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planning, managing, and 

implementation of DOE’s nuclear energy 

program. 

Additionally, the renewal of the 

NEAC has been determined to be 

essential to conduct business of the 

Department of Energy and to be in the 

public interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed upon the 

Department of Energy, by law and 

agreement. The Committee will 

continue to operate in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, adhering to the rules 

and regulations in implementation of 

that Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Rova, Designated Federal Officer 

at (301) 903–9096. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on December 12, 

2013. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Subsequent Arrangement 

AGENCY: Office of Nonproliferation and 

International Security, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Proposed Subsequent 

Arrangement. 

SUMMARY: The Department is providing 

notice of a proposed agreement between 

the Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the 

People’s Republic of China that is being 

processed as a subsequent arrangement. 

DATES: This subsequent arrangement 

will take effect no sooner than January 

2, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Katie Strangis, Office of 

Nonproliferation and International 

Security, National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

Telephone: 202–586–8623 or email: 

Katie.Strangis@nnsa.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agreement that is being processed as a 

subsequent arrangement is a proposed 

Implementing Arrangement Between the 

Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the 

People’s Republic of China Under the 

Agreement for Cooperation Between the 

Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the 

People’s Republic of China Concerning 

Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (the 

Implementing Arrangement). The text of 

the Implementing Arrangement is 

appended at the end of this notice. The 

Implementing Arrangement will permit 

the exchange and joint development of 

Traveling Wave Reactor (TWR) design 

information and related technology 

between the United States and the 

People’s Republic of China (China), in 

accordance with section 57.b(1) of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(AEA). Section 57(b) states that persons 

seeking to export nuclear technology or 

assistance from the United States, the 

Secretary of Energy must find that the 

transfer is not inimical to the interests 

of the United States. Authorized U.S. 

persons pursuant to this Implementing 

Arrangement will fulfill this 

requirement by seeking the relevant 

license, codified in 10 CFR part 810, 

from the Department of Energy. 

At the request of U.S. industry and 

the Chinese government, the 

Department of Energy/National Nuclear 

Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) 

and Department of State (DOS) 

negotiated an agreement with agencies 

of the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China (China) that would 

facilitate the joint development of TWR 

technology between a U.S. commercial 

entity and a Chinese governmental 

entity engaged in similar technology 

development. DOE/NNSA and DOS 

negotiated the agreement as an 

implementing arrangement under the 

Agreement for Cooperation Between the 

Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the 

People’s Republic of China Concerning 

Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy of [July 

23, 1985] (123 Agreement) to cover the 

joint TWR work and permit the transfer 

of technology from the United States to 

China. The agencies of the Chinese 

government involved in the negotiations 

were the National Energy 

Administration (NEA), the China 

Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA), and 

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 

The Implementing Arrangement 

establishes the scope of cooperation and 

allows both governments to designate 

individuals and entities, including in 

the commercial sector, as ‘‘Authorized 

Persons’’ who are permitted to exchange 

and develop information and 

technology, subject to the conditions 

and restrictions set out in the 

Implementing Arrangement. 

As provided in Section 131a. of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 

I have determined that this subsequent 

arrangement will not be inimical to the 

common defense and security of the 

United States. In reaching this 

determination, all relevant factors were 

considered. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 9, 

2013. 

Richard Goorevich, 

Senior Policy Advisor, Office of 

Nonproliferation and International Security, 

National Nuclear Security Administration. 

IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT 

BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE 

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S 

REPUBLIC OF CHINA UNDER THE 

AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION 

BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE 

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S 

REPUBLIC OF CHINA CONCERNING 

PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY 

The Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as 

the ‘‘Parties’’), 

RECOGNIZING that the United States of 

America and the People’s Republic of China 

are parties to the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at 

Washington, London and Moscow July 1, 

1968; 

NOTING the Agreement for Cooperation 

Between the Government of the United States 

of America and the Government of the 

People’s Republic of China Concerning 

Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy signed on 

July 23, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the 

‘‘Agreement for Cooperation’’); 

NOTING the Exchange of Diplomatic Notes 

between the Parties on September 12, 2003, 

regarding their understanding concerning 

assurances for transfers of nuclear 

technology, and the Statement of Intent 

between the Department of Energy of the 

United States of America and the China 

Atomic Energy Authority on exchange of 

assurances for transfers of nuclear technology 

of September 16, 2003; 

