[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 146 (Monday, August 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46956-46957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16415]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP19-488-000]


Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension 
of Time

    Take notice that on July 22, 2022, Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC 
(Columbia Gulf) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) grant an extension of time (2022 Extension of Time 
Request), until December 31, 2022, to construct and place into service 
the facilities that were authorized in the original certificate 
authorization issued on September 17, 2020 (Certificate Order).\1\ The 
Certificate Order authorized the Louisiana XPress Project (Project) and 
required Columbia Gulf to complete construction of the Project 
facilities and made them available for service by September 17, 2022.
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    \1\ Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC, 172 FERC ] 61,260 (2020).
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    Columbia Gulf states that unexpected settlement issues arose at the 
Chicot and Shelburn Compressor Stations (CS) during the final phases of 
construction, resulting in a delay of the previously anticipated 
Project in-service date of February 1, 2022. Columbia Gulf explains 
that, it has completed remediation activities at the Chicot CS and 
subsequently placed the Chicot CS into service and commenced flowing 
partial incremental Project volumes on July 1, 2022. Columbia Gulf 
states that, Columbia Gulf is working at the Shelburn CS to complete 
remediation activities and expect to complete construction and have a 
full in-service date between September 20, 2022 and November 1, 2022.
    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 (18 CFR 157.10).
    As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on 
requests for extensions of time to complete construction for Natural 
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Act 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.\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 OEP Director, 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) (2019).
    \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 (http://www.ferc.gov) using 
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, 
the Commission has suspended access to Commission's Public Reference 
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning 
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on 
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and three copies of the protest or intervention to 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on, August 10, 2022.

    Dated: July 26, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-16415 Filed 7-29-22; 8:45 am]
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