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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 12–05–LNG] 

Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC; 

Application for Long-Term 

Authorization To Export Domestically 

Produced Liquefied Natural Gas 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, 2012, 

by Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC (Gulf 

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

domestically produced liquefied natural 

gas (LNG) in an amount up to the 

equivalent of 1,022 billion cubic feet 

(Bcf) of natural gas per year, which 

averages to 2.8 Bcf per day (Bcf/d), up 

to a total of 25.55 trillion cubic feet 

(Tcf), over a 25-year period, 

commencing on the earlier of the date 

of first export or eight years from the 

date the requested authorization is 

granted. Gulf Coast proposes to export 

LNG from a proposed natural gas 

liquefaction facility and LNG terminal 

to be located at the Port of Brownsville 

in Brownsville, Texas, which Gulf Coast 

plans to develop, to any country which 

has 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. Gulf 

Coast seeks to export this LNG on its 

own behalf and also as agent for third 

parties. 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. 


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1LNG exports occur when the LNG is delivered 

to the flange of the LNG export vessel. See The Dow 

Chemical Company, FE Docket No. 10–57–LNG, 

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

2 Gulf Coast states that the practice of filing 

contracts after the DOE/FE has granted export 

authorization is well established. See Yukon Pacific 

Corporation, ERA Docket No. 87–68–LNG, Order 

No. 350 (November 16, 1989); Distrigas 

Corporation, FE Docket No. 95–100–LNG, Order 

No. 1115, at p. 3 (November 7, 1995); See also 

Freeport LNG Expansion and FLNG Liquefaction, 

LLC, FE Docket No. 10–160–LNG, Order No. 2913 

at 9–10 (February 10, 2011). 

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 3, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal under FE Docket 

No. 12–05–LNG: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

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. 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– 

256, 1000 Independence Ave. SW., 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Gulf Coast is a Delaware limited 

liability company with its principal 

place of business in Houston, Texas. 

Gulf Coast is owned by Michael Smith, 

the founder and current Chairman and 

CEO of Freeport LNG Development, L.P. 

(97 percent), the Kaily Morgan Smith 

Irrevocable Trust (1.5 percent), and the 

Tara Marielle Smith Irrevocable Trust 

(1.5 percent). 

Gulf Coast plans to develop, own and 

operate a natural gas liquefaction 

facility and LNG export terminal at the 

Port of Brownsville, in Brownsville, 

Texas (Brownsville Terminal). Gulf 

Coast states that the Brownsville 

Terminal will include four trains 

capable of liquefying up to 2.8 Bcf/d of 

natural gas, a marine berth, full 

containment LNG storage tanks, a 

pipeline connection to natural gas 

transportation lines, and associated 

utilities. 

Current Application 

In the instant Application, Gulf Coast 

seeks long-term, multi-contract 

authorization to export domestically 

produced LNG up to the equivalent of 

1,022 Bcf of natural gas per year (2.8 

Bcf/d), up to a total of 25.55 Tcf, for a 

period of twenty-five years beginning on 

the earlier of the date of first export or 

eight years from the date the 

authorization is granted by DOE/FE. 

Gulf Coast seeks authorization to export 

domestically produced LNG to countries 

from the United States to any country 

which has 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. In the 

alternative, Gulf Coast requests 

authorization for that portion of Gulf 

Coast’s requested authorization quantity 

or term that DOE/FE determines to be in 

the public interest. 

When submitted in January 2012, the 

Application did not contain evidence 

that Gulf Coast had established a 

business relationship with the Port of 

Brownsville where the proposed 

liquefaction facility and LNG export 

terminal are to be constructed. Absent 

some credible evidence that an 

applicant for an LNG export 

authorization has taken meaningful 

steps toward establishing the sorts of 

business relationships essential for 

performing the services for which 

authorization is sought from this agency 

(for example, securing a means of 

obtaining LNG for export, contracting 

for capacity at an existing LNG terminal, 

or initiating the process of securing 

property to construct such a terminal), 

DOE/FE will generally consider such an 

application deficient and, if the 

deficiency is not corrected in a 

reasonable time, the application may be 

dismissed without prejudice to refilling 

at a later time. See, 10 CFR 590.203. 

On March 27, 2012, Gulf Coast sent 

DOE/FE a copy of an option agreement 

between Gulf Coast and the Brownsville 

Navigation District of Cameron County, 

Texas, to demonstrate its commercial 

relationship with the owner of the 

property on which the proposed facility 

would be built. Gulf Coast requested the 

agreement be afforded confidential 

treatment and not posted to the public 

docket. Subsequently, Gulf Coast agreed 

to allow a redacted version of the option 

agreement to be placed in the public 

docket of the proceeding. On May 16, 

2012, Gulf Coast submitted the redacted 

agreement, and DOE/FE deemed the 

application complete at that time. 

