[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17450-17451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05021]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP15-521-001]
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC; Notice of Request for
Extension of Time
Take notice that on February 22, 2024, Gulf LNG Liquefaction
Company, LLC (GLLC); Gulf LNG Energy, LLC (GLE); and Gulf LNG Pipeline,
LLC (collectively, the Applicants) requested that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until
July 16, 2029, to construct and place into service its Export Terminal
Facilities Project (Project) located in Jackson County, Mississippi as
authorized in the Order Granting Authorization under section 3 of the
Natural Gas Act (Order).\1\ The Order required the Applicants to
complete construction of the Project and make it available for service
within five years of the date of the Order, or by July 16, 2024.
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\1\ Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC, et al., 168 FERC ]
61,020 (2019).
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The Applicants state that global events, including the COVID-19
pandemic, made construction of large-scale infrastructure projects and
execution of international commercial agreements challenging. In
addition, GLE asserts that it has been in complex litigation with its
existing import customers over the scope and status of their terminal
use agreements, which has hampered GLLC's ability to execute off-take
contracts.
GLLC states that it has been actively progressing the Project and
obtained nearly all required Federal, State, and local authorizations
and permits related to the construction and operation of the Project.
GLLC asserts that these authorizations and permits have been
maintained, remain valid, and remain in full force and effect. GLLC
states that the remaining required permits may be obtained once
consultations with the respective agencies are renewed.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on the Applicants'
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
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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,\2\ the Commission will aim
to issue an order acting on the request within 45 days.\3\ The
Commission will address all arguments relating to whether the applicant
has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the extension.\4\ 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).\5\ 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.\6\ 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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\2\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1).
\3\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
\4\ Id. at P 40.
\5\ 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.
\6\ 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 p.m. eastern time on March 19, 2024.
Dated: March 4, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-05021 Filed 3-8-24; 8:45 am]
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