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1Alaska LNG states that the conversion factor of 

46.467 Bcf per million metric ton is appropriate due 

to the relatively high heating content (Btu/cubic 

foot gas) and associated physical characteristics of 

LNG produced from Alaska sources. According to 

Alaska LNG, the conversion factors used in 

applications to export LNG from the lower 48 states 

of the United States are not applicable in this 

proceeding. 

2 In the Application, Alaska LNG also requests 

authorization to export LNG to any nation that 

currently has, or in the future may enter into, a FTA 

requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas 

(FTA countries). DOE/FE will review Alaska LNG’s 

request for a FTA export authorization separately 

pursuant to NGA § 3(c), 15 U.S.C. 717b(c). Alaska 

LNG notes that the total volume requested in the 

Application (20 mtpa) represents LNG in an 

aggregate amount for export to both non-FTA and 

FTA countries. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 14–96–LNG] 

Alaska LNG Project LLC; Application 

for Long-Term Authorization To Export 

Liquefied Natural Gas Produced From 

Domestic Natural Gas Resources to 

Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries 

for a 30-Year Period 

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 July 18, 2014, by 

Alaska LNG Project LLC (Alaska LNG), 

requesting long-term multi-contract 

authorization to export 20 million 

metric tons per annum (mtpa) of 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced 

from Alaskan sources in a volume 

equivalent to approximately 929 billion 

cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr) of natural 

gas, or approximately 2.55 Bcf per day 

(Bcf/d).1 Alaska LNG seeks 

authorization to export the LNG by 

vessel from a proposed Liquefaction 

Facility to be constructed in the Nikiski 

area of the Kenai Peninsula in south 

central Alaska (Project), 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 with which trade is not 

prohibited by U.S. law or policy (nonFTA countries).2 Alaska LNG requests 

this authorization for a 30-year term to 

commence on the earlier of the date of 

first export or 12 years from the date the 

requested authorization is granted. 

Alaska LNG seeks to export the LNG on 

its own behalf and as agent for other 

parties who hold title to the LNG at the 

time of export. The Application was 

filed under section 3 of the Natural Gas 

Act (NGA). 

DATES: Protests, motions to intervene or 

notices of intervention, as applicable, 

requests for additional procedures, and 

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3Alaska LNG notes that, on May 8, 2014, Alaska 

Governor Sean Parnell signed Senate Bill 138 into 

law, enabling the State of Alaska to participate in 

the Alaska LNG Project. Alaska LNG notes that it 

may seek to amend the Application to add a State 

of Alaska designee. See Alaska LNG App. at 3. 

4Alaska LNG states that, to date, it has secured 

more than 200 acres of land for the Project, nearly 

half of the total acreage of the proposed 

Liquefaction Facility site. A map of the Project and 

an affidavit concerning the land acquired for the 

Project is attached to the Application as 

Appendices C and D, respectively. 

5Alaska LNG App. at 10. 

6 Id. at 5, 40–41. 

7See id. at 37–38 (citing DOE/FE final and 

conditional orders granted to LNG export projects 

in the lower 48 states); see also id. at 10. 

8See id. at 38–39 (asserting that this Project is not 

subject to the same authorization constraints based 

on the 2012 LNG Export Study commissioned by 

DOE/FE, which focused on non-FTA export projects 

in the lower 48 states). 

written comments are to be filed using 

procedures detailed in the Public 

Comment Procedures section no later 

than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, November 

17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic Filing by email: 

fergas@hq.doe.gov. 

Regular Mail: U.S. Department of 

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

Global Security and Supply, 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 

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 Lisa Tracy, 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) 586–4523. 

