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for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Manpower & Reserve Affairs)/G–1, 

Attn: SAMR–FMMR, (Dr. John 

Anderson), 111 Army Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20310–0111; or call 

Department of the Army Reports 

clearance officer at (703) 428–6440. 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: The Contractor Manpower 

Reporting System; OMB Control 

Number 0702–0120. 

Needs and Uses: This program greatly 

enhances the ability of the Army to 

identify and track its contactor 

workforce. Current systems do not have 

contractor manpower data that is 

collected by the contractor Manpower 

Reporting System—i.e., Direct Labor 

Hours, Direct Labor Dollars and 

Organization supported. Existing 

financial and procurement systems have 

obligation amounts of an unknown mix 

of services and supplies, and the 

Department of the Army is not able to 

trace the funding to the organization 

supported. Like all other Federal 

Government agencies, the Army’s 

reliance on service contractor 

employees has increased significantly 

over the past few years. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,018. 

Number of Respondents: 12,215. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Frequency: Annually. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

The Contractor Manpower Reporting 

System represents a program aimed at 

obtaining information regarding the use 

of contractor employees by the Army. 

Reliance on contractors in support of 

military operations will continue and 

likely grow. This guidance emphasizes 

the fact that armed forces are deploying 

and will deploy without a standard 

means of tracking the contractor 

workforce. Section 807 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2008 requires the Secretary of 

Defense not later than the third quarter 

of each fiscal year to submit to Congress 

an annual inventory of the activities 

performed during the preceding year 

pursuant to contracts for services for or 

on behalf of the Department of Defense. 

Dated: June 28, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2010–16002 Filed 6–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) review; 

comment request 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted an information 

collection request to the OMB for 

extension under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

information collection requests a threeyear extension of its Weatherization 

Assistance Program, OMB Control 

Number 1910–5127. The proposed 

collection will collect information on 

the status of grantee activities, 

expenditures, and results, to ensure that 

program funds are being used 

appropriately, effectively and 

expeditiously (especially important for 

Recovery Act funds) 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

August 2, 2010. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments, but 

find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this notice, 

please advise the OMB Desk Officer of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at 202–395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the 

DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 

10102, 735 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

and to Christine Askew, U.S. 

Department of Energy, EE–K/Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202– 

287–7145, or by e-mail at 

christine.askew@ee.doe.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Askew, U.S. Department of 

Energy, EE–K/Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20585 or by fax at 202–287–7145, or 

by e-mail at christine.askew@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. ‘‘1910–5127’’; (2) 

Information Collection Request Title: 

‘‘Weatherization Assistant Program 

(WAP)’’; (3) Type of Review: Renewal (4) 

Purpose: To collect information on the 

status of grantee activities, 

expenditures, and results, to ensure that 

program funds are being used 

appropriately, effectively and 

expeditiously (especially important for 

Recovery Act funds); (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 58; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 696; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 2,088; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 

Statutory Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of 

the Energy Independence and Security Act 

(EISA), Pub. L. 110–140 

Issued in Washington, DC on June 28, 

2010. 

Tobias Russell, 

Acting Program Manager, Weatherization and 

Intergovernmental Program, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–16115 Filed 6–29–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted an information 

collection request to the OMB for 

extension under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

information collection requests a threeyear extension of its State Energy 

Program, OMB Control Number 1910– 

5126. The proposed collection will 

collect information on the status of 

grantee activities, expenditures, and 

results, to ensure that program funds are 

being used appropriately, effectively 

and expeditiously (especially important 

for Recovery Act funds). 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

August 2, 2010. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments, but 

find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this notice, 

please advise the OMB Desk Officer of 

your intention to make a submission as 


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1The Dow Chemical Company, DOE/FE Order 

No. 2754 issued February 25, 2010. 

2 15 U.S.C. 717b.(a) 

3Phillips Alaska Natural Gas Corp. and Marathon 

Oil Co., DOE/FE Order No. 1473 (2 FE ¶ 70,317) 

at 13 (April 2, 1999), citing Panhandle Producers 

and Royalty Owners Association v. ERA, 822 F.2d 

1105, 1111 (DC Cir. 1987). 

