[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 52338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18582]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP17-458-000]
Midship Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of
Time
Take notice that on August 10, 2020, Midship Pipeline Company, LLC
(Midship) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until December 31, 2022, to
complete construction and place into service three delayed compressor
units for its Midship Pipeline Project, as originally authorized in the
August 13, 2018 Order Issuing Certificate (August 13 Order).\1\ The
August 13 Order (as amended) \2\ required the applicants to complete
construction and make the facilities available for service within two
years of the original Order date.
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\1\ Midship Pipeline Company, LLC, 164 FERC ] 61,103 (2018).
\2\ 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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The overall project is designed to provide up to 1,440 million
standard cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of firm transportation capacity
from the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province and the Sooner Trend
Anadarko Basin Canadian and Kingfisher gas plays in the Anadarko Basin
in Oklahoma to existing natural gas pipelines near Bennington,
Oklahoma, for subsequent transport to Gulf Coast and Southeast markets.
As authorized, the project includes an approximately 200-mile-long
mainline pipeline in Oklahoma; three mainline gas-fired turbine
compressor stations (Calumet, Tatums and Bennington), each of which
included three compressor units; metering and regulation stations;
appurtenant facilities; and two lateral pipelines, the Chisholm and
Velma Laterals.
In its request, Midship states that it has constructed all
facilities authorized by the Certificate, except for one compressor
unit at each of the Calumet, Tatums, and Bennington compressor
stations.
Midship also states that, due to delays in the commercialization of
the project, additional time is now required in order to complete the
construction of the remaining authorized project facilities.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on the applicant'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 (18 CFR 157.10).\3\
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\3\ Only motions to intervene from entities that were party to
the underlying proceeding will be accepted. Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 39 (2020).
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As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on
requests for extensions of time to complete construction for Natural
Gas Act 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.\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 OEP Director, 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) (2019).
\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) using
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time,
the Commission has suspended access to Commission's Public Reference
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY,
(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. Submissions
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other
carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 1, 2020.
Dated: August 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-18582 Filed 8-24-20; 8:45 am]
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