ACKNOWLEDGING the need to develop an 

appropriate mix of environmentally safe and 

secure sources of energy, including nuclear, 

to meet the needs of their respective 

countries’ populations; 

NOTING the shared commitment of the 

Parties to preventing nuclear proliferation; 

EMPHASIZING the critical role of 

international safeguards in promoting 

international confidence in the peaceful uses 

of nuclear energy; 

ACKNOWLEDGING their shared wish to 

facilitate research and development on 

relevant topics related to the peaceful uses of 

nuclear energy; 

RECOGNIZING that research and 

development of traveling wave reactor 

(‘‘TWR’’) technology is ongoing in both the 

United States and the People’s Republic of 

China and that the significant physical and 

intellectual investment in infrastructure 

required to support TWR development need 

not be duplicated by each Party, but rather 

can be shared and harmonized in an efficient 

and equitable fashion; 

REALIZING that the successful 

development of traveling wave reactors for 

the production of power for peaceful 

purposes would contribute significantly to 

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worldwide, non-proliferation, and the 

sustainable development of nuclear power; 

WISHING to facilitate cooperation in the 

development and deployment of TWR 

technology; 

NOTING that Article 3 of the Agreement 

for Cooperation provides that information 

and technology concerning the use of nuclear 

energy for peaceful purposes may be 

transferred, and Article 2, paragraph 2 of the 

Agreement for Cooperation provides that 

transfer of information and technology under 

the Agreement for Cooperation may be 

undertaken directly between the parties to 

that agreement or through authorized 

persons, subject to the terms of the 

Agreement for Cooperation and to such 

additional terms and conditions as may be 

agreed by the parties thereto; and 

WISHING to provide for such additional 

terms and conditions for cooperation by the 

Parties and their authorized persons in the 

development and deployment of TWR 

technology in support of cooperative efforts 

to develop TWRs, 

Have agreed as follows: 

ARTICLE I 

1. The Parties acknowledge their mutual 

interest in facilitating cooperation between 

their countries in the development of TWR 

technology on the basis of mutual benefit, 

equality and reciprocity, and shall endeavor 

to take steps to facilitate such cooperation, 

without prejudice to the rights and 

obligations of the Parties under this 

Implementing Arrangement and the 

Agreement for Cooperation. 

2. Each Party shall endeavor not to take 

any action for the purpose of interfering with 

the development and deployment of TWR 

technology for peaceful purposes in 

accordance with the Agreement for 

Cooperation. 

3. The Parties agree that, in fulfilling their 

obligations under this Implementing 

Arrangement, their cooperation on the 

development and deployment of TWR 

technology shall be in accordance with their 

respective applicable treaties, national laws 

and regulations. The Parties recognize, with 

respect to the observance of this 

Implementing Arrangement, the principle of 

international law that provides that a party 

may not invoke the provisions of its internal 

law as justification for its failure to perform 

a treaty. 

4. For purposes of this Implementing 

Arrangement: ‘‘TWR technology’’ means 

information or technology (including 

information incorporated in a nuclear 

reactor, component or equipment) that has 

not yet entered into the public domain and 

that is especially designed, prepared or 

necessary for the development, testing, 

manufacture, deployment, operation, or 

maintenance of traveling wave reactors, and 

for the manufacture, installation, or 

disposition of fuel for such reactors, and such 

other information which may be so 

designated by written agreement of the 

Parties. 

‘‘Traveling wave reactors’’ or ‘‘TWRs’’ 

means reactors that would be designed to 

operate indefinitely using natural uranium, 

depleted uranium, spent light water reactor 

fuel, or thorium as reload fuel after start-up, 

and in which waves that breed and then burn 

would travel relative to the fuel. Under this 

Implementing Arrangement, standing wave 

reactors are covered by the definition of 

‘‘traveling wave reactors’’. 

ARTICLE II 

1. The Executive Agent under this 

Implementing Arrangement for the 

Government of the United States of America 

shall be the United States Department of 

Energy, and the Executive Agents under this 

Implementing Arrangement for the 

Government of the People’s Republic of 

China shall be the National Energy 

Administration of China and the China 

Atomic Energy Authority. In particular, the 

China Atomic Energy Authority is the 

leading Executive Agent for the People’s 

Republic of China for implementing Article 

VI and Article VII of this Implementing 

Arrangement. Each Party may change its 

Executive Agents or add one or more 

additional Executive Agents by written 

notice to the other Party. 

