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[FR Doc. 2011–1811 Filed 1–26–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 10–161–LNG] 

Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and 

FLNG Liquefaction, LLC Application 

for Long-Term Authorization to Export 

Liquefied Natural Gas 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 

gives notice of receipt of an application 

(Application), filed on December 17, 

2010, by Freeport LNG Expansion L.P. 

(FLNG Expansion) and FLNG 

Liquefaction, LLC (FLNG Liquefaction) 

(collectively FLEX), requesting longterm, multi-contract authorization to 

export up to 9 million metric tons per 

annum (mtpa) of domestic natural gas as 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a 25-year 

period commencing on the date of the 

first export or five years from the date 

of the authorization, whichever is 

sooner. The LNG would be exported 

from the Freeport Terminal on Quintana 

Island near Freeport, Texas, to any 

country with which the United States 

does not have a free trade agreement 

(FTA) requiring national treatment for 

trade in natural gas and LNG, which has 

or in the future develops the capacity to 

import LNG via ocean-going carrier, and 

with which trade is not prohibited by 

U.S. law or policy. The Application was 

filed under section 3 of the Natural Gas 

Act (NGA). Protests, motions to 

intervene, notices of intervention, and 

written comments are invited. 

DATES: Protests, motions to intervene or 

notices of intervention, as applicable, 

requests for additional procedures, and 

written comments are to be filed at the 

address listed below no later than 4:30 

p.m., eastern time, March 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy 

(FE–34), Office of Oil and Gas Global 

Security and Supply, Office of Fossil 

Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E– 

042, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larine Moore or Marc Talbert, U.S. 

Department of Energy (FE–34), Office of 

Oil and Gas Global Security and Supply, 

Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal 

Building, Room 3E–042, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. (202) 586–9478; 

(202) 586–7991. 

Edward Myers, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the Assistant General 

Counsel for Electricity and Fossil 

Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6B– 

159, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. (202) 586–3397. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

FLNG Expansion is a Delaware 

limited partnership and a wholly owned 

subsidiary of Freeport LNG 

Development, L.P. with its principal 

place of business in Houston, Texas. 

FLNG Liquefaction is a Delaware 

limited liability company and a wholly 

owned subsidiary of FLNG Expansion 

with its principal place of business in 

Houston, Texas. FLEX, through one or 

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1Freeport LNG Development, L.P., 116 FERC 

§ 61,290, Docket No. CP05–361–000 (September 26, 

2006). 

2LNG exports occur when the LNG is delivered 

to the flange of the LNG export vessel. See The Dow 

Chemical Company, FE Docket No. 10–57–LNG, 

Order No. 2859 at p. 7 (October 5, 2010). 

3FLEX states the practice of filing of contracts 

after the DOE/FE has granted export authorization 

is well established. See Yukon Pacific Corporation, 

ERA Docket No. 87–68–LNG, Order No. 350 

(November 16, 1989); Distrigas Corporation, FE 

Docket No. 95–100–LNG, Order No. 1115, at p. 3 

(November 7, 1995). 

4 DOE/FE Order No. 1473, note 42 at p. 13, citing 

Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners 

Association v. ERA, 822 F.2d 1105, 1111 (DC Cir. 

1987). 

5Policy Guidelines and Delegation Orders 

Relating to the Regulation of Imported Natural Gas, 

49 FR 6684 (Feb. 22, 1984). 

6The Future of Natural Gas, Interim Report MIT 

Energy Initiative at 9 (2010), ‘‘For this study, we 

have assumed a mean remaining [U.S.] resource 

base of around 2,100 Tcf—about 92 times the 

annual U.S. consumption of 22.8 Tcf in 2009’’ (MIT 

Report). 

more of its subsidiaries, intends to 

develop, own and operate natural gas 

liquefaction facilities to receive and 

liquefy domestic natural gas for export 

(pursuant to the export authorization 

sought herein) to foreign markets 

(Liquefaction Project). The Liquefaction 

Project facilities will be integrated into 

the existing Freeport Terminal. The 

Freeport Terminal presently consists of 

a marine berth, two 160,000 cubic meter 

full containment LNG storage tanks, 

LNG vaporization systems, associated 

utilities and a 9.6-mile pipeline and 

meter station. 

