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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]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP16–22–000]
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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
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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).
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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).
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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]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0312;
FRL–10011–92–ORD]
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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.
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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
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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.
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pollution which may reasonably be
anticipated to endanger public health or
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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
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decisions, in conjunction with
additional technical and policy
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current NAAQS and the appropriateness
of possible alternative standards. Early
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independent scientific review of the
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The ISA will build on the scientific
assessment for the last review,2 focusing
on assessing the information newly
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of the ISA, the public is encouraged to
assist in identifying relevant scientific
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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/
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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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