Notice of Request for Extension of Time; Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc., 7720-7721 [2021-02097]

Download as PDF 7720 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 19 / Monday, February 1, 2021 / Notices in accordance with Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure 4 and the regulations under the NGA 5 by the intervention deadline for the project, which is [February 16, 2021]. As described further in Rule 214, your motion to intervene must state, to the extent known, your position regarding the proceeding, as well as the your interest in the proceeding. [For an individual, this could include your status as a landowner, ratepayer, resident of an impacted community, or recreationist. You do not need to have property directly impacted by the project in order to intervene.] For more information about motions to intervene, refer to the FERC website at https:// www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/ intervene.asp. There are two ways to submit your motion to intervene. In both instances, please reference the Project docket number CP21–28–000 in your submission. (1) You may file your motion to intervene by using the Commission’s eFiling feature, which is located on the Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select the type of filing you are making; first select ‘‘General’’ and then select ‘‘Intervention.’’ The eFiling feature includes a document-less intervention option; for more information, visit https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/ document-less-intervention.pdf.; or (2) You can file a paper copy of your motion to intervene, along with three copies, by mailing the documents to the address below.6 Your motion to intervene must reference the Project docket number CP21–28–000. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The Commission encourages electronic filing of motions to intervene (option 1 above) and has eFiling staff available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Motions to intervene must be served on the applicant either by mail or email at: P.O. Box 3330, Omaha, NE 68103– 0330 or mike.loeffler@nngco.com. Any subsequent submissions by an intervenor must be served on the applicant and all other parties to the proceeding. Contact information for parties can be downloaded from the 4 18 CFR 385.214. CFR 157.10. 6 Hand delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 5 18 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Jan 29, 2021 Jkt 253001 service list at the eService link on FERC Online. Service can be via email with a link to the document. All timely, unopposed 7 motions to intervene are automatically granted by operation of Rule 214(c)(1).8 Motions to intervene that are filed after the intervention deadline are untimely and may be denied. Any late-filed motion to intervene must show good cause for being late and must explain why the time limitation should be waived and provide justification by reference to factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations.9 A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies (paper or electronic) of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. Tracking the Proceeding Throughout the proceeding, additional information about the project will be available from the Commission’s Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– FERC, or on the FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link as described above. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. For more information and to register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp. Intervention Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on [February 16, 2021]. Dated: January 26, 2021. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–02098 Filed 1–29–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 7 The applicant has 15 days from the submittal of a motion to intervene to file a written objection to the intervention. 8 18 CFR 385.214(c)(1). 9 18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and (d). PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP20–26–000] Notice of Request for Extension of Time; Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. Take notice that on January 21, 2021, Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc.1 (Eastern GTS) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until August 22, 2021, to abandon, reconfigure, and relocate storage wells and related pipelines within its jurisdictional Bridgeport Storage Field in Harrison County, West Virginia (Project),2 as deemed authorized, effective February 22, 2020. Under the applicable regulations, the Project was to be completed and made available for service by February 22, 2021, i.e., within one year of authorization.3 Eastern GTS states that, primarily due to delays related to the COVID–19 pandemic, as well as weather related delays, Eastern GTS will be unable to complete all construction activities necessary to complete the Project within the authorized one-year timeframe. Accordingly, Eastern GTS requests a sixmonth extension of time, until August 22, 2021, to complete construction of the Project. This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Columbia’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).4 As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on 1 As of November 1, 2020, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company acquired certain companies of Dominion Energy, including Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc. and has changed its name to Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. 2 Prior Notice of Blanket Certificate Activity, Docket No. CP20–26–000 (filed December 16, 2019). 3 Pursuant to Section 157.205 of the Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR 157.205, a prior notice application is deemed to be authorized the day after the intervention period lapses if no protests are filed. 4 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). E:\FR\FM\01FEN1.SGM 01FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 19 / Monday, February 1, 2021 / Notices 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,5 the Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45 days.6 The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the extension.7 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.8 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.9 The OEP Director, or his or her designee, will act on 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:// 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 the Commission’s Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning 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 https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. To mail 5 Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2020). 6 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 7 Id. P 40. 8 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. 9 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 61,144, at P 40 (2020). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Jan 29, 2021 Jkt 253001 via USPS, use the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. To mail via any other courier, use the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 11, 2021. Dated: January 26, 2021. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–02097 Filed 1–29–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 539–015] Lock 7 Hydro Partners, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New Major License. b. Project No.: 539–015. c. Date Filed: April 30, 2020. d. Applicant: Lock 7 Hydro Partners, LLC (Lock 7 Hydro). e. Name of Project: Mother Ann Lee Hydroelectric Station Water Power Project (Mother Ann Lee Project). f. Location: The project is located on the Kentucky River in Mercer, Jessamine, and Garrard Counties, Kentucky. The project does not occupy federal land. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: David Brown Kinloch, Lock 7 Hydro, 414 S Wenzel St., Louisville, Kentucky 40204; (502) 589–0975 or kyhydropower@gmail.com. i. FERC Contact: Joshua Dub at (202) 502–8138 or joshua.dub@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: February 25, 2021. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file scoping comments using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ QuickComment.aspx. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 7721 Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). 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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Mother Ann Lee Project (P–539–015). The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure require all interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervener files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. k. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The Mother Ann Lee Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A reservoir with a surface area of 777 acres and a storage capacity of 5,828 acre-feet at elevation 513.12 NGVD 29 (National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929); (2) a 250-foot-long, 15.3-foot-high, timber crib dam with a concrete cap and an abandoned 62-footlong lock structure on the east side; (3) a 120-foot-long, 100-foot-wide forebay; (4) a 24-foot-tall, 84-foot-wide trashrack; (5) a 93-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, 16-foothigh powerhouse integral with the dam containing three generating units with a total installed capacity of 2,210 kilowatts; (6) a 30-foot-long, 15.3-foothigh concrete spillway section from the powerhouse to the west shore; (7) an 85foot-long substation; and (8) a 34.5 kilovolt, 4,540-foot-long transmission line. The project is estimated to generate an average of 9,200 megawatt-hours annually. m. 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 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 the Commission’s Public Reference Room, E:\FR\FM\01FEN1.SGM 01FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 19 (Monday, February 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7720-7721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02097]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-26-000]