FLEX intends to expand the terminal 

to provide natural gas pretreatment, 

liquefaction, and export capacity of up 

to 9 mtpa of LNG, which FLEX states is 

equivalent to 1.4 billion cubic feet of 

natural gas per day (Bcf/d). The facility 

will be designed so that the addition of 

liquefaction capability will not preclude 

the Freeport Terminal from operating in 

vaporization and send-out mode. The 

Liquefaction Project facilities will 

include the following facilities that were 

authorized by the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) in an 

order dated September 26, 2006 1: (1) A 

second marine berthing dock; (2) A 

third LNG storage tank; and (3) Transfer 

pipelines between the second marine 

dock and LNG storage tanks. 

Current Application 

In the instant Application, FLEX 

requests that DOE grant long-term, 

multi-contract authorization for FLEX to 

export domestic LNG from the Freeport 

Terminal to any country with which the 

United States does not have an FTA 

requiring national treatment for trade in 

natural gas and LNG, which has 

developed or in the future develops the 

capacity to import LNG via ocean-going 

carrier, and with which trade is not 

prohibited by U.S. law or policy. FLEX 

requests this authorization for up to 9 

mtpa of LNG, up to a total of 225 

million metric tons, over a 25-year term 

beginning on the date of the first export 

or five years from the date the 

authorization is granted, whichever is 

sooner. 

FLEX states that rather than enter into 

long-term natural gas supply or LNG 

export contracts, it contemplates that its 

business model will be based primarily 

on Liquefaction Tolling Agreements 

(LTA), under which individual 

customers who hold title to natural gas 

will have the right to deliver that gas to 

FLEX and receive LNG. FLEX states that 

in the current natural gas market, LTAs 

fulfill the role previously performed by 

long-term supply contracts, in that they 

provide stable commercial arrangements 

between companies involved in natural 

gas services. FLEX states that the 

Liquefaction Project will require 

significant capital expenditures on fixed 

assets. FLEX further states that although 

it has not yet entered into long-term 

LTAs or other commercial 

arrangements, long-term export 

authorization is required to attract 

prospective LTA customers willing to 

make large-scale, long-term investments 

in LNG export arrangements. FLEX 

states that both are required to obtain 

necessary financing for the Liquefaction 

Project. 

FLEX requests long-term, multicontract authorization to engage in 

exports of LNG on its own behalf or as 

agent for others. FLEX contemplates that 

the title holder at the point of export 2

may be FLEX or one of FLEX’s LTA 

customers, or another party that has 

purchased LNG from an LTA customer 

pursuant to a long-term contract. FLEX 

requests authorization to register each 

LNG title holder for whom FLEX seeks 

to export as agent, and proposes that 

this registration include a written 

statement by the title holder 

acknowledging and agreeing to comply 

with all applicable requirements 

included by DOE/FE in FLEX’s export 

authorization, and to include those 

requirements in any subsequent 

purchase or sale agreement entered into 

by that title holder. In addition to its 

registration of any LNG title holder for 

whom FLEX seeks to export as agent, 

FLEX states that it will file under seal 

with DOE/FE any relevant long-term 

commercial agreements between FLEX 

and such LNG title holder, including 

LTAs, once they have been executed.3

FLEX states that the source of natural 

gas supply for the Liquefaction Project 

will be the general United States natural 

gas market, including natural gas 

produced from shale deposits. 

Specifically, FLEX asserts that natural 

gas supply will come primarily from the 

highly liquid Texas market, but may 

draw upon the interconnected general 

U.S. natural gas market. FLEX states that 

while some of the proposed export 

supply may be secured through longterm contracts, large volumes are likely 

to be acquired on the spot market. FLEX 

provides further discussion of the gas 

supply markets in the Application. 

