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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 12–32–LNG] 

Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P.; 

Application for Long-Term 

Authorization to Export Liquefied 

Natural Gas Produced From Domestic 

and Canadian Natural Gas Resources 

to Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Countries for a 25-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 March 23, 2012, 

by Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. 

(Jordan Cove), requesting long-term, 

multi-contract authorization to export as 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) both natural 

gas produced domestically in the United 

States and natural gas produced in 

Canada and imported into the United 

States, in an amount up to the 

equivalent of 292 billion cubic feet (Bcf) 

of natural gas per year, 0.8 Bcf per day 

(Bcf/d), over a 25-year period, 

commencing on the earlier of the date 

of first export or seven years from the 

date the requested authorization is 

granted. The LNG would be exported 

from the proposed LNG terminal to be 

located on the North Spit of Coos Bay 

in Coos County, Oregon, to any country 

(1) with which the United States does 

not have a free trade agreement (FTA) 

requiring national treatment for trade in 

natural gas, (2) which has developed or 

in the future develops the capacity to 

import LNG via ocean-going carrier, and 

(3) with which trade is not prohibited 

by U.S. law or policy. Jordan Cove is 

requesting this authorization to export 

LNG both on its own behalf and as agent 

for other parties who hold title to the 

LNG at the point of export. 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 using 

procedures detailed in the Public 

Comment Procedures section no later 

than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, August 6, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES:

Electronic Filing on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal under FE Docket 

No. 12–32–LNG: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Electronic Filing by email: 

fergas@hq.doe.gov. 

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1Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, LP; Jordan Cove, 

129 FERC ¶ 61,234 (December 17, 2009) (FERC 

Order). Rehearing requests of the FERC Order was 

pending before FERC at the time of the Application 

submission to DOE/FE. 

2 Jordan Cove states that under the LTA business 

model, the decision whether to utilize liquefaction 

capacity will be made by the LTA customer: If the 

marginal cost of producing or purchasing natural 

gas, liquefying it, and transporting the resulting 

LNG to a destination market is higher than other 

competing source of supply in any month, the LTA 

customer may forego its nomination rights for that 

month. 

3 Jordan Cove states that when any such 

agreement is executed, and the transaction specific 

information required under 10 CFR 590.202(b) 

becomes available, Jordan Cove will comply with 

that provision. 

4 Jordan Cove states that PCGP is a new interstate 

natural gas pipeline also certificated by the FERC 

Order (PCGP, together with the Jordan Cove 

terminal, the Jordan Cove Project). 

5Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, DOE/FE Order 

No. 2961, FE Docket No. 10–111–LNG (May 20, 

2011). 

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 Marc Talbert, 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, 

(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– 

256, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Jordan Cove is a Delaware limited 

partnership with its principal place of 

business in Coos Bay, Oregon. The 

general partner of Jordan Cove is Jordan 

Cove Energy Project L.L.C., a Delaware 

limited liability company. Both Jordan 

Cove and its general partner are owned 

by the two limited partners in Jordan 

Cove. The first, Fort Chicago LNG II 

U.S.L.P., a Delaware limited partnership 

owns seventy-five percent. It is wholly 

owned and controlled, through a 

number of intermediate wholly owned 

and controlled companies, by Veresen, 

Inc., a Canadian corporation based in 

Calgary, Alberta, which, prior to its 

organization as a corporation, was Fort 

Chicago Energy Partners L.P., a 

Canadian limited partnership (although 

the name of the parent changed, the 

name of the subsidiary owning Jordan 

Cove did not). The second, Energy 

Projects Development L.L.C., a Colorado 

limited liability company, owns twentyfive percent. It is owned by various 

private individuals, all of whom are 

U.S. citizens. 

