Notice2022-16120
Delfin LNG LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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July 27, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45095-45096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16120]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP15-490-000]
Delfin LNG LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
Take notice that on July 15, 2022, Delfin LNG LLC (Delfin)
requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission)
grant an extension of time (2022 Extension of Time Request), until
September 28, 2023, to construct and place into service the facilities
that were authorized in the original certificate authorization issued
on September 28, 2017 (Certificate Order).\1\ The Certificate Order
authorized certain ``onshore facilities'' that would be used
exclusively to transport natural gas to Delfin's deepwater port
``offshore facilities'' (collectively, the Project) in federal waters
offshore Louisiana. The onshore facilities would be used to meet the
requirements of the customers of the offshore facilities. The
Commission subsequently has granted three, successive one-year
extensions of this in-service timing condition, with the result that
the facilities currently are required to be made available for service
by September 28, 2022.\2\
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\1\ Delfin LNG LLC, 160 FERC ] 61,130 (2017).
\2\ Delfin LNG LLC, Docket No. CP15-490-000 (July 8, 2019)
(delegated order) (July 2019 Extension Order)., Delfin LNG LLC,
Docket No. CP15-490-000 (July 15, 2020) (delegated order) (July 2020
Extension Order)., Delfin LNG LLC, Docket No. CP15-490-000 (June 30,
2021) (delegated order) (July 21 Extension Order).
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In its 2022 Extension of Time Request, Delfin states that it has
made significant progress in developing the Project. Delfin asserts
that the market for LNG is strong with the current geopolitical
importance of the Ukraine invasion and the initiative of the European
Union to increase deliveries of U.S LNG to Europe. Additionally, Delfin
states that the Project remains commercially viable with a binding LNG
sale and purchase agreement with Vitol Spa for 0.5 million metric
tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG delivered free on-board at the Delfin
LNG deepwater port, for 15 years. Moreover, Delphin explains that it
has continued to work to develop the Project by completing the Front
End Engineering and Design for the construction of the Floating LNG
vessels (FLNGV). Delfin states the project consists of 4 separates
floating FLNGV, and only requires 2.0 to 2.5 mtpa of LNG for the long-
term off-take contracts to support a final investment (FID) and begin
construction of the first FLNGV. Moreover, Delfin affirms that FID for
the first FLNGV is on schedule for the end of the year. Accordingly,
Delfin requests an extension of time until September 28, 2023 to
complete construction of the onshore facilities and place them into
service.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Delfin's request for
an extension of time may do so. No reply
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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,\3\ the
Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45
days.\4\ The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether
the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the
extension.\5\ 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.\6\
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.\7\ The OEP Director, or
his or her designee, will act on all of those extension requests that
are uncontested.
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\3\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2019).
\4\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
\5\ Id. at P 40.
\6\ 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.
\7\ 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
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(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, August 5, 2022.
Dated: July 21, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-16120 Filed 7-26-22; 8:45 am]
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