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1While most interstate oil pipelines have marketbased or indexed rates, some jurisdictional 

pipelines have cost-of-service rates on file with the 

Commission. 

2 ‘‘By requiring the payment of minimum 

prevailing wages, Congress sought to ‘ensure that 

Government construction and federally assisted 

construction would not be conducted at the 

expense of depressing local wage standards.’ ’’ Dep’t 

of Labor, Updating the Davis-Bacon & Related Acts 

Reguls., 88 FR 57526, 57526 (Aug. 23, 2023) (citing 

Determination of Wage Rates Under the DavisBacon & Serv. Cont. Acts 5 Op. O.LC. 174, 176 

(1981)) (Final Rule). 

3 Dep’t of Labor, Dollar Threshold Amount for 

Contract Coverage under State Prevailing Wage 

Continued 

activities, the CSSF at closure will meet 

the above criteria. DOE is predicating 

this Draft CSSF 3116 Basis Document on 

extensive analysis and scientific 

rationale, using a risk-informed 

approach, including analyses presented 

in the Performance Assessment and 

Composite Analysis for the INTEC 

Calcined Solids Storage Facility at the 

INL Site (CSSF PA/CA). 

Specifically, this Draft CSSF 3116 

Basis Document shows that the CSSF 

bins (including integral equipment), 

transport lines, and any residual waste 

at the time of closure does not require 

permanent isolation in a deep geologic 

repository for spent fuel or HLW, and 

that the highly radioactive 

radionuclides (those radionuclides 

which contribute most significantly to 

radiological dose to workers, the public, 

and the environment as well as 

radionuclides listed in 10 CFR 61.55) 

will have been removed to the 

maximum extent practical. As also 

shown in the Draft CSSF 3116 Basis 

Document, the stabilized (grouted) CSSF 

stainless-steel bins (including integral 

equipment), transport lines, and any 

residual waste at CSSF closure will not 

exceed concentration limits for Class C 

LLW. Based on the analyses in the CSSF 

PA/CA, this Draft CSSF 3116 Basis 

Document projects that potential doses 

to a hypothetical member of the public 

and hypothetical inadvertent intruder 

after CSSF closure will be well below 

the doses specified in the performance 

objectives for disposal of LLW. 

Furthermore, the CSSF closure will be 

performed pursuant to a State-approved 

closure plan. 

DOE is consulting with the NRC on 

this Draft CSSF 3116 Basis Document 

and also making the Draft CSSF 3116 

Basis Document available for comments 

from states, Tribal Nations, 

stakeholders, and the public. After 

consultation with the NRC, carefully 

considering comments received, and 

performing any necessary revisions of 

analyses and technical documents, DOE 

plans to issue a Final CSSF 3116 Basis 

Document. Based on the Final CSSF 

3116 Basis Document, the Secretary of 

Energy, in consultation with the NRC, 

may determine in the future whether the 

CSSF bins (including integral 

equipment), transport lines, and any 

residual waste therein are non-HLW, 

and may be disposed in place as LLW. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on October 20, 2023, 

by Kristen Ellis, Acting Associate 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Regulatory and Policy Affairs, pursuant 

to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on October 24, 

2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23761 Filed 10–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PL24–1–000] 

Project-Area Wage Standards in the 

Labor Cost Component of Cost-ofService Rates 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Proposed policy statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

proposes to clarify how the Commission 

will treat the use of project-area wage 

standards in calculating the labor cost 

component of jurisdictional cost-ofservice rates. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed 

policy statement are due on or before 

December 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by 

docket number, may be filed in the 

following ways. Electronic filing 

through https://www.ferc.gov, is 

preferred. 

• Electronic Filing: Documents must 

be filed in acceptable native 

applications and print-to-PDF, but not 

in scanned or picture format. 

• For those unable to file 

electronically, comments may be filed 

by USPS mail or by hand (including 

courier) delivery. 

Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only: 

Addressed to: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Æ Hand (including courier) delivery: 

Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

The Comment Procedures Section of 

this document contains more detailed 

filing procedures. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heidi Nielsen (Legal Information), 

Office of the General Counsel, (202) 

502–8435, heidi.nielsen@ferc.gov. 

Adam Pollock (Technical 

Information), Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, (202) 502–8458, 

adam.pollock@ferc.gov. 

