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86 FR 192 pgs. 55840-55841 - Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Extension of Time Request

Type: NOTICEVolume: 86Number: 192Pages: 55840 - 55841
Docket number: [Docket No. CP19-477-000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2021-21942 Filed 10-6-21; 8:45 am]
Agency: Energy Department
Sub Agency: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 55840, 55841

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP19-477-000]

Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Extension of Time Request

Take notice that on September 29, 2021, Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (Mountain Valley) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until October 13, 2022, to place the Greene Interconnect in service.

Mountain Valley states that the Greene Interconnect facilities were mechanically complete and ready for service in late February 2021. 1 Mountain Valley is unable to place the Greene Interconnect in service until the Mountain Valley mainline facilities are completed. Mountain Valley has not completed construction of the mainline due to unforeseen litigation and permitting which Mountain Valley says is needed to provide natural gas flows to the Greene Interconnect. The Commission issued an order on October 9, 2020 granting Mountain Valley an extension of time until October 13, 2022 to complete construction and place the mainline facilities in service. 2 To align project completion deadlines, Mountain Valley requests that an extension of time until October 13, 2022 to place the Greene Interconnect in service.

Footnotes:

1 ? See Weekly Construction Report No. 23, Docket No. CP19-477-000 (filed March 25, 2021).

2 ? Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, 173 FERC ¶?61,026 (2020).

This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Mountain Valley'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

Footnotes:

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).


[top] 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 page 55841 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.

Footnotes:

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).

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, protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the "eFile" link at http://www.ferc.gov . Persons unable to file electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 18, 2021.

Dated: October 1, 2021.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2021-21942 Filed 10-6-21; 8:45 am]

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