NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Extension of Time Request, 40640-40641 [2020-14527]

Download as PDF 40640 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 130 / Tuesday, July 7, 2020 / Notices Filed Date: 6/29/20. Accession Number: 20200629–5341. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/13/20. Docket Numbers: RP20–970–000. Applicants: Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rates—Various Releases to Emera Energy to be effective 7/1/2020. Filed Date: 6/29/20. Accession Number: 20200629–5204. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/13/20. Docket Numbers: RP20–971–000. Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rate Update Filing (Conoco July 20) to be effective 7/1/2020. Filed Date: 6/29/20. Accession Number: 20200629–5332. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/13/20. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the links or querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified date(s). Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: June 30, 2020. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–14547 Filed 7–6–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP16–22–000] jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Extension of Time Request Take notice that on June 26, 2020, NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC (NEXUS) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until August 25, 2021, to complete the construction of the Waterville Compressor Station in Lucas County, Ohio, as authorized as part of the VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Jul 06, 2020 Jkt 250001 NEXUS Project in the August 25, 2017 Order Issuing Certificates and Granting Abandonment 1 (August 25 Order). The August 25 Order required NEXUS to complete construction and make the facilities available for service within two years of the Order date. NEXUS commenced service on the majority of the NEXUS Project on October 13, 2018. On July 16, 2019, the Commission granted NEXUS’s request for an extension of time until and including August 25, 2020 to complete construction and make available for service the remaining NEXUS Project facilities, which included the Waterville Compressor Station and the TGP meter station and related facilities in Columbiana County Ohio. NEXUS states that it has completed construction of the TGP meter station and related facilities and placed them into service. NEXUS states that it commenced service for approximately 840,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of the total 1,500,000 Dth/d of certificated capacity. NEXUS asserts that it has since increased firm commitments on the pipelines to more than 1,315,000 Dth/d. NEXUS avers that the Waterville Compressor Station, the remaining NEXUS Project facility for which construction has not yet been completed, is required to provide its full certificated capacity. This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on NEXUS’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).2 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,3 the Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request 1 NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, et al., 160 FERC 61,022 (2017). 2 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). 3 Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2019). PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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.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 OEP Director, or his or her designee, will act on all of those extension requests that are uncontested. 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) 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 eFiling link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and three copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 15, 2020. 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). E:\FR\FM\07JYN1.SGM 07JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 130 / Tuesday, July 7, 2020 / Notices Dated: June 30, 2020. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. Dates: June 29, 2020. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–14527 Filed 7–6–20; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2020–14548 Filed 7–6–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0312; FRL–10011–92–ORD] jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Combined Notice of Filings Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Docket Number: PR20–68–000. Applicants: Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. Description: Tariff filing per 284.123(b),(e)/: COH Rates effective May 29 2020 to be effective 5/29/2020. Filed Date: 6/26/2020. Accession Number: 202006265134. Comments/Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/ 17/2020. Docket Numbers: RP18–923–000. Applicants: Enable Mississippi River Transmission, LLC. Description: Report Filing: MRT Refund and Billing Adjustment Report—RP18–923 & RP20–131. Filed Date: 6/26/20. Accession Number: 20200626–5209. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/8/20. Docket Numbers: RP20–968–000. Applicants: Big Sandy Pipeline, LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Big Sandy EPC 2020 to be effective 8/1/ 2020. Filed Date: 6/26/20. Accession Number: 20200626–5239. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/8/20. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the links or querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified date(s). Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Jul 06, 2020 Jkt 250001 Call for Information on the Integrated Science Assessment for Lead Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; call for information. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing an Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) as part of the review of the primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Lead (Pb). The ISA will be completed by EPA’s Office of Research and Development’s Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA). When final, the ISA is intended to update the previous Pb ISA (EPA/600/R–10/075F), published on June 26, 2013. Interested parties are invited to assist EPA in developing and refining the scientific information base for the review of the Pb NAAQS by submitting research studies and data that have been published, accepted for publication, or presented at a public scientific meeting since January 1, 2011. DATES: All communications and information should be received by EPA by September 8, 2020. ADDRESSES: Information may be submitted electronically, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. Please follow the detailed instructions as provided in the section of this notice entitled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the period of submission, contact the OAR Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center; phone: 202–566–1742; fax: 202–566– 9744; or email: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. For technical information, contact Evan Coffman; phone: 919–541–0567; fax: 919–541–1818; or email: Coffman.Evan@epa.gov; or Meredith Lassiter; phone: 919–541–3200; fax: 919–541–1818; or email: lassiter.meredith@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Information About the Document Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act directs the Administrator to identify certain air pollutants which, among other things, ‘‘cause or contribute to air PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 40641 pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare’’; 1 and to issue air quality criteria for them. The air quality criteria are to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on public health or welfare which may be expected from the presence of [a] pollutant in the ambient air. . . .’’. Under section 109 of the Act, EPA is then to establish NAAQS for each pollutant for which EPA has issued criteria. Section 109(d)(1) of the Act subsequently requires periodic review and, if appropriate, revision of existing air quality criteria to reflect advances in scientific knowledge on the effects of the pollutant on public health or welfare. EPA is also required to review and, if appropriate, revise the NAAQS, based on the revised air quality criteria (for more information on the NAAQS review process, see https:// www.epa.gov/naaqs). EPA has established NAAQS for six criteria pollutants, including for lead (Pb). Periodically, EPA reviews the scientific basis for these standards by preparing an ISA (formerly called an Air Quality Criteria Document). The ISA provides the scientific basis for EPA’s decisions, in conjunction with additional technical and policy assessments, on the adequacy of the current NAAQS and the appropriateness of possible alternative standards. Early steps in this process include announcing the beginning of this periodic NAAQS review and the development of the ISA, and EPA requesting that the public submit scientific literature that they want to bring to the attention of the Agency as it begins this process. The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC), whose review and advisory functions are mandated by section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act, is charged (among other things) with independent scientific review of the Agency’s air quality criteria. The ISA will build on the scientific assessment for the last review,2 focusing on assessing the information newly available since that considered in the 2013 ISA. With regard to development of the ISA, the public is encouraged to assist in identifying relevant scientific 1 Under Clean Air Act section 302(h), welfare effects include, but are not limited to, ‘‘effects on soils, water, crops, vegetation, manmade materials, animals, wildlife, weather, visibility, and climate, damage and deterioration of property, and hazards to transportation, as well as effects on economic values and on personal comfort and well-being.’’ 2 The scientific assessment for the last review is documented in the Integrated Science Assessment for Lead (Final Report, July 2013), EPA/600/R–10/ 075F; 78 FR 38318, June 26, 2013. E:\FR\FM\07JYN1.SGM 07JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40640-40641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14527]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP16-22-000]


NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Extension of Time Request

    Take notice that on June 26, 2020, NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC 
(NEXUS) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until August 25, 2021, to 
complete the construction of the Waterville Compressor Station in Lucas 
County, Ohio, as authorized as part of the NEXUS Project in the August 
25, 2017 Order Issuing Certificates and Granting Abandonment \1\ 
(August 25 Order). The August 25 Order required NEXUS to complete 
construction and make the facilities available for service within two 
years of the Order date. NEXUS commenced service on the majority of the 
NEXUS Project on October 13, 2018. On July 16, 2019, the Commission 
granted NEXUS's request for an extension of time until and including 
August 25, 2020 to complete construction and make available for service 
the remaining NEXUS Project facilities, which included the Waterville 
Compressor Station and the TGP meter station and related facilities in 
Columbiana County Ohio. NEXUS states that it has completed construction 
of the TGP meter station and related facilities and placed them into 
service.
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    \1\ NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, et al., 160 FERC 61,022 (2017).
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    NEXUS states that it commenced service for approximately 840,000 
dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of the total 1,500,000 Dth/d of certificated 
capacity. NEXUS asserts that it has since increased firm commitments on 
the pipelines to more than 1,315,000 Dth/d. NEXUS avers that the 
Waterville Compressor Station, the remaining NEXUS Project facility for 
which construction has not yet been completed, is required to provide 
its full certificated capacity.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on NEXUS'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).\2\
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    \2\ 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,\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.\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 OEP Director, 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) (2019).
    \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) 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 
[email protected] 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 eFiling link at 
https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and three copies of the protest or intervention to 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 15, 2020.


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    Dated: June 30, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-14527 Filed 7-6-20; 8:45 am]
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