4 Id at 14. 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at 202–395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503; and to Faith Lambert, U.S. 

Department of Energy, EE–K/Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20585 or by fax at 202– 

287–7145, or by e-mail at 

faith.lambert@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Faith Lambert, U.S. Department of 

Energy, EE–K/Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20585 or by fax at 202–287–7145, or 

by e-mail at faith.lambert@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–5126; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: State Energy 

Program; (3) Type of Review: Renewal; 

(4) Purpose: To collect information on 

the status of grantee activities, 

expenditures, and results, to ensure that 

program funds are being used 

appropriately, effectively and 

expeditiously (especially important for 

Recovery Act funds); (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 56; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 672; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 1,344; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 

Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy 

Independence and Security Act (EISA), Pub. 

L. 110–140. 

Issued in Washington, DC on June 28, 

2010. 

Tobias Russell, 

Acting Program Manager, Weatherization and 

Intergovernmental Program, Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–16111 Filed 6–29–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 10–57–LNG] 

The Dow Chemical Company; 

Application for Blanket Authorization 

To Export Liquefied Natural Gas 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 

gives notice of receipt of an application 

(Application), filed on May 26, 2010, by 

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), 

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 390 

billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas on 

a short-term or spot market basis. The 

LNG would be exported from existing 

facilities on Quintana Island, Texas, to 

any country with the capacity to import 

LNG via ocean-going carrier and with 

which trade is not prohibited by U.S. 

law or policy. Dow seeks to export the 

LNG over a two-year period 

commencing on the date of the 

authorization. The application was filed 

under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA), as amended by section 201 of 

the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 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 at the 

address listed below in ADDRESSES no 

later than 4:30 p.m., e.t., August 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: 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) 586–9387. 

Edward Myers, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the Assistant 

General Counsel for Electricity and 

Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, 

Room 6B–159, 1000 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, D.C. 20585, 

(202) 586–3397. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Dow is a Delaware corporation with 

its principal place of business in 

Midland, Michigan. Dow is an 

international chemical and plastics 

manufacturing company with 

operations in a number of U.S. states. 

Dow owns and operates a large 

petrochemical manufacturing facility in 

Freeport, Texas, which is in close 

proximity to the LNG import/export 

terminal owned and operated by 

Freeport LNG Development, L.P. (FLNG) 

on Quintana Island, Texas. Dow 

contracted terminal capacity from FLNG 

for a twenty-year period beginning in 

July 2008 in order to secure natural gas 

supplies for various operations at its 

Freeport petrochemical facility. Dow’s 

Freeport facility has the capability to 

receive regasified LNG from the FLNG 

terminal via several pipelines that 

extend directly to its petrochemical 

manufacturing plant. 

On February 25, 2010, FE granted 

Dow blanket authorization to import 

and export natural gas from and to 

Canada and Mexico and to import LNG 

from various international sources for a 

two-year term beginning on June 1, 

2010.1 Under the terms of the blanket 

authorization, the LNG may be imported 

to any LNG receiving facility in the 

United States or its territories. 

Current Application 

In the instant application, Dow is 

seeking blanket authorization to export 

from the FLNG terminal LNG that has 

been previously imported from foreign 

sources to any country with the capacity 

to import LNG via ocean-going carrier 

and with which trade is not prohibited 

by U.S. law over a two-year period, on 

a short-term or spot market basis, in an 

amount up to the equivalent of 390 Bcf 

of natural gas. Dow further requests that 

the authorization extend to LNG 

supplies imported from foreign sources 

to which Dow acquires title, as well as 

to LNG supplies imported from foreign 

sources that Dow may export on behalf 

of other entities who themselves hold 

title. Dow states that it does not seek 

authorization to export domesticallyproduced natural gas. 

Public Interest Considerations 

In support of its application, Dow 

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.’’ 2

Dow states that section 3 thus creates a 

statutory presumption in favor of a 

properly framed export application.3

Dow states further that the public 

interest determination is guided by DOE 

Delegation Order No. 0204–111, which 

provides that the domestic need for 

natural gas is the principal factor to be 

considered when evaluating an export 

application.4

As detailed in the application, Dow 

states the blanket export authorization 

requested by Dow satisfies the public 

interest standard for the following 


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