[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35305-35306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12473]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-116-000]


Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of 
Time

    Take notice that on May 26, 2020, Texas Gas Transmission, LLC 
(Texas Gas) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until June 26, 2021, to 
abandon the North Lake Pagie/Bay Junop-Bay Round Project (Project) 
located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana authorized on June 26, 2018.
    Texas Gas was initially required to abandon the Project by June 26, 
2019. On June 10, 2019, the Commission extended this deadline through 
June 26, 2020 to accommodate ongoing landowner negotiations and to 
obtain the necessary environmental permits for the Project, per Texas 
Gas's request. Texas Gas now requests for an additional year to 
complete abandonment activities by June 26, 2021. Texas Gas states that 
landowner negotiations are ongoing and that it continues to work on 
obtaining a Coastal Use Permit prior to commencing the Project. 
Accordingly, Texas Gas believes landowner negotiations and the 
obtainment of a Coastal Use Permit are imminent.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Texas Gas 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).\1\
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    \1\ 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,\2\ the 
Commission will aim to

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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 June 16, 2020.

    Dated: June 1, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-12473 Filed 6-8-20; 8:45 am]
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