Notice of Request for Extension of Time; Eastern Gas Transmission 
and Storage, Inc.

    Take notice that on January 21, 2021, Eastern Gas Transmission and 
Storage, Inc.\1\ (Eastern GTS) requested that the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until 
August 22, 2021, to abandon, reconfigure, and relocate storage wells 
and related pipelines within its jurisdictional Bridgeport Storage 
Field in Harrison County, West Virginia (Project),\2\ as deemed 
authorized, effective February 22, 2020. Under the applicable 
regulations, the Project was to be completed and made available for 
service by February 22, 2021, i.e., within one year of 
authorization.\3\
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    \1\ As of November 1, 2020, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company 
acquired certain companies of Dominion Energy, including Dominion 
Energy Transmission, Inc. and has changed its name to Eastern Gas 
Transmission and Storage, Inc.
    \2\ Prior Notice of Blanket Certificate Activity, Docket No. 
CP20-26-000 (filed December 16, 2019).
    \3\ Pursuant to Section 157.205 of the Commission's regulations, 
18 CFR 157.205, a prior notice application is deemed to be 
authorized the day after the intervention period lapses if no 
protests are filed.
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    Eastern GTS states that, primarily due to delays related to the 
COVID-19 pandemic, as well as weather related delays, Eastern GTS will 
be unable to complete all construction activities necessary to complete 
the Project within the authorized one-year timeframe. Accordingly, 
Eastern GTS requests a six-month extension of time, until August 22, 
2021, to complete construction of the Project.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Columbia'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).\4\
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    \4\ 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

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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,\5\ the 
Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45 
days.\6\ The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether 
the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the 
extension.\7\ 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.\8\ 
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.\9\ The OEP Director, or 
his or her designee, will act on those extension requests that are 
uncontested.
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    \5\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes 
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2020).
    \6\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 61,144, at P 40 
(2020).
    \7\ Id. P 40.
    \8\ 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.
    \9\ 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://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 the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency 
concerning 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 ``eFile'' link at 
https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail 
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. To mail 
via USPS, use the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, 
DC 20426. To mail via any other courier, use the following address: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 11, 2021.

    Dated: January 26, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-02097 Filed 1-29-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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