Notice2022-16415
Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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August 1, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 146 (Monday, August 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46956-46957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16415]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP19-488-000]
Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension
of Time
Take notice that on July 22, 2022, Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC
(Columbia Gulf) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) grant an extension of time (2022 Extension of Time
Request), until December 31, 2022, to construct and place into service
the facilities that were authorized in the original certificate
authorization issued on September 17, 2020 (Certificate Order).\1\ The
Certificate Order authorized the Louisiana XPress Project (Project) and
required Columbia Gulf to complete construction of the Project
facilities and made them available for service by September 17, 2022.
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\1\ Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC, 172 FERC ] 61,260 (2020).
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Columbia Gulf states that unexpected settlement issues arose at the
Chicot and Shelburn Compressor Stations (CS) during the final phases of
construction, resulting in a delay of the previously anticipated
Project in-service date of February 1, 2022. Columbia Gulf explains
that, it has completed remediation activities at the Chicot CS and
subsequently placed the Chicot CS into service and commenced flowing
partial incremental Project volumes on July 1, 2022. Columbia Gulf
states that, Columbia Gulf is working at the Shelburn CS to complete
remediation activities and expect to complete construction and have a
full in-service date between September 20, 2022 and November 1, 2022.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Columbia Gulf'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).
As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on
requests for extensions of time to complete construction for Natural
Gas
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Act facilities when such requests are contested before order issuance.
For those extension requests that are contested,\2\ the Commission will
aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45 days.\3\ The
Commission will address all arguments relating to whether the applicant
has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the extension.\4\ 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.\5\ 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.\6\ The OEP Director, or his or her designee,
will act on all of those extension requests that are uncontested.
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\2\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2019).
\3\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
\4\ Id. at P 40.
\5\ 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.
\6\ 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#c3858691808cadafaaada690b6b3b3acb1b783a5a6b1a0eda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a6c6f786965444643444f795f5a5a45585e6a4c4f5849044d455c">[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, August 10, 2022.
Dated: July 26, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-16415 Filed 7-29-22; 8:45 am]
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