Notice2025-11830
Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
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June 26, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 121 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27299-27300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11830]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP21-455-003]
Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Request for Extension of Time
Take notice that on June 20, 2025, Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans)
requested that the Commission grant an extension of time, until
December 31, 2025, to complete its Well 3660 Plug and Abandonment
Project (Project) located in Greene County, Pennsylvania, as authorized
in the Order Denying Protests and Authorizing Abandonment (Order).\1\
The Order authorized Equitrans to proceed with the Project under its
Part 157 blanket certificate. By Rule, the Project should have been
completed within one year of the Order date, or by October 23, 2024.
The Commission has subsequently granted two extensions of time, making
the current date for the Project to be completed July 31, 2025.\2\
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\1\ Equitrans, L.P., 185 FERC ] 61,040 (2023).
\2\ Equitrans, L.P., Docket No. CP21-455-001 (delegated letter
order issued October 22, 2024); Equitrans, L.P., Docket No. CP21-
455-002 (delegated letter order issued February 18, 2025).
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Equitrans asserts that, prior to completing the abandonment, it is
required to obtain approval from the Court of Common Pleas of Greene
County, Pennsylvania so that Peoples Natural Gas Company, LLC and the
Plaintiff in the litigation may be present to record the plugging and
have their experts perform testing. Equitrans states that the judge
assigned to this matter recused himself from the case and the newly
assigned judge has not yet scheduled hearings to conclude this matter.
Thus, Equitrans requests an extension of time until December 31, 2025
to complete the plugging and abandonment of Well 3660.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Equitrans' 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,\3\ the Commission will aim
to issue an order acting on the request within 45 days.\4\ The
Commission will address all arguments relating to whether the applicant
has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the extension.\5\ 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).\6\ 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.\7\ 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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\3\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1).
\4\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
\5\ Id. at P 40.
\6\ 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.
\7\ 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
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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#d2b4b7a0b1bdbcbebbbcb7a1a7a2a2bda0a692b4b7a0b1fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="264043544549484a4f484355535656495452664043544508414950">[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#cdbdb8afa1a4aee3bfa8aba8bfa8a3aea8bfa2a2a08daba8bfaee3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4a4a1b6b8bdb7faa6b1b2b1a6b1bab7b1a6bbbbb994b2b1a6b7fab3bba2">[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#347b646474525146571a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94dbc4c4d4f2f1e6f7baf3fbe2">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 8, 2025.
Dated: June 23, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-11830 Filed 6-25-25; 8:45 am]
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