2. Each Party’s Executive Agents shall have 

the right, in accordance with the laws and 

regulations of its country, and following 

written notification to the other Party’s 

Executive Agents, to delegate responsibilities 

for the implementation of this Implementing 

Arrangement to other agencies, departments, 

or units of its respective government. 

3. Each Party’s Executive Agents shall 

endeavor to facilitate the participation, as 

appropriate, and coordination of all 

appropriate scientific and technical entities 

in that Party’s country, including but not 

limited to fuel fabrication enterprises, 

nuclear power plants, and regulatory 

agencies, that will be involved in the 

cooperation subject to this Implementing 

Arrangement. 

ARTICLE III 

Each Party’s Executive Agents shall 

designate in writing the individuals and/or 

entities within the jurisdiction of that Party 

authorized to participate in cooperation 

under this Implementing Arrangement in the 

development and deployment of TWR 

technology and, in connection with such 

cooperation, to transfer TWR technology to 

the Executive Agents and Authorized Persons 

of the other Party. Individuals and entities so 

designated by an Executive Agent of a Party 

are hereinafter referred to as ‘‘Authorized 

Persons’’. 

ARTICLE IV 

The areas of cooperation on development 

and deployment of TWR technology under 

this Implementing Arrangement shall 

include: 

A) TWR reactor neutronics analysis and 

experimentation, including but not limited to 

reactor, plant shielding, nuclear data, 

software (source program), nuclear database, 

conceptual design, core and system design 

and certification in the phases, core and fuel 

management technology, model and 

calculation; 

B) TWR reactor and plant safety, including 

but not limited to reactor system safety 

standards, accident analysis software, and 

accident management regulations; 

C) TWR fuels and materials, including but 

not limited to long-life fuel; clad materials; 

structural materials; component materials; 

absorber materials; circuit materials; fuels 

and materials research and development 

(R&D); testing programs used to develop the 

fuels and materials manufacturing processes; 

experimental data; raw material; formulae; 

technological processes; and facilities and 

equipment used to manufacture the fuels and 

materials; 

D) TWR nuclear steam supply systems and 

their associated components and equipment, 

including but not limited to design standard, 

component, equipment, and system design, 

thermal hydraulics, mechanics, and 

chemistry analysis; 

E) TWR engineered safety features and 

their associated components, including but 

not limited to design standards, component 

and system design, and structural design; 

F) TWR reactor building, including but not 

limited to containment design and structural 

and architectural analysis; 

G) TWR reactor instrumentation and 

control, and application of computer science, 

including but not limited to survey, monitor, 

control, and protection systems; 

H) TWR reactor quality assurance, nondestructive inspection practices, and inservice inspection technology; 

I) TWR plant design, construction, debug, 

test run, operation, maintenance, and 

decommissioning technology; 

J) TWR economic methodology and 

evaluation technology; 

K) Treatment, storage, recycle, and 

disposal technology of TWR reactor and 

system spent fuel; 

L) Treatment, storage, and disposal 

technology of TWR reactor and system 

radioactive waste; and 

M) Such other areas as the Parties or their 

Executive Agents agree upon in writing. 

ARTICLE V 

1. Cooperation under this Implementing 

Arrangement with respect to the areas listed 

in Article IV may include, but is not limited 

to, the following forms: 

A) Exchange of views and information; 

B) Organization of, and participation in, 

seminars, workshops, and other meetings; 

C) Exchange of scientists, engineers, and 

other specialists for agreed periods of time 

for cooperative training, and participation in 

experiments, analysis, design, and other 

research, development and demonstration 

activities at civilian scientific centers, 

academic institutions, nuclear reactor 

facilities, laboratories, engineering offices, 

and other facilities of the Parties; 

D) Exchange, provision, or loan of samples, 

materials, instruments, components, and 

equipment for experiments, testing, and 

evaluation; 

E) The use by one Party of the civilian 

facilities owned or operated by the other 

Party, subject in each case to the execution 

of an appropriate agreement therefor; and 

F) Such other specific forms of cooperation 

as may be agreed by the Parties or their 

Executive Agents in writing. 

2. The Parties agree that Authorized 

Persons from both countries may carry out 

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Arrangement through such forms as 

establishing a joint venture. 

