81 FR 51876 - PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Motion

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 151 (August 5, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 151 (Friday, August 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 51876]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18578]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP15-558-000]


PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Motion

    On June 15, 2016, the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and Stony 
Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (Movants), filed with the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) a pleading styled as a Rule 
206 Complaint and Rule 212 Motion against PennEast Pipeline Company, 
LLC (PennEast), alleging that PennEast's application for a Certificate 
of Public Convenience and Necessity does not contain substantial 
evidence of public benefit, as required by the Natural Gas Act.\1\ The 
pleading further requests the Commission initiate an evidentiary 
hearing to ``garner substantial evidence'' and develop the record upon 
which the Commission would rely in making its ``ultimate determination 
regarding PennEast's certificate of public convenience and necessity.''
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 717f(e) (2012).
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    While styled as a complaint under Rule 206, the pleading, filed in 
the PennEast certificate proceeding, Docket No. CP15-558-000, seeks 
resolution of the issue pending before the Commission in that 
proceeding, i.e., whether PennEast's request for a certificate of 
convenience and necessity is supported by substantial evidence. 
Accordingly, action on the Movants' request for an evidentiary hearing, 
as well as consideration of the merits of the Movants' allegations, 
will take place in that forum.

    Dated: July 27, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-18578 Filed 8-4-16; 8:45 am]
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