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[FR Doc. 2011–14316 Filed 6–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 11–51–LNG] 

Freeport LNG Development, L.P.; 

Application for Blanket 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 

filed on April 21, 2011, by Freeport LNG 

Development, L.P. (Freeport LNG), 

requesting blanket authorization to 

export liquefied natural gas (LNG) that 

previously had been imported into the 

United States from foreign sources on a 

short-term or spot market basis. The 

LNG would be exported from the 

existing Freeport LNG terminal facilities 

on Quintana Island, Texas, in an 

amount up to the equivalent of 24 

billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas to 

any country that has the capacity to 

import LNG via ocean-going carrier, and 

with which trade is not prohibited by 

U.S. law or policy. Freeport LNG seeks 

to export the LNG over a two year 

period commencing on the date of the 

authorization on its own behalf or as 

agent for others. The application is 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 using 

procedures detailed in the Public 

Comment Procedures section of this 

notice, no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern 

time, July 11, 2011 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing 

e-mail: fergas@hq.doe.gov. 

Regular Mail 

U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34), 

Office of Natural Gas Regulatory 

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy, 

P.O. Box 44375, Washington, DC 

20026–4375. 

Hand Delivery or Private Delivery 

Services (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.) 

U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34), 

Office of Natural Gas Regulatory 

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larine Moore or Beverly Howard, 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) 586–9387. 

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 

Freeport LNG is a Delaware limited 

partnership with one general partner, 

Freeport LNG–GP, Inc., a Delaware 

corporation, which is owned 50% by an 

individual, Michael S. Smith, and 50% 

by ConocoPhillips Company. Freeport 

LNG’s limited partners are: (1) Freeport 

LNG Investments, LLLP, a Delaware 

limited liability limited partnership, 

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1See Freeport LNG Development, L.P., 107 FERC 

¶ 61,278, (2004), order granting rehearing and 

clarification, 108 FERC ¶ 61,253 (2004), order 

amending Section 3 authorization, 112 FERC 

¶ 61,194 (2005), order issuing authorization, 116 

FERC ¶ 61,290 (2006). 

2Freeport LNG Development, L.P., DOE/FE Order 

No. 2457, issued January 15, 2008. 

3Freeport LNG Development, L.P., DOE/FE Order 

No. 2737, issued December 15, 2009. 

4Freeport LNG Development, L.P., 127 FERC 

¶ 61,105 (2009). 

5Freeport LNG Development, L.P., DOE/FE Order 

No. 2644, issued May 28, 2009. 

6Freeport LNG Development, L.P., DOE/FE Order 

Nos. 2644–A and 2644–B, issued September 22, 

2009 and May 11, 2010, respectively. 

7The Dow Chemical Company, DOE/FE Order 

No. 2859, issued October 5, 2010. 

which owns a 20% limited partnership 

interest in Freeport LNG; (2) ZHA FLNG 

Purchaser LLC, a Delaware limited 

liability company and wholly owned 

subsidiary of Zachary American 

Infrastructure, LLC, which owns a 55% 

limited partnership interest in Freeport 

LNG; (3) Texas LNG Holdings, LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability company and 

wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow 

Chemical Company, which owns a 15% 

limited partnership interest in Freeport 

LNG; and (4) Turbo LNG, LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability company and 

wholly-owned subsidiary of Osaka Gas 

Co., Ltd., which owns a 10% limited 

partnership interest in Freeport LNG. 

On June 18, 2004, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

authorized Freeport LNG to site, 

construct and operate the Freeport LNG 

terminal on Quintana Island, southeast 

of the City of Freeport in Brazoria 

County, Texas. The facilities, completed 

in June 2008, include an LNG ship 

marine terminal and unloading dock, 

LNG transfer lines and storage tanks, 

high-pressure vaporizers, and a 9.6-mile 

long send-out pipeline extending to the 

Stratton Ridge meter station.1 On July 1, 

2008, FERC issued a letter Order 

granting Freeport LNG’s request to 

commence service at its Quintana Island 

import terminal. 

