# 2025-20655: Southern Gas Seeks Special Pipeline Safety Permit

2025-20655, Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC (SNG), is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published 2025-11-24, effective Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by December 24, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20655
- Title: Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC (SNG)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 53057
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by December 24, 2025.
- Comments close: 2025-12-24
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Southern Gas Seeks Special Pipeline Safety Permit

## Summary

Southern Natural Gas Company (SNG) asked for a special permit to skip some pipeline safety rules, but only if they follow new safety conditions. The government wants your thoughts on this by December 24, 2025, before deciding. This affects SNG’s operations and could change how they manage pipeline safety without extra costs right now.

## Abstract

PHMSA is publishing an updated notice to solicit public comments on a request for special permit received from Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC (SNG). The new notice contains updated documents, described further in supplementary information below. The special permit request is seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements in the Federal pipeline safety regulations. PHMSA has proposed conditions to ensure that the special permit is consistent with pipeline safety. At the conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will review the comments received from this notice as part of its evaluation to grant or deny the special permit request.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-20655 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20655/pipeline-safety-request-for-special-permit-southern-natural-gas-company-llc-sng)
- [2025-20655 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20655.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20655 (as of 2026-06-08).