[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 192 (Thursday, October 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55840-55841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21942]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP19-477-000]


Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Extension of Time 
Request

    Take notice that on September 29, 2021, Mountain Valley Pipeline, 
LLC (Mountain Valley) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until October 13, 
2022, to place the Greene Interconnect in service.
    Mountain Valley states that the Greene Interconnect facilities were 
mechanically complete and ready for service in late February 2021.\1\ 
Mountain Valley is unable to place the Greene Interconnect in service 
until the Mountain Valley mainline facilities are completed. Mountain 
Valley has not completed construction of the mainline due to unforeseen 
litigation and permitting which Mountain Valley says is needed to 
provide natural gas flows to the Greene Interconnect. The Commission 
issued an order on October 9, 2020 granting Mountain Valley an 
extension of time until October 13, 2022 to complete construction and 
place the mainline facilities in service.\2\ To align project 
completion deadlines, Mountain Valley requests that an extension of 
time until October 13, 2022 to place the Greene Interconnect in 
service.
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    \1\ See Weekly Construction Report No. 23, Docket No. CP19-477-
000 (filed March 25, 2021).
    \2\ Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, 173 FERC ] 61,026 (2020).
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    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Mountain Valley'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

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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 the 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, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFile'' link at 
http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail 
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in 
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 18, 2021.

    Dated: October 1, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-21942 Filed 10-6-21; 8:45 am]
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