James Sarikas (Technical 

Information), Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, (202) 502–6831, 

james.sarikas@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Proposal 

1. In this proposed policy statement, 

we clarify how the Commission will 

treat the use of project-area wage 

standards in calculating the labor cost 

component of cost-of-service rates, 

including under Natural Gas Act (NGA) 

sections 4, 5, and 7, 15 U.S.C. 717c–d, 

717f; the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA), 

49 U.S.C. app. 1(5)(a); and Federal 

Power Act (FPA) sections 205 and 206, 

16 U.S.C. 824d–e.1

2. Project-area wage standards are the 

prevailing wages set by labor markets in 

the locale where the associated project 

work (e.g., construction, capital repairs, 

decommissioning) is performed. They 

can be found in data sources that 

indicate the basic hourly wage rates and 

fringe benefit rates for labor, direct 

employees and/or contract personnel 

that prevail in a predetermined 

geographic area. For example, under the 

Davis-Bacon Act, the U.S. Department of 

Labor issues prevailing wage 

determinations based on periodic 

surveys of union and non-union wages 

paid in a particular location, which 

serve as the minimum wage that must 

be paid by contractors and 

subcontractors performing under certain 

federally funded or assisted 

construction contracts.2 A number of 

states have enacted their own prevailing 

wage laws, sometimes referred to as 

‘‘Little Davis-Bacon’’ laws.3


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Laws (Jan. 1, 2023), https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ 

whd/state/prevailing-wages. 

4Portland Nat. Gas Transmission Sys., Opinion 

No. 510, 134 FERC ¶ 61,129 (2011), reh’g in part, 

142 FERC ¶ 61,198 (2013), reh’g dismissed, 150 

FERC ¶ 61,106 (2015); Portland Nat. Gas 

Transmission Sys., Opinion No. 524, 142 FERC 

¶ 61,197 (2013), reh’g denied, 150 FERC ¶ 61,107 

(2015). Among other things, these proceedings 

involved estimating the expected costs for future 

pipeline retirements, specifically, determining the 

labor component for decommissioning costs to be 

recovered by a pipeline operator, Portland Natural 

Gas Transmission System. 

5Opinion No. 510, 134 FERC ¶ 61,129 at P 124. 

6 Id. 

7Opinion No. 524, 142 FERC ¶ 61,197 at PP 162– 

64. 

8We remind filers that all information submitted 

in cost-of-service filings must be truthful and 

accurate, see 18 CFR 35.13(d)(6) (‘‘A utility shall 

include in its filing an attestation . . . that . . . the 

cost of service statements and supporting data 

submitted . . . are true, accurate, and current 

representations of the utility’s books, budgets, or 

other corporate documents.’’), 154.308 (‘‘The filing 

must include a statement . . . representing that the 

cost statements, supporting data, and workpapers, 

that purport to reflect the books of the company do, 

in fact, set forth the results shown by such books.’’), 

341.1(b)(1) (‘‘The signature on a filing constitutes a 

certification that the contents are true to the best 

knowledge and belief of the signer . . . .’’), and 

that failure to meet this requirement may result in 

a referral to the Office of Enforcement for further 

investigation and action, as appropriate. 

9Consistent with 48 CFR 22.401, this proposed 

policy statement applies to employee or contract 

labor whose duties are primarily manual or 

physical in nature, as distinguished from mental or 

managerial, and does not apply to employees or 

contractors whose duties are primarily executive, 

supervisory, administrative, or clerical. For 

purposes of this proposed policy statement, 

‘‘wages’’ means the basic hourly pay rate including 

fringe benefits, as more fully defined in 48 CFR 

22.401. 

10Pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended 

and codified at 40 U.S.C. 3141(2), the term 

‘‘prevailing wages’’ includes the basic hourly rate 

of pay and fringe benefits, as determined by the 

Department of Labor. See Final Rule, 88 FR at 

57526 (citing 40 U.S.C. 3142, 3145), 57531, 57546, 

57699, 57722–724. 

11The applicable state prevailing wage 

determination should meet or exceed the DavisBacon Act local prevailing wage determinations. 

12Project Labor Agreements are agreements 

between building trade unions and contractors. 

They govern terms and conditions of employment 

(including wage-related issues) on a construction 

project for all craft workers—union and nonunion. 

Dep’t of Labor, Project Labor Agreement Res. Guide, 

Project Labor, Cmty. Workforce, & Cmty. Benefits 

Agreements Res. Guide, ¶ 1, https://www.dol.gov/ 

general/good-jobs/project-labor-agreementresource-guide. 

13See supra note 8. 

