[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83117-83118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26166]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-486-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Request for 
Extension of Time

    Take notice that on November 16, 2023, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel) requested that the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until 
December 1, 2024, to finalize testing of Well 7451 as ordered in the 
January 2018 Order. as authorized in the January 2018 Order (Order).\1\ 
The Order required National Fuel to complete testing of Well 7451 
within three years of the date of the Order.
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    \1\ National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 162 FERC ] 62,063 
(2018).
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    On February 4, 2021, the Commission granted National Fuel an 
extension of

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time, until December 1, 2023, to complete testing.\2\
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    \2\ National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, Docket No. 17-486-000, 
Letter Order Granting Extension.
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    As of May 19, 2023, National Fuel is no longer testing Well 7451 by 
withdrawing gas from the well. National Fuel does not intend to 
undertake any further withdrawals from the well. Currently, National 
Fuel is working to finalize its report on Well 7451 and anticipates 
that the report will be finalized by December 1, 2024, due to the 
complexity of the data and modeling involved in evaluating data 
National Fuel has collected and reported to the Commission in its 
quarterly Beech Hill reports.\3\
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    \3\ See, National Fuel's Quarterly Reports for its Beech Hill 
Storage Field, beginning with its first quarterly report filed on 
July 31, 2017 and continuing to its most recent report filed on 
November 16, 2020 covering the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 
2020, in CP14-501, et al.
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    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on National Fuel'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 (NGA) (18 CFR 157.10).
    As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on 
requests for extensions of time to complete construction for NGA 
facilities when such requests are contested before order issuance. For 
those extension requests that are 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 (NEPA).\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 Director of the Office of Energy 
Projects, 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).
    \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 the Commission's Public 
Reference Room. For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY 
(202) 502-8659.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments 
in lieu of paper using the ``eFile'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. In 
lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy which must 
reference the Project docket number.
    To file via USPS: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    To file via any other courier: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 
20852.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 6, 2023.

    Dated: November 21, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-26166 Filed 11-27-23; 8:45 am]
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