Notice2024-02201
Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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February 5, 2024
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 7702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02201]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP20-527-000]
Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension
of Time
Take notice that on January 19, 2024, Columbia Gulf Transmission,
LLC (Columbia Gulf) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time (2024 Extension of
Time Request), until September 25, 2025, to construct and make
available for service the facilities that were authorized in the
original certificate authorization issued on March 25, 2022
(Certificate Order).\1\ The Certificate Order authorized the East
Lateral XPress Project (Project) in St. Mary, Lafourche, Jefferson, and
Plaquemines Parishes, Louisiana and required Columbia Gulf to complete
construction of the Project facilities and make them available for
service by March 25, 2024.
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\1\ Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC, 172 FERC ] 61,260 (2020).
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In its 2024 Extension of Time Request, Columbia Gulf states that
due to delays in obtaining all Federal authorizations required for the
Project, it requires additional time to complete construction of the
authorized Project facilities. Specifically, Columbia Gulf explains
that all required Federal permits were recently obtained and on
December 5, 2023, as supplemented, Columbia Gulf filed a request with
the Commission for Notice to Proceed with construction of the Project.
On December 14, 2023, the Commission granted Columbia Gulf's request.
Columbia Gulf states that it subsequently mobilized crews and commenced
bona fide construction activities on December 21, 2023. Columbia Gulf
states that construction is anticipated to be complete during the last
quarter of 2024, with a Project in-service anticipated by February 1,
2025.
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 (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,\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 (NEPA).\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 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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\2\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1).
\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. 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#7e383b2c3d31101217101b2d0b0e0e110c0a3e181b0c1d50191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fc9caddccc0e1e3e6e1eadcfaffffe0fdfbcfe9eafdeca1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll free, (866) 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
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#753a252535131007165b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="48071818082e2d3a2b662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on February 14, 2024.
Dated: January 30, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-02201 Filed 2-2-24; 8:45 am]
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