format during the scoping and comment periods for the proposed Project. 

In accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations implementing 

NEPA, no agency decision on a proposed action may be made until 30 days after the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) publishes a notice of availability of a Final EIS. However, the CEQ regulations 

provide an exception to this rule when an agency decision is subject to a formal internal process that 

allows other agencies or the public to make their views known. In such cases, the agency decision may 

be made at the same time the notice of the Final EIS is published, allowing both periods to run 

concurrently. Should the FERC issue Gulf South authorizations for the proposed Project, it would be 

subject to a 30-day rehearing period. Therefore, the Commission could issue its decision concurrently 

with the EPA's notice of availability. 

Additional information about the proposed Project is available from the Commission's Office of 

External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the FERC Internet website (www.ferc.gov). To access 

information via the FERC website, click on the "eLibrary" link, then click on "General Search" and enter 

the docket number (CP07-032), excluding the last three digits, in the Docket Number field. Be sure you 

have selected an appropriate date range. The "eLibrary" link provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. For assistance with 

"eLibrary," please contact FERC Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 

1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. 

In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called eSubscription that 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 these documents. To learn more about eSubscription and to 

sign-up for this service, please go to www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary