Notice2022-02701
Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC; Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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February 9, 2022
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7446-7447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02701]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP14-120-000;CP14-119-000]
Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC; Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Notice
of Request for Extension of Time
Take notice that on January 31, 2022, Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC
(Lake Charles LNG); Lakes Charles LNG Export Company, LLC (Lake Charles
LNG Export); and Trunkline Gas Company, LLC (Trunkline; collectively,
the Applicants), requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until December 16,
2028, to complete construction of the Liquefaction Project and the
Pipeline Modifications Project (collectively, the Project) and make the
Project available for service as authorized in the December 17, 2015
Order Granting Section 3 and Section 7 Authorizations and Approving
Abandonment (Order).\1\
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\1\ Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC, et al., 153 FERC ] 61,300
(2015), reh'g denied, 155 FERC ] 61,328 (2016) (Order).
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The Liquefaction Project is an export project, consisting of three
liquefaction trains, with a total design production capacity of 16.45
metric tons per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and appurtenances,
to be located adjacent to Lake Charles LNG's existing LNG terminal in
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (Terminal); and modifications and
installation of certain facilities at the Terminal. The Pipeline
Modifications Project consist of the (1) construction of approximately
17.9 miles of pipeline; (2) construction of a new compressor station;
(3) installation of additional compression at the Longville
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Compressor Station; (4) construction of five new meter stations; (5)
piping modifications at four compressor stations; and (6) construction/
modifications of various appurtenances, all located in Arkansas,
Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The Order required Trunkline to complete construction of the
Pipeline Modifications Project and make it available for service within
four years of the date of the Order; the Order further required Lake
Charles LNG and Lake Charles LNG Export to complete construction of the
Liquefaction Project and make it available for service within five
years of the date of the Order.\2\ On December 5, 2019, the Applicants
were granted their request for an extension for both projects, until
December 16, 2025, to complete construction and place the Project into
service.\3\ The Applicants state that global market conditions have
impacted its ability to reach a final investment decision and secure
long-term offtake contracts, thus they now request an additional three
years, until December 16, 2028, to complete construction of the Project
and place it into service.
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\2\ Order, 153 FERC ] 61,300 at Ordering Paragraphs (B)(1) and
(L), respectively.
\3\ Letter Order to Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Lake Charles LNG
Company, LLC; and Lake Charles LNG Export Company, LLC; Docket Nos.
CP14-119-000, CP14-120-000, and CP14-122-000 (issued December 5,
2019) (Letter Order).
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This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on the Applicants'
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).
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#682e2d3a2b27060401060d3b1d1818071a1c280e0d1a0b460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="da9c9f889995b4b6b3b4bf89afaaaab5a8ae9abcbfa8b9f4bdb5ac">[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 February 18, 2022.
Dated: February 3, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-02701 Filed 2-8-22; 8:45 am]
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