[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57693-57694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20410]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP17-458-000, CP19-17-000]


Midship Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of 
Time

    Take notice that on September 13, 2022, Midship Pipeline Company, 
LLC (Midship) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until December 31, 2024, to 
complete their Midcontinent Supply Header Interstate Pipeline Project, 
as authorized in the August 13, 2018 Order Issuing Certificate Under 
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (August 13 Order).\1\ Midship states 
that the original purpose of the project was to provide a total of 
1,440 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of year-round firm 
transportation capacity from Oklahoma to existing natural gas pipelines 
near Bennington, Oklahoma for transport to growing Gulf Coast and 
Southeast markets. Ordering Paragraph (B)(1) of the August 13 Order, as 
amended, provided a deadline of August 13, 2020 to make their 
facilities available for service.
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    \1\ See Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 164 FERC ] 61,103 (2018) 
(August 13 Order), order amending certificate, Midship Pipeline 
Company, LLC, 166 FERC ] 62,039 (2019).
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    On August 10, 2020, as supplemented on August 12, 2020, Midship 
filed a request for an extension of time, until December 31, 2022, to 
complete construction of the project and place the remaining 
facilities--three compression units--into service. The Commission 
granted that requested extension of time on December 17, 2020.\2\ That 
Order recognized that Midship had placed all other facilities into 
service and its pipeline system was capable of providing up to 1,100 
MMcf/d of firm transportation service.
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    \2\ Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 173 FERC ] 61,255 (2020).
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    Midship now states that, due to adverse economic and logistical 
conditions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, commercial progress was 
slowed. Midship now states that these unforeseen circumstances 
precluded the project from reaching full commercialization, and that 
additional time is now required to complete the construction and place 
into service the certain remaining facilities, namely those three 
compression units.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on the applicant'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).\3\
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    \3\ Only motions to intervene from entities that were party to 
the underlying proceeding will be accepted. Algonquin Gas 
Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 39 (2020).
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    As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on 
requests for extensions of time to complete construction for Natural 
Gas Act 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 
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certificate complied with the National Environmental Policy Act.\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 OEP Director, 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) (2019).
    \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 (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 
in lieu of paper using the ``eFile'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. In 
lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions 
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. 
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other 
carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 
20852.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on September 30, 2022.

    Dated: September 15, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-20410 Filed 9-20-22; 8:45 am]
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