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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 231 (Monday, December 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95201-95202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28092]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-486-001]

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Request for 
Extension of Time

    Take notice that on November 19, 2024, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel) requested that the Commission grant an 
extension of time, until December 1, 2025, to test Well 7451 located 
within the Beech Hill Storage Field buffer boundary (Project) located 
in Allegany and Steuben Counties, New York as authorized in the January 
26, 2018 Commission Order (Order).\1\ The Order required National Fuel 
to complete well testing of Well 7451 within three years of the date of 
the Order. The Commission subsequently granted two extensions of time; 
the current deadline for completing the well testing is December 1, 
2024.\2\
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    \1\ National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 162 FERC ] 62,063 
(2018).
    \2\ National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, Docket No. CP17-486-
000, Letter Order Granting Extension, (December 18, 2023).
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    Currently, National Fuel has completed withdrawals from Well 7451 
and does not intend to undertake further withdrawals from the well. 
National Fuel states that it needs additional time to complete its 
assessment of data gathered from well testing which includes analyses 
of associated modeling and other data gathered over the testing period. 
National Fuel requests an extension of time to December 1, 2025, to 
complete its assessment and finalize an application filing.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on National Fuel'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

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requests that are contested,\3\ the Commission will aim to issue an 
order acting on the request within 45 days.\4\ The Commission will 
address all arguments relating to whether the applicant has 
demonstrated there is good cause to grant the extension.\5\ 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).\6\ 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.\7\ 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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    \3\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes 
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1).
    \4\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40 
(2020).
    \5\ Id. at P 40.
    \6\ 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.
    \7\ 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.
    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 
[email protected], or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at 
[email protected].
    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 [email protected].
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 9, 2024.

    Dated: November 22, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-28092 Filed 11-29-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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