Public Interest Considerations 

In support of its Application, FLEX 

states that DOE/FE has consistently 

ruled that section 3(a) of the NGA 

creates a rebuttable presumption that 

proposed exports of natural gas are in 

the public interest. FLEX asserts that 

unless opponents of an export license 

make an affirmative showing based on 

evidence in the record that the export 

would be inconsistent with the public 

interest, DOE/FE must grant the export 

application.4

FLEX asserts that in evaluating 

whether the proposed exportation is 

within the public interest, DOE/FE 

applies the principles established by the 

Policy Guidelines,5 which promote free 

and open trade by minimizing Federal 

control and involvement in energy 

markets, and DOE Delegation Order No. 

0204–111, which requires 

‘‘consideration of the domestic need for 

the gas to be exported.’’ FLEX further 

states that in determining whether a 

particular application to export is 

within the public interest, the principal 

focus of DOE/FE’s review is an analysis 

of the domestic need for natural gas 

proposed to be exported, and any other 

factors to the extent they are shown to 

be relevant to a public interest 

determination. 

FLEX states that as a result of 

technological advances, huge reserves of 

domestic shale gas that were previously 

infeasible or uneconomic to develop are 

now being profitably produced in many 

regions of the United States. FLEX 

asserts that the United States is now 

estimated to have more natural gas 

resources than it can use in a century.6

FLEX also states that large volumes of 

domestic shale gas reserves and 

continued low production costs will 

enable the United States to export LNG 

while also meeting domestic demand for 

natural gas for decades to come. 

FLEX asserts that as U.S. natural gas 

reserves and production have risen, U.S. 

natural gas prices have fallen to the 

point where they are among the lowest 

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7Analysis of Freeport LNG Export Impact on U.S. 

Markets, T. Choi, D. Nesbitt, and B. Barnds, at 6, 

15 (Altos Management Partners, Inc. 2010). (Altos 

Report). 

8Altos Report, footnote 7, at 12 (2010). 

9 Id. 

10MIT Report, footnote 6, at xvii (2010). 

11 Id. at 71. 

in the developed world.7 FLEX states 

that many natural gas and LNG supply 

contracts in European and Asian 

markets are pegged to the price of 

alternative liquid fuels, such as oil, and 

global LNG prices have increased 

significantly during the last decade as 

the price of oil has risen. FLEX states 

that domestic natural gas prices are 

projected to remain low relative to 

European and Asian markets well into 

the future, making exports of LNG by 

vessel a viable long-term opportunity for 

the United States. 

FLEX states that the Liquefaction 

Project is positioned to provide the Gulf 

Coast region and the United States with 

significant economic benefits by 

increasing domestic natural gas 

production. FLEX states that these 

benefits will be obtained with only a 

minimal effect on domestic natural gas 

prices. FLEX states that at current and 

forecasted rates of demand, the United 

States’ natural gas reserves will meet 

demand for 100 years. FLEX states that 

the Liquefaction Project allows the 

United States to benefit now from the 

natural gas resources that may not 

otherwise be produced for many 

decades, if ever. FLEX provides further 

discussion on why the proposed export 

authorization is in the public interest. 

First, FLEX contends that the project 

will cause direct and indirect job 

creation through construction (1,000 

onsite jobs over 2–3 years) and 

operation (20 to 30 permanent jobs) of 

the Liquefaction Project, and indirect 

jobs as a result of increased drilling for 

and production of natural gas (17,000 to 

23,000 jobs).8

Second, FLEX maintains that the 

Liquefaction Project would create 

significant economic stimulus, with the 

total economic benefits to the American 

economy estimated to be between $3.6 

and $5.2 billion per year from 2015 to 

2040.9

Third, FLEX contends that there will 

be a material improvement in the U.S. 

balance of trade. FLEX states that 

assuming an average value of $7 per 

million Btu, exporting approximately 

1.4 Bcf/d of LNG through the 

Liquefaction Project will improve the 

U.S. balance of payments by 

approximately $3.9 billion per year. 

Fourth, FLEX states the project will 

have significant environmental benefits 

by reducing global greenhouse gas 

emissions if the natural gas exported is 

used as a substitute for coal and fuel oil. 