Edward Myers, Cassandra Bernstein, 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the 

Assistant General Counsel for Electricity 

and Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

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

(202) 586–9793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Applicant. Alaska LNG is a Delaware 

Limited Liability Company with its 

principal place of business in 

Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska LNG states 

that its current members are 

ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC, 

ConocoPhillips Alaska LNG Company, 

and BP Alaska LNG LLC (collectively, 

the Members). According to Alaska 

LNG, affiliates of the Members currently 

hold oil and gas leasehold interests in 

Alaska, including in the Prudhoe Bay 

and Point Thomson Units.3

Liquefaction Project. Alaska LNG 

plans to construct one integrated, 

interdependent Project. According to 

Alaska LNG, the Project facilities will 

include four main components: (i) A 

Liquefaction Facility consisting of three 

LNG trains with a total maximum 

capacity of 20 mtpa, with storage and 

LNG delivery facilities for the marine 

loading of LNG; 4 (ii) an approximately 

800-mile long, large-diameter gas 

pipeline from the liquefaction facility to 

the gas treatment plant, which will have 

multiple compressor stations and at 

least five off-take points for delivery of 

gas to Alaska; (iii) a gas treatment plant 

on the North Slope of Alaska consisting 

of three or more amine processing/

treating train modules with 

compression, dehydration, and chilling, 

to be built in a modular fashion and 

sealifted to its location; and (iv) 

transmission lines between the gas 

treatment plant and producing fields on 

the North Slope. Alaska LNG states it 

will be required to build each 

component of this greenfield Project. 

Alaska LNG states that the Project is 

unique due to its significant size, scope, 

costs, required upstream development, 

and project development timeline. 

Alaska LNG asserts that these factors 

distinguish the Project from any LNG 

export project in the lower 48 states. 

According to Alaska LNG, the Project 

would be the largest integrated gas and 

LNG project of its kind ever designed 

and constructed. 

Current Application 

Alaska LNG seeks long-term multicontract authorization to export LNG 

produced from Alaska in a volume 

equivalent to 929 Bcf/yr (2.55 Bcf/d) of 

natural gas. Alaska LNG states that it 

plans to export the LNG from the Project 

to any non-FTA country with which 

trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or 

policy. Alaska LNG requests this 

authorization for a 30-year term 

commencing on the earlier of the date 

of first export or 12 years from the date 

the requested authorization is granted. 

Business Model. Alaska LNG seeks to 

export the requested LNG on its own 

behalf and as agent for any or all of the 

following: (i) Each of its Members; (ii) 

the respective affiliates of its Members; 

(iii) the State of Alaska or its nominee; 

and (iv) other third parties, under 

contracts to be executed in the future, as 

applicable. Alaska LNG maintains that 

the requested agency rights ‘‘would 

encompass any exports of any State of 

Alaska (or its nominee) share of LNG 

from the Project facilities.’’ 5 Alaska 

LNG contemplates that the title holder 

at the point of export likely may be 

another party, such as the respective 

affiliates of its Members or other third 

parties, pursuant to a LNG sales and 

purchase contract. 

Alaska LNG further states that it will 

comply with all DOE/FE requirements 

for exporters and agents as set forth in 

recent DOE/FE orders, including 

registering each LNG title holder for 

whom Alaska LNG seeks to export as 

agent. Alaska LNG states that this 

registration will include a written 

statement by the title holder 

acknowledging and agreeing to comply 

with all applicable requirements 

included by DOE/FE in Alaska LNG’s 

export authorization. Alaska LNG 

further states that it will include those 

requirements in a subsequent purchase 

or sale agreement entered into by that 

title holder. In addition, Alaska LNG 

states that it will file under seal with 

DOE/FE any relevant long-term 

commercial agreements between Alaska 

LNG and the LNG title holder, once 

those agreements have been executed. 

Export Term and Commencement of 

Export Operations. Alaska LNG 

maintains that the requested 30-year 

export term and 12-year commencement 

term are required to support the size of 

this Project, as well as the continued 

development of natural gas resources on 

the North Slope. Alaska LNG 

emphasizes the massive size, scope, and 

cost of this ‘‘integrated mega-project.’’ 6

Alaska LNG estimates that the Project 

will cost between $45 billion and $65 

billion to construct, which it states is an 

unprecedented investment warranting a 

30-year export term, as opposed to the 

20-year term that DOE/FE typically 

authorizes for non-FTA LNG export 

projects in the lower 48 states.7

Specifically, Alaska LNG notes that 

DOE/FE’s reasoning for authorizing a 

20-year export term for those projects 

does not apply to this unique Alaska 

Project.8 Alaska LNG further asserts that 

a 30-year export term is supported by its 

natural gas reserves and resources 

estimates, is consistent with typical 

industry design standards for the 

Liquefaction Facility life, and will 

provide long-term access to market 

outlets needed to allow reasonable 

ability to recover investments. 

