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2Contested proceedings are those where an 

intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing. 

18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2021). 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). 

National Fuel states that the extension 

of time is necessary to enable it to safely 

complete the abandonment work on the 

FM100 Project. National Fuel requests 

that the Commission issue any waivers 

that may be necessary to grant the 

extension of time. National Fuel asserts 

that the extension of time will not result 

in any additional environmental 

impacts not already examined on the 

record. Accordingly, National Fuel 

requests an extension of the July 17, 

2022 deadline to complete 

abandonment activities time until 

December 31, 2022. 

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). 

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,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.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 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 ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically should submit an original 

and three copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on: June 22, 2022. 

Dated: June 7, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12673 Filed 6–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14796–001] 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document (PAD), Commencement of 

Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping, 

Request for Comments on the PAD 

and Scoping Document, and 

Identification of Issues and Associated 

Study Requests; GreenGenStorage, 

LLC 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for an Original 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 14796–001. 

c. Date Filed: April 8, 2022. 

d. Submitted By: GreenGenStorage, 

LLC (GreenGen). 

e. Name of Project: Mokelumne 

Pumped Storage Project. 

f. Location: Near the town of Jackson, 

in Amador and Calaveras Counties, 

California. The project would occupy 

85.7 acres of federal land administered 

by the U.S. Forest Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Nicholas 

Sher, GreenGenStorage, LLC, 4900 

Shattuck Avenue, P.O. Box 3833, 

Oakland, CA 94609; (209) 217–1425; 

email: nicholas@greengenstorage.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Rebecca Kipp, (202) 

502–8846; rebecca.kipp@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item o below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 

CFR, Part 402; (b) NOAA Fisheries 

under section 305(b) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act; and (c) the Nevada 

State Historic Preservation Officer, as 

required by section 106, National 

Historic Preservation Act, and the 

implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. GreenGen filed with the 

Commission a Pre-Application 

Document (PAD), including a proposed 

process plan and schedule, pursuant to 

18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

m. 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 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 the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

due to the proclamation declaring a 

National Emergency concerning the 


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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, (866) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Register online at https://

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to 

be notified via email of new filing and 

issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support. 

n. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and 

Commissions staff’s Scoping Document 

1 (SD1), as well as study requests. All 

comments on the PAD and SD1, and 

study requests should be sent to the 

address above in paragraph h. In 

addition, all comments on the PAD and 

SD1, study requests, requests for 

cooperating agency status, and all 

communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file documents 

using the Commission’s eFiling system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can 

submit brief comments up to 6,000 

characters, without prior registration, 

using the eComment system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. You must include 

your name and contact information at 

the end of your comments. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online. 

In lieu of electronic filing, you may 

submit a paper copy. 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 Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–14796–001. 

All filings with the Commission must 

bear the appropriate heading: 

‘‘Comments on Pre-Application 

Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ 

‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ 

‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency 

Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and 

from Commission Staff.’’ Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by August 8, 2022. 

o. The Commission’s scoping process 

will help determine the required level of 

analysis and satisfy the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

scoping requirements, irrespective of 

whether the Commission prepares an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Scoping Process 

Due to ongoing concerns with large 

gatherings related to COVID–19, we do 

not intend to hold in-person public 

scoping meetings or an in-person 

environmental site review. Rather, 

Commission staff will hold two public 

scoping meetings using a telephone 

conference line. The daytime scoping 

meeting will focus on resource agency, 

Indian tribes, and non-governmental 

organization (NGO) concerns, while the 

evening scoping meeting will focus on 

receiving input from the public. We 

invite all interested agencies, Native 

American tribes, NGOs, and individuals 

to attend one of these meetings to assist 

us in identifying the scope of 

environmental issues that should be 

analyzed in the NEPA document. The 

dates and times of the meetings are 

listed below. 

Meeting for Resource Agencies, Tribes, 

and NGOs 

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 10:00 a.m.– 

12:00 p.m. PST 

Call in number: (800) 779–8625. 

Access code: 3472916. 

Following entry of the access code, 

please provide the required details 

when prompted. 

Meeting for the General Public 

Thursday June 30, 2022, 6:00 p.m.–8:00 

p.m. PST 

Call in number: (800) 779–8625. 

Access code: 3472916. 

Following entry of the access code, 

please provide the required details 

when prompted. 

SD1, which outlines the subject areas 

to be addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list and 

GreenGen’s distribution list. Copies of 

SD1 may be viewed on the web at 

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. Based on all oral and written 

comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 will include a 

revised process plan and schedule, as 

well as a list of issues, based on the 

scoping process. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, Commission 

staff will: (1) initiate scoping of the 

issues; (2) review and discuss existing 

conditions; (3) review and discuss 

existing information and identify 

preliminary information and study 

needs; (4) review and discuss the 

process plan and schedule for pre-filing 

activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the potential of any federal or 

state agency or Indian tribe to act as a 

cooperating agency for development of 

an environmental document. Meeting 

participants should come prepared to 

discuss their issues and/or concerns. 

Please review the PAD in preparation 

for the scoping meetings. Directions on 

how to obtain a copy of the PAD and 

SD1 are included in item n of this 

document. 

Meeting Procedures 

Commission staff will be moderating 

the scoping meetings. The meetings will 

begin promptly at their respective start 

times listed above. 

At the start of the meeting, staff will 

provide further instructions regarding 

the meeting setup, agenda, and time 

period for comments and questions. We 

ask for your patience as staff present 

information and field participant 

comments in an orderly manner. To 

indicate you have a question or 

comment, press * and 3 to virtually 

‘‘raise your hand’’. Oral comments will 

be limited to 5 minutes in duration for 

each participant. The meetings will be 

recorded by a stenographer and will be 

filed to the public record of the project. 

Please note, that if no participants 

join the meetings within 15 minutes 

after the start time, staff will end the 

meeting and conference call. The 

meetings will end after participants 

have presented their oral comments or 

at the specified end time, whichever 

occurs first. 

Dated: June 7, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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