[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67639-67640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27506]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP13-10-000]
Liberty Energy (Georgia) Corp.; Notice of Application
Take notice that on October 25, Liberty Energy (Georgia) Corp.
(Liberty Georgia), 2845 Bristol Circle, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6H
7H7, filed in Docket No. CP13-10-000, an application pursuant to
section 7(f) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting the determination
of a service area within which Liberty Georgia may, without further
Commission authorization, enlarge or expand its natural gas
distribution facilities. Liberty Georgia also requests: (i) A waiver of
the Commission's accounting and reporting requirements and other
regulatory requirements ordinarily applicable to natural gas companies
under the NGA and the NGPA; (ii) pregranted abandonment of this
service; and (iii) such further relief the Commission may deem
appropriate, all as more fully set forth in the application, which is
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing
may also be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
Liberty Georgia, a newly created entity, states that it agreed on
August 8, 2012, to purchase natural gas distribution assets owned by
Atmos Energy Corporation (Atmos) in Georgia.\1\ Liberty Georgia now
seeks a section 7(f) service area determination in order to provide
natural gas service to approximately 64,000 customers in Georgia. The
purchased Georgia facilities will include approximately 1,313 miles of
gas transmission and distribution mains in Barrow, Chattahoochee, Hall,
Harris, Jackson, Muscogee, and Oconee Counties. The Georgia facilities
also include the distribution systems serving Columbus, Georgia, and
Gainesville, Georgia.
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\1\ See Atmos Energy Corp., 126 FERC ] 62,118 (2009).
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Liberty Georgia states that it would also acquire from Atmos (i)
approximately 7,078 feet of 6-inch diameter pipeline (ii) 14,040 feet
of 6-inch diameter pipeline, and (iii) approximately 14,150 feet of 10-
inch pipeline that extend from an interconnection with Southern Natural
Gas Company in Russell County, Alabama, to the Alabama-Georgia border
at the northern bank of the Chattahoochee River (Alabama facilities),
where they interconnect with Atmos' Georgia facilities that serve the
distribution system on the U.S. Army base at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Any questions regarding this application should be directed to
William F. Demarest, Jr., Husch Blackwell LLP, 750 17th St. NW., Suite
900, Washington, DC 20006, or at (202) 378-2310 (telephone) or email:
[email protected].
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 the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 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
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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.
Comments, protests and interventions 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 under the ``e-Filing''
link.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.
Dated: November 6, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-27506 Filed 11-9-12; 8:45 am]
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