Notice2021-28475
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Sea Robin Pipeline Company, LLC; Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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January 4, 2022
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 220-221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28475]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP20-507-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Sea Robin Pipeline
Company, LLC; Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Request
for Extension of Time
Take notice that on December 22, 2021, Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Company, LLC (Transco), 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas
77056, requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until December 31, 2022, in
order to complete abandonment activities as authorized in Transco's
VR22 to Shore Abandonment Project (Project) in the March 18, 2021 Order
Granting Abandonment \1\ (March 18 Order). The March 18 Order, Ordering
Paragraph (C) required Transco \2\ to complete abandonment of the
facilities within one year of the order date.
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\1\ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, 174 FERC ]
62,169 (2021).
\2\ Transco is the operator of the pipeline facilities proposed
to be abandoned.
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Transco's request for an extension of time until December 31, 2022
to complete abandonment of the Project facilities, due the timing of
the issuance of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources' Office
of Coastal Management--Coastal Use Permit, which is anticipated to be
received early 2022. Transco estimates that it will submit a Notice-to-
Proceed request during the first quarter of 2022. Transco states that
its extension request is also due to the challenging nature of offshore
activities. Transco asserts that the extended time will allow
flexibility in scheduling around weather events that may delay
abandonment activities.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Transco'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
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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 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#c98f8c9b8a86a7a5a0a7ac9abcb9b9a6bbbd89afacbbaae7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fd9dacddcd0f1f3f6f1facceaefeff0edebdff9faedfcb1f8f0e9">[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 January 12, 2022.
Dated: December 28, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-28475 Filed 1-3-22; 8:45 am]
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