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BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

President’s Advisory Commission on 

Educational Excellence for Hispanics 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, 

White House Initiative on Educational 

Excellence for Hispanics. 

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and agenda of the second 

meeting of the President’s Advisory 

Commission on Educational Excellence 

for Hispanics, which is subject to 

Congressional approval and passage of 

the fiscal year 2012 budget. The notice 

also describes the functions of the 

Commission. Notice of the meeting is 

required by section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and 

intended to notify the public of its 

opportunity to attend. 

DATES: Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, and 

Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. 

Time: 1–5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6, and 

9 a.m.–5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7. 

ADDRESSES: The Commission will meet 

at the Eisenhower Executive Office 

Building (EEOB), in Washington, 

District of Columbia. Room 430 A–C, 

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

Washington, DC 20202, 202–401–1411. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Glorimar Maldonado, Chief of Staff, 

White House Initiative on Educational 

Excellence for Hispanics, 400 Maryland 

Ave., SW., Room 4W110, Washington, 

DC 20202; telephone: 202–401–1411 or 

202–401–0078. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Advisory Commission on 

Educational Excellence for Hispanics 

(the Commission) is established by 

Executive Order 13555 (Oct. 19, 2010). 

The Commission is governed by the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), (Pub. L. 92–463; 

as amended, 5 U.S.C.A., Appendix 2) 

which sets forth standards for the 

formation and use of advisory 

committees. The purpose of the 

Commission is to advise the President 

and the Secretary of Education 

(Secretary) on all matters pertaining to 

the education attainment of the 

Hispanic community. 

The Commission shall advise the 

President and the Secretary in the 

following areas: (i) Developing, 

implementing, and coordinating 

educational programs and initiatives at 

the Department and other agencies to 

improve educational opportunities and 

outcomes for Hispanics of all ages; (ii) 

increasing the participation of the 

Hispanic community and HispanicServing Institutions in the Department’s 

programs and in education programs at 

other agencies; (iii) engaging the 

philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and 

education communities in a national 

dialogue regarding the mission and 

objectives of this order; (iv) establishing 

partnerships with public, private, 

philanthropic, and nonprofit 

stakeholders to meet the mission and 

policy objectives of this order. 

Agenda 

The Commission will continue its 

discussion from the first meeting, 

including possible strategies to improve 

education outcomes for Hispanics. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations in order to attend the 

meeting (e.g., interpreting services, 

assistive listening devices, or material in 

alternative format) should notify 

Glorimar Maldonado, Chief of Staff, 

White House Initiative on Educational 

Excellence for Hispanics at 202–401– 

1411 or 202–401–0078, no later than 

Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. We will attempt 

to meet requests for such 

accommodations after this date, but 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

Individuals who wish to attend the 

Commission meetings must RSVP by 

noon EDT, Friday, Sept. 30, to the White 

House Initiative staff at 202–453–6347. 

Due to space limitations, RSVPs are 

required by the due date. Members of 

the public must RSVP by the due date. 

An opportunity for public comment is 

available throughout the day on 

Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, from 1–5 p.m., 

and Friday, Oct 7, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. Individuals who wish to provide 

comments will be allowed three 

minutes to speak. Those members of the 

public interested in submitting written 

comments may do so by submitting 

them to the attention of Glorimar 

Maldonado, White House Initiative on 

Educational Excellence for Hispanics, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Ave., SW., Room 4W110, 

Washington, DC 20202, by Wednesday, 

Oct. 5, 2011. The meeting proceedings 

will be webcast at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/live. 

Records are kept of all Commission 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the office of the White 

House Initiative on Educational 

Excellence for Hispanics, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave., SW., Room 4W108, Washington, 

DC 20202, Monday through Friday 

(excluding federal holidays) during the 

hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

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You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

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which is available free at this site. For 

questions about using PDF, call the U.S. 

Government Printing Office (GPO), toll 

free at 1–866–512–1830; or in the 

Washington, DC, area at 202–512–0000. 

Martha Kanter, 

Under Secretary, Department of Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 11–98–LNG] 

Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; 

Application for Blanket Authorization 

to Export Previously Imported 

Liquefied Natural Gas 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 

gives notice of receipt of an application 

(Application), filed on August 8, 2011, 

by Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP (DCP), 

requesting blanket authorization to 

export liquefied natural gas (LNG) that 

previously had been imported into the 

United States from foreign sources in an 

amount up to the equivalent of 150 

billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas. 

