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Two Midwest natural gas pipelines — Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC and Northern Natural Gas — have called on FERC to grant them “temporary waivers” of the agency’s existing blanket-certificate rules to carry out the timely construction of mainline pipe expansions to serve ethanol plants and other renewable fuel facilities.

Two Midwest natural gas pipelines — Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC and Northern Natural Gas — have called on FERC to grant them “temporary waivers” of the agency’s existing blanket-certificate rules to carry out the timely construction of mainline pipe expansions to serve ethanol plants and other renewable fuel facilities.

FERC on Thursday granted Mississippi Hub LLC an exemption from Section 7 certificate requirements to conduct certain temporary activities to assess the economic and technical feasibility of developing a natural gas storage facility in southern Mississippi.

Mississippi Hub LLC is seeking an exemption from Section 7 certificate requirements to conduct certain temporary activities to determine the operational feasibility of developing a natural gas storage facility in southern Mississippi.

Temporary business interruptions, project delays and damage from weather-related events failed to deter U.S. energy master limited partnerships from having a strong year, according to a report issued Thursday by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P).

FERC has granted Venice Gathering System LLC temporary waivers of agency standards of conduct dealing with the posting and recording of information on its website to spur the restoration of its hurricane-damaged system along the Louisiana coast.

FERC has approved a temporary tariff waiver clearing the way for Stingray Pipeline Co. to deliver natural gas production that has been shut in off the coast of Louisiana since Hurricane Rita struck last month.

FERC on Friday approved a temporary tariff waiver clearing the way for Stingray Pipeline Co. to deliver natural gas production that has been shut in off the coast of Louisiana since Hurricane Rita struck last month.

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) granted Gulf producers some temporary relief Thursday, publishing a final rule and a notice in the Federal Register that give producers who were impacted by the hurricanes an extension of time for reporting and payment of royalties.