Gulf Coast states that rather than 

entering into long-term natural gas 

supply or LNG export contracts, it 

contemplates that its business model 

will be based primarily on Liquefaction 

Tolling Agreements (LTAs), under 

which individual customers who hold 

title to natural gas will have the right to 

deliver that gas to Gulf Coast and 

receive LNG. Gulf Coast states that in 

the current natural gas market, LTAs 

fulfill the role previously performed by 

long-term supply contracts, in that they 

provide stable commercial arrangements 

between companies involved in natural 

gas services. 

Gulf Coast requests long-term multicontract authorization to engage in 

exports of LNG on its own behalf or as 

agent for others. Gulf Coast 

contemplates that the title holder at the 

point of export 1 may be Gulf Coast or 

one of Gulf Coast’s LTA customers, or 

another party that has purchased LNG 

from an LTA customer pursuant to a 

long-term contract. Gulf Coast requests 

authorization to register each LNG title 

holder for whom Gulf Coast seeks to 

export as agent, and proposes that this 

registration include a written statement 

by the title holder acknowledging and 

agreeing to comply with all applicable 

requirements included by DOE/FE in 

Gulf Coast’s export authorization, and to 

include those requirements in any 

subsequent purchase or sale agreement 

entered into by that title holder. In 

addition to its registration of any LNG 

title holder for whom Gulf Coast seeks 

to export as agent, Gulf Coast states that 

it will file under seal with DOE/FE any 

relevant long-term commercial 

agreements between Gulf Coast and 

such LNG title holder, including LTAs, 

once they have been executed.2

Gulf Coast states that the natural gas 

supply underlying the proposed exports 

will come from the interconnected and 

highly liquid domestic market for 

natural gas. Gulf Coast states that given 

the size of the traditional natural gas 

market in Texas, and the exponential 

growth of unconventional resources in 

the region, a diverse and reliable source 

of natural gas will be available to 

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3 15 U.S.C. 717b(c). 

4 DOE/FE Order No. 1473, note 42 at p. 13, citing 

Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners 

Association v. ERA, 822 F.2d 1105, 1111 (D.C. Cir. 

1987). 

5Policy Guidelines and Delegation Orders 

Relating to the Regulation of Imported Natural Gas, 

49 FR 6684 (Feb. 22, 1984). 

6Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, DOE/FE Docket 

No. 10–110 LNG (DOE/FE Order No. 2961), May 20, 

2011. 

7 Gulf Coast states that total U.S. recoverable 

natural gas reserves equal about 2,543 trillion cubic 

feet (Tcf), which Gulf Coast states is more than 105 

times the total domestic consumption of 24.1 Tcf 

in 2010. U.S. Energy Information Administration, 

Annual Energy Outlook 2011, at 79 (April 26, 2011). 

8 Gulf Coast cites to the following: Baumann, 

Robert H., D.E. Dismukes, D.V. Mesyanzhinov, and 

A.G. Pulsipher, Analysis of the Economic Impact 

Associated with Oil and Gas Activities on State 

Leases, Louisiana State University Center for Energy 

Studies (2002); Snead, Mark C., The Economic 

Impact of Oil and Gas Production and Drilling on 

the Oklahoma Economy, Oklahoma State University 

(2002); Considine, Timothy J., The Economic 

Impacts of the Marcellus Shale: Implications for 

New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, A 

Report to the American Petroleum Institute (2010). 

9 Id. 

10MIT Energy Initiative, MIT Study on the Future 

of Natural Gas, at 157 (2011). 

Gulf Coast provides further discussion 

of the gas supply markets in the 

Application. 

Public Interest Considerations 

In the instant Application, Gulf Coast 

requests authorization to export to any 

country which has 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. Gulf Coast states that this may 

include countries with which the 

United States has an FTA requiring 

national treatment for trade in natural 

gas or LNG, as well as non-FTA 

countries. Gulf Coast acknowledges that 

in the review of its Application, DOE/ 

FE will be guided by the individual 

statutory provisions that apply 

separately to the export of LNG to FTA 

and non-FTA countries. In either case, 

Gulf Coast contends that the requested 

authorization would not be inconsistent 

with the public interest and should be 

granted by DOE/FE. 

Gulf Coast asserts that applications 

submitted to DOE/FE that seek to export 

LNG to FTA countries should be 

reviewed pursuant to the public interest 

standard in Section 3(c) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA).3 Gulf Coast maintains 

that these exports are deemed to be in 

the public interest and must be granted 

without modification or delay. 

With regard to exports of LNG to nonFTA countries, Gulf Coast states that 

DOE/FE has consistently ruled that 

section 3(a) of the NGA creates a 

rebuttable presumption that proposed 

exports of natural gas are in the public 

interest. Gulf Coast asserts that unless 

opponents of an export license make an 

affirmative showing based on evidence 

in the record that the export would be 

inconsistent with the public interest, 

DOE/FE must grant the export 

application.4

Gulf Coast asserts that in evaluating 

whether the proposed exportation is 

within the public interest, DOE/FE 

applies the principles established by the 

Policy Guidelines,5 which promote free 

and open trade by minimizing federal 

control and involvement in energy 

markets, and DOE Delegation Order No. 