14 5 CFR 1320. 

3. The Commission addressed the 

treatment of project-area wage rates in 

the cost component of natural gas 

pipeline cost-of-service rates in Opinion 

Nos. 510 and 524.4 In Opinion No. 510, 

the Commission rejected a pipeline 

operator’s proposal to use union-only 

wage rates from a single proxy location 

to estimate the labor cost of 

decommissioning its pipeline that 

spanned four states,5 finding that the 

pipeline operator had not carried its 

burden under section 4 of the NGA to 

show that it would use union labor and 

that, based on the evidence in that 

proceeding, it was accordingly 

reasonable to estimate labor costs using 

a ‘‘blended’’ mix of average union and 

non-union wage rates in the general 

private construction industry in the 

states where the pipeline was located, 

‘‘weighted’’ by the length of pipe in 

each state.6 The Commission 

subsequently applied the same 

approach in Opinion No. 524, finding 

that the same operator had again failed 

to present sufficient supporting 

evidence for its proposal to use uniononly wage rates in its estimate of 

decommissioning labor costs.7

4. In this proposed policy statement, 

we clarify that those decisions were 

based on the record evidence before the 

Commission in those proceedings and 

do not reflect a heightened standard of 

review with respect to project-area wage 

rates. Under this proposal, jurisdictional 

entities may include wages consistent 

with project-area wage standards in 

cost-of-service rates filed with the 

Commission where the record supports 

that outcome, as discussed below. 

5. Specifically, we propose that, when 

a Commission-jurisdictional entity 

presents evidence that it: (1) pays 

project-area wage standards, or (2) is 

contractually obligated to pay projectarea wage standards, or (3) commits via 

affidavit 8 filed in the rate proceeding 

that it will pay project-area wage 

standards, the Commission will 

presume, absent contrary evidence, that 

such project-area wage standards are 

just and reasonable for the relevant 

labor-cost component.9 Furthermore, we 

propose that the Commission will reject 

the inclusion of labor wages consistent 

with project-area wage standards in 

cost-of-service rates when the evidence 

demonstrates that the jurisdictional 

entity has not paid or will not be paying 

labor wages consistent with project-area 

wage standards. 

6. We propose that the Commission 

will accept as sources of project-area 

wage standards: (1) Davis-Bacon Act 

local prevailing wage determinations; 10

(2) state prevailing wage 

determinations; 11 (3) applicable 

collective-bargaining agreements or 

Project Labor Agreements; 12 or (4) other 

evidence demonstrating the prevailing 

wages paid in the relevant locale(s), 

such as an industry-accepted database 

used in construction cost estimates. The 

Commission seeks comment on the 

appropriateness of the four proposed 

sources of project-area wage standards. 

In particular, we seek comment on the 

appropriateness of using industry 

databases with construction cost 

estimates as a source of project-area 

wage standards as well as whether any 

project-area wage standards might not 

be captured in the first three listed 

categories. 

7. We further propose that 

jurisdictional entities seeking to include 

project-area wage standards in cost-ofservice rates should maintain and 

preserve records, including books of 

account or records for work performed 

by employees, contractors or 

subcontractors, sufficient to 

demonstrate that claimed project-area 

wages were actually paid.13

II. Comment Procedures 

8. The Commission invites comments 

on this proposed policy statement on or 

before December 26, 2023. Comments 

must refer to Docket No. PL24–1–000 

and must include the commenter’s 

name, the organization they represent, if 

applicable, and their address in their 

comments. All comments will be placed 

in the Commission’s public files and 

may be viewed, printed, or downloaded 

remotely as described in the Document 

Availability section below. Commenters 

on this proposal are not required to 

serve copies of their comments on other 

commenters. 

9. The Commission encourages 

comments to be filed electronically via 

the eFiling link on the Commission’s 

website at http://www.ferc.gov. The 

Commission accepts most standard 

word processing formats. Documents 

created electronically using word 

processing software must be filed in 

native applications or print-to-PDF 

format and not in a scanned format. 

Commenters filing electronically do not 

need to make a paper filing. 

10. Commenters that are not able to 

file comments electronically may file an 

original of their comment by USPS mail 

or by courier-or other delivery services. 

For submission sent via USPS only, 

filings should be mailed to: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, Office 

of the Secretary, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. Submission of 

filings other than by USPS should be 

delivered to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, MD 20852. 

