Notice2021-14848
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Notice of Extension of Time Request
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July 13, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36739-36740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14848]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP18-103-000]
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Notice of Extension of Time Request
Take notice that on June 23, 2021, Rockies Express Pipeline LLC
(Rockies Express) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until September 20,
2023, to complete the construction of six new 5,350 horsepower (hp)
natural gas reciprocating compressor units (32,100 hp total) at its
existing Cheyenne Compressor Station (Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Project)
in Weld County, Colorado, as authorized as part of the Cheyenne Hub
Enhancement Project in the September 20, 2019 Order Issuing
Certificates \1\ (September 20 Order). The September 20 Order required
Rockies Express to complete construction and make the facilities
available for service within two years of the Order date. Rockies
Express has since completed construction of four of the six authorized
compressor units, placing units 1-3 into service on July 26, 2020,\2\
and unit 4 into service on December 17, 2020.\3\ Compressor units 5 and
6 remain unconstructed.
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\1\ Cheyenne Connector, LLC, 168 FERC ] 61,180 (2019), order
amending certificate, 171 FERC ] 61,055 (2020). In the Order the
Commission also approved the Cheyenne Connector Pipeline Project in
Docket No. CP18-102-000.
\2\ Notice of Commencement of Service of Rockies Express
Pipeline LLC, Docket No. CP18-103-000 (July 13, 2020).
\3\ Notice of Commencement of Service of Rockies Express
Pipeline LLC, Docket No. CP18-103-000 (December 17, 2020).
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Rockies Express states it has been delayed in reaching full
commercialization for compressor units 5 and 6, with the economic
slowdown and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The final two
compressor units that have not yet been constructed will be installed
at the existing Cheyenne Compressor Station on land already owned by
Rockies Express under the terms and conditions of the existing
certificate. Rockies Express states that the extension of time will not
result in any environmental impacts not already examined on the record
in the certificate proceeding and will provide Rockies Express with the
time necessary to install these remaining two units.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Rockies Express'
request for an extension of time may do so. No
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reply comments or answers will be considered. If you wish to obtain
legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this request,
you should, on or before the comment date stated below, file 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 Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10).\4\
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\4\ Only motions to intervene from entities that were party to
the underlying proceeding will be accepted. Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 39 (2020).
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As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on
requests for extensions of time to complete construction for Natural
Gas Act facilities when such requests are contested before order
issuance.\5\ For those extension requests that are contested, the
Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45
days.\6\ The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether
the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the
extension.\7\ The Commission will not consider arguments that re-
litigate the issuance of the certificate order, including whether the
Commission properly found the project to be in the public convenience
and necessity and whether the Commission's environmental analysis for
the certificate complied with the National Environmental Policy Act.\8\
At the time a pipeline requests an extension of time, orders on
certificates of public convenience and necessity are final and the
Commission will not re-litigate their issuance.\9\ The OEP Director, or
his or her designee, will act on all of those extension requests that
are uncontested.
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\5\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2019).
\6\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
\7\ Id. at P 40.
\8\ Similarly, the Commission will not re-litigate the issuance
of an NGA section 3 authorization, including whether a proposed
project is not inconsistent with the public interest and whether the
Commission's environmental analysis for the permit order complied
with NEPA.
\9\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
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In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>) using
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time,
the Commission has suspended access to Commission's Public Reference
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c6a697e6f6342404542497f595c5c435e586c4a495e4f024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9fffcebfaf6d7d5d0d7dceaccc9c9d6cbcdf9dfdccbda97ded6cf">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY,
(202) 502-8659.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link
at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>. Persons unable to file electronically should
submit an original and three copies of the protest or intervention to
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 22, 2021.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-14848 Filed 7-12-21; 8:45 am]
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