Notice2022-18419
National Grid LNG LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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August 26, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 165 (Friday, August 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52548-52549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18419]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP16-121-000]
National Grid LNG LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
Take notice that on August 16, 2022, National Grid LNG LLC
(National Grid) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) grant an extension of time (2022 Extension of Time
Request), until June 1, 2023, to complete construction of, and place
into service, its Fields Point Liquefaction Project located in
Providence, RI as authorized in the October 17, 2018 Order Issuing
Certificate (Certificate Order).\1\ Ordering Paragraph B(1) of the
Certificate Order required National Grid to complete the construction
of the proposed Fields Point Liquefaction Project facilities \2\ and
make them available for service within three years from issuance, or by
October 17, 2021.\3\
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\1\ National Grid LNG LLC, 165 FERC ] 61,031 (2018) (Certificate
Order).
\2\ The Fields Point Liquefaction Project consists of the
construction of one (1) new 20 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d)
gas pretreatment and liquefaction system to convert natural gas
delivered by pipeline into liquefied natural gas (LNG). The
liquefaction facility is designed to enable National Gas to provide
up to 20,600 dekatherms per day (Dth/day) liquefaction service at
its existing LNG storage facility located in Providence, RI.
\3\ Id. at ordering para. (B)(1).
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On December 8, 2020 National Grid filed a request for an extension
of time for an additional twelve months to complete construction and
place into service the authorized construction at the LNG storage
facility at Fields Point. National Grid was granted a one-year
extension of time, until and including October 17, 2022, to complete
abandonment activities authorized in the above referenced docket.
National Grid states that the Project was on-schedule to be placed
in service before October 17, 2022, however, National Grid had to
suspend the testing and commissioning process on May 23, 2022, due to
objections from the PPL Corporation-owned LDC regarding odorant levels
in the tail gas flowing into the LDC system on that date. National Grid
states that despite diligent efforts to design, engineer and procure
all of the components for the mercaptan removal system, supply chain
delays have occurred. National Grid states that potential supply
shortfall could lead to further delays in completing the testing to
begin service until the following Spring. For that reason and
dependence upon meteorological conditions during the Fall months,
National Grid requests an extension to June 1, 2023 for the date to
place the facilities in service.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on National Grid'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 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 (http://
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www.ferc.gov) 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#6f292a3d2c20010306010a3c1a1f1f001d1b2f090a1d0c41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2e4e7f0e1edcccecbccc7f1d7d2d2cdd0d6e2c4c7d0c18cc5cdd4">[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 September 6, 2022.
Dated: August 22, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18419 Filed 8-25-22; 8:45 am]
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