The LNG would be exported from the 

Cove Point LNG Terminal (Cove Point 

Terminal), owned by DCP, in Calvert 

County, Maryland, to any country with 

the capacity to import LNG via oceangoing carrier and with which trade is 

not prohibited by U.S. law or policy. 

DCP seeks authorization to act as an 

agent for others who own title to the 

LNG who will export the LNG over a 

two-year period commencing on 

December 1, 2011. The application was 

filed under section 3 of the Natural Gas 

Act (NGA). Protests, motions to 

intervene, notices of intervention, and 

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1 15 U.S.C. 717b.(a). 

2Freeport LNG Development, L.P., FE 11–51– 

LNG, DOE/FE Opinion and Order No. 2986 at 7. 3 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

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 Public Comment 

Procedures below no later than 4:30 

p.m., eastern time, October 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic Filing on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal under FE 

Docket No. 11–98–LNG: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Electronic Filing by e-mail: 

fergas@hq.doe.gov. 

Regular Mail: U.S. Department of 

Energy (FE–34), Office of Natural Gas 

Regulatory Activities, Office of Fossil 

Energy, P.O. Box 44375, Washington, 

DC 20026–4375. 

Hand Delivery or Private Delivery 

Services (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.) : U.S. 

Department of Energy (FE–34), Office of 

Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, Office 

of Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, 

Room 3E–042, 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larine Moore or Lisa Tracy, 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) 586–4523. 

Edward Myers, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the Assistant General 

Counsel for Electricity and Fossil 

Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6B– 

159, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

DCP is a Delaware limited partnership 

with its principal place of business in 

Lusby, Maryland, and offices in 

Richmond, Virginia. DCP is the current 

owner of the Cove Point Terminal. DCP 

is a subsidiary of Dominion Resources, 

Inc. (DRI), a producer and transporter of 

energy. DRI is a corporation organized 

and existing under the laws of the 

Commonwealth of Virginia with its 

principal place of business in 

Richmond, Virginia. 

Current Application 

In the instant application, DCP is 

seeking blanket authorization to export 

from its Cove Point Terminal LNG that 

previously had been imported from 

foreign sources. DCP seeks authorization 

to export this LNG to any country with 

the capacity to import LNG via oceangoing carrier and with which trade is 

not prohibited by U.S. law over a twoyear period commencing on December 

1, 2011, in an amount up to the 

equivalent of 150 Bcf of natural gas. 

DCP states that it does not seek 

authorization to export domestically 

produced LNG or natural gas. DCP also 

states that it will engage in short-term 

(or ‘‘blanket’’) re-exports of previously 

imported LNG. DCP does not intend to 

hold title to the LNG itself, and is 

requesting authorization to act as agent 

on behalf of other entities who 

themselves hold title to the LNG but 

will register each such LNG title holder 

with DOE/FE consistent with 

registration requirements previously 

adopted in DOE/FE Order 2986, issued 

July 19, 2011, which granted blanket 

export authorization to Freeport LNG 

Development, L.P. 

Public Interest Considerations 

In support of its application, DCP 

states that pursuant to section 3 of the 

NGA, FE is required to authorize 

exports to a foreign country unless there 

is a finding that such exports ‘‘will not 

be consistent with the public interest.’’ 1

DCP states that section 3 creates a 

statutory presumption in favor of a 

finding that the Application is in the 

public interest, which opponents bear 

the burden of overcoming. DCP states 

further that in reviewing an application 

to export LNG under section 3, DOE/FE 

has applied the principles set forth in 

DOE Delegation Order No. 0204–111, 

which focuses primarily on the 

domestic need for the gas to be 

exported. DCP asserts that DOE/FE has 

issued numerous recent blanket 

authorizations to re-export previously 

imported LNG, which cite evidence that 

indicates that consumers in the United 

States presently have access to 

substantial quantities of natural gas 

sufficient to meet domestic demand 

from multiple other sources at 

competitive prices without the LNG 

sought to be exported. Specifically, DCP 

asserts that DOE/FE Order 2986, issued 

July 19, 2011, which granted blanket 

authorization to Freeport LNG 

Development, L.P. to export LNG that 

previously had been imported from 

foreign sources, concluded that ‘‘the 

evidence of record indicates that United 

States consumers continue to have 

access to substantial quantities of 

natural gas sufficient to meet domestic 

demand from multiple other sources at 

competitive prices without drawing on 

the LNG which Freeport LNG seeks to 

export.’’ 2

In addition, DCP notes that a DOE/FE 

review of the most recent data and 

analysis prepared by the Energy 

Information Administration (EIA) shows 

an increasing volume of shale gas 

production compared to the data and 

projections referenced in Dow Chemical 

Company, DOE/FE Order No 2859 

(October 5, 2010), highlighting EIA’s 

more recent projections of rising gas 

production as published in the Annual 

Energy Outlook 2011. Based on these 

findings, DCP asserts that the evidence 

clearly shows that U.S. consumers have 

access to substantial supplies of natural 

gas that will meet demand without the 

foreign-sourced LNG which DCP 

proposes to re-export. 