With respect to the requested 12-year 

period for the commencement of export 

operations, Alaska LNG notes that DOE/ 

FE typically requires export operations 

in the lower 48 states to commence no 

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9Alaska LNG App. at 7 n.17 (citing DOE/FE 

orders, including ConocoPhillips Alaska Natural 

Gas Corp., DOE/FE Order No. 3418, Order Granting 

Blanket Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural 

Gas by Vessel from the Kenai LNG Facility Near 

Kenai, Alaska to Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Nations, at 5 (Apr. 14, 2014)). 

10See id. at 5 (discussing DOE/FE’s proposed 

notice to revise the Order of Precedence for 

Processing Non-FTA Export Applications, 79 FR 

32,261 (June 4, 2014)). 

11 Dep’t of Energy, Procedures for Liquefied 

Natural Gas Export Decisions, 79 FR 48,132, 48,135 

n.6 (Aug. 15, 2014) (stating that, for applications to 

export LNG from the lower 48 states to non-FTA 

countries, DOE/FE is suspending its practice of 

issuing conditional decisions prior to final 

authorization decisions). 

12 Id. at 48,135 n.6. 

13See, e.g., DeGolyer and MacNaughton, ‘‘Report 

on a Study of Alaska Gas Reserves and Resources 

for Certain Gas Supply Scenarios as of Dec. 31, 

2012’’ (Apr. 2014) (Supply Report), attached to the 

Application as Appendix E; NERA Economic 

Consulting, ‘‘Socio-Economic Impact Analysis of 

Alaska LNG Project’’ (June 19, 2014) (SocioEconomic Report), attached to the Application as 

Appendix F. 

14NERA Economic Consulting, ‘‘Socio-Economic 

Impact Analysis of Alaska LNG Project’’ (SocioEconomic Report), June 19, 2014. 

15 15 U.S.C. 719j. 

16Alaska LNG App. at 27 (quoting Presidential 

Finding Concerning Alaska Natural Gas, 53 FR 999 

(Jan. 15, 1988)). 

later than seven years from the date the 

authorization is issued. It stresses, 

however, that construction of the Project 

will take place in unique Arctic 

construction conditions. In particular, 

Alaska LNG points to the challenges of 

moving equipment and a workforce over 

long distances in the extreme Arctic 

conditions, as well as the limitations in 

the construction timeline caused by the 

unpredictable Artic weather conditions. 

Alaska LNG maintains that, due to its 

complexity, the Project will require a 

Pre-Front End Engineering Design 

(FEED) phase of between one to three 

years, in addition to the typical FEED 

phase. Alaska LNG also highlights the 

expansive scope of the Project, which it 

anticipates, will lengthen the 

environmental review and permitting 

timelines under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq. In sum, Alaska LNG 

states that these Artic construction 

conditions, coupled with inherently 

longer upstream resource development 

periods and other factors, necessitate 

both a longer export term and start-up 

period. 

