Notice2025-06019
Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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April 8, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15147-15148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06019]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP15-17-006]
Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of
Time
Take notice that on March 28, 2025, Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
(Sabal Trail) requested that the Commission grant an extension of time,
until May 1, 2027, to construct and place into service Phase III of its
Sabal Trail Project (Project) located in Dougherty County, Georgia and
Suwannee County, Florida, as authorized in the Order Issuing
Certificates and Approving Abandonment (Order).\1\ The Order required
Sabal Trail to complete construction of Phase III of the Project and
make it available for service by May 1, 2021.
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\1\ Florida Southeast Connection, LLC, et al., 154 FERC ] 61,080
(2016) (February 2 Order), order on reh'g, 156 FERC ] 61,160 (2016),
order on remand, 162 FERC ] 61,233 (2018).
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On June 15, 2021, the Commission granted Sabal Trail an extension
of time, until May 1, 2023, to complete construction of Phase III of
the Project and make it available for service.\2\ The Commission has
subsequently granted one additional extension of time, making the
current date for the Phase III facilities to be constructed and placed
into service May 1, 2025.\3\
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\2\ Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC, Docket No. CP15-17-000 (Jun.
15, 2021) (delegated order).
\3\ Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC, Docket No. CP15-17-000 (May
3, 2023) (delegated order).
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Sabal Trail states that it has constructed and placed into service
the first two phases of the Project, comprising 999,000 dekatherms per
day (Dth/d) of capacity, and that over 94 percent of pipeline capacity
has been subscribed under long-term firm contracts. The remaining
construction, Phase III of the Project, involves the installation of
two compressor units, one each at two existing compressor stations,
both of which are located at
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sites owned in fee by Sabal Trail. Sabal Trail requests a two-year
extension, until May 1, 2027, to complete the necessary
commercialization and construction of the final portion of the Project.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Sabal Trail'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>). 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#9dfbf8effef2f3f1f4f3f8eee8ededf2efe9ddfbf8effeb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3a5a6b1a0acadafaaada6b0b6b3b3acb1b783a5a6b1a0eda4acb5">[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#9bebeef9f7f2f8b5e9fefdfee9fef5f8fee9f4f4f6dbfdfee9f8b5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdcdc8dfd1d4de93cfd8dbd8cfd8d3ded8cfd2d2d0fddbd8cfde93dad2cb">[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, 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#6a253a3a2a0c0f1809440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="da958a8a9abcbfa8b9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 17, 2025.
Dated: April 2, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-06019 Filed 4-7-25; 8:45 am]
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