Document ID: FERC-2016-0335-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Requests for Emergency Motions: Constitution Pipeline Co., LLC; Suspension of Non-Mechanical Tree Felling; Denial
Posted Date: 2016-03-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 11779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04953]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP13-499-000]

Constitution Pipeline; Company, LLC; Notice Rejecting Request for 
Emergency Motion for Suspension of Non-Mechanical Tree Felling

    On February 25, 2016, Megan Holleran filed an emergency motion 
pursuant to Rule 212 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure \1\ requesting that the Commission require Constitution 
Pipeline Company, LLC (Constitution) to suspend all non-mechanical tree 
felling activities on her family's Pennsylvania property \2\ pending 
review of a federal court order (attached to the motion as Exhibit B) 
in an eminent domain proceeding enjoining certain protest activities. 
Ms. Holleran asserts that the court order has the effect of expanding 
the easement area for tree felling beyond the boundaries approved by 
the Commission and provides a basis for the Commission to reconsider 
the effects of tree felling activities and/or its issuance of a 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Constitution.
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    \1\ 18 CFR 385.212 (2015).
    \2\ On January 29, 2016, Constitution was granted a partial 
notice to proceed with limited non-mechanical tree felling in 
Pennsylvania. Constitution Pipeline Co., LLC, Docket No. CP13-499-
000 (January 29, 2016) (delegated letter order).
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    Issues related to the acquisition of property rights by a pipeline 
under the eminent domain provisions of section 7(h) of the NGA are 
matters for the applicable state or federal court. Since the Commission 
has no responsibility or jurisdiction over these matters, the subject 
motion is rejected.
    This notice constitutes final agency action. Requests for rehearing 
by the Commission of this notice must be filed within 30 days of its 
issuance, as provided in section 19(a) of the Natural Gas Act,\3\ and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.\4\
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    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 717r (2012).
    \4\ 18 CFR 385.713 (2015).

    Dated: March 1, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-04953 Filed 3-4-16; 8:45 am]
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