III. Information Collection Statement 

11. The Paperwork Reduction Act and 

the implementing regulations of the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) 14 require approval of certain 

information collection requirements 

imposed by an agency. Upon approval 


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15 ‘‘Burden’’ is the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information 

to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation 

of what is included in the estimated burden, refer 

to 5 CFR 1320.3. 

16Commission staff estimates that the 

respondents’ skill set (and wages and benefits) for 

this docket are comparable to those of Commission 

employees. Based on the Commission’s Fiscal Year 

2023 average cost of $199,867/year (for wages plus 

benefits, for one full-time employee), $96.00/hour is 

used. 

of a collection of information, OMB will 

assign an OMB Control Number and an 

expiration date. Respondents subject to 

the filing requirements will not be 

penalized for failing to respond to the 

collection of information unless the 

collection of information displays a 

valid OMB control number. 

12. This proposed policy statement 

clarifies how the Commission will treat 

the use of project-area wage standards in 

calculating the labor cost component of 

jurisdictional cost-of-service rates filed 

by a natural-gas company, interstate oil 

pipeline, or public utility, pursuant to 

NGA sections 4, 5 and 7, 15 U.S.C. 

717c–d, 717f; ICA, 49 U.S.C. app. 

1(5)(a); and FPA sections 205 and 206, 

16 U.S.C. 824d–e, respectively. 

13. The Commission is submitting 

these reporting requirements to OMB for 

its review and approval under section 

3507(d) of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. Comments are solicited on whether 

the information will have practical 

utility, the accuracy of provided burden 

estimates, ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected, and any suggested methods 

for minimizing the respondent’s burden, 

including the use of automated 

information techniques. 

14. Please submit your comments 

(identified by Docket No. PL24–1–000) 

by either of the following methods: (1) 

eFiling at Commission’s website: 

https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp or (2) Mail/Hand Delivery/ 

Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, at Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. All 

submissions must be formatted and filed 

in accordance with submission 

guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov/ 

help/submission-guide.asp. For user 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support by email at ferconlinesupport@

ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676 

(toll-free). 

15. Collection Nos., Titles and OMB 

Control Nos.: FERC–516 (Electric Rate 

Schedules and Tariff Filings, OMB 

Control No. 1902–0096); FERC–537 (Gas 

Pipeline Certificates: Construction, 

Acquisition and Abandonment; OMB 

Control No. 1902–0060); FERC–538 (Gas 

Pipeline Certificates: Section 7(a) 

Mandatory Initial Service, OMB Control 

No. 1902–0061); FERC–545 (Gas 

Pipeline Rates: Rate Change (Nonformal), OMB Control No. 1902–0154); 

FERC–546 (Certificated Rate Filings: Gas 

Pipeline Rates, OMB Control No. 1902– 

0155); FERC–550 (Oil Pipeline Rates— 

Tariff Filings and Depreciation Studies, 

OMB Control No. 1902–0089); FERC– 

555 (Preservation of Records for Public 

Utilities and Licensees, Natural Gas and 

Oil Pipeline Companies, OMB Control 

No. 1902–0098). 

16. Action: Proposed modifications to 

collections of information in accordance 

with the proposed policy statement. 

17. Respondents: The estimate of the 

number of respondents that may elect to 

use project-area wage standards in 

calculating the labor cost component of 

cost-of-service rates is based upon the 

existing burden inventory currently 

approved by OMB for filing rates cases, 

depreciation studies and certificate 

filings, include initial rates or seeking 

approval to charge existing rates for 

natural gas companies, public utilities 

and oil pipelines. This burden estimate 

is based upon one-third of the filings 

electing to include an additional burden 

by the filer to incorporate labor costs 

based upon paying wages that at 

minimum meet project-area wage 

standards. 

18. Frequency of Information 

Collection: Utilities, when including 

elements in rates reflecting future 

capital costs, may elect to make the 

above showings in support of wages that 

are at or above project-area wage 

standards. Such proceedings may 

include but are not limited to 

certificates for new natural gas 

pipelines, general natural gas pipeline 

and electric utility rate cases, proposed 

new or modified depreciation rates, and 

proposed inclusion of asset retirement 

obligation in rates. In total, utilities may 

make such a showing one time per year. 

19. Necessity of Information: The 

information would be necessary for the 

utility to receive the presumption that 

wages for capital projects that are at or 

above project-area wage standards are 

not just and reasonable. 