Jordan Cove states that its 

construction and operation of an LNG 

terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon has 

already been authorized by the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

as an import facility.1 Jordan Cove states 

that it has developed modified plans for 

the terminal to operate as an export 

facility. The terminal facilities 

authorized by the FERC Order that will 

be used for exports include two 160 

cubic meter LNG full-containment 

storage tanks, a single marine berth, and 

on-site utilities and services. The 

modified plans include large diameter 

LNG piping configured for exports and 

electrically driven liquefaction 

equipment. On February 29, 2012, 

Jordan Cove filed a request for FERC’s 

Office of Energy Projects to commence 

the mandatory National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) pre-filing review 

process for an application to amend its 

FERC authorization to add export 

facilities, which was docketed in FERC 

Docket No. PF12–7–000 and approved 

by letter dated March 6, 2012. Jordan 

Cove anticipates completing the prefiling review process and filing its 

application to amend in October, 2012. 

Jordan Cove states that provided that 

FERC authorizes the export facilities by 

the end of 2013, Jordan Cove would be 

able to complete construction and 

commence export service in the fourth 

quarter of 2017. Jordan Cove further 

states that this service would offer 

benefits unique to the Jordan Cove 

terminal, because it is the only currently 

proposed liquefaction and export 

project that will provide customers the 

opportunity to export LNG from the U.S. 

West Coast with natural gas likely to be 

sources from Canadian and the U.S. 

Rocky Mountain supply basins. 

Current Application 

In the instant application, Jordan 

Cove seeks long-term, multi-contract 

authorization to export as LNG both 

natural gas produced domestically in 

the United States and natural gas 

produced in Canada and imported into 

the United States, up to the equivalent 

of 292 Bcf of natural gas per year, 0.8 

Bcf/d, for a period of 25 years beginning 

on the earlier of the date of first export 

or seven years from the date the 

authorization is granted by DOE/FE. 

Jordan Cove requests that such longterm authorization provide for export 

from its LNG terminal to be located on 

the North Spit of Coos Bay in Coos 

County, Oregon to any country with 

which the United States does not have 

an FTA requiring national treatment for 

trade in natural gas, 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. 

Jordan Cove 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 the Jordan Cove terminal for 

liquefaction services and to receive LNG 

in exchange for a processing fee paid to 

Jordan Cove.2

Jordan Cove requests long-term, 

multi-contract authorization to engage 

in exports of LNG on behalf of or as 

agent for others, as well as on its own 

behalf. Jordan Cove states that the title 

holder at the point of export, if not 

Jordan Cove, may be an LTA customer 

or a party that purchases LNG from an 

LTA customer pursuant to a long-term 

contract. Jordan Cove will file, or cause 

others to file, under seal, executed 

contracts associated with the long-term 

supply of natural gas to, or the longterm export of LNG from, the Jordan 

Cove terminal, including LTAs, within 

30 days of their execution.3 Jordan Cove 

states that Jordan Cove’s terminal, via 

the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline 

(PCGP),4 will be connected to the 

Northwest United States market hub at 

Malin, Oregon, providing access to 

abundant and diverse gas supplies in 

both the United States and Canada. At 

the Malin hub, PCGP will interconnect 

with Gas Transmission Northwest 

Pipeline, delivering gas from western 

Canada, and via its Stanfield 

interconnection with Northwest 

Pipeline, delivering gas from the U.S. 

Rockies; Ruby Pipeline, delivering gas 

from western Wyoming, northwestern 

Colorado and northern Utah; and, PG&E 

Redwood Path, serving northern 

California. 

Public Interest Considerations 

In support of its Application, Jordan 

Cove states that in DOE/FE Order No. 

2961 (Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC) 5

authorizing LNG exports to non-FTA 

nations, DOE/FE acknowledged its 

longstanding position that ‘‘Section 3(a) 

creates a rebuttable presumption that a 

proposed export of natural gas is in the 

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6 Id. at 28 and n. 38, citing Phillips Alaska Natural 

Gas Corporation and Marathon Oil Company, 2 FE 

¶ 70,317 (1999) (Phillips Order). 