ARTICLE VI 

1. Any TWR technology transferred by one 

Party (or its Authorized Persons) to the other 

Party (or its Authorized Persons) under this 

Implementing Arrangement as well as any 

TWR technology developed in the course of 

the cooperation under this Implementing 

Arrangement or jointly developed by two or 

more Authorized Persons through such 

cooperation shall be subject to this 

Implementing Arrangement. In addition, 

items derived from any TWR technology 

subject to this Implementing Arrangement or 

developed through the cooperation or jointly 

developed by two or more Authorized 

Persons through such cooperation under this 

Implementing Arrangement shall be subject 

to this Implementing Arrangement. 

2. The following requirements shall apply 

to TWR technology and items subject to this 

Implementing Arrangement: 

A) TWR technology and items subject to 

this Implementing Arrangement shall not be 

used for the production of any nuclear 

weapons or nuclear explosive device, or for 

research on or development of any such 

weapon or device, or for any military 

purpose. 

B) TWR technology transferred under this 

Implementing Arrangement and items 

derived therefrom shall not be retransferred 

to unauthorized persons or, unless the Party 

that originally transferred the TWR 

technology agrees in advance in writing, from 

the jurisdiction of the other Party. 

C) TWR technology developed in the 

course of the cooperation under this 

Implementing Arrangement or jointly 

developed by two or more Authorized 

Persons through such cooperation, and items 

derived therefrom, shall not be retransferred 

to unauthorized persons or, unless the Parties 

agree in advance in writing, from the 

jurisdiction of either Party. 

D) Prior to the transfer to a third country 

of TWR technology or items subject to this 

Implementing Arrangement, the Parties by 

mutual agreement in writing will define the 

conditions in accordance with which such 

TWR technology or items may be transferred 

to the jurisdiction of the third country. 

E) Each Party shall require recipients of 

TWR technology under this Implementing 

Arrangement to take all measures necessary 

to ensure adequate protection of the 

transferred TWR technology as well as 

technology developed in the course of the 

cooperation under this Implementing 

Arrangement or jointly developed by two or 

more Authorized Persons through such 

cooperation, and to ensure adequate physical 

protection of items under that Party’s 

jurisdiction that are subject to this 

Implementing Arrangement. Such physical 

protection shall, as appropriate, provide 

protection at a minimum comparable to the 

recommendations set forth in the 

International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear 

Security Series No. 13 entitled ‘‘Nuclear 

Security Recommendations on Physical 

Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear 

Facilities’’ (INFCIRC/225/Revision 5) and 

such further revisions of that document as 

agreed to by the Parties. 

3. Technology or items determined by the 

Executive Agents pursuant to paragraph 4 

E)(ii) of this Article VI to have been designed, 

constructed, fabricated, operated, or 

maintained independently of transferred 

technical data, technology or other 

information or items and of the cooperation 

under this Implementing Arrangement shall 

not be subject to the requirements of 

paragraph 2 of this Article VI. 

4. The Executive Agents of the Parties shall 

determine jointly what information and 

technology may be subject to the terms and 

conditions of this Implementing 

Arrangement according to the following 

procedures: 

A) Each Party, through its Executive 

Agents, shall require all its Authorized 

Persons to keep, and to provide to that 

Party’s Executive Agents, an annual 

inventory of all technical data, technology or 

other information associated with the 

development, construction, deployment or 

use of a traveling wave reactor that is 

transferred to the other Party, one of its 

Executive Agents or any of its Authorized 

Persons. 

B) Each Party, through its Executive 

Agents, shall require all its Authorized 

Persons to keep, and to provide to that 

Party’s Executive Agents, an annual 

inventory of all technical data, technology or 

other information or cooperation associated 

with the development, construction, 

deployment or use of a traveling wave reactor 

that is developed in the course of the 

cooperation under this Implementing 

Arrangement or jointly developed by two or 

more Authorized Persons through such 

cooperation, and items derived therefrom. 

C) Each Party, through its Executive 

Agents, shall require all its Authorized 

Persons to provide to its Executive Agents, 

prior to transferring any technical data, 

technology or other information or items to, 

or engaging in any cooperation with, the 

other Party under this Implementing 

Arrangement, its Executive Agents or any of 

its Authorized Persons, a list and description 

of what is to be transferred or jointly 

developed. 

