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[FR Doc. 2013–06412 Filed 3–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 13–04–LNG] 

Trunkline LNG Export, LLC; 

Application for Long-Term 

Authorization to Export Liquefied 

Natural Gas Produced from Domestic 

Natural Gas Resources to Non-Free 

Trade Agreement Countries for a 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 January 10, 2013, 

by Trunkline LNG Export, LLC (TLNG 

Export), requesting long-term, multicontract authorization to export 

domestically produced liquefied natural 

gas (LNG) in an amount up to of 15 

million metric tons per annum (mtpa), 

the equivalent of 730 billion cubic feet 

(Bcf) per year (Bcf/y) of natural gas 

(equal to 2 Bcf/day of natural gas), from 

the LNG terminal in Lake Charles, 

Louisiana (Lake Charles Terminal). 

TLNG Export requests this authorization 

for a 25-year term commencing on the 

earlier of the date of first export or 10 

years from the date the requested 

authorization is granted. 

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, May 20, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing by email: 

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. 


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1On July 22, 2011, the DOE/FE approved that 

portion of the application seeking to export LNG to 

FTA nations. The non-FTA portion of the 

application is currently pending. See Lake Charles 

Exports, LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 2987 (July 22, 

2011). 

2Letter re: Approval of Pre-Filing Request, FERC 

Docket No. PF12–8–000 (April 6, 2012). 

3TLNG Export states that as with all the prior 

activities at the Lake Charles Terminal, FERC would 

only approve any such modifications once all 

National Environmental Policy Act requirements 

had bee satisfied fully. See e.g. Trunkline LNG 

Company, LLC, 100 FERC ¶ 61,217 (2002), order 

denying reh’g and granting authorization under 

Section 3 of the NGA, 101 FERC ¶ 61,300 (2002), 

order denying reh’g, 102 FERC ¶ 61,306 (2003), 

order amending certificate, 105 FERC ¶ 61,137 

(2003). 

4The DOE/FE approved that portion of the 

application seeking to export LNG to FTA nations. 

See Lake Charles Exports, LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 

2987 (July 22, 2011). 

5 ‘‘LNG exports occur when the LNG is delivered 

to the flange of the LNG export vessel.’’ See 

Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG 

Liquefaction, LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 2913 at n.4 

(February 10, 2011); Dow Chemical Company, FE 

Order No. 2859 at 7 (October 5, 2010). 

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 Avenue SW., 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

TLNG Export is a Delaware limited 

liability company with its principal 

place of business in Houston, Texas. 

Trunkline LNG Company, LLC (TLNG), 

an affiliate of TLNG Export, owns and 

operates the Lake Charles LNG 

Terminal. TLNG Export will own the 

proposed liquefaction facility and hold 

the LNG export authorization. The 

owners of TLNG and TLNG Export 

include Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 

(60% owner of both entities) and Energy 

Transfer Partners, L.P. (40% owner of 

both entities). As such, the existing Lake 

Charles Terminal, the proposed 

liquefaction facility, and the LNG export 

authorization requested herein would 

all be under the same ownership 

structure. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC) authorized 

construction and operation of the Lake 

Charles Terminal in 1977, with the 

original construction completed in July 

1981. In 2001, BG LNG Services, LLC 

(BGLS) entered into a firm services 

agreement with TLNG for the receipt, 

storage, and vaporization of LNG at the 

Lake Charles Terminal. TLNG Export 

states that, consistent with the firm 

services agreement with BGLS, TLNG 

expanded and enhanced the Terminal 

through the construction of additional 

storage capacity, additional gas-fired 

vaporization capacity, an additional 

marine berth, ambient air vaporization 

equipment, and natural gas liquids 

extraction capability. TLNG Export 

further states that the Lake Charles 

Terminal today has a firm sustained 

send-out capacity of 1.8 Bcf/d of natural 

gas (13.7 mtpa of LNG); a peak send-out 

capacity of 2.1 Bcf/d; and four LNG 

storage tanks with a combined capacity 

of approximately 2.7 million barrels 

(approximately 9.0 bcf). 

The amount of LNG sought to be 

exported from the Lake Charles 

Terminal in the current Application is 

the same amount for which export 

authorization is being sought by Lake 

Charles Exports, LLC (LCE) in a separate 

application filed May 6, 2011, and 

amended May 26, 2011, in DOE/FE 

Docket No. 11–59–LNG.1 TLNG Export’s 

Application for export authority in the 

current proceeding, therefore, is nonadditive to the LCE export authorization 

request—that is, TLNG Export is not 

seeking to export any additional 

volumes of LNG from the Lake Charles 

Terminal beyond that sought by LCE in 

Docket No. 11–59–LNG. Instead, TLNG 

Export states that it is simply 

maximizing optionality in order to 

expand the potential customer base for 

LNG exports from the Lake Charles 

Terminal. 