7 In January 2012, the U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA) released Effect of Increased 

Natural Gas Exports on Domestic Energy Markets 

(EIA Report), a case study, prepared at the request 

of DOE/FE, evaluating the impact of increased 

natural gas demand reflecting exports of LNG on 

domestic energy consumption, production and 

demand under four scenarios. The EIA Report is 

addressed infra at 16–18. 8 DOE Policy Guidelines at 6685. 

public interest, and DOE must grant 

such an application unless those who 

oppose the application overcome that 

presumption ‘‘by making an affirmative 

showing of inconsistency with the 

public interest.’’ 6

Jordan Cove states that the LNG 

export authorization will serve the 

public interest in multiple ways. It will 

permit exports when competitive and 

otherwise promote healthy domestic 

and international natural gas markets. 

Jordan Cove states that the exports will 

not pose any threat to the security of 

domestic natural gas supplies, but to the 

contrary, they will result in significant 

economic benefits. Jordan Cove states 

that the demand created by the exports 

will stimulate increased revenues and 

jobs in upstream industries, which in 

turn will benefit the overall U.S. 

economy. Jordan Cove states that the 

construction and operation of the Jordan 

Cove Project will also create jobs and 

produce revenues to the benefit of the 

local and regional economies. Jordan 

Cove states that exports will have 

positive international trade impacts for 

the United States. In sum, Jordan Cove 

states that the Jordan Cove Project’s 

economic benefits advance the 

Administration’s efforts to expand 

exports, create jobs, and otherwise 

stimulate the beleaguered U.S. 

economy. 

Jordan Cove commissioned 

independent experts to conduct studies 

and prepare the following reports that 

Jordan Cove claims demonstrate these 

public interest impacts: 

1. Jordan Cove LNG Export Project 

Market Analysis Study, January 2012 by 

Navigant Consulting, Inc. (Navigant) 

analyzing gas supply and demand 

outlooks and modeling potential price 

effects of the proposed exports for the 

North American natural gas market to 

2045 (Navigant Study). 

2. Whitepaper: Analysis of the EIA 

Export Report ‘Effect of Increased 

Natural Gas Exports on Domestic 

Energy Markets’ Dated January 19, 2012, 

February 2012 by Navigant commenting 

on the EIA Report 7 (Navigant 

Whitepaper). 

3. An Economic Impact Analysis of 

the Construction of an LNG Terminal 

and Natural Gas Pipeline in Oregon, 

March 6, 2012 by ECONorthwest 

examining impacts on the states of 

Oregon and Washington of the 

construction of the Jordan Cove Project 

(Construction Study). 

4. An Economic Impact Analysis of 

Jordan Cove LNG Terminal and Pacific 

Connector Gas Pipeline Operations, 

March 23, 2012 by ECONorthwest 

examining impacts on the local 

communities of the operations of the 

Jordan Cove Project (Operations Study). 

5. Upstream Economic Contributions 

of the Jordan Cove Energy Project, 

February 29, 2012 by ECONorthwest 

quantifying direct and indirect 

contributions of the Jordan Cove Project 

to the United States economy (Upstream 

Contributions Study). 

6. Effect of the Jordan Cove Energy 

Project’s LNG Exports on United States 

Balance of Trade, March 20, 2012 by 

ECONorthwest analyzing the impact of 

the Jordan Cove Project on the nation’s 

balance of trade (Balance of Trade 

Study). 

Copies of the complete reports are 

appended to Jordan Cove’s application. 

Jordan Cove provides further discussion 

on their views that the proposed export 

authorization is in the public interest, 

discussed briefly below. 

(1) Jordan Cove Exports Will Benefit 

Natural Gas Markets—Jordan Cove 

claims: (a) That natural gas supply is 

more than adequate to serve the 

projected domestic demand and 

proposed LNG exports; (b) that the effect 

of Jordan Cove exports on natural gas 

prices is minimal; and (c) that LNG 

exports will strengthen the U.S. natural 

gas market. 

(2) Jordan Cove Exports Will Cause 

Economic Benefits—Jordan Cove claims: 

(a) That construction of the Jordan Cove 

Project will benefit the regional 

economy; (b) that operation of the 

Jordan Cove Project will benefit the 

local economy; (c) that exports from 

Jordan Cove will foster upstream 

industry growth and stimulate the U.S. 

economy; (d) that Jordan Cove exports 

will provide trade benefits; and (e) that 

Jordan Cove exports will provide 

additional international benefits. 

