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naturally caused landslides have

occurred on the face of this bluff.

Although the A-Line has not suffered

any physical damage, Northern cannot

predict the timing, location, and

magnitude of a future landslide.

Consistent with Northern’s goal to

provide safe and reliable natural gas

service, Northern states that it has

decided to remove the A-Line river

crossing. Northern further states that it

will be able to provide the capacity

required to meet current firm

obligations through existing facilities.

Thus, the proposed abandonment of

facilities would not result in the

abandonment of service to any of

Northern’s existing customers. Northern

estimates it would spend $410,000 to

remove the 2,200 feet of 16-inch

diameter pipe on the A-Line and the

appurtenant bridge structure.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before

December 21, 2000, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, a motion 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 NGA (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 a proceeding or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules. Comments and

protests may be filed electronically via

the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to Keith

L. Petersen, Director, Certificates and

Reporting for Northern, 1111 South

103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124,

phone number (402) 398–7421, or Don

Vignaroli, Senior Regulatory Analyst at

(402) 398–7139.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents issued by the

Commission, filed by the applicant, or

filed by all other intervenors. An

intervenor can file for rehearing of any

Commission order and can petition for

court review of any such order.

However, an intervenor must serve

copies of comments or any other filing

it makes with the Commission to every

other intervenor in the proceeding, as

well as filing an original and 14 copies

with the Commission. A person does

not have to intervene, however, in order

to have comments considered. A person,

instead, may submit two copies of such

comments to the Secretary of the

Commission. Commenters will be

placed on the Commission’s

environmental mailing list, will receive

copies of environmental documents,

and will be able to participate in

meetings associated with the

Commission’s environmental review

process. Comments will not be required

to serve copies of filed documents on all

other parties. However, commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission, and will not have the right

to seek rehearing or appeal the

Commission’s final order to a Federal

court.

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 NGA and the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that the proposal is

required by the public convenience and

necessity. If a motion for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its own 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 Northern to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30983 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–35–000]

Southern Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Application

November 30, 2000.

Take notice that on November 21,

2000, Southern Natural Gas Company

(Southern), Post Office Box 2563,

Birmingham, Alabama 35202–2563,

filed in Docket No. CP01–35–000 an

application pursuant to Section 7(c) of

the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of

public convenience and necessity to

construct and operate certain pipeline

looping facilities on its South Georgia

Facilities, 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 (call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance).

Southern states that on August 1,

2000, South Georgia Natural Gas

Company (South Georgia), which had

been a wholly owned subsidiary of

Southern, was merged into Southern.

Southern states that the former South

Georgia facilities are now owned and

operated by Southern as part of its

system and known as the South Georgia

Facilities. Southern further states that

customers benefiting from the South

Georgia Facilities continue to pay rates

applicable only to the South Georgia

Facilities pursuant to the May 31, 2000,

Order on Uncontested Settlement and

Granting Certificate Authorization in

Docket No. RP99–496–000, et al.

Southern states that South Georgia

conducted an open season that expired

on July 14, 2000, to determine whether

any shippers were interested in

acquiring long-term Rate Schedule FT

service on the South Georgia Facilities.

As a result of the open season, Southern

states that it has entered into long-term

service agreements with seven shippers

who have collectively subscribed for a

total of 17,000 Mcf per day of firm

transportation service on Southern’s

South Georgia Facilities. Southern states

that in order to provide this service, it

seeks authorization to construct and

operate 7.1 miles of 16-inch pipeline

looping on the 12-inch main line of the

South Georgia Facilities. Southern

further states that the pipeline looping

will extend from the discharge side of

Southern’s Holy Trinity Compressor

Station in Russell County, Alabama to

the beginning of its 16-inch loop in

Stewart County, Georgia.

Southern states that the estimated cost

of the proposed project is $6.0 million.

Southern further states that the project

will be financed through the use of

available cash on hand and cash from

operations. Southern states that it plans

to include the costs and revenues

attributable to the proposed facilities in

the cost of service and revenues for its

South Georgia Facilities on a rolled-in

basis in future rate proceedings.

Questions regarding the details of this

proposed project should be directed to

John Griffin, Southern Natural Gas

Company, Post Office Box 2563,

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Birmingham, Alabama 35202–2563, call

(205) 325–7133.

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 December 21, 2000,

file with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, D.C. 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 14 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

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 commenters 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 commenters will not be

required to serve copies of filed

documents on all other parties.

However, the non-party commenters

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 may issue a

preliminary determination on nonenvironmental issues prior to the

completion of its review of the

environmental aspects of the project.

This preliminary determination

typically considers such issues as the

need for the project and its economic

effect on existing customers of the

applicant, on other pipelines in the area,

and on landowners and communities.

For example, the Commission considers

the extent to which the applicant may

need to exercise eminent domain to

obtain rights-of-way for the proposed

project and balances that against the

non-environmental benefits to be

provided by the project. Therefore, if a

person has comments on community

and landowner impacts from this

proposal, it is important either to file

comments or to intervene as early in the

process as possible.

Comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the Internet in lieu of

paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

If the Commission decides to set the

application for a formal hearing before

an Administrative Law Judge, the

Commission will issue another notice

describing that process. At the end of

the Commission’s review process, a

final Commission order approving or

denying a certificate will be issued.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30984 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–112–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

November 28, 2000.

Take notice that on November 22,

2000, Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation (Texas Eastern) tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff Sixth

Revised Volume No. 1, Sixth Revised

Volume No. 1 and Sixth Revised Sheet

No. 647 to be effective on January 1,

2001.

Texas Eastern states that the purpose

of this filing is to remove from Section

16 of the General Terms and Conditions

of its FERC Gas Tariff certain provisions

that are no longer applicable, to revise

the phone number of the person to

whom complaints should be directed

regarding Texas Eastern’s compliance

with the Commission’s gas marketing

affiliate rules and to provide for the

posting on Texas Eastern’s Internet Web

site of information regarding shared

operating employees and shared

facilities, as well as any physical office

space barriers and card key protections

that may be necessitated by virtue of

shared office space, consistent with

Commission precedent.

Texas Eastern states that copies of its

filing have been mailed to all affected

customers and interested state

commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm. (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments and protests may

be filed electronically via the internet in

lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30986 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–34–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Application

November 30, 2000.

Take notice that on November 20,

2000, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box

1396, Houston, Texas 42301, in Docket

No. CP01–34–000 filed an application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act for permission and approval for