Application Processing and Request 

for Conditional Authorization. Alaska 

LNG contends that, due to the unique 

nature of the proposed Project and the 

geographically separate supply base in 

Alaska, the Application should be 

processed differently than applications 

for LNG export projects proposed in the 

lower 48 states. Alaska LNG maintains 

that DOE/FE has consistently treated 

applications to export LNG from Alaska 

differently from lower 48 applications.9

Alaska LNG contends that the many 

unique features of the Project warrant 

exercise of DOE/FE’s discretion to issue 

a conditional decision on the 

Application. Therefore, Alaska LNG 

requests that the Application not be 

subject to any procedures recently 

proposed or adopted by DOE/FE 

regarding its processing of non-FTA 

LNG export applications.10 In this 

regard, we note that DOE/FE’s revised 

procedures for acting on non-FTA LNG 

export applications are now in effect, 

but they ‘‘apply only to exports from the 

lower-48 states.’’ 11 In the notice 

finalizing the revised procedures, DOE/ 

FE made clear that it ‘‘will consider 

whether to issue a conditional decision 

on [the Alaska LNG] application, or any 

future application to export from 

Alaska, in the context of those 

proceedings.’’ 12

In asserting that the Project is unlike 

any export project in the lower 48 states 

and should be processed differently, 

Alaska LNG highlights the estimated 

cost and scope of the Project. It 

emphasizes that all components of the 

Project must be built, meaning that the 

Project cannot leverage an extensive 

existing gas grid. Lastly, Alaska LNG 

maintains that because Alaska and its 

supply of natural gas are geographically 

isolated from the lower 48 states, the 

Application stands on its own merits 

without regard to the cumulative 

impacts of LNG exports from the lower 

48 states and should be processed as 

such. 

Export Sources. Alaska LNG seeks 

authorization to export natural gas from 

Alaska, in particular from the North 

Slope Point Thomson Unit and Prudhoe 

Bay Unit production fields. According 

to Alaska LNG, affiliates of Members of 

Alaska LNG are leaseholders of natural 

gas resources in Alaska, thus providing 

the Project with access to natural gas. 

Alaska LNG expects that the natural gas 

developed and produced by the 

respective affiliates of its Members will 

be delivered to the Liquefaction Facility 

where LNG will be produced and made 

available for export. 

Public Interest Considerations 

Alaska LNG contends that the 

Application fully addresses each of the 

public interest criteria considered by 

DOE/FE in the context of an Alaskabased project, and that the proposed 

export is not inconsistent with the 

public interest. In support of the 

Application, Alaska LNG addresses the 

following six criteria: 

Domestic Need for the Natural Gas 

Proposed to be Exported—Regional. 

According to Alaska LNG, DOE/FE has 

recognized that Alaska is geographically 

isolated from the lower 48 states and, 

therefore, its natural gas reserves and 

resources should be analyzed 

separately. Alaska LNG asserts that the 

estimated recoverable natural gas 

reserves and resources in Alaska are 

abundant and more than sufficient to 

meet demand for both Alaska in-state 

consumption and Alaska LNG’s 

proposed export over the 30-year export 

term. Based on the studies and analyses 

provided in the Application,13 Alaska 

LNG contends that the proposed export 

authorization will not have a 

detrimental impact on the regional 

domestic supply of natural gas. Alaska 

LNG further asserts that the proposed 

exports will have positive market and 

macroeconomic impacts on Alaska and 

the United States as a whole. 

Impact of the Proposed Exports on 

Natural Gas Market Prices. Citing the 

Socio-Economic Report prepared by 

NERA Economic Consulting in support 

of the Application, Alaska LNG states 

that the Project would lead to lower 

natural gas prices in Alaska. Alaska 

LNG points to NERA’s determination 

that, by model year 2048, the Alaska 

market price of natural gas is $5.02/

MMBtu lower in the Expected Demand 

scenario with LNG exports than in the 

Baseline with no LNG exports, a 39 

percent price difference.14

Presidential Finding Concerning 

Alaska Natural Gas. Alaska LNG 

addresses Section 12 of the Alaska 

Natural Gas Transportation Act 

(ANGTA), which states that ‘‘before any 

Alaska natural gas in excess of 1,000 

Mcf [thousand cubic feet] per day may 

be exported to any nation other that 

Canada or Mexico, the President must 

make and publish an express finding 

that such exports will not diminish the 

total quantity or quality nor increase the 

total price of energy available to the 

United States.’’ 15 Alaska LNG states that 

President Ronald Reagan issued such a 

finding in 1988, concluding ‘‘ ‘that 

exports of Alaska natural gas in 

quantities in excess of 1,000 Mcf per 

day will not diminish the total quantity 

or quality nor increase the total price of 

energy available to the United 

States.’ ’’ 16

Alaska LNG contends that this 1988 

Presidential Finding is not limited in 

scope to a particular project or time 

period. Rather, the Finding expressly 

‘‘ ‘remove[d] the [ANGTA] Section 12 

regulatory impediment to Alaskan 

natural gas exports in a manner that 

allows any private party to develop this 

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17 Id. at 27–28 (quoting Presidential Finding, 53 

Fed. Reg. 999). 

