Notice2021-21942
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Extension of Time Request
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October 7, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 192 (Thursday, October 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55840-55841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21942]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP19-477-000]
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Extension of Time
Request
Take notice that on September 29, 2021, Mountain Valley Pipeline,
LLC (Mountain Valley) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until October 13,
2022, to place the Greene Interconnect in service.
Mountain Valley states that the Greene Interconnect facilities were
mechanically complete and ready for service in late February 2021.\1\
Mountain Valley is unable to place the Greene Interconnect in service
until the Mountain Valley mainline facilities are completed. Mountain
Valley has not completed construction of the mainline due to unforeseen
litigation and permitting which Mountain Valley says is needed to
provide natural gas flows to the Greene Interconnect. The Commission
issued an order on October 9, 2020 granting Mountain Valley an
extension of time until October 13, 2022 to complete construction and
place the mainline facilities in service.\2\ To align project
completion deadlines, Mountain Valley requests that an extension of
time until October 13, 2022 to place the Greene Interconnect in
service.
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\1\ See Weekly Construction Report No. 23, Docket No. CP19-477-
000 (filed March 25, 2021).
\2\ Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, 173 FERC ] 61,026 (2020).
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This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Mountain Valley's
request for an extension of time may do so. No 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).\3\
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\3\ 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. For those extension requests that are
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contested,\4\ the Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the
request within 45 days.\5\ The Commission will address all arguments
relating to whether the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause
to grant the extension.\6\ 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.\7\ 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.\8\ The OEP
Director, or his or her designee, will act on all of those extension
requests that are uncontested.
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\4\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2019).
\5\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
\6\ Id. at P 40.
\7\ 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.
\8\ 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#7b3d3e293834151712151e280e0b0b14090f3b1d1e0918551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="783e3d2a3b37161411161d2b0d0808170a0c381e1d0a1b561f170e">[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 ``eFile'' link at
<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>. Persons unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 18, 2021.
Dated: October 1, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-21942 Filed 10-6-21; 8:45 am]
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