TLNG Export states that it, along with 

TLNG, is currently developing plans to 

modify the existing facilities at the Lake 

Charles Terminal to permit LNG to be 

loaded from the terminal’s storage tanks 

onto vessels berthed at the existing 

marine facility. TLNG Export states that 

it is also developing plans to install 

liquefaction facilities that would permit 

gas to be received by pipeline at the 

terminal and liquefied for subsequent 

export. Thus, on March 30, 2012, TLNG 

Export, TLNG, and Trunkline Gas 

Company, LLC submitted a Request to 

Initiate FERC Pre-Filing Review Process 

in FERC Docket No. PF12–8–000. TLNG 

Export states that the FERC issued a 

letter approving the request to initiate 

the pre-filing process on April 6, 2012.2

TLNG Export states that the long-term 

export authorization sought in this 

Application, like that sought in the LCE 

application, is necessary in order to 

permit TLNG Export to proceed to incur 

the substantial cost of developing the 

liquefaction and export project. Any 

modifications to the Lake Charles 

Terminal would be subject to FERC 

approval.3 TLNG Export states that 

following the completion of the project, 

the Lake Charles Terminal will be able 

to receive LNG for import and export or 

deliver LNG for export, and its peak and 

sustained send-out capabilities will not 

be affected. 

TLNG Export states that in order to 

maximize optionality at the Lake 

Charles Terminal to address customer 

needs, it seeks broader authority than 

that sought by LCE. TLNG Export states 

that LCE requested authorization to 

export LNG on its own behalf or as 

agent for BGLS.4 Here, in addition to 

entering into long-term natural gas 

supply or LNG export contracts, TLNG 

Export states that it may also enter into 

Liquefaction Tolling Agreements (LTA), 

under which individual customers who 

hold title to natural gas will have the 

right to deliver that gas to TLNG Export 

and receive LNG. TLNG Export seeks to 

export this LNG on its own behalf and 

also as agent for third parties under 

contracts to be executed on a date that 

is closer to the date of first export. 

TLNG Export contemplates that the title 

holder at the point of export 5 may be 

TLNG Export or one of TLNG Export’s 

customers, or another party that has 

purchased LNG from a customer 

pursuant to a long-term contract. 

TLNG Export requests authorization 

to register each LNG title holder for 

whom TLNG Export seeks to export as 

agent, with such registration including a 

written statement by the title holder 

acknowledging and agreeing to comply 

with all applicable requirements 

included by DOE/FE in TLNG Export’s 

authorization, and to include those 

requirements in any subsequent 

purchase or sale agreement entered into 

by that title holder. TLNG Export also 

states that it will file under seal with 

DOE/FE any relevant long-term 

commercial agreements between TLNG 

Export and such LNG title holder, 

including LTAs, once they have been 

executed. 

TLNG Export states that although both 

TLNG Export and LCE are seeking 

authorization to export LNG from the 

Lake Charles Terminal, TLNG Export is 

separate and apart from LCE and will 

have no impact on LCE or its 

authorization. TLNG Export states that 

neither TLNG Export nor its parent 

companies have a controlling ownership 

share of LCE. TLNG will allocate export 


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6On March 7, 2013, the DOE/FE approved that 

portion of the application seeking to export LNG to 

FTA nations in DOE/FE Order No. 3252 in FE 

Docket No. 13–04–LNG. 

7 Insofar as TLNG Export may seek to export 

natural gas produced on the outer continental shelf, 

the export of such natural gas may be subject to the 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which in 

relevant part provides: ‘‘Before any oil or gas 

subject to this section may be exported under the 

requirements and provisions of the Export 

Administration Act of 1969, the President shall 

make and publish an express finding that such 

exports will not increase reliance on imported oil 

or gas, are in the national interest, and are in accord 

with the provisions of the Export Administration 

Act of 1969.’’ 43 U.S.C. 1354. DOE expresses no 

opinion regarding the applicability of this provision 

of law to export operations which Trunkline is 

planning to undertake. 

8Sabine Section 3(c) Order at 5; Policy 

Guidelines and Delegation Orders Relating to the 

Regulation of Imported Natural Gas, 49 FR 6,684 

(February 22, 1984) (‘‘Policy Guidelines’’). 

9Phillips Alaska Natural Gas Corp. and Marathon 

Oil Co., DOE/FE Order No. 1473 at 14. 

