[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 69 (Friday, April 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 15459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06221]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP20-528-003; CP20-529-002]
Stingray Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Request for
Extension of Time
Take notice that on April 2, 2025, Stingray Pipeline Company,
L.L.C. (Stingray) requested that the Commission grant an extension of
time, until September 30, 2027, to complete abandonment activities for
its West Cameron 509 System and Mainline Facilities Abandonment
(Abandonments) located in federal waters offshore, Louisiana and in
Cameron Parish, Louisiana, as authorized in the Order Authorizing
Abandonments and Determining Jurisdictional Status of Facilities
(Order).\1\ The Order required Stingray to complete the Abandonment
within two years of the date of the Order, or by June 15, 2025.
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\1\ See Stingray Pipeline Company, L.L.C., 183 FERC ] 61,201
(2023).
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Stingray states that there have been delays in completing the
Abandonments due to a number of factors, including litigation.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation informed Stingray that it intends to
abandon its production but has not yet provided its consent so that
Stingray can abandon certain of its facilities. Further, limited
availability of the necessary vessels and crew to undertake the
abandonment work for the West Cameron 509 System, as well as the time
limitation under which the work can be completed due to weather
conditions, have impacted the schedule. Moreover, the abandonment and
conversion of the Mainline Facilities to crude oil to supply the Blue
Marlin Offshore Port LLC (BMOP) will not take place until BMOP's
receipt of the requisite license from the Maritime Administration of
the U.S. Department of Transportation and making its final investment
decisions, both anticipated in 2026.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Stingray'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,\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). 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, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
To file via any other courier: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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,
community organizations, 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 April 22, 2025.
Dated: April 7, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-06221 Filed 4-10-25; 8:45 am]
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