Document ID: FERC-2021-1406-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Request for Extension of Time: Golden Triangle Storage, Inc.
Posted Date: 2021-11-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62522-62523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24594]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP07-414-000; CP07-415-000; CP07-416-000]

Golden Triangle Storage, Inc.; Notice of Request for Extension of 
Time

    Take notice that on October 29, 2021, Golden Triangle Storage, Inc. 
(GTS) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) grant an extension of time, until December 31, 2024, in 
order to development of Storage Caverns 1 and 2 up to their maximum 
certificated storage capacities in Jefferson and Orange Counties, 
Texas. In a December 31, 2007 Order Issuing Certificates the Commission 
Approved the construction and operation of the GTS project (2007 Order) 
\1\ The 2007 Order required Golden Triangle Storage, Inc to complete 
construction and make the facilities available for service within six 
years of the certificate order, that is, by December 13, 2013, pursuant 
to section 157.20(b) of the Commission's regulations.
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    \1\ Golden Triangle Storage, Inc., 121 FERC ] 61,313 (2007).
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    In its October 29, 2021 request GTS had stated the 2007 Order 
recognized that after the caverns are placed in service, they will 
undergo additional solution mining to increase the working gas capacity 
of each cavern to its total certificated capacity. On October 15, 2013, 
GTS filed a request for an extension of time for an additional four 
years, until December 31, 2017, to complete the project.\2\ On November 
15, 2013, the Commission granted an extension of time until and 
including December 31, 2017, to complete construction of the 
facilities.\3\ Due to the capacity of the leaching facilities, GTS 
states that it must alternate the solution mining of each cavern, thus 
GTS has requested by its August 29, 2017 letter an additional four year 
extension of time to complete the leaching of their storage caverns to 
their maximum certificated capacities.\4\ The Commission, on November 
1, 2017, granted an additional extension of time until and including 
December 31, 2021,

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to complete construction of the facilities.\5\
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    \2\ Golden Triangle Storage, Inc., Docket Nos. CP07-414-000, et 
al., Request for Extension of Time filed October 15, 2013.
    \3\ Golden Triangle Storage, Inc., Docket Nos. CP07-414-000, et 
al., (unpublished delegated letter order issued November 15, 2013, 
granting request for extension of time).
    \4\ Golden Triangle Storage, Inc., Docket Nos. CP07-414-000, et 
al., Request for Extension of Time to Complete Construction of 
Jurisdictional Facilities filed August 29, 2017.
    \5\ Golden Triangle Storage, Inc., Docket Nos. CP07-414-000, et 
al., (unpublished delegated letter order issued November 1, 2017, 
granting request for extension of time).
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    Now on October 29, 2021 GTS requested an additional four-year 
extension of time to require additional rewatering cycles to reach its 
maximum certificated storage capacity cycle and recover any capacity 
lost to gradual creep since the most recent prior rewatering.
    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment 
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Golden Triangle 
Storage, Inc 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).\6\
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    \6\ Only 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).
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    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,\7\ the 
Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45 
days.\8\ The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether 
the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the 
extension.\9\ 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.\10\ 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.\11\ The OEP Director, 
or his or her designee, will act on all of those extension requests 
that are uncontested.
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    \7\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes 
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2019).
    \8\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40 
(2020).
    \9\ Id. at P 40.
    \10\ Similarly, 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.
    \11\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40 
(2020).
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    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 
[email protected] 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 November 19, 2021.

    Dated: November 4, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-24594 Filed 11-9-21; 8:45 am]
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