10NERA Economic Consulting, Macroeconomic 

Impacts of LNG Exports from the United States 

(Dec. 5, 2012), available at http://fossil.energy.gov/ 

programs/gasregulation/LNGStudy.html (‘‘NERA 

Study’’). 

11 Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions and 

Deloitte MarketPoint LLC, Made in America—The 

Economic Impact of LNG Exports from the United 

States, available at http://www.deloitte.com/view/

en_US/us/Services/consulting/9f70dd1cc9324310

VgnVCM1000001a56f00aRCRD.htm 

12NERA Study at 1. 

13 Id. The NERA Study noted that ‘‘even with 

exports reaching levels greater than 12 Bcf/d and 

associated higher prices than in constrained cases, 

there were net economic benefits from allowing 

unlimited exports in all cases.’’ See Id. at 6. 

14 Id. at 2. 

15 Id. 76. 

16 Id. 

17Application at 8–22. 

18See, e.g., Cameron LNG, LLC, 134 FERC 

¶ 61,049 (2011) (FERC amends prior NGA Section 

3 import authority to add the additional purpose of 

exporting LNG). 

quantities between LCE and TLNG 

Export to ensure that the total exports 

from the Lake Charles Terminal do not 

exceed the total quantity of exports 

authorized for the Lake Charles 

Terminal, i.e. the total of exports 

allocated between LCE and TLNG 

Export will not exceed 15 mtpa 

(approximately 730 Bcf/y). 

Current Application 

In the instant Application, TLNG 

Export seeks to export LNG by vessel 

from the Lake Charles Terminal to (1) 

any country with which the United 

States currently has, or in the future will 

have, a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) 

requiring the national treatment for 

trade in natural gas, and (2) as relevant 

here, any country with which the 

United States does not have an FTA 

requiring national treatment for trade in 

natural gas (non-FTA countries) with 

which trade is not prohibited by U.S. 

law or policy. TLNG Export seeks to 

export this LNG on its own behalf and 

also as agent for third parties. TLNG 

Export requests that this authorization 

commence on the earlier of the date of 

first export or 10 years from the date the 

authorization is issued. 

The portion of the Application that 

seeks authorization to export 

domestically produced LNG to non-FTA 

countries will be reviewed pursuant to 

Section 3(a) of the Natural Gas Act as 

amended and is the subject of this 

Notice. The portion of the Application 

that seeks authorization to export 

domestically produced LNG to FTA 

countries has been reviewed pursuant to 

Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act, as 

amended.6

TLNG Export states that the source of 

the natural gas proposed for export will 

come from the United States natural gas 

pipeline system. While TLNG Export 

anticipates that sources of natural gas 

will include Texas and Louisiana 

producing regions and the offshore gulf 

producing regions,7 it states that the 

natural gas to be exported may be 

produced throughout the United States. 

Public Interest Considerations 

TLNG Export states that its proposed 

non-FTA authorization should be 

granted by DOE/FE under Section 3(a) 

of the NGA. TLNG Export states that in 

evaluating the ‘‘public interest’’ the 

DOE/FE, consistent with its Policy 

Guidelines and Delegation Orders 

Relating to the Regulation of Imported 

Natural Gas, examines whether 

‘‘domestic supply shortages or domestic 

security needs overcome the statutory 

presumption that a proposed export is 

not inconsistent with the public 

interest.’’ 8 While the Policy Guidelines 

deal specifically with imports, the DOE/ 

FE has found that the principles are 

applicable to exports.9

TLNG Export states that in 2012, the 

DOE commissioned a study by NERA 

Economic Consulting on the 

macroeconomic impacts of LNG exports 

from the United States.10 TLNG Export 

states that the NERA Study’s findings 

are in line with the conclusions of the 

Deloitte Study 11 and both support 

approval of the instant Application to 

export LNG from the Lake Charles 

Terminal. TLNG Export states that the 

NERA Study concluded that across all 

scenarios studied, ‘‘the U.S. was 

projected to gain net economic benefits 

from allowing LNG exports.’’ 12 TLNG 

Export states that the NERA Study 

further concluded that ‘‘for every one of 

the market scenarios examined, net 

economic benefits increased as the level 

of LNG exports increased.’’ 13 TLNG 

Export states that although the NERA 

Study found that United States natural 

gas prices increase when LNG is 

exported, ‘‘the global market limits how 

high U.S. natural gas prices can rise 

under pressure of LNG exports because 

importers will not purchase U.S. exports 

if U.S. wellhead price rises above the 

cost of competing supplies.’’ 14

TLNG Export states that the NERA 

Study also concluded that natural gas 

prices in the United States will not rise 

to the levels observed in other parts of 

the world.15 TLNG Export states that the 

NERA Study found that even in the 

scenarios where unlimited exports were 

permitted, the wellhead price in the 

United States remained below the 

import price in Japan, for example, 

where the United States sends some of 

its exports.16

TLNG Export states that both the 

Deloitte Study and the NERA Study 

point to net positive benefits from 

allowing exports of LNG from the 

United States. TLNG Export asserts that 

LNG exports will not have a material 

adverse impact on domestic natural gas 

prices. TLNG Export states that, 

accordingly, the proposed export is not 

inconsistent with the public interest. 

