
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75584-75585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24317]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP22-512-001]


WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Request for Extension of 
Time

    Take notice that on October 25, 2023, WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. 
(WBI Energy) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) grant an extension of time (2023 Extension of Time 
Request), until June 1, 2024, to construct to construct and operate a 
new compressor station, tie-in facilities including pipeline, and 
associated measurement facilities on its Line Section 27 Expansion 
Project (Project) to provide incremental natural gas firm 
transportation service in McKenzie County, North Dakota authorized by 
the Commission in Docket Nos. CP82-487-000, et al.\1\
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    \1\ WBI Energy Transmission et al., 30 FERC ] 61,143, (1985).
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    In its 2023 Extension of Time Request, WBI Energy states that it 
will not complete all work associated with the project by the November 
21, 2023, deadline. Accordingly, WBI Energy requests an extension of 
time until June 1, 2024, to complete construction of project 
facilities.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on WBI Energy'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 
Gas 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) (2022).
    \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

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field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has 
suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference Room. For 
assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY, (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, November 14, 2023.

    Dated: October 30, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-24317 Filed 11-2-23; 8:45 am]
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