Notice2022-20410
Midship Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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September 21, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57693-57694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20410]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP17-458-000, CP19-17-000]
Midship Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of
Time
Take notice that on September 13, 2022, Midship Pipeline Company,
LLC (Midship) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until December 31, 2024, to
complete their Midcontinent Supply Header Interstate Pipeline Project,
as authorized in the August 13, 2018 Order Issuing Certificate Under
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (August 13 Order).\1\ Midship states
that the original purpose of the project was to provide a total of
1,440 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of year-round firm
transportation capacity from Oklahoma to existing natural gas pipelines
near Bennington, Oklahoma for transport to growing Gulf Coast and
Southeast markets. Ordering Paragraph (B)(1) of the August 13 Order, as
amended, provided a deadline of August 13, 2020 to make their
facilities available for service.
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\1\ See Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 164 FERC ] 61,103 (2018)
(August 13 Order), order amending certificate, Midship Pipeline
Company, LLC, 166 FERC ] 62,039 (2019).
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On August 10, 2020, as supplemented on August 12, 2020, Midship
filed a request for an extension of time, until December 31, 2022, to
complete construction of the project and place the remaining
facilities--three compression units--into service. The Commission
granted that requested extension of time on December 17, 2020.\2\ That
Order recognized that Midship had placed all other facilities into
service and its pipeline system was capable of providing up to 1,100
MMcf/d of firm transportation service.
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\2\ Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 173 FERC ] 61,255 (2020).
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Midship now states that, due to adverse economic and logistical
conditions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, commercial progress was
slowed. Midship now states that these unforeseen circumstances
precluded the project from reaching full commercialization, and that
additional time is now required to complete the construction and place
into service the certain remaining facilities, namely those three
compression units.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on the applicant'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).\3\
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\3\ Only motions to intervene from entities that were party to
the underlying proceeding will be accepted. Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 39 (2020).
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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
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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#81c7c4d3c2ceefede8efe4d2f4f1f1eef3f5c1e7e4f3e2afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="23656671606c4d4f4a4d46705653534c515763454651400d444c55">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY,
(202) 502-8659.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments
in lieu of paper using the ``eFile'' link at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>. In
lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other
carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on September 30, 2022.
Dated: September 15, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-20410 Filed 9-20-22; 8:45 am]
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