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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 19 / Monday, February 1, 2021 / Notices
due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease COVID19, issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, 866 2083676 or TYY, 202
5028659.
n. You may also register online at http www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
o. Scoping Process: Commission staff will prepare either an environmental assessment EA or an Environmental Impact Statement EIS that describes and evaluates the probable effects, if any, of the licensees proposed action and alternatives. The EA or EIS will consider environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. The Commissions scoping process will help determine the required level of analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether the Commission prepares an EA or an EIS. Due to restrictions on mass gatherings related to COVID19, we do not intend to conduct a public scoping meeting and site visit in this case. Instead, we are soliciting written comments and suggestions on the preliminary list of issues and alternatives to be addressed in the NEPA document, as described in scoping document 1 SD1, issued January 26, 2021.
Copies of the SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the NEPA document were distributed to the parties on the Commissions mailing list and the applicants 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. For assistance, call 1866
2083676 or for TTY, 202 5028659.
Dated: January 26, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Docket No. CP2026000

Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc.; Notice of Request for Extension of Time Take notice that on January 21, 2021, Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc.1 Eastern GTS requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Commission grant an extension of time, until August 22, 2021, to abandon, reconfigure, and relocate storage wells and related pipelines within its jurisdictional Bridgeport Storage Field in Harrison County, West Virginia Project,2 as deemed authorized, effective February 22, 2020. Under the applicable regulations, the Project was to be completed and made available for service by February 22, 2021, i.e., within one year of authorization.3
Eastern GTS states that, primarily due to delays related to the COVID19
pandemic, as well as weather related delays, Eastern GTS will be unable to complete all construction activities necessary to complete the Project within the authorized one-year timeframe.
Accordingly, Eastern GTS requests a sixmonth extension of time, until August 22, 2021, to complete construction of the Project.
This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Columbias 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 Commissions Rules of Practice and Procedure 18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211
and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 18 CFR 157.10.4
As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on 1 As of November 1, 2020, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company acquired certain companies of Dominion Energy, including Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc. and has changed its name to Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc.
2 Prior Notice of Blanket Certificate Activity, Docket No. CP2026000 filed December 16, 2019.
3 Pursuant to Section 157.205 of the Commissions regulations, 18 CFR 157.205, a prior notice application is deemed to be authorized the day after the intervention period lapses if no protests are filed.
4 Only motions to intervene from entities that were party to the underlying proceeding will be accepted. Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170
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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,5 the Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45 days.6 The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the extension.7 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 Commissions environmental analysis for the certificate complied with the National Environmental Policy Act.8 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.9 The OEP Director, or his or her designee, will act on 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 Commissions Home Page http
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 Commissions Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning COVID19, issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, 886 2083676 or TYY, 202
5028659.
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. To mail 5 Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing.
18 CFR 385.2201c1 2020.
6 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC
61,144, at P 40 2020.
7 Id. P 40.
8 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 Commissions environmental analysis for the permit order complied with NEPA.
9 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC
61,144, at P 40 2020.

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