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2 Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. & FLNG 

Liquefaction 4, LLC, Order Extending Export Term 

for Authorization to Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Nations Through December 31, 2050, DOE/FE Order 

No. 4374–A, FE Docket No. 18–26–LNG (Oct. 21, 

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). 

result of supply-chain disruptions due 

to COVID, the Ukraine invasion, and 

other global supply/demand 

imbalances. However, given the 

anticipated minimum 48–56 month 

period required to construct the Train 4 

Project, it is not possible for FLNG to 

meet the current May 17, 2026 inservice date deadline. The inability to 

meet this schedule is impeding FLNG’s 

efforts to finalize commercialization of 

the Train 4 Project and structure the 

complex financing associated with 

reaching a final investment decision, 

notwithstanding the significant upward 

trend in natural gas markets and U.S. 

LNG demand. Certainty regarding 

FLNG’s ability to complete Project 

construction by the in-service deadline 

is essential to completing 

commercialization of the Project, which 

is why FLNG is filing for an extension 

now while time still remains on its 

current authorization. The upfront, 

long-term commercial commitments 

required to be made by LNG off-takers, 

and the unique nature of financing LNG 

projects, necessitates such certainty. 

FLNG requests that the Commission 

grant an approximately 26-month 

extension of time so that FLNG may 

construct and place the Train 4 Project 

in service by no later than August 1, 

2028. This timing, and the 

commencement of service under 

FLIQ4’s anticipated 20-year off-take 

agreements in this time frame, is 

consistent with FLIQ4 and its affiliate’s 

current export authorization from the 

Department of Energy for exports to 

non-free trade agreement nations, which 

extends through December 31, 2050.2

This notice establishes a 15-calendar 

day intervention and comment period 

deadline. Any person wishing to 

comment on FLNG’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). 

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 June 7, 2022. 

Dated: May 23, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11440 Filed 5–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: PR22–40–000. 

Applicants: Hope Gas, Inc. 

Description: § 284.123(g) Rate Filing: 

HGI—2021 PREP Filing to be effective 

6/1/2022. 

Filed Date: 5/20/22. 

Accession Number: 20220520–5148. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/10/22. 

Docket Numbers: RP22–928–000. 

Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Volume No. 2—GDF Suez Mexico 

Comercializadora, S. de R.L. de C.V 

SP361338 to be effective 11/1/2021. 

Filed Date: 5/20/22. 

Accession Number: 20220520–5154. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/1/22. 

Docket Numbers: RP22–929–000. 

Applicants: Roaring Fork Interstate 

Gas Transmission, LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: Order 

No. 587–Z Compliance Filing to be 

effective 6/1/2022. 

Filed Date: 5/20/22. 

Accession Number: 20220520–5157. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 5/25/22. 

Docket Numbers: RP22–930–000. 

Applicants: BBT AlaTenn, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: BBT 

Ala-Tenn Refiling of RP20–508 tariff 

records to be effective 3/11/2020. 

Filed Date: 5/20/22. 

Accession Number: 20220520–5163. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/1/22. 

Docket Numbers: RP22–931–000. 

Applicants: White River Hub, LLC. 

Description: Annual Fuel Gas 

Reimbursement Report of White River 

Hub, LLC. 

Filed Date: 5/20/22. 

Accession Number: 20220520–5259. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 6/1/22. 


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Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: May 23, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11441 Filed 5–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP22–44–000] 

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Scoping 

Period Requesting Comments on 

Environmental Issues for the Proposed 

Ohio Valley Connector Expansion 

Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental document, that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Ohio Valley Connector Expansion 

Project (Project) involving construction 

and operation of facilities proposed by 

Equitrans L.P. (Equitrans) in Greene 

County, Pennsylvania; Wetzel County, 

West Virginia; and Monroe County, 

Ohio. The Commission will use this 

environmental document in its 

decision-making process to determine 

whether the Project is in the public 

convenience and necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies regarding the 

Project. As part of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

review process, the Commission takes 

into account concerns the public may 

have about proposals and the 

environmental impacts that could result 

from its action whenever it considers 

the issuance of a Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity. This 

gathering of public input is referred to 

as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the 

scoping process is to focus the analysis 

in the environmental document on the 

important environmental issues. 

Additional information about the 

Commission’s NEPA process is 

described below in the NEPA Process 

and Environmental Document section of 

this notice. 

By this notice, the Commission 

requests public comments on the scope 

of issues to address in the 

environmental document. To ensure 

that your comments are timely and 

properly recorded, please submit your 

comments so that the Commission 

receives them in Washington, DC on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 

22, 2022. Comments may be submitted 

in written form. Further details on how 

to submit comments are provided in the 

Public Participation section of this 

notice. 

Your comments should focus on the 

potential environmental effects, 

reasonable alternatives, and measures to 

avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 

Your input will help the Commission 

staff determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the environmental 

document. Commission staff will 

consider all written comments during 

the preparation of the environmental 

document. 

If you submitted comments on this 

Project to the Commission before the 

opening of this docket on January 28, 

2022, you will need to file those 

comments in Docket No. CP22–44–000 

to ensure they are considered as part of 

this proceeding. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this Project. State and 

local government representatives should 

notify their constituents of this 

proposed Project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

notice, a pipeline company 

representative may contact you about 

the acquisition of an easement to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

proposed facilities. The company would 

seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable 

easement agreement. You are not 

required to enter into an agreement. 

However, if the Commission approves 

the Project, the Natural Gas Act conveys 

the right of eminent domain to the 

company. Therefore, if you and the 

company do not reach an easement 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings in 

court. In such instances, compensation 

would be determined by a judge in 

accordance with state law. The 

Commission does not subsequently 

grant, exercise, or oversee the exercise 

of that eminent domain authority. The 

courts have exclusive authority to 

handle eminent domain cases; the 

Commission has no jurisdiction over 

these matters. 

Equitrans provided landowners with a 

fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled 

‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On 

My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’ 

which addresses typically asked 

questions, including the use of eminent 

domain and how to participate in the 

Commission’s proceedings. This fact 

sheet along with other landowner topics 

of interest are available for viewing on 

the FERC website (www.ferc.gov) under 

the Natural Gas Questions or 

Landowner Topics link. 

Public Participation 

There are three methods you can use 

to submit your comments to the 

Commission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) 

under the link to FERC Online. Using 

eComment is an easy method for 

submitting brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically by using the eFiling 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) 

under the link to FERC Online. With 

eFiling, you can provide comments in a 

variety of formats by attaching them as 

a file with your submission. New 

eFiling users must first create an 

account by clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You 

will be asked to select the type of filing 

you are making; a comment on a 

particular project is considered a 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

Commission. Be sure to reference the 

Project docket number (CP22–44–000) 

on your letter. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 


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