Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23682-23683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10169]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP18-116-002]


Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of 
Time

    Take notice that on May 23, 2025, Texas Gas Transmission, LLC 
(Texas Eastern) requested that the Commission grant a two-year 
extension of time, until June 26, 2027, to construct and place into 
service its North Lake Pagie/Bay Junop-Bay Round Abandonment Project 
(Project) located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, as authorized in the 
Order Approving Abandonment (Order).\1\ The Order originally required 
Texas Eastern to complete construction of the Project and make it 
available for service by June 26, 2019.
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    \1\ See Texas Gas Transmission, LLC, ] 163 FERC 62,218 (2018).
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    The Commission has subsequently granted four (4) extensions of 
time, making the current date for the Project facilities to be 
constructed and placed into service June 26, 2025.\2\
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    \2\ Texas Gas Transmission, LLC, Docket No. CP18-116-001 (June 
13, 2023) (delegated order).
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    Texas Gas was authorized to perform the Project but states they 
have faced obstacles in securing agreeable terms with agencies and 
landowners to secure a Coastal Use Permit for this Project. 
Additionally, new species have been listed by the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service (USFWS) that may be affected within the proposed 
Project area and will require re-consultation with USFWS.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Texas Eastern'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

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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,\3\ the Commission will aim 
to issue an order acting on the request within 45 days.\4\ The 
Commission will address all arguments relating to whether the applicant 
has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the extension.\5\ 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).\6\ 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.\7\ 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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    \3\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes 
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1).
    \4\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40 
(2020).
    \5\ Id. at P 40.
    \6\ 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.
    \7\ 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 (https://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 https://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 June 13, 2025.

    Dated: May 29, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-10169 Filed 6-3-25; 8:45 am]
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