[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74417-74418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26383]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-6-000]


RH energytrans, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time

    Take notice that on November 18, 2022, RH energytrans, LLC (RH) 
requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) 
grant a second extension of time, until December 7, 2024, to complete 
construction of, and place into service, its Meadville and County Line 
compressor stations in Crawford and Erie Counties, Pennsylvania. The 
Commission previously issued a letter order granting an extension of 
time until and including December 7, 2022.\1\ The Order Issuing 
Certificate (Certificate Order) \2\ required RH to complete the 
construction of the proposed Risberg Line Project facilities \3\ and 
make them available for service within two years from issuance, or by 
December 7, 2020.\4\
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    \1\ RH energytrans, LLC, Docket No. CP18-6-000, Letter Order 
(Nov. 18, 2020).
    \2\ RH energytrans, LLC, 165 FERC ] 61,218 (2018) (Certificate 
Order).
    \3\ The Risberg Line Project consists of the conversion of 31.6 
miles of existing 8-inch and 12-inch natural gas gathering pipeline 
to transmission service, construction of 28.3 miles of new 12-inch 
pipeline, conversion of the existing Countyline Compressor station 
from gathering to transmission service, and construction of a new 
compressor station at Meadville, PA.
    \4\ Id. at ordering para. (B)(1).
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    In RH's initial October 2020 request for an extension of time \5\ 
RH stated that it had experienced construction delays due to winter 
weather, the dissolution of one of its pipeline contractors, and delays 
resulting from COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. RH states that it has 
continued to experience similar conditions and that commercial activity 
has only slowly been returning in the areas served by the Risberg Line. 
As a result, RH now requests an additional two years, or until December 
7, 2024, to complete the authorized construction at the Meadville and 
County Line compressor stations and make them available for service.\6\
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    \5\ RH energytrans, LLC, Request for Extension of Time to 
Complete Construction of Jurisdictional Facilities, Docket No. CP18-
6-000 (Oct. 19, 2020).
    \6\ On December 1, 2019, RH placed all of the Risberg Line 
Project facilities into service except for the Meadville and County 
Line compressor stations.
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    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on RH'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).\7\
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    \7\ 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,\8\ the 
Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45 
days.\9\ The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether 
the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the 
extension.\10\ 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.\11\ 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.\12\ The OEP Director, 
or his or her designee, will act on those extension requests that are 
uncontested.
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    \8\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes 
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR. 385.2201(c)(1) (2020).
    \9\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40 
(2020).
    \10\ Id. P 40.
    \11\ 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.
    \12\ 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://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 the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, due to the

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proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning 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 should 
submit an original copy of the protest or intervention by U.S. mail to 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions by any other courier 
in docketed proceedings should be delivered to, Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue 
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 14, 2022.

    Dated: November 29, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-26383 Filed 12-2-22; 8:45 am]
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