(3) Jordan Cove claims that exports 

will offer unique advantages due to its 

location. 

A more complete discussion of the 

above public benefits claimed by Jordan 

Cove is highlighted in Jordan Cove’s 

application. Based on the reasoning 

provided in the Application, Jordan 

Cove requests that the DOE/FE 

determine that Jordan Cove’s request for 

long-term, multi-contract authorization 

to export LNG to non-FTA countries 

would be consistent with the goal of the 

DOE Policy Guidelines to ‘‘minimize 

regulatory impediments to a freely 

operating market.’’ 8

Environmental Impact 

Jordan Cove states that FERC has 

found that the proposed Jordan Cove 

LNG import terminal is environmentally 

acceptable if constructed and operated 

in accordance with the environmental 

mitigation measures set forth in the 

FERC Order. Jordan Cove also states that 

the potential environmental impacts of 

the terminal as modified to permit 

exports of LNG will be reviewed by 

FERC under NEPA when Jordan Cove’s 

application to amend its certificate to 

authorize liquefaction and export is 

filed. Jordan Cove requests that DOE/FE 

issue an order authorizing exports of 

LNG conditioned upon satisfactory 

completion of the environmental review 

process by FERC. 

DOE/FE Evaluation 

The Application will be reviewed 

pursuant to section 3 of the NGA, as 

amended, and the authority contained 

in DOE Delegation Order No. 00– 

002.00L (April 29, 2011) and DOE 

Redelegation Order No. 00–002.04E 

(April 29, 2011). In reviewing this LNG 

export Application, DOE will consider 

any issues required by law or policy. To 

the extent determined to be relevant or 

appropriate, these issues will include 

the impact of LNG exports associated 

with this Application, and the 

cumulative impact of any other 

application(s) previously approved, on 

domestic need for the gas proposed for 

export, adequacy of domestic natural 

gas supply, U.S. energy security, and 

any other issues, including the impact 

on the U.S. economy (GDP), consumers, 

and industry, job creation, U.S. balance 

of trade, international considerations, 

and 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 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, 

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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) 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. 

12–32–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; (2) emailing the 

filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov with FE 

Docket No. 12–32–LNG in the title line; 

(3) mailing an original and three paper 

copies of the filing to the Office Natural 

Gas Regulatory Activities at the address 

listed in ADDRESSES; or (4) 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. 

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 Jordan Cove 

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 8:00 

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. In addition, 

any electronic comments filed will also 

be available at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 29, 

2012. 

John A. Anderson, 

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and 

Supply, Office of Fossil Energy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

DOE/NSF High Energy Physics 

Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the DOE/NSF High Energy 

Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP). The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Monday, August 27, 2012; 9:00 

a.m.–6:00 p.m. and Tuesday, August 28, 

2012; 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hilton Hotel, 1750 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Kogut, Executive Secretary; High Energy 

Physics Advisory Panel; U.S. 

Department of Energy; SC–25/ 

Germantown Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–1290; 

Telephone: 301–903–1298. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and guidance on a continuing 

basis to the Department of Energy and 

the National Science Foundation on 

scientific priorities within the field of 

high energy physics research. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include discussions of the following: 

Monday, August 27, 2012 and Tuesday, 

August 28, 2012 

• Discussion of Department of Energy 

High Energy Physics Program. 

• Discussion of National Science 

Foundation Elementary Particle Physics 

Program. 

• Reports on and Discussions of 

Topics of General Interest in High 

Energy Physics. 

• Public Comment (10-minute rule). 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make oral statements regarding any of 

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contact John Kogut by telephone: 301– 

903–1298 or email at: 

John.Kogut@science.doe.gov. You must 

make your request for an oral statement 

at least 5 business days before the 

meeting. Reasonable provision will be 

made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The 

Chairperson of the Panel will conduct 

the meeting to facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Public comment 

will follow the 10-minute rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available on the High Energy 

Physics Advisory Panel’s Web site at: 

http://science.energy.gov/hep/hepap/. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

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