[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88266-88267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25845]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-48-001]


Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Request for 
Extension of Time

    Take notice that on October 28, 2024, Iroquois Gas Transmission 
System, L.P. (Iroquois) requested that the Commission grant an 
extension of time, until March 25, 2027, to construct and place into 
service its Enhancement by Compression Project (Project) located in 
Greene and Dutchess Counties, New York and Fairfield and New Haven 
Counties, Connecticut as authorized in the Order Issuing Certificate 
(Order).\1\ The Order required Iroquois to complete construction of the 
Project and make it available for service within three years of the 
date of the Order or by March 25, 2025.
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    \1\ Iroquois Gas Transmission Sys., L.P., 178 FERC ] 61,200 
(2022).
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    Iroquois states that construction of the Project has been delayed 
due to pending state permit approvals, specifically air permits from 
the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the 
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Iroquois 
asserts that it has been working in good faith with these agencies and 
expects to receive approvals for the Project in the near future. Thus, 
Iroquois is requesting an extension of time until March 25, 2027, to 
complete construction of the Project and make it available for service.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Iroquois'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 (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.
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    \2\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes 
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1).
    \3\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40 
(2020).
    \4\ Id. at P 40.
    \5\ 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.
    \6\ 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://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.

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    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 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ee8ebfcede1e0e2e7e0ebfdfbfefee1fcfacee8ebfceda0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90f6f5e2f3fffefcf9fef5e3e5e0e0ffe2e4d0f6f5e2f3bef7ffe6">[email protected]</span></a>, or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f28287909e9b91dc8097949780979c9197809d9d9fb294978091dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91e1e4f3fdf8f2bfe3f4f7f4e3f4fff2f4e3fefefcd1f7f4e3f2bff6fee7">[email protected]</span></a>.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments 
in lieu of paper using the ``eFile'' link at https://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, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426
To file via any other courier: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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 contact OPP at (202)502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8e7f8f8e8cecddacb86cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="77382727371112051459101801">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 15, 2024.

    Dated: October 31, 2024.
Carlos D. Clay,
Acting Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-25845 Filed 11-6-24; 8:45 am]
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