D) The Executive Agents of the Parties 

shall establish a cooperation plan though 

consultations by the following process: 

i. Each Party’s Executive Agents shall 

request that Party’s Authorized Persons to 

consult with the Authorized Persons of the 

other Party to develop a proposed 

cooperation plan that outlines the scope of 

technical data, technology or other 

information or cooperation associated with 

the development, construction, deployment 

or use of a traveling wave reactor that is 

anticipated to be transferred, or 

communicated between the Parties, their 

Executive Agents or any of their Authorized 

Persons over a period to be agreed on by the 

Executive Agents. Based on the submissions 

from the Authorized Persons, the Executive 

Agents shall agree upon an initial 

cooperation plan at their initial consultation, 

which shall take place as soon as possible 

after the entry into force of this Implementing 

Arrangement but before any transfer of TWR 

technology by any Authorized Person. 

ii. In subsequent years, the Executive 

Agents shall review the cooperation plan at 

annual consultations, or any time agreed by 

the Executive Agents, based on information 

obtained from Authorized Persons, regarding 

transfers and cooperation expected to take 

place in the following year, and shall make 

appropriate revisions or adjustments to the 

cooperation plan. 

iii. Each Party, through its Executive 

Agents, shall authorize its Authorized 

Persons to cooperate with Authorized 

Persons of the other Party upon the adoption 

of the initial cooperation plan and only in 

accordance with the cooperation plan, as it 

may be revised from time to time. 

E) The Executive Agents shall exchange 

and review annually the inventories referred 

to in subparagraphs A) and B) of this 

paragraph 4 and reach agreement on a final 

annual inventory subject to the terms and 

conditions of this Implementing 

Arrangement, through consultations by the 

following procedures: 

i. Beginning at the end of the first year of 

cooperation under this Implementing 

Arrangement and in each subsequent year, 

each Party, through its Executive Agents, 

shall require each of its Authorized Persons 

to submit a list and description of what that 

Authorized Person has transferred, received 

or jointly developed through cooperation 

under this Implementing Arrangement in the 

previous year, and to work with the 

appropriate Authorized Persons of the other 

Party to seek agreement between all relevant 

Authorized Persons on such a list. 

ii. The Executive Agents of both Parties 

shall review the lists referred to in 

subparagraph E)(i) and the annual 

inventories referred to in subparagraphs A) 

and B) of this paragraph 4 on an annual basis 

and seek to agree in writing on a final annual 

inventory (‘‘Final Annual Inventory’’) of 

what is subject to the terms and conditions 

of this Implementing Arrangement. 

iii. The annual inventories referred to in 

subparagraphs A) and B) of this paragraph 4 

shall be subject to the terms and conditions 

of this Implementing Arrangement, including 

but not limited to the provisions on retransfer 

in Article VII hereof, until completion of the 

review by the Executive Agents in the annual 

consultation of that year in accordance with 

subparagraph E) of this paragraph. Technical 

data, technology or other information or 

cooperation or items on the annual 

inventories referred to in subparagraphs A) 

and B) of this paragraph 4 that the Executive 

Agents of both Parties agree are not included 

within the scope of this Implementing 

Arrangement shall be removed from the Final 

Annual Inventory and shall not thereafter be 

subject to the terms and conditions of this 

Implementing Arrangement. 

ARTICLE VII 

1. Prior to any transfer of TWR technology 

or items subject to this Implementing 

Arrangement by any Party to a third country, 

the Party proposing to make such transfer 

(the transferring Party) shall request in 

written form the consent of the other Party 

(the consenting Party) or the Executive Agent 

for the consenting Party to the transfer of the 

specified TWR technology or items to the 

identified third country. 

2. If the consenting Party or its Executive 

Agent provides to the transferring Party its 


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written consent to such transfer to that 

identified third country, subject to the agreed 

conditions in accordance with which such 

TWR technology or items may be transferred 

to the jurisdiction of that identified third 

country as provided in Article VI, paragraph 

2, subparagraph D) above, the consenting 

Party shall obtain in advance from the 

identified third country to which the TWR 

technology or items are to be transferred the 

same assurances as those set forth in Article 

VI, paragraph 2. 

3. The transferring Party shall ensure prior 

to the transfer that the appropriate 

governmental authority in the identified 

third country is informed that the TWR 

technology and items being retransferred are 

under obligation to the consenting Party. 

