[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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