Notice2024-23387
Trailblazer Pipeline Company LLC, Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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October 9, 2024
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81898-81899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23387]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP22-468-001]
Trailblazer Pipeline Company LLC, Rockies Express Pipeline LLC;
Notice of Request for Extension of Time
Take notice that on September 26, 2024, Trailblazer Pipeline
Company LLC (Trailblazer) and Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (Rockies
Express), requested that the Commission grant an extension of time,
until December 23, 2024, to construct and place into service its
Trailblazer Conversion Project (Project) located in Weld County,
Colorado and Kimball County, Nebraska as authorized in the October 23,
2023 Order Issuing Certificate and Granting Abandonment (Order).\1\ The
Order required Trailblazer and Rockies Express to complete the
construction of the Project and make it available for service within
one year of the date of the Order or by October 23, 2024.
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\1\ Trailblazer Pipeline Company LLC (Trailblazer) and Rockies
Express Pipeline LLC (Rockies Express), 185 FERC ] 61,039.
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Construction of the Project commenced on January 4, 2024, and the
Applicants have completed construction of all Project facilities except
for the Hereford Ranch and Redtail Compressor Stations, which are
currently 65-75% complete. Due to delays in receiving the necessary
permits required for construction and the relocation of certain
facilities as the result of negotiations with landowners, the
Applicants require additional time to finish construction of the
compressor stations. Therefore, the Applicants believe an extension
until December 23, 2024 should be sufficient to complete the
construction of the Project facilities and place them into service.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to
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comment on Trailblazer and Rockies Express'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>). From
the Commission's Home Page on the internet, this information is
available on eLibrary. The full text of this document is available on
eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing, printing, and/or
downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type the docket
number excluding the last three digits of this document in the docket
number field.
User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commission's
website during normal business hours from FERC Online Support at (202)
502-6652 (toll free at 1-866-208-3676) or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6c0c3d4c5c9c8cacfc8c3d5d3d6d6c9d4d2e6c0c3d4c588c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d6b0b3a4b5b9b8babfb8b3a5a3a6a6b9a4a296b0b3a4b5f8b1b9a0">[email protected]</span></a>, or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95e5e0f7f9fcf6bbe7f0f3f0e7f0fbf6f0e7fafaf8d5f3f0e7f6bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="720207101e1b115c0017141700171c1117001d1d1f32141700115c151d04">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
To file via any other courier: Debbie-Anne A. 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#f4bba4a4b492918697da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="256a757565434057460b424a53">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 18, 2024.
Dated: October 3, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-23387 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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