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1Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, 166 FERC 

61,037 (2019). 

2Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Project were 

completed and placed into service on September 6, 

August 22, and August 11, 2019, respectively. 

3Section 1 consists of Line 8000, and associated 

facilities, from MP 0.0 to 0.4. Section 2 consists of 

Line 8000, and associated facilities, from MP 0.9 to 

7.3. 

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) 

Issued: January 12, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

The public is invited to listen to the 

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ferc.capitolconnection.org/. Anyone 

with internet access who desires to hear 

this event can do so by navigating to 

www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and 

locating this event in the Calendar. The 

event will contain a link to its audio 

webcast. The Capitol Connection 

provides technical support for this free 

audio webcast. It will also offer access 

to this event via phone bridge for a fee. 

If you have any questions, visit http:// 

ferc.capitolconnection.org/ or contact 

Shirley Al-Jarani at 703–993–3104. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–13–000] 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Time 

Take notice that on January 7, 2021, 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Columbia) requested that the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) grant an extension of 

time, until January 17, 2023, to 

complete construction of, and place into 

service, Sections 1 and 2 of its Line 

8000 Replacement Project (Project) 

located in Mineral County, West 

Virginia, and Allegany County, 

Maryland, as authorized in the January 

17, 2019 Order Issuing Certificate and 

Granting Abandonment (Order).1

Ordering Paragraph B(1) of the Order 

required Columbia to complete the 

construction of the Project facilities and 

make them available for service within 

two years from issuance, or by January 

17, 2021.2

Columbia states that due to 

unforeseen delays in reaching an 

agreement from the Maryland 

Department of Natural Resources 

(MDNR) for land rights across stateowned lands, additional time is 

required in order to complete Sections 

1 and 2 of the Project.3

Columbia avers that on November 18, 

2020, it filed a letter explaining a 

phased approach to initiating 

construction for the remaining Project 

facilities and included a request to 

commence construction, including 

certain project modifications, of Section 

2 excluding facilities crossing stateowned lands. Columbia asserts that 

Phase 2a (Section 2 excluding facilities 

crossing state-owned lands) would be 

constructed in 2021 and Phase 2b 

(Section 1 and facilities crossing stateowned lands in Section 2) would be 

constructed in 2022, subject to an 

agreement with the MDNR. 

Accordingly, Columbia now requests an 

additional two years, or until January 

17, 2023, to complete the authorized 

construction of Sections 1 and 2 of its 

Line 8000 Replacement Project and 

make them available for service. 

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 

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. 

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, January 26, 2021. 

Dated: January 11, 2021. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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