0204–111, which requires 

‘‘consideration of the domestic need for 

the gas to be exported.’’ Gulf Coast cites 

DOE/FE Order No. 2961,6 in which 

DOE/FE stated that its public interest 

review of applications to export natural 

gas to countries with which the United 

States does not have an FTA ‘‘has 

continued to focus on the domestic need 

for the natural gas proposed to be 

exported; whether the proposed exports 

pose a threat to the security of domestic 

natural gas supplies; and any other issue 

determined to be appropriate * * *’’. 

Gulf Coast states that as a result of 

technological advances, huge reserves of 

domestic shale gas that were previously 

infeasible or uneconomic to develop are 

now being profitably produced in many 

regions of the United States. Gulf Coast 

asserts that the United States is now 

estimated to have more natural gas 

resources than it can use in a century.7

Gulf Coast also states that large volumes 

of domestic shale gas reserves and 

continued low production costs will 

enable the United States to export LNG 

while also meeting domestic demand for 

natural gas for decades to come. 

Gulf Coast asserts that as U.S. natural 

gas reserves and production have risen, 

U.S. natural gas prices have fallen to the 

point where they are among the lowest 

in the developed world. Gulf Coast 

states that LNG supply contracts in 

Asian markets are pegged to crude oil 

prices. Gulf Coast asserts that while 

Europe receives pipeline gas from 

various sources, the long supply chains 

and relative inflexibility of markets have 

made diversification of supply a high 

priority. Gulf Coast states that domestic 

natural gas prices are projected to 

remain low relative to European and 

Asian markets well into the future, 

thereby making exports of LNG by 

vessel a viable long-term opportunity for 

the United States. 

Gulf Coast states the project is 

positioned to provide the Gulf Coast 

region and the United States with 

significant economic benefits by 

increasing domestic natural gas 

production. Gulf Coast states that these 

benefits will be obtained with only a 

minimal effect on domestic natural gas 

prices. Gulf Coast states that at current 

and forecasted rates of demand, the 

United States’ natural gas reserves will 

meet demand for 100 years. Gulf Coast 

states that the project allows the United 

States to benefit now from the natural 

gas resources that may not otherwise be 

produced for many decades, if ever. 

Gulf Coast provides further discussion 

on why the proposed export 

authorization is in the public interest. 

First, Gulf Coast contends that the 

project will cause direct and indirect job 

creation through construction (3,000 

onsite jobs over five to six years) and 

operation (more than 250 permanent 

jobs) of the planned project, and 

indirect jobs as a result of increased 

drilling for and production of natural 

gas (34,000 to 42,000 jobs).8

Second, Gulf Coast maintains the 

project would create significant 

economic stimulus, with the total 

economic benefits to the American 

economy estimated to be between $7.2 

and $10.4 billion per year from 2018 to 

2043, or $90 to $130 billion over the 

requested 25-year export term.9

Third, Gulf Coast contends that there 

will be a material improvement in the 

U.S. balance of trade. Gulf Coast states 

that assuming an average value of $7 per 

million Btu, exporting approximately 

2.8 Bcf/d of LNG through the project 

will improve the U.S. balance of 

payments by approximately $7.3 billion 

per year, or $183 billion over the 

requested 25-year export term. 

Fourth, Gulf Coast states that the 

project will have significant 

environmental benefits by reducing 

global greenhouse gas emissions if the 

natural gas exported is used as a 

substitute for coal and fuel oil. 

Fifth, Gulf Coast states that the project 

supports American energy security. Gulf 

Coast maintains that the United States 

has developed a massive natural gas 

resource base that is sufficient to supply 

domestic demand for a century, even 

with significant exports of LNG. Gulf 

Coast contends that the project will not 

adversely affect U.S. energy security. 

Gulf Coast references a report by the 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 

Energy Initiative, which concludes that 

‘‘[t]he U.S. should sustain North 

American energy market integration and 

support development of a global ‘liquid’ 

natural gas market with diversity of 

supply. A corollary is that the U.S. 

should not erect barriers to gas imports 

or exports.’’ 10


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Further details can be found in the 

Application, which has been posted at 

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

gasregulation/index.html. 

Based on the reasoning provided in 

the Application, Gulf Coast requests that 

DOE/FE determine that Gulf Coast’s 

request for long-term, multi-contract 

authorization to export LNG is not 

inconsistent with the public interest. 

Environmental Impact 

Gulf Coast states that its proposed 

LNG exports will require the siting, 

construction and operation of the 

proposed Brownsville Terminal, subject 

to environmental review and 

authorization by the FERC. Gulf Coast 

states that it will initiate the FERC 

authorization process within 180 days 

of DOE/FE’s order approving this 

Application. Accordingly, Gulf Coast 

requests that DOE/FE issue a 

conditional order authorizing the export 

of domestically produced LNG from the 

planned Brownsville Terminal 

conditioned on completion of the 

environmental review and subsequent 

authorization by the 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, 

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. 

12–05–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. 12–05–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 Gulf Coast 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/ 

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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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0261; FRL–9350–5] 

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and 

Status Information 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

any person who intends to manufacture 

(defined by statute to include import) a 

new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on 


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