Document ID: FERC-2020-1241-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Declaratory Order: Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC
Posted Date: 2020-09-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 59778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20984]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP20-1195-000]

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Notice of Petition for Declaratory 
Order

    Take notice that on September 15, 2020, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2020), Rockies Express 
Pipeline LLC (Rockies Express) filed a petition for a declaratory order 
seeking a Commission order holding that if Gulfport Energy Corporation 
(Gulfport) files for bankruptcy, the Commission will have concurrent 
jurisdiction, under Sections 4 and 5 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 
717c and 717d (2018), with U.S. Bankruptcy Courts with respect to 
Rockies Express' three negotiated rate, anchor shipper, firm 
transportation service agreements with Gulfport (Gulfport TSAs). The 
petition also requests that the Commission exercise that jurisdiction 
to establish an adjudicative proceeding to affirm that continued 
performance under the Gulfport TSAs does not seriously harm the public 
interest and that any party wishing to abrogate the Gulfport TSAs 
carries the burden of establishing that the public interest mandates 
such abrogation, all as more fully explained in the petition.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. 
Anyone filing a motion to intervene, or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Petitioner.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' 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.
    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 the 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 the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, 
(886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on September 21, 2020.

    Dated: September 16, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-20984 Filed 9-22-20; 8:45 am]
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