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1 18 CFR 385.216(b) (2024). 

1Equitrans, L.P., 185 FERC ¶ 61,040 (2023). 

2Contested proceedings are those where an 

intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing. 

18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1). 

3Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 

¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 

4 Id. at P 40. 

5Similarly, 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. 

6Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 

¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 

Signed in Washington, DC, on October 3, 

2024. 

Jennifer Hartzell, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23267 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2459–286] 

Lake Lynn Generation, LLC; Notice of 

Effectiveness of Withdrawal of 

Request for Temporary Variance 

On July 16, 2024, Lake Lynn 

Generation, LLC filed a temporary 

variance request for the Lake Lynn 

Hydroelectric Project No. 2459. On 

September 11, 2024, Lake Lynn 

Generation, LLC filed a notice of 

withdrawal of the request for temporary 

variance. 

No motion in opposition to the notice 

of withdrawal has been filed, and the 

Commission has taken no action to 

disallow the withdrawal. Pursuant to 

Rule 216(b) of the Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedure,1 the 

withdrawal of the request for temporary 

variance became effective on September 

26, 2024, and this proceeding is hereby 

terminated. 

Dated: October 2, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23296 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP21–455–001] 

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Request for 

Extension of Time 

Take notice that on October 2, 2024, 

Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans) requested 

that the Commission grant an extension 

of time, until January 31, 2025, to 

complete its Well 3660 Plug and 

Abandonment Project (Project) located 

in Greene County, Pennsylvania as 

authorized in the Order Denying 

Protests and Authorizing Abandonment 

(Order).1 The Order authorized 

Equitrans to proceed with the Project 

under its Part 157 blanket certificate. By 

Rule, the Project should have been 

completed within one year of the Order 

date, or by October 23, 2024. 

Equitrans states that, pursuant to a 

court order in ongoing litigation 

involving Well 3660 and pending in the 

Court of Common Pleas of Greene 

County, Pennsylvania (Court), Equitrans 

was required to preserve physical 

evidence, which includes the well. 

Equitrans received an order from the 

Court lifting the preservation order on 

September 9, 2024. Equitrans asserts 

that it is finalizing written protocols for 

plugging and abandonment to submit to 

the parties to the litigation prior to 

commencement of plugging activities. 

Thus, Equitrans requests an extension of 

time, until January 31, 2025, to 

complete the abandonment activities. 

This notice establishes a 15-calendar 

day intervention and comment period 

deadline. Any person wishing to 

comment on Equitrans’ 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 (NGA) (18 CFR 157.10). 

As a matter of practice, the 

Commission itself generally acts on 

requests for extensions of time to 

complete construction for NGA facilities 

when such requests are contested before 

order issuance. For those extension 

requests that are contested,2 the 

Commission will aim to issue an order 

acting on the request within 45 days.3

The Commission will address all 

arguments relating to whether the 

applicant has demonstrated there is 

good cause to grant the extension.4 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 

(NEPA).5 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.6 The 

Director of the Office of Energy Projects, 

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 (http://

www.ferc.gov). 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. 

User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the Commission’s website 

during normal business hours from 

FERC 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. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments in lieu of 

paper using the ‘‘eFile’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. In lieu of electronic filing, 

you may submit a paper copy which 

must reference the Project docket 

number. 

To file via USPS: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other courier: DebbieAnne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 

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 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 


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