[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9846-9847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02815]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP23-24-000]


Double E Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time

    Take notice that on January 31, 2024, Double E Pipeline, LLC. 
(Double E) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until February 18, 2025, to 
complete construction and place into service the Red Hills Lateral 
Project (Project) located in Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico. On 
December 19, 2022, the Commission issued a Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization, which established a 60-day comment period, 
ending on February 17, 2023, to file protests. No protests were filed 
during the comment period, and accordingly the project was authorized 
on February 18, 2023, and by Rule should have been completed within one 
year.
    In its 2024 Extension of Time Request, Double E states that pre-
construction activities are ongoing, but that it will not complete all 
work associated with the Project by the February 18, 2024, deadline. 
Accordingly, Double E requests an extension of time until February 18, 
2025, to complete construction of project facilities.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period

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deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Double E'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 NGA 
facilities when such requests are contested before order issuance. For 
those extension requests that are contested,\1\ the Commission will aim 
to issue an order acting on the request within 45 days.\2\ The 
Commission will address all arguments relating to whether the applicant 
has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the extension.\3\ 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).\4\ 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.\5\ 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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    \1\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes 
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1).
    \2\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40 
(2020).
    \3\ Id. at P 40.
    \4\ 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.
    \5\ 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. Public access 
to records formerly available in the Commission's physical Public 
Reference Room, which was located at the Commission's headquarters, 888 
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, are now available via the 
Commission's website. For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll free, (866) 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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 
20426.
    To file via any other courier: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting 
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 February 21, 2024.

    Dated: February 6, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-02815 Filed 2-9-24; 8:45 am]
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