Fifth, FLEX states the Liquefaction 

Project supports American energy 

security. To support this statement, 

FLEX states that the United States has 

developed a massive natural gas 

resource base that is sufficient to supply 

domestic demand for a century, even 

with significant exports of LNG. FLEX 

states the Liquefaction Project will not 

adversely affect U.S. Energy security. 

FLEX references the MIT Report 

(footnote 6), which recommends 

policies the United States should pursue 

to ‘‘encourage an efficient integrated 

global gas market’’,10 and further that 

the United States ‘‘should not erect 

barriers to gas imports or exports’’.11

Finally, FLEX provides a further 

discussion of the Altos Report, which 

FLEX commissioned (see footnote 7). 

Based on the reasoning provided in 

the Application, FLEX requests that the 

DOE/FE determine that FLEX’s request 

for long-term, multi-contract 

authorization to export LNG to non-FTA 

countries is not inconsistent with the 

public interest. 

Environmental Impact 

FLEX states that the Liquefaction 

Project improvements will be contained 

within the previously authorized 

operational area of the Freeport 

Terminal on Quintana Island, that the 

potential air impacts of the Liquefaction 

Project will be reviewed by the Texas 

Commission on Environmental Quality 

(TCEQ) and the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), and other 

environmental impacts of the 

Liquefaction Project will be reviewed by 

FERC under the National Environmental 

Protection Act (NEPA). FLEX states that 

FERC authorization will be conditioned 

upon issuance of air quality permits 

from TCEQ and EPA. Accordingly, 

FLEX requests that DOE/FE issue a 

conditional order authorizing export of 

domestically produced LNG pending 

completion of FERC’s environmental 

review. 

DOE/FE Evaluation 

This export Application will be 

reviewed pursuant to section 3 of the 

NGA, as amended, and the authority 

contained in DOE Delegation Order No. 

00–002.00J (Sept. 17, 2010) and DOE 

Redelegation Order No. 00–002.04D 

(Nov. 6, 2007). In reviewing this LNG 

export Application, DOE will consider 

any issues required by law or policy. To 

the extent determined to be necessary or 

appropriate, these issues will include 

domestic need for the gas, the impact on 

U.S. gross domestic product, consumers, 

industry, U.S. balance of trade, jobs 

creation, and other issues, as well as 

whether the arrangement is consistent 

with DOE’s policy of promoting 

competition in the marketplace by 

allowing commercial parties to freely 

negotiate their own trade arrangements. 

Parties that may oppose this 

Application should comment in their 

responses on these issues, as well as any 

other issues deemed relevant to the 

Application. 

NEPA requires DOE to give 

appropriate consideration to the 

environmental effects of its proposed 

decisions. No final decision will be 

issued in this proceeding until DOE has 

met its NEPA responsibilities. 

Due to the complexity and novelty of 

the issues raised by the Applicants, 

interested persons will be provided 60 

days from the date of publication of this 

Notice in which to submit comments, 

protests, motions to intervene, notices of 

intervention, or motions for additional 

procedures. 

Public Comment Procedures 

You may submit comments in 

electronic form on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Alternatively, 

written comments can be submitted 

using the procedures discussed below. If 

using electronic filing, follow the online instructions and submit such 

comments under FE Docket No. 

10–161–LNG. DOE/FE suggests that 

electronic filers carefully review 

information provided in their 

submissions, and include only 

information that is intended to be 

publicly disclosed. 

In response to this notice, any person 

may file a protest, motion to intervene 

or notice of intervention or written 

comments, by hardcopy, as provided in 

DOE’s regulations at 10 CFR part 590. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

to the proceeding and to have their 

written comments considered as a basis 

for any decision on the Application 

must file a motion to intervene or notice 

of intervention, as applicable. The filing 

of comments or a protest with respect to 

the Application will not serve to make 

the commenter or protestant a party to 

the proceeding, although protests and 

comments received from persons who 

are not parties may be considered in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken on the Application. All protests, 

motions to intervene, notices of 

intervention, and written comments 

must meet the requirements specified by 

the regulations in 10 CFR part 590. 

