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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

Atmos Energy Corporation )
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v. ) Docket No. RP14-638-000
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American Midstream (Midla), LLC )


American Midstream (Midla), LLC ) Docket No. CP14-125-000

American Midstream (Midla), LLC ) Docket No. CP14-126-000

(not consolidated)

JOINT MOTION FOR STAY OF COMMISSION ACTION

Pursuant to Rule 212 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 C.F.R. 385.212 (2014), American Midstream
(Midla), LLC (Midla), on behalf of itself and the parties listed below
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(collectively, the
Moving Parties), hereby moves for a stay of any Commission rulings in the above-
captioned proceedings.
Midla and the Moving Parties have been engaged in settlement discussions in
mediation under Rule 604 of the Commissions Rules of Practice and Procedures conducted
by the Dispute Resolution Division of the Commissions Office of Administrative Law Judges
and Dispute Resolution. Midla and the Moving Parties hereby report to the Commission
that they have reached an agreement in principle resolving all differences among active
parties, subject to the approval of each partys board, senior management or city council, as

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Midla is authorized to list the following parties as the Moving Parties: Atmos Energy Corporation,
BASF Corporation, Enbridge Marketing (U.S.) L.P., EV Properties, L.P., Louisiana Municipal Gas
Authority, the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
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applicable.
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Midla and the Moving Parties are working to obtain all such necessary
approvals. In the meantime, they are also working on memorializing the agreement in
principle in a settlement agreement and ancillary documents. Once the settlement
agreement drafting process is complete, it will be filed with the Commission for its
approval. Midla and the Moving Parties will endeavor to file the settlement agreement with
the Commission by November 1, 2014, or as soon thereafter as reasonably possible. If the
settlement agreement is not filed by November 1, 2014, Midla and the Moving Parties will
file a written report with the Commission on the status of the settlement agreement.
The principle elements of the agreement in principle are:
The Moving Parties support Midlas abandonment of its aging and deteriorating pipe
facilities and the transfer of the more modern and usable portions of its pipe
facilities, all located in Louisiana, to an intrastate affiliate for continued gas service.
Midla will apply to the Commission for a certificate to build a new gas pipeline from
near Winnsboro, Louisiana to the Natchez, Mississsippi area. The pipeline will serve
existing residential, commercial, and industrial customers and will have capacity to
support economic growth in parishes in Louisiana that it traverses and in the
Natchez area.
Customers that will not be served through the Natchez Line will either be connected
to other interstate gas pipelines, intrastate gas pipelines, or gas distribution systems
or converted to propane service. Midla will bear the vast majority of the costs of
these connections and conversions.

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Entergy Services, Inc., Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C., Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy
Arkansas, Inc. do not have a position at this time on the agreement in principle.
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Midla will proceed with the above-described abandonments, constructions, and
conversions, subject to all necessary additional approvals, according to a
coordinated schedule to ensure the continuity of each customers gas service or, as
the case may be, a smooth conversion from gas service to propane service.
Midla and the anchor shippers on the Natchez Line have agreed to negotiated
annual revenue commitments for service through the Natchez Line, and Midla has
agreed not to revise its recourse rates except for service on the Natchez Line. Both
before and after the Natchez Line commences service, some existing Midla
customers will experience a decrease in the costs of having their gas delivered.
Based on the above, Midla and the Moving Parties request that the Commission
refrain from ruling in the above-captioned proceedings. Any Commission ruling before the
settlement is filed could upset the delicate balance reflected in the many compromises
contained in the agreement in principle and prevent settlement of these proceedings.
Additionally, Midla and the Moving Parties request that the Commission and its staff
not delay its environmental analysis in Docket Nos. CP14-125-000 and CP14-126-000. On
July 8, 2014, the Commission Staff completed its environmental analysis in Docket No.
CP14-126-000. The environmental analysis in these two dockets may be needed before the
Commission can approve the abandonment and certificate portions of the to-be-filed
settlement.


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WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Midla and the Moving Parties respectfully
request that the Commission stay any rulings in the above-captioned proceedings,
consistent with the above.
Respectfully submitted,
AMERICAN MIDSTREAM (MIDLA), LLC
_______/s/ Dennis J. Kelly________
Dennis J. Kelly
Senior Attorney
1400 16
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Street, Suite 310
Denver, CO 80202
Telephone: 720-457-6076
E-mail: dkelly@americanmidstream.com

Thomas E. Hirsch III
Law Office of Thomas Hirsch, P.C.
7707 Wisconsin Ave, #236
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Telephone: 443-249-5381
Email: hirschlaw@verizon.net

Counsel for American Midstream (Midla), LLC
Dated: October 7, 2014
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Pursuant to Rule 2010 of the Commissions Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
C.F.R. 385.2010, I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document upon
each person designated on the official service list compiled by the Secretary in this
proceeding.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 7
th
Day of October, 2014.
________/s/ Thomas E. Hirsch III_______
Thomas E. Hirsch III