[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72385-72386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19887]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP17-458-022 CP19-17-003]
Midship Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of
Time
Take notice that on August 22, 2024, Midship Pipeline Company, LLC
(Midship) requested that the Commission grant an extension of time,
until December 31, 2028, to construct and place into service its
Midcontinent Supply Header Interstate Pipeline Project (Project)
located in Kingfisher, Canadian, Grady, Garvin, Stephens, Carter,
Johnston, and Bryan Counties, Oklahoma, as authorized in the August 13,
2018 Order Issuing Certificate (Order).\1\ The Order required Midship
to complete construction of the Project and make it available for
service within two years of the date of the Order, or by August 13,
2020.
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\1\ See Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 164 FERC ] 61,103 (2018),
order amending certificate, Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 166 FERC
] 62,039 (2019); Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 168 FERC ] 61,147
(2019); Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,137 (2020).
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On December 17, 2020, the Commission granted Midship an extension
of time, until December 31, 2022, to complete construction of the
Project and make it available for service.\2\ The Commission has
subsequently granted one extension of time, making the current date for
the Project facilities to be constructed and placed into service
December 31, 2024.\3\
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\2\ Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 173 FERC ] 61,255 (2020).
\3\ Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 182 FERC ] 61,031 (2023).
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Midship states that, due to adverse economic and logistical
conditions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, commercial progress was
slowed. Midship states that these unforeseen circumstances still
preclude the project from reaching full commercialization, and that
additional time is required to complete the installation and placing
into service of three remaining compressor units.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Midship'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). From
the Commission's Home Page on the internet, this information is
available on eLibrary. The full text of this document is available on
eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing, printing, and/or
downloading.
To access this document in eLibrary, type the docket number
excluding the last three digits of this document in the docket number
field.
User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commission's
website during normal business hours from FERC Online Support at (202)
502-6652 (toll free at 1-866-208-3676) or email at
[email protected], or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at
[email protected].
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].
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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 12, 2024.
Dated: August 28, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-19887 Filed 9-4-24; 8:45 am]
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