Notice2025-03431
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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March 4, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 11166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03431]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP24-22-001]
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Request for
Extension of Time
Take notice that on February 18, 2025, Southern Star Central Gas
Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star) requested that the Commission grant an
extension of time, until August 29, 2025, to construct and place into
service its Abandonment by Sale (Project) located in the State of
Kansas as authorized in the Order Approving Abandonment (Order).\1\ The
Order required Southern Star to complete construction of the Project
and make it available for service within one year of the date of the
Order, or by February 28, 2025.
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\1\ Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., 186 ] 62,094
(2024).
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On March 29, 2024, Black Hills Energy (BHE) filed a petition with
the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) to request approval of the sale
(March 29 Petition) in Docket No. 24-BHCG-652-ACQ. On January 23, 2025,
the KCC issued an Order Acknowledging Extension of Time, extending the
deadline to issue a final order to March 24, 2025. The KCC has yet to
issue a final order either approving or denying BHE's petition. Due to
the absence of approval from the KCC that either accepts or denies
BHE's March 29 Petition, Southern Star requests an extension until
August 29, 2025.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Southern Star'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="https://www.ferc.gov">https://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#99fffcebfaf6f7f5f0f7fceaece9e9f6ebedd9fffcebfab7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2c4c7d0c1cdcccecbccc7d1d7d2d2cdd0d6e2c4c7d0c18cc5cdd4">[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#39494c5b55505a174b5c5f5c4b5c575a5c4b565654795f5c4b5a175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2e5e5b4c42474d005c4b484b5c4b404d4b5c4141436e484b5c4d00494158">[email protected]</span></a>.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments
in lieu of paper using the ``eFile'' link at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://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, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
To file via any other courier: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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,
community organizations, 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#7b342b2b3b1d1e0918551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d39c838393b5b6a1b0fdb4bca5">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 12, 2025.
Dated: February 25, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-03431 Filed 3-3-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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