On January 15, 2008, DOE/FE granted 

Freeport LNG blanket authorization to 

import up to 30 Bcf of LNG from various 

international sources for a two-year term 

beginning March 1, 2008.2 On December 

15, 2009, DOE/FE granted Freeport LNG 

blanket authorization to import LNG for 

a second two-year term beginning 

March 1, 2010.3

On May 6, 2009, FERC authorized 

certain equipment modifications at the 

Freeport LNG terminal as required to 

enable the loading and export of foreignsource LNG.4

On May 28, 2009, in DOE/FE Order 

No. 2644 (Order 2644), DOE/FE granted 

Freeport LNG blanket authorization to 

export, on its own behalf or as agent for 

others, up to a total of the equivalent of 

24 Bcf of foreign-source LNG from the 

Freeport LNG terminal over a two-year 

period to customers in the United 

Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, 

Japan, South Korea, India, China and/or 

Taiwan.5 This blanket authorization was 

later amended to permit exports to 

Canada, Mexico and any other country 

with the capacity to import LNG via 

ocean-going carrier and with which 

trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or 

policy.6

Current Application 

In the instant application, Freeport 

LNG is seeking blanket authorization to 

export LNG that previously had been 

imported from foreign sources, to which 

it holds title, as well as previously 

imported LNG that it may export as 

agent on behalf of other entities who 

themselves hold title, on a short-term or 

spot market basis from the existing 

Freeport LNG terminal on Quintana 

Island, Texas. Freeport LNG states that 

the current application is filed in 

anticipation of the expiration of the 

blanket export authorization granted in 

Order No. 2644. Freeport LNG is 

requesting to export an amount up to 

the equivalent of 24 Bcf of natural gas 

to any country which has the capacity 

to import LNG via ocean-going carrier, 

and with which trade is not prohibited 

by U.S. law or policy. Freeport LNG 

seeks to export the LNG over a two year 

period commencing on the date of the 

authorization 

Public Interest Considerations 

In support of its application, Freeport 

LNG asserts the proposed authorization 

is in the public interest. Under section 

3 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, 

an LNG export from the United States to 

a foreign country must be authorized 

unless ‘‘the proposed exportation will 

not be consistent with the public 

interest.’’ Section 3 thus creates a 

statutory presumption in favor of 

approval of this application, and parties 

opposing the authorization bear the 

burden of overcoming this presumption. 

Freeport LNG states that there is no 

domestic reliance on the LNG that it 

seeks to export. Freeport LNG states that 

DOE/FE, in Order 2644, authorized the 

export of previously imported foreignsourced LNG. DOE/FE determined that 

there was no domestic reliance on the 

volumes of imported LNG that Freeport 

sought to export. Freeport LNG states 

that DOE/FE has recently issued LNG 

blanket export authorizations to other 

applicants, in each case finding that 

existing domestic supplies are sufficient 

to serve U.S. markets without reliance 

on imported LNG supplies. Freeport 

LNG states that DOE/FE made the same 

finding in Order No. 2859, which 

granted the Dow Chemical Company 

blanket authorization to export up to an 

amount equivalent to 390 Bcf of 

previously imported LNG from the 

Freeport LNG terminal. In that Order, 

DOE/FE found that ‘‘the LNG which 

Dow seeks to export in this case is not 

needed in order to meet domestic 

market demand for natural gas on a 

competitively priced basis and that the 

exports of LNG authorized by this 

amendment will have no significant 

impact on the market’s ability to meet 

the demand for natural gas 

domestically.’’ 7

Additionally, Freeport LNG states that 

traditional domestic natural gas 

production has been supplemented by 

unconventional sources, such as shale 

gas formations, which new technologies 

have made economically recoverable. 

Freeport LNG asserts that as a result of 

this increased domestic supply, 

domestic gas prices have remained low 

compared to other global markets, such 

as in Europe and Asia, discouraging 

imports to the U.S. Freeport LNG states 

that the imported LNG that Freeport 

LNG seeks to export will be surplus to 

the demands of U.S. markets during the 

period of requested authorization, and is 

needed primarily to enable Freeport 

LNG to economically maintain and 

operate its Freeport LNG terminal on 

Quintana Island. In the event that 

market conditions would support 

delivery of Freeport LNG’s imported 

supplies to U.S. markets, the requested 

authorization would also serve to 

increase LNG supplies available for 

delivery to U.S. markets if those markets 

support it. 

