[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 217 (Thursday, November 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 67892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24536]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Docket No. CP21-495-000]


Mojave Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Request for Extension 
of Time

    Take notice that on November 3, 2022, Mojave Pipeline Company, 
L.L.C. (Mojave) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) grant an extension of time until December 31, 2022, to 
complete construction of its Oak Creek Delivery Point Project (Project) 
located in Kern County, California. Mojave requested authorization to 
construct its Project in a prior notice application filed on September 
13, 2021. Since no protests were filed within the comment period, 
Mojave's Project was deemed to be authorized on November 23, 2022.\1\
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    \1\ Consistent with Section 157.206(c) of the Commission's 
regulations, Project activities must be completed one year from the 
date of authorization, i.e., November 23, 2022.
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    Mojave initially anticipated beginning construction by the end of 
2021 once CalPortand Company (CalPortland) had obtained all necessary 
permits in order to construct and place the new delivery point into 
service by January 31, 2022.\2\ However, due to delays in CalPortland 
receiving its necessary permits, construction on the project did not 
begin until October 4, 2022. Since construction commenced, the planned 
construction sequencing first requires the installation of 
CalPortland's meter station and related connecting lateral to Mojave's 
existing tap site followed by Mojave's construction activities. Mojave 
anticipates this construction plan will likely push the completion of 
the Mojave Project until December 31, 2022.
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    \2\ As described in Mojave's application, the Project involves 
two components: (1) minor work associated with preparing an existing 
Mojave tap that will be tied into a new CalPortland lateral; and (2) 
installation of electronic gas measurement equipment to be located 
within a new CalPortand-owned meter station.
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    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Mojave'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,\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 p.m. Eastern Time on November 21, 2022.

    Dated: November 4, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-24536 Filed 11-9-22; 8:45 am]
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