4. After the consenting Party receives the 

same assurances as set forth in Article VI, 

paragraph 2, from the identified third 

country, that Party will inform the 

transferring Party that it may proceed with 

the proposed transfer. 

ARTICLE VIII 

The Parties recognize that arrangements for 

allocation of intellectual property rights and 

benefits of the cooperation by Authorized 

Persons under this Implementing 

Arrangement may be made separately 

between those Authorized Persons. 

ARTICLE IX 

1. This Implementing Arrangement shall 

enter into force on the date of the latest 

written notification between the Parties that 

they have completed their internal legal 

procedures necessary for its entry into force, 

and shall remain in force for five years, 

unless terminated as provided herein. For so 

long as the Agreement for Cooperation is in 

force, this Implementing Arrangement shall 

be automatically renewed for further fiveyear periods unless either Party notifies the 

other in writing at least six months prior to 

the expiration of the first five-year period or 

any succeeding five-year period that it does 

not wish to renew this Implementing 

Arrangement at the end of that period. In 

addition, this Implementing Arrangement 

shall terminate upon the termination or 

expiration of the Agreement for Cooperation. 

2. This Implementing Arrangement may be 

amended by the Parties in writing. 

3. This Implementing Arrangement may be 

terminated at any time by both Parties in 

writing, or by either Party with one year’s 

advance notification in writing. Any 

termination or expiration shall be without 

prejudice to the rights which may have 

accrued under this Implementing 

Arrangement to either Party up to the date of 

such termination or expiration. 

Notwithstanding the termination or 

expiration of this Implementing 

Arrangement, the provisions of Articles VI 

and VII shall continue in effect until the 

Parties otherwise agree in writing. 

4. Joint activities not completed at the 

termination or expiration of this 

Implementing Arrangement may, if agreed by 

the Parties in writing, be continued until 

their completion under the terms of this 

Implementing Arrangement so long as the 

Agreement for Cooperation remains in force. 

5. This Implementing Arrangement is 

subject to the Agreement for Cooperation, 

and in case of any conflict between the 

Agreement for Cooperation and this 

Implementing Arrangement, the Agreement 

for Cooperation shall prevail. Any questions 

of interpretation or implementation relating 

to this Implementing Arrangement arising 

during its term shall be resolved by 

consultations between the Parties’ Executive 

Agents or, if necessary, the Parties. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, 

duly authorized thereto by their respective 

governments, have signed this Implementing 

Arrangement. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP14–23–000] 

Enable Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice 

of Application 

Take notice that on November 26, 

2013, Enable Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Enable) 1111 Louisiana Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002, filed in the 

above reference docket application 

pursuant to section 7(b) and 7(c) of the 

of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 

157 of the Commission’s regulations, 

requesting authorization for the Central 

Arkansas Pipeline Enhancement Project. 

Enable proposes to abandon and replace 

certain facilities in order to provide 

continued safe, reliable, and efficient 

transportation of natural gas service to 

the towns of Conway, Mayflower, 

Maumelle, North Little Rock, and Little 

Rock; all located in Pulaski and 

Faulkner Counties, Arkansas. Enable’s 

proposal is more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or 

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to B. 

Michelle Willis, Manager, Regulatory 

and Compliance, Enable Gas 

Transmission, LLC, P.O. Box 21734 

Shreveport, LA 71151 at (318) 429– 

3708. 

Specifically, Enable proposes to 

construct approximately 28.5 miles of 

12-inch pipeline (new Line BT–39), 

approximately 230 feet of 4-inch 

pipeline (new Line BT–40), and 

approximately 1,400 feet of 4-inch 

pipeline (new Line BT–41), as well as 

the installation of delivery points and 

necessary appurtenant facilities. In 

conjunction with the construction, 

Enable proposes to abandon an 

approximately 21.7 mile-long segment 

of existing Line B. Enable seeks 

authority to abandon by sale an 

approximately 12.4 mile-long segment 

of existing Line BT–14 and the entire 

line BT–19 to Enable’s affiliated 

distribution business, CenterPoint 

Energy Resources Corp. d/b/a 

CenterPoint Energy Arkansas Gas. 

Enable also proposes to abandon in its 

entirety existing Line BM–1, and 

reconfigure Line BM–21. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

7 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 


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