[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40640-40641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14527]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP16-22-000]


NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Extension of Time Request

    Take notice that on June 26, 2020, NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC 
(NEXUS) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until August 25, 2021, to 
complete the construction of the Waterville Compressor Station in Lucas 
County, Ohio, as authorized as part of the NEXUS Project in the August 
25, 2017 Order Issuing Certificates and Granting Abandonment \1\ 
(August 25 Order). The August 25 Order required NEXUS to complete 
construction and make the facilities available for service within two 
years of the Order date. NEXUS commenced service on the majority of the 
NEXUS Project on October 13, 2018. On July 16, 2019, the Commission 
granted NEXUS's request for an extension of time until and including 
August 25, 2020 to complete construction and make available for service 
the remaining NEXUS Project facilities, which included the Waterville 
Compressor Station and the TGP meter station and related facilities in 
Columbiana County Ohio. NEXUS states that it has completed construction 
of the TGP meter station and related facilities and placed them into 
service.
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    \1\ NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, et al., 160 FERC 61,022 (2017).
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    NEXUS states that it commenced service for approximately 840,000 
dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of the total 1,500,000 Dth/d of certificated 
capacity. NEXUS asserts that it has since increased firm commitments on 
the pipelines to more than 1,315,000 Dth/d. NEXUS avers that the 
Waterville Compressor Station, the remaining NEXUS Project facility for 
which construction has not yet been completed, is required to provide 
its full certificated capacity.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on NEXUS'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 all of 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) (2019).
    \4\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 61,144, at P 40 
(2020).
    \5\ Id. at 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://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 July 15, 2020.


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    Dated: June 30, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-14527 Filed 7-6-20; 8:45 am]
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