20. Internal Review: The Commission 

has reviewed the proposed changes and 

has determined that such changes are 

necessary. These requirements conform 

to the Commission’s need for efficient 

information collection, communication, 

and management within the energy 

industry in support of the Commission’s 

ensuring just and reasonable rates. The 

Commission has specific, objective 

support for the burden estimates 

associated with the information 

collection requirements. However, we 

request comments with supporting 

background information on the 

estimates for burden and cost. 

21. The Commission estimates the 

effect of the proposed policy statement 

on burden 15 and cost 16 as follows: 


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17The FERC 1006 is a new temporary collection 

number that includes the burden changes due to the 

proposed policy statement in the FERC–545, –537, 

–516, and –555, which are pending at OMB for 

unrelated purposes. 

ESTIMATES OF THE EFFECTS DUE TO THE PROPOSED POLICY STATEMENT IN DOCKET NO. PL24–1–000 

A. Information collection B. Number of 

respondents 

C. Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

D. Total 

number of 

responses 

(column B × 

column C) 

E. Average 

burden hrs. & 

cost per 

response 

F. Total annual hr. 

burdens & total 

annual cost 

(column D × column 

E) 

G. Cost per 

respondent 

(column F ÷ 

column B) 

FERC–1006 17

FERC–537 ............................... 22 1 22 15 hrs. $1,440 ....... 330 hrs. $31,680 ... $1,440 

FERC 516 ............................... 6 1 6 15 hrs. $1,440 ....... 90 hrs. $8,640 ....... 1,440 

FERC 545 ............................... 11 1 11 15 hrs. $1,440 ....... 165 hrs. $15,840 ... 1,440 

FERC 555 ............................... 170 1 170 1 hr. $96 ................ 170 hrs. $16,320 ... 96 

Other Affected Collections 

FERC–538 ............................... 1 1 1 15 hrs. $1,440 ....... 15 hrs. $1,440 ....... 1,440 

FERC–546 ............................... 16 1 16 15 hrs. $1,440 ....... 240 hrs. $23,040 ... 1,440 

FERC–550 ............................... 7 1 7 15 hrs. $1,440 ....... 105 hrs. $10,080 ... 1,440 

Total Effect of the Proposed Policy Statement......................... ........................ 233 ................................ 1,115 hrs. $107,040 ........................

IV. Document Availability 

22. 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:// 

www.ferc.gov). 

23. From the Commission’s Home 

Page on the internet, this information is 

available on eLibrary. The full text of 

this document is available on eLibrary 

in PDF and Microsoft Word format for 

viewing, printing, and/or downloading. 

To access this document in eLibrary, 

type the docket number excluding the 

last three digits of this document in the 

docket number field. 

24. User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the Commission’s website 

during normal business hours from the 

Commission’s Online Support at (202) 

502–6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676) 

or email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, 

or the Public Reference Room at (202) 

502–8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email 

the Public Reference Room at 

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Issued: October 19, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23590 Filed 10–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–5–000] 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization and Establishing 

Intervention and Protest Deadline 

Take notice that on October 13, 2023, 

Columbia Gas Transmission (Columbia), 

700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, 

Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed in the 

above referenced docket, a prior notice 

request pursuant to sections 157.208 

and 157.216 of the Commission’s 

regulations under the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA), and Columbia’s blanket 

certificate issued in Docket No. CP83– 

76–000, for authorization to abandon 

and replace sections of its existing 

SR538 pipeline, abandon its existing 

SR424 pipeline, install a bi-directional 

launching and receiving station for inline inspection devices, and perform 

other related appurtenant activities. All 

of the above facilities are located in 

Hocking County, Ohio (SR538 Pipeline 

Replacement Project). The project will 

allow Columbia to conduct in-line 

inspection, or pigging, of Line SR538 to 

ensure compliance with DOT 

requirements for inspections of pipeline 

systems. The estimated cost for the 

project is $24.7 million, all as more fully 

set forth in the request which is on file 

with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. 

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 

(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. For assistance, 

contact the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at FercOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 

or TTY (202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this request 

should be directed to David A. Alonzo, 

700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, 

Houston, Texas 77002–2700 at (832) 

320–5477 or email at david_alonzo@

tcenergy.com. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: you can file a protest to the 

project, you can file a motion to 

intervene in the proceeding, and you 

can file comments on the project. There 

is no fee or cost for filing protests, 

motions to intervene, or comments. The 

deadline for filing protests, motions to 

intervene, and comments is 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on December 22, 2023. 

How to file protests, motions to 

intervene, and comments is explained 

below. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 


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