Freeport LNG also states in its 

application that local natural gas 

supplies will not be reduced. The 

applicant states that it intends to export 

only foreign sourced LNG, and does not 

intend to export domestically produced 

natural gas. Further, the applicant states 

that U.S. natural gas supplies would 

actually increase if the requested 

authorization were granted, since the 

boil-off gas from any LNG cargoes 

delivered to the Freeport LNG terminal 

would be sold into U.S. markets. 

Freeport LNG asserts that granting the 

requested authorization would 

encourage it to obtain and store spotmarket LNG cargoes, making it available 

to supply local markets when 

conditions support it, thereby serving to 

moderate U.S. natural gas price 

volatility. Freeport LNG asserts that in 

light of these conditions, its request to 

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sourced LNG is consistent with the 

public interest. 

Environmental Impact 

Freeport LNG states that no change to 

the Freeport LNG terminal on Quintana 

Island would be required for the 

proposed export of foreign-source LNG. 

Thus, according to Freeport, approval of 

this application would not constitute a 

Federal action significantly affecting the 

human environment within the meaning 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

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. 

DOE/FE Evaluation 

This export application will be 

reviewed pursuant to section 3 of the 

Natural Gas Act, as amended, and the 

authority contained in DOE Delegation 

Order No. 00–002.00L (Apr. 29, 2011) 

and DOE Redelegation Order No. 00– 

002.04E (Apr. 29, 2011). In reviewing 

this LNG export application, DOE will 

consider domestic need for the gas, as 

well as any other issues determined to 

be appropriate, including 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. 

Public Comment Procedures 

In response to this notice, any person 

may file a protest, comments, or a 

motion to intervene or notice of 

intervention, as applicable. Any person 

wishing to become a party to the 

proceeding 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 will be considered in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken on the application. All protests, 

comments, motions to intervene or 

notices of intervention must meet the 

requirements specified by the 

regulations in 10 CFR part 590. 

Filings may be submitted using one of 

the following methods: (1) E-mailing the 

filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov, with FE 

Docket No. 11–51–LNG in the title line; 

(2) mailing an original and three paper 

copies of the filing to the Office of 

Natural Gas Regulatory Activities at the 

address listed in ADDRESSES; (3) hand 

delivering an original and three paper 

copies of the filing to the Office of 

Natural Gas Regulatory Activities at the 

address listed in ADDRESSES; or (4) 

submitting comments in electronic form 

on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov, by 

following the on-line instructions and 

submitting such comments under FE 

Docket No. 11–51LNG. DOE/FE suggests 

that electronic filers carefully review 

information provided in their 

submissions and include only 

information that is intended to be 

publicly disclosed. 

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 trialtype 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 Freeport LNG 

is available for inspection and copying 

in the Office of Natural Gas Regulatory 

Activities docket room, Room 3E–042, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 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 comments, 

protests, motions to intervene or notice 

of interventions, 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 in 

electronic form on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal will also be 

available at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on June 2, 2011. 

John A. Anderson, 

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and 

Supply, Office of Fossil Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14280 Filed 6–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Numbers: RP11–2124–000. 

Applicants: CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission Company, LLC. 

Description: CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission Company, LLC submits 

tariff filing per 154.204: CEGT LLC EFT 

Enhancements to be effective 7/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 05/24/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110524–5121. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, June 06, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–2125–000. 

Applicants: Big Sandy Pipeline, LLC. 

Description: Big Sandy Pipeline, LLC 

submits tariff filing per 154.204: Big 

Sandy Contract Assignment Filing to be 

effective 6/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 05/25/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110525–5079. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, June 06, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–2126–000. 

Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LP. 

Description: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LP submits tariff filing per 

154.204: Enbridge 34685 to BP 38842 

Capacity Release Negotiated Rate 

Agreement Filing to be effective 6/1/ 

2011. 

Filed Date: 05/26/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110526–5020. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, June 07, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–2127–000. 

Applicants: Sabine Pass Liquefaction, 

LLC. 

Description: Sabine Pass Liquefaction, 

LLC submits Petition for Declaratory 

Order, or in the Alternative, Request for 

Waivers and Expedited Consideration. 

Filed Date: 05/25/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110525–5113. 

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