Notice2024-00225
Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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Published
January 9, 2024
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1090-1091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00225]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP22-511-001]
Notice of Request for Extension of Time
Take notice that on December 28, 2023, Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC
(Ozark) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until May 29, 2024, to
complete construction and place into service the Ozark Supply Access
Project (Project) located in Lawrence County, Arkansas. On September
28, 2022, the Commission issued a Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization, which established a 60-day comment period, ending on
November 28, 2022, to file protests. No protests were filed during the
comment period, and accordingly the project was authorized on November
29, 2022 and by Rule should have been completed within one year.
In its 2023 Extension of Time Request, Ozark states that it was not
able to complete all the work associated with the Project by the
November 29, 2023, deadline. To date Ozark reported completion of the
Standing Rock Compressor Station modifications \1\ and the Loop Line
\2\ portions of the Project as well as progress at the Raney Compressor
Station and MRT Meter Station portions of the Project.\3\ There was no
progress reported for the interconnection point with the Natural Gas
Pipeline Company of America, LLC. Ozark attributes the delay to
material procurement and delivery timelines still being behind schedule
due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Ozark states that obtaining
approvals for final design and materials related to various elements of
the new interconnection points from the other interstate pipelines has
proved challenging. Finally, construction crews have experienced delays
at times due to heavy rain leading to wet conditions. Accordingly,
Ozark requests an extension of time until May 29, 2024, to complete
construction of project facilities with in-service projected to occur
at the beginning of May 2024.
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\1\ See Ozark's Weekly Status Report No. 22 (filed June 7, 2023)
under Docket No. CP22-511-000, Accession No. 20230607-503-5039.
\2\ See Ozark's Weekly Status Report No. 25 (filed June 28,
2023) under Docket No. CP22-511-000, Accession No. 20230628-5018.
\3\ See Ozark's Weekly Status Report No. 51 (filed December 27,
2023) under Docket No. CP22-511-000, Accession No. 20231227-5034.
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This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Ozark'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
(NGA) (18 CFR 157.10).
As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on
requests for extensions of time to complete construction for NGA
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 (NEPA).\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 Director of the Office of Energy
Projects, 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).
\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. Public access
to records formerly available in the Commission's physical Public
Reference Room, which was located at the Commission's headquarters, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, are now available via the
Commission's website. For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#672122352428090b0e090234121717081513270102150449000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9adcdfc8d9d5f4f6f3f4ffc9efeaeaf5e8eedafcffe8f9b4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY
(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 which must
reference the Project docket number.
To file via USPS: Debbie-Anne Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
To file via any other courier: Debbie-Anne Reese, Acting Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852.
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The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9e6f9f9e9cfccdbca87cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9dd2cdcdddfbf8effeb3faf2eb">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 18, 2024.
Dated: January 3, 2024.
Debbie-Anne Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-00225 Filed 1-8-24; 8:45 am]
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