83072 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 245 / Monday, December 21, 2020 / Notices 

1National Grid LNG LLC, 165 FERC 61,031 (2018) 

(Certificate Order). 

2The Fields Point Liquefaction Project consists of 

the construction of one (1) new 20 million cubic 

feet per day (MMcf/d) gas pretreatment and 

liquefaction system to convert natural gas delivered 

by pipeline into liquefied natural gas (LNG). The 

liquefaction facility is designed to enable National 

Gas to provide up to 20,600 dekatherms per day 

(Dth/day) liquefaction service at its existing LNG 

storage facility located in Providence, RI. 

3 Id. at ordering para. (B)(1). 

4Only 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). 

5Contested proceedings are those where an 

intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing. 

18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2020). 

6Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 

61,144, at P 40 (2020). 

7 Id. P 40. 

8Similarly, 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. 

9Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 

61,144, at P 40 (2020). 

and the filed-rate doctrine in 

recalculating and reviewing with the 

Complainants stakeholders a Net Cost of 

New Entry value for effect beginning 

with the sixteenth Forward Capacity 

Auction in a manner that violates the 

tariff on file with the Commission, and 

violates the filed rate doctrine, all as 

more fully explained in the complaint. 

The Complainant certifies that copies 

of the complaint were served on the 

contacts listed for Respondent in the 

Commission’s list of Corporate Officials. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the eFiling 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. 

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://

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 the Novel Coronavirus 

Disease (COVID–19), issued by the 

President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on December 31, 2020. 

Dated: December 15, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28085 Filed 12–18–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP16–121–000] 

National Grid LNG LLC; Notice of 

Request for Extension of Time 

Take notice that on December 8, 2020, 

National Grid LNG LLC (National Grid) 

requested that the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

grant an extension of time, until October 

17, 2022, to complete construction of, 

and place into service, its Fields Point 

Liquefaction Project located in 

Providence, RI as authorized in the 

October 17, 2018 Order Issuing 

Certificate (Certificate Order).1 Ordering 

Paragraph B(1) of the Certificate Order 

required National Grid to complete the 

construction of the proposed Fields 

Point Liquefaction Project facilities 2

and make them available for service 

within three years from issuance, or by 

October 17, 2021.3

National Grid states that it has 

experienced equipment delays, and 

delays resulting from COVID–19 

pandemic restrictions. As a result, 

National Grid now requests an 

additional one year, or until October 17, 

2022, to complete the authorized 

construction at the LNG storage facility 

at Fields Point and make them available 

for service. 

This notice establishes a 15-calendar 

day intervention and comment period 

deadline. Any person wishing to 

comment on National Grid’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 

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 (http://

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. 

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 245 / Monday, December 21, 2020 / Notices 83073 

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 December 30, 2020. 

Dated: December 15, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28089 Filed 12–18–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Numbers: RP21–308–000. 

Applicants: Algonquin Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate—CNG Amended NRA 

510796 to be effective 12/15/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/14/20. 

Accession Number: 20201214–5065. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/20. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by 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 comment date. 

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: http://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: December 15, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28093 Filed 12–18–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP20–503–000] 

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice 

of Availability of the Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed Northern 

Lights 2021 Expansion Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Northern Lights 2021 Expansion Project 

(Project), proposed by Northern Natural 

Gas Company (Northern) in the abovereferenced docket. Northern requests 

authorization to construct the Project, 

which will consist of (1) an 0.80-milelong extension of its 24-inch-diameter 

Willmar D Branch Line; (2) a 0.63-milelong 24-inch-diameter Carlton 

Interconnect Loop; (3) replacement of 

the 0.08-mile-long 8-inch-diameter 

Viking Interconnect Branch Line with a 

12-inch-diameter branch line of the 

same length; (4) a new compressor 

station (Hinckley Compressor Station); 

(5) modifications of the Pierz 

Compressor Station and Interconnect; 

and (6) additional above-grade facilities 

including a launcher, receiver, and 

valve setting. The Project facilities 

would be in Dakota, Scott, Carlton, 

Morrison, and Pine counties in 

Minnesota. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Northern Lights 2021 Expansion Project 

in accordance with the requirements of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). FERC staff concludes that 

approval of the proposed Project, with 

appropriate mitigating measures, would 

not constitute a major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The Commission mailed a copy of the 

Notice of Availability to federal, state, 

and local government representatives 

and agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; 

potentially affected landowners and 

other interested individuals and groups; 

and newspapers and libraries in the 

project area. The EA is only available in 

electronic format. It may be viewed and 

downloaded from the FERC’s website 

(www.ferc.gov), on the natural gas 

environmental documents page (https:// 

www.ferc.gov/industries-data/naturalgas/environment/environmentaldocuments). In addition, the EA may be 

accessed by using the eLibrary link on 

the FERC’s website. Click on the 

eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ 

eLibrary/search), select General Search 

and enter the docket number in the 

Docket Number field, excluding the last 

three digits (i.e. CP20–503). Be sure you 

have selected an appropriate date range. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or 

for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

The EA is not a decision document. 

It presents Commission staff’s 

independent analysis of the 

environmental issues for the 

Commission to consider when 

addressing the merits of all issues in 

this proceeding. Any person wishing to 

comment on the EA may do so. Your 

comments should focus on the EA’s 

disclosure and discussion of potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. The more 

specific your comments, the more useful 

they will be. To ensure that the 

Commission has the opportunity to 

consider your comments prior to 

making its decision on this project, it is 

important that we receive your 

comments in Washington, DC on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

January 14, 2021. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. This is an easy method for 

submitting brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You can also file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. With eFiling, you can provide 

comments in a variety of formats by 

attaching them as a file with your 

submission. New eFiling users must 

first create an account by clicking on 

eRegister. You must select the type of 

filing you are making. If you are filing 

a comment on a particular project, 

please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or