November 25, 2026, at 5 p.m. Central is the deadline Energy Transfer set for shippers to bid for capacity on its proposed South Mississippi pipeline. A Richland Parish landowner does not need to submit a bid to preserve the opportunity to participate in federal review. For that owner, the consequential documents are a route drawing that identifies the tract and a notice from the federal certificate proceeding that gives the applicable deadline. Energy Transfer’s October 28 notice (PDF) · Bloomberg’s reporting by Emma Sanchez.
What the November 25 deadline covers
Energy Transfer Interstate Holdings, LLC opened bidding on October 28. It proposes to receive gas at a point in Richland Parish, Louisiana, and deliver it in the George County area of Mississippi. A shipper seeking space must specify how much gas it wants to move, between which points, and for how long. It must submit a binding agreement and credit documents. Energy Transfer reserved the right to change or extend the closing date. Its posting is notice 74540. Company notice and current posting.
On November 3, Energy Transfer announced an investment decision on an estimated $1.6 billion project. It described plans for about 215 miles of 36-inch pipe with capacity of 1.2 billion cubic feet per day, while reserving final sizing until bids close. The October document had contemplated either 36-inch or 42-inch pipe. The newer announcement explains the commercial commitment. The earlier notice says the company will seek federal authorization to build. Neither document grants an easement across a particular tract. Energy Transfer’s November 3 announcement · Energy Transfer’s October 28 notice (PDF).
How to tell whether a particular tract is affected
Richland Parish is the name of the proposed receipt location. It does not tell a landowner which side of a road the line would occupy, where a construction entrance would go, or whether a temporary workspace would extend beyond an existing servitude. Energy Transfer proposes to put much of the expansion alongside existing infrastructure. Even there, the rights already granted turn on the recorded instrument and its legal description.
Start with the deed and any recorded pipeline servitude or amendment. Ask whoever contacted you for the operator’s legal name, a dated alignment sheet or tract drawing, and the drawing’s revision number. Request the proposed permanent corridor, temporary workspace, access roads, and any above-ground facilities on the same drawing. Compare the drawing to the recorded legal description. Keep any survey-access request with those papers. Permission to survey, a proposed permanent grant, and a federal notice each serve a different purpose. Richland Parish Clerk of Court · FERC’s landowner guide.
Which federal filing belongs to this project?
FERC reviews interstate natural gas pipeline proposals under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. A certificate application identifies the applicant and the facilities it seeks permission to build. A pre-filing record, when there is one, documents earlier work on the proposal. Search by the full project name and the applicant or affiliate. Once the correct docket is identified, use the docket number to follow notices, applications and route revisions. FERC’s pipeline certificate process · FERC eLibrary.
As of November 3, the public eLibrary results reviewed here did not identify a certificate application for this project. A search of descriptions and full text filed September 4 through November 3 for “South Mississippi Project” returned a September 9 filing in CP26-578-000. The filing description identifies Florida Gas Transmission’s Phase IX Project in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Searching the same period for “South Mississippi Pipeline” returned no records. Those bounded results leave open the possibility of a filing under another name or outside that period. Before relying on a docket, match the applicant, Richland receipt location and proposed George County delivery point. September 9 filing description.
Which notice starts a landowner’s deadline?
For a covered construction application, the federal rule generally calls for notice to affected landowners by mail or hand delivery within three business days after FERC issues its notice of application. A parcel can be affected by an access road or temporary workspace even when the pipe itself would lie elsewhere. The rule also addresses certain adjoining properties and homes close to the proposed work. The notice packet should describe the proposal, provide a location map, and identify the date for timely motions to intervene. Read the date in that packet. 18 C.F.R. § 157.6(d).
A comment can put a drainage concern, farm crossing, water well, or alternative route into the project record. Intervention is a separate request for party status in the certificate proceeding. FERC explains that a person can comment during pre-filing, but intervention must await the formal application. A party has procedural rights, including the ability to seek rehearing, as well as service obligations. A subscription gives alerts when filings arrive. It does not file a comment or a motion. FERC’s Office of Public Participation lists (202) 502-6595 for help with the process. FERC’s landowner guide.
If a letter arrives before a docket number is provided, keep the letter and the envelope, note who sent it, and ask in writing for the tract drawing and the source of any stated deadline. The records answer different questions. The company’s open-season notice identifies who may bid, a federal notice identifies when to participate, and parish land records identify what rights have already been granted. For an example of how a separate Louisiana energy project moved through different approvals, see the Plaquemines LNG permit guide in Louisiana Legal Research.