[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 15012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04998]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP22-34-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Request for 
Extension of Time

    Take notice that on February 28, 2023, Southern Natural Gas 
Company, L.L.C (SNG) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until April 4, 
2023, to complete its North System 2022 Project. SNG received a prior 
notice authorization for the North System 2022 Project on March 5, 2022 
which authorized: (1) the construction of approximately 2.2 miles of 8-
inch-diameter pipeline (Cordova Connector Line) in Walker County, 
Alabama; (2) the modification of existing facilities along the SNG 
system in Walker, Morgan, Calhoun, Jefferson, and Tuscaloosa counties, 
Alabama; and (3) the re-wheeling the existing Compressor Unit #1 at 
SNG's Providence Compressor Station in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The 
commission's prior notice regulations require SNG to complete the 
construction of the North System 2022 Project and make it available for 
service within one year from issuance, or by March 4, 2023.\1\
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    \1\ 18 CFR 157.207(c).
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    In SNG's request for an extension of time, SNG stated that as the 
construction of the Project was nearing completion, SNG determined that 
for operational safety a Remote Terminal Unit needed to be relocated to 
provide a 25-foot hazardous area radius with additional equipment at 
its Cordova Start site. Due to this scope addition and rainy condition 
SNG requests an extension of time in which to complete the Project from 
the one-year date of March 4, 2023, to the new projected completion 
date of April 4, 2023.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on SNG'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).\2\
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    \2\ 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,\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.\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 OEP Director, or 
his or her designee, will act on 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) (2020).
    \4\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40 
(2020).
    \5\ Id. 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 (http://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 the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency 
concerning 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 ``eFile'' link at 
http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original copy of the protest or intervention by U.S. mail to 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions by any other courier 
in docketed proceedings should be delivered to, Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 21, 2023.

    Dated: March 6, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-04998 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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