Except where comments are filed 

electronically, as described above, 

comments, protests, motions to 

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1OMB will not make a decision on this 

proceeding until after 30 days from the time it is 

received. 

intervene, notices of intervention, and 

requests for additional procedures shall 

be filed with the Office of Oil and Gas 

Global Security and Supply at the 

address listed in the ADDRESSES section. 

A decisional record on the 

Application will be developed through 

responses to this notice by parties, 

including the parties’ written comments 

and replies thereto. Additional 

procedures will be used as necessary to 

achieve a complete understanding of the 

facts and issues. A party seeking 

intervention may request that additional 

procedures be provided, such as 

additional written comments, an oral 

presentation, a conference, or trial-type 

hearing. Any request to file additional 

written comments should explain why 

they are necessary. Any request for an 

oral presentation should identify the 

substantial question of fact, law, or 

policy at issue, show that it is material 

and relevant to a decision in the 

proceeding, and demonstrate why an 

oral presentation is needed. Any request 

for a conference should demonstrate 

why the conference would materially 

advance the proceeding. Any request for 

a trial-type hearing must show that there 

are factual issues genuinely in dispute 

that are relevant and material to a 

decision and that a trial-type hearing is 

necessary for a full and true disclosure 

of the facts. 

If an additional procedure is 

scheduled, notice will be provided to all 

parties. If no party requests additional 

procedures, a final Opinion and Order 

may be issued based on the official 

record, including the Application and 

responses filed by parties pursuant to 

this notice, in accordance with 10 CFR 

590.316. 

The Application filed by FLEX is 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Office of Oil and Gas Global 

Security and Supply docket room, 3E– 

042, at the above address listed in 

ADDRESSES. The docket room is open 

between the hours of 8 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The 

Application and any filed protests, 

motions to intervene or notice of 

interventions, and comments will also 

be available electronically by going to 

the following DOE/FE Web address: 

http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/ 

gasregulation/index.html. In addition, 

any electronic comments filed will also 

be available at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 21, 

2011. 

John A. Anderson, 

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and 

Supply, Office of Fossil Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1812 Filed 1–26–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC11–537–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–537); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

January 20, 2011. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. Any interested person 

may file comments directly with OMB 

and should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(75 FR 64301, 10/19/2010) requesting 

public comments. FERC received no 

comments on the FERC–537 and has 

made this notation in its submission to 

OMB.1

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by February 28, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

Created by OMB should be filed 

electronically, c/o 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and 

include OMB Control Number 1902– 

0060 for reference. The Desk Officer 

may be reached by telephone at 202– 

395–4638. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission and should refer to Docket 

No. IC11–537–001. Comments may be 

filed either electronically or in paper 

format. Those persons filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. Documents filed 

electronically via the Internet must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

submission guidelines. Complete filing 

instructions and acceptable filing 

formats are available at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. To file the document 

electronically, access the Commission’s 

Web site and click on Documents & 

Filing, E-Filing (http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling.asp), and then follow 

the instructions for each screen. First 

time users will have to establish a user 

name and password. The Commission 

will send an automatic 

acknowledgement to the sender’s e-mail 

address upon receipt of comments. 

For paper filings, the comments 

should be submitted to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and 

should refer to Docket No. IC11–537– 

001. 

Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in 

FERC Docket Number IC11–537 may do 

so through eSubscription at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. All comments may be 

viewed, printed or downloaded 

remotely via the Internet through 

FERC’s homepage using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link. For user assistance, contact 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or toll-free 

at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by e-mail 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–537, ‘‘Gas 

Pipeline Certificates: Construction, 

Acquisition, and Abandonment’’ (OMB 

Control No. 1902–0060), is used by the 

Commission to implement the statutory 

provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act 

of 1978 (NGPA), 15 U.S.C. 3301–3432, 

and the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 

U.S.C. 717–717w). Under the NGA, 

natural gas pipeline companies must 

obtain Commission authorization to 

undertake the construction or extension 

of any facilities, or to acquire or operate 

any such facilities or extensions in 

accordance with Section 7(c) of the 

NGA. A natural gas company must also 

obtain Commission approval under 

Section 7(b) of the NGA prior to 

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