Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 8, 2021 / Notices 50339 

1See National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 

Request for Extension of Time, filed July 20, 2020 

and Commission October 21, 2020 unpublished 

letter to National Fuel order granting National 

Fuel’s request. 

2Only 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). 

3Contested proceedings are those where an 

intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing. 

18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2019). 

4Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 

¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 

5 Id. at P 40. 

6Similarly, 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. 

7Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC 

¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

2, 2021. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19353 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP17–443–000] 

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Time 

Take notice that on July 22, 2021, 

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation 

(National Fuel) requested that the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) grant an extension of 

time, until December 31, 2024, to 

complete the Wharton WH23 Storage 

Well Abandonment Project (Project), as 

authorized after the 60-day deadline of 

National Fuel’s prior notice issued by 

the Commission on May 25, 2017. By 

that process, National Fuel was initially 

required to abandon the facilities in one 

year, by July 24, 2018. 

On July 27, 2018, the Office of Energy 

Projects, by delegated order, extended 

the deadline through July 24, 2019. On 

July 12, 2019, the Office of Energy 

Projects, by delegated order, extended 

the deadline through July 24, 2020. The 

Commission granted this extension 

request on October 21, 2020.1 National 

Fuel now requests an extension of this 

deadline, through December 31, 2024. 

National Fuel states that it needs to replug Well WH23 and monitor the well 

to ensure that well has been plugged 

successfully. 

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 (18 CFR 157.10).2

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,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.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 OEP Director, 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) 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 Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (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 September 17, 2021. 

Dated: September 2, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19455 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP20–48–000] 

Iroquois Gas Transmission System, 

L.P.; Notice of Revised Schedule for 

Environmental Review of the 

Enhancement by Compression Project 

This notice identifies the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission staff’s 

revised schedule for the completion of 

the environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for Iroquois Gas Transmission 

System, L.P.’s (Iroquois) Enhancement 

by Compression Project. The Notice of 

Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Enhancement by Compression Project 

and Schedule for Environmental 

Review, issued on May 27, 2021, 

identified September 3, 2021 as the final 

EIS issuance date. However, we are 

modifying this issuance date because of 

the number and complexity of 

comments received on the draft EIS. 

Further, staff will require additional 

information from Iroquois to respond to 

several of these comments in the final 

EIS, and is currently preparing a data 

request to obtain that information. 

Schedule for Environmental Review 

Issuance of the final EIS—November 12, 

2021 

90-day Federal Authorization Decision 

Deadline—February 9, 2022 

If a schedule change becomes 

necessary, an additional notice will be 

provided so that the relevant agencies 

are kept informed of the project’s 

progress. 

Additional Information 

In order to receive notification of the 

issuance of the EIS and to keep track of 


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