18Presidential Finding, 53 FR 999. 

19See id. at 28 (citing Yukon Pacific Corp., ERA 

Docket No. 87–68–LNG, Order No. 350 (Nov. 16, 

1989)). 

20Alaska LNG App. at 29–30 (quoting Yukon 

Pacific Corp., Order No. 350, at 7, 27). 

21Exec. Order 13534, 75 FR 12,433 (Mar. 11, 

2010). 

resource and sets up competition for 

this purpose.’ ’’ 17 According to the 

Presidential Finding, ‘‘removal of this 

impediment . . . will benefit our entire 

Nation.’’ 18

Alaska LNG notes that, although the 

Presidential Finding was issued in the 

context of earlier efforts to develop the 

vast natural gas resources on the North 

Slope (specifically, the Yukon Pacific 

project),19 its broad language applies 

equally to Alaska LNG’s Application to 

develop these same resources. 

According to Alaska LNG, the Yukon 

Pacific project bears remarkable 

similarities to its proposed Project. 

Further, in the Yukon Pacific 

proceeding, DOE/FE concluded that the 

Presidential Finding ‘‘ ‘removed the 

section 12 impediment to exports of 

North Slope natural gas,’ ’’ and is a 

‘‘ ‘generic finding’ ’’ that DOE/FE could 

apply to the facts of the case.20

Alaska LNG maintains that the facts of 

today’s natural gas landscape support 

the continued validity of the 

Presidential Finding. Therefore, Alaska 

LNG asserts that the Presidential 

Finding is valid and applicable to this 

Project, and that the requirement of 

ANGTA Section 12 has been satisfied. 

Economic Benefits. Alaska LNG 

maintains that the requested 

authorization will benefit local, 

regional, and national economies and is 

not inconsistent with the public 

interest. According to Alaska LNG, the 

proposed export would make natural 

gas, otherwise stranded on the North 

Slope, available to both the global LNG 

market and Alaska in-state markets. 

Alaska LNG also asserts that the Project 

will create new jobs and opportunities 

for American workers, is consistent with 

President Obama’s National Export 

Initiative,21 and will improve the U.S. 

balance of trade. 

Benefits to National Energy Security. 

Alaska LNG maintains that the LNG 

exports associated with the requested 

authorization will support U.S. energy 

security. Alaska LNG points to DOE/

FE’s findings on national energy 

security in recent non-FTA LNG export 

proceedings and to the Socio-Economic 

Report, which analyzes the impact of 

natural gas exports on enhancing energy 

security using the metrics of supply 

assurance, price stability, and foreign 

policy. 

Environmental Benefits. Alaska LNG 

maintains that LNG exports significantly 

benefit the environment because natural 

gas is cleaner burning than other fossil 

fuels. According to Alaska LNG, an 

increased supply of natural gas made 

possible through LNG exports can help 

countries reduce their reliance on less 

environmentally friendly fuels. To the 

extent its proposed exports are used by 

foreign countries as a substitute for coal 

and fuel oil, Alaska LNG maintains that 

its exports would reduce emissions 

significantly over the 30-year export 

term. 

Based on these factors, Alaska LNG 

maintains that the proposed exports are 

not inconsistent with the public 

interest. Additional details can be found 

in Alaska LNG’s Application, which is 

posted on the DOE/FE Web site at: 

http://energy.gov/fe/downloads/alaskalng-project-llc-14-96-lng. 

Environmental Impact 

Alaska LNG requests that DOE/FE 

grant its request to export LNG to nonFTA countries conditioned on FERC’s 

completion of the NEPA review and 

approval of Project construction. Alaska 

LNG notes that it has been standard 

practice for DOE/FE to complete its 

NEPA review as a cooperating agency in 

FERC’s review of proposed export 

facilities. Alaska LNG further states that 

it will seek any necessary permits from 

other federal, state, and local agencies, 

as well as conduct any necessary 

consultations. Alaska LNG notes that it 

expects to commence FERC’s pre-filing 

process in 2014. 