DCP states that its application seeks 

only to re-export foreign-sourced LNG 

that has been imported and stored at the 

Cove Point LNG Terminal, and does not 

propose to export domestically 

produced natural gas. DCP states that 

the additional flexibility to re-export 

previously imported LNG will provide 

additional flexibility to its customers 

and should encourage the continued 

importation of LNG into the United 

States. 

DCP also states that re-exports of 

previously imported LNG will allow the 

Cove Point Terminal to remain in a 

cooled-down state so that it is 

operationally capable of providing 

DCP’s certificated services. DCP states 

that granting the requested export 

authorization will not diminish 

domestically-produced natural gas 

supplies. Further details can be found in 

the Application, which has been posted 

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

regulation/index.html. 

Environmental Impact 

DCP states that its requested LNG 

export authorization does not require 

the construction of any new facilities (or 

modifications to any existing facilities) 

at the Cove Point Terminal except for 

the conversion of six check valves 

located on the pier, which would allow 

ships to both load and unload at the 

terminal. In addition, DCP would 

modify its computer software for 

Emergency Shutdown to include 

loading operations and prepare a 

loading procedure for the U.S. Coast 

Guard. DCP states that exports of LNG 

from the Cove Point Terminal would not 

increase ship traffic beyond the number 

already stated in the U.S. Coast Guard 

Letter of Recommendation and 

Waterway Suitability Report issued for 

the Cove Point Terminal. DCP states that 

approval of the Application would not 

constitute a federal action significantly 

affecting the human environment under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

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DCP states that it plans in the near 

future to file an application with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC) for the necessary authorization 

to allow for the re-export of foreignsourced LNG from the Cove Point 

Terminal. DCP acknowledges that the 

requested authorization to be issued by 

DOE/FE would not take effect until 

FERC has completed its NEPA review 

and has granted DCP authorization for 

the re-export of LNG at the Cove Point 

facility. DCP requests that DOE/FE issue 

a conditional order authorizing the reexport of LNG from the Cove Point 

Terminal conditioned on completion of 

the environmental review and 

subsequent authorization by FERC. 

DOE/FE Evaluation 

This export application will be 

reviewed pursuant to section 3 of the 

NGA, as amended, and the authority 

contained in DOE Delegation Order No. 

00–002.00L (April 29, 2011) and DOE 

Redelegation Order No. 00–002.04E 

(April 29, 2011). In reviewing this LNG 

export application, DOE will consider 

domestic need for the gas, as well as any 

other issues determined to be 

appropriate, including whether the 

arrangement is consistent with DOE’s 

policy of promoting competition in the 

marketplace by allowing commercial 

parties to freely negotiate their own 

trade arrangements. Parties that may 

oppose this application should 

comment in their responses on these 

issues. 

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. 

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. 

11–98-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) e-mailing the 

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

Docket No. 11–98–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 DCP is 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Office of Natural Gas Regulatory 

Activities docket room, Room 3E–042, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. The docket 

room is open between the hours of 8 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

Application and any filed 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/gas

regulation/index.html. In addition, any 

electronic comments filed will also be 

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

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

14, 2011. 

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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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER10–2283–001. 

Applicants: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

submits tariff filing per 35: 09–13–11 

SECA to be effective 7/28/2010. 

Filed Date: 09/13/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110913–5113. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, October 04, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4186–001. 

Applicants: Wolverine Power Supply 

Cooperative, Inc., Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Wolverine Power Supply 

Cooperative, Inc. submits tariff filing per 

35.17(b): Wolverine-Monterey 

Amendment to be effective 1/14/2011. 

Filed Date: 09/13/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110913–5108. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, October 04, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4510–000. 

Applicants: Pacific Power (Previously 

Pacificorp, PA) 

Description: PacifiCorp submits their 

Average System Cost filing for sale of 

electric power to the Bonneville Power 

Administration for Fiscal Year 2012– 

2013. 

Filed Date: 09/12/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110913–0201. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, October 03, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4511–000. 

Applicants: Avista Corporation. 

Description: Avista Corp submits the 

Average System Cost filing for sales of 


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