Notice2022-19722
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice Granting Interventions
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September 13, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 56048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19722]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP21-94-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice Granting
Interventions
On April 9, 2021, the Commission issued notice of Transcontinental
Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC's (Transco) application pursuant to section
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and
necessity to construct and operate the Regional Energy Access Expansion
Project. The notice established April 30, 2021, as the deadline for
filing motions to intervene.
On March 2, 2022, the Commission issued the Notice of Availability
of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project and opened
a new intervention and comment period ending on April 25, 2022.
Pursuant to the Commission's regulations, any person may file to
intervene on environmental grounds based on the draft EIS and such
intervention will be deemed timely if filed within the draft EIS
comment period.\1\
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\1\ 18 CFR 157.10(a)(2) (2021) (providing that ``any person may
file to intervene on environmental grounds based on the draft
environmental impact''); id. at Sec. 380.10(a)(1)(i) (allowing any
person to file a motion to intervene on the basis of a draft
environmental impact statement).
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On April 25, 2022, the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters
filed timely, doc-less motions to intervene noting multiple
environmental concerns regarding the project. On April 25, 2022, the
New Jersey Conservation Foundation filed a timely motion to intervene
environmental concerns regarding the project's GHG emissions and
proximity to environmental justice communities. Transco opposes these
motions for failing to show ``good cause'' by stating that they have a
clear and direct interest in this proceeding which no other party can
adequately represent.\2\
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\2\ Transco May 10, 2022 Answer Opposing Motions to Intervene in
Docket No. CP21-94.
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Pursuant to Rule 214(c)(2) of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure,\3\ if an answer in opposition to a timely motion to
intervene is filed within 15 days after the motion to intervene is
filed, the movant becomes a party only when the motion is expressly
granted. Because both New Jersey League of Conservation Voters and the
New Jersey Conservation Foundation demonstrated that they represent
interests that may be affected by the outcome of this proceeding and
identified environmental grounds for their interventions, their motions
to intervene are granted.
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\3\ 18 CFR 385.214(c)(2) (2021).
Dated: September 7, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-19722 Filed 9-12-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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