The Application has a more complete 

discussion of TLNG Export’s public 

interest analysis.17

Environmental Impact 

TLNG Export states that presently, the 

Lake Charles Terminal is equipped for 

and authorized only to receive imports 

of LNG. The Application indicates that 

TLNG Export and TLNG will file an 

application with FERC for authorization 

to modify the existing authorized import 

facilities for exports, in accordance with 

NGA Section 3 and subpart B of part 

153 of the Commission’s Regulations, 18 

CFR 153.4 et seq, and Trunkline will file 

a concurrent application for 

authorization to construct additional 

pipeline facilities necessary to provide 

feed gas to the proposed liquefaction 

facility with FERC under NGA Section 

7 and part 157 of the Commission’s 

Regulations, 18 CFR part 157.18 On 

March 30, 2012, TLNG Export, TLNG, 

and Trunkline submitted a Request to 

Initiate FERC Pre-Filing Review Process 

in FERC Docket No. PF12–8–000. In the 

Request, TLNG Export, TLNG, and 

Trunkline indicated that they plan to 

file the FERC applications in March 

2013. TLNG Export states that on April 

6, 2012, FERC issued a letter approving 

the request to initiate the pre-filing 

process for the liquefaction project and 

pipeline facilities. 

Regarding the instant proposed export 

to non-FTA countries, TLNG Export 


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19See e.g., Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, DOE/ 

FE Order No. 2961 at 41 (May 20, 2011); Yukon 

Pacific Corp., ERA Docket No. 87–68–LNG, Order 

No. 350 (November 16, 1989) (‘‘The DOE believes 

that energy projects can and must be undertaken 

consistent with environmentally acceptable 

practices. To ensure this result, the DOE is 

attaching a condition to the export approval that all 

aspects of the export project must be undertaken in 

accordance with the appropriate environmental 

review process and must comply with any and all 

preventative and mitigative measures imposed by 

Federal or State agencies.’’); see also Rochester Gas 

and Electric Corp., FE Docket No. 90–05–NG, Order 

No. 503 (May 16, 1991). 

requests that the DOE/FE issue the 

export authorization to non-FTA 

countries conditioned on the FERC’s 

completion of its NEPA review and 

approval of the facility construction. 

TLNG Export states that DOE/FE 

routinely issues orders with such a 

condition.19

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 address 

these issues in their comments and/or 

protests, 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 environmental 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, 

motions to intervene, notices of 

intervention, or motions for additional 

procedures. 

Public Comment Procedures 

In response to this notice, any person 

may file a protest, comments, or a 

motion to intervene or notice of 

intervention, as applicable. Any person 

wishing to become a party to the 

proceeding must file a motion to 

intervene or notice of intervention, as 

applicable. The filing of comments or a 

protest with respect to the Application 

will not serve to make the commenter or 

protestant a party to the proceeding, 

although protests and comments 

received from persons who are not 

parties will be considered in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken on the Application. All protests, 

comments, motions to intervene or 

notices of intervention must meet the 

requirements specified by the 

regulations in 10 CFR part 590. 

Filings may be submitted using one of 

the following methods: (1) Emailing the 

filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov with FE 

Docket No. 13–04–LNG in the title line; 

(2) mailing an original and three paper 

copies of the filing to the Office Natural 

Gas Regulatory Activities at the address 

listed in ADDRESSES. The filing must 

include a reference to FE Docket No. 

13–04–LNG; or (3) 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. The filing must 

include a reference to FE Docket No. 

13–04–LNG. 

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 TLNG 

Export 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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 14, 

2013. 

John A. Anderson, 

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and 

Supply, Office of Fossil Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–06385 Filed 3–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Nevada. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 5:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: National Atomic Testing 

Museum, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89119. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Ulmer, Board Administrator, 

232 Energy Way, M/S 505, North Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89030. Phone: (702) 630– 

0522; Fax (702) 295–5300 or Email: 

NSSAB@nnsa.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 


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