DOE/FE Evaluation 

The Application will be reviewed 

pursuant to section 3(a) of the NGA, 15 

U.S.C. 717b(a). In reviewing this LNG 

export Application, DOE will consider 

issues required by law or policy. To the 

extent determined to be relevant or 

appropriate, DOE/FE’s review will 

include the impact of LNG exports 

associated with this Application on 

Alaskan regional domestic need for the 

natural gas proposed for export, 

adequacy of domestic natural gas supply 

in Alaska, and other issues, 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 the Application 

should address these issues in their 

comments and/or protests, as well as 

other issues deemed relevant to the 

Application. 

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 

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) Emailing the 

filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov with FE 

Docket No. 14–96–LNG in the title line; 

(2) mailing an original and three paper 

copies of the filing to the Office of Oil 

and Gas Global Security and Supply at 

the address listed in ADDRESSES; or (3) 

hand delivering an original and three 

paper copies of the filing to the Office 

of Oil and Gas Global Security and 

Supply at the address listed in 

ADDRESSES before 4:30 p.m. EST. All 

filings must include a reference to FE 

Docket No. 14–96–LNG. Please Note: If 

submitting a filing via email, please 

include all related documents and 

attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the 

original email correspondence. Please 

do not include any active hyperlinks or 

password protection in any of the 

documents or attachments related to the 

filing. All electronic filings submitted to 

DOE must follow these guidelines to 

ensure that all documents are filed in a 

timely manner. Any hardcopy filing 

submitted greater in length than 50 

pages must also include, at the time of 

the filing, a digital copy on disk of the 

entire submission. 

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 

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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 is available for 

inspection and copying in the Division 

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 8:00 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

11, 2014. 

Lisa C. Tracy, 

Acting Director, Division of Natural Gas 

Regulatory Activities, Office of Oil and Gas 

Global Security and Supply, Office of Oil 

and Natural Gas. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22226 Filed 9–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

Reservation 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge 

Reservation. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, October 8, 2014; 

6:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Department of Energy 

Information Center, Office of Science 

and Technical Information, 1 

Science.gov Way, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 

37830. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melyssa P. Noe, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM– 

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 

241–3315; Fax (865) 576–0956 or email: 

noemp@emor.doe.gov or check the Web 

site at http://energy.gov/orem/services/

community-engagement/oak-ridge-sitespecific-advisory-board. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Welcome and Announcements 

• Comments from the Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer 

• Comments from the DOE, Tennessee 

Department of Environment and 

Conservation, and Environmental 

Protection Agency Liaisons 

• Public Comment Period 

• Presentation 

• Additions/Approval of Agenda 

• Motions/Approval of September 10, 

2014 meeting minutes 

• Status of Recommendations with DOE 

• Committee Reports 

• Federal Coordinator Report 

• Adjourn 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Oak Ridge, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Melyssa P. 

Noe at least seven days in advance of 

the meeting at the phone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to the agenda 

item should contact Melyssa P. Noe at 

the address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received five 

days prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http://energy.gov/

orem/services/community-engagement/

oak-ridge-site-specific-advisory-board. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 

12, 2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Commission To Review the 

Effectiveness of the National Energy 

Laboratories 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Commission to 

Review the Effectiveness of the National 

Energy Laboratories (Commission). The 

Commission was created pursuant 

section 319 of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2014, Public Law 

113–76, and in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 

U.S.C. App. 2. This notice is provided 

in accordance with the Act. 

DATES: Monday, October 6, 2014; 10:30 

a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Institute for Defense 

Analyses, Room 1301, 4850 Mark Center 

Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Gibson, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 

586–3787; email crenel@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Commission was 

established to provide advice to the 

Secretary on the Department’s National 

Laboratories. The Commission will 

review the National Energy Laboratories 

for alignment with the Department’s 

strategic priorities, clear and balanced 

missions, unique capabilities to meet 

current energy and national security 

challenges, appropriate size to meet the 

Department’s energy and national 

security missions, and support of other 

Federal agencies. The Commission will 

also look for opportunities to more 

effectively and efficiently use the 

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