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POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Australia—MK 54 Lightweight 

Torpedoes 

The Government of Australia has 

requested a possible sale of up to 100 

MK 54 All-Up-Round Torpedoes, 13 MK 

54 Exercise Sections, 13 MK 54 Exercise 

Fuel Tanks, 5 Recoverable Exercise 

Torpedoes, support and test equipment 

for Maintenance Facility upgrade to MK 

695 Mod 1 capability, spare and repair 

parts, technical data and publications, 

personnel training and training 

equipment, U.S. government and 

contractor engineering, technical and 

logistics support services, and other 

related elements of logistics support. 

The estimated cost is $83 million. 

Australia is an important ally in the 

Western Pacific that contributes 

significantly to ensuring peace and 

stability in the region. Australia’s efforts 

in peacekeeping and humanitarian 

operations have made a significant 

impact on regional, political and 

economic stability and have served U.S. 

national security interests. 

Australia will use the MK 54 torpedo on 

its MH–60R helicopters and intends to 

use the torpedo on a planned purchase 

of the P–8A Increment 2 Maritime Patrol 

and Response aircraft. Australia, which 

currently has MK 54 torpedoes in its 

inventory, will have no difficulty 

absorbing these additional torpedoes 

into its armed forces. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The principal contractor will be 

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems in 

Keyport, Washington. There are no 

known offset agreements proposed in 

connection with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will not require the assignment of U.S. 

Government or contractor 

representatives to Australia. 

There will be no adverse impact on U.S. 

defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 13–37 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act 

Annex 

Item No. vii 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 

1. The MK 54 is a conventional 

torpedo that can be launched from 

surface ships, helicopters, and fixed 

wing aircraft. The MK 54 is an upgrade 

of the MK 46 torpedo. The upgrade to 

MK 54 entails replacement of the 

torpedo’s sonar and guidance and 

control systems with updated 

technology using a mixture of 

commercial off-the-shelf and custombuilt electronics. The warhead, fuel 

tank, and propulsion system from the 

MK 46 torpedo are reconfigured for use 

in the MK 54. The MK 54 is highly 

effective against modern diesel and 

nuclear submarines, but currently does 

not have the capability to attack surface 

ships. The MK 54 uses advanced logic 

to detect and prosecute threat 

submarines operating in challenging 

littoral environments and is effective in 

the presence of advanced acoustic 

countermeasures. 

2. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware and software 

elements, the information could be used 

to develop countermeasures which 

might reduce weapon system 

effectiveness or be used in the 

development of a system with similar or 

advanced capabilities. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–342–A] 

Application to Export Electric Energy; 

Royal Bank of Canada 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) 

has applied to renew its authority to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada pursuant to section 

202(e) of the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before August 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene should be 

addressed to: Lamont Jackson, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because 

of delays in handling conventional mail, 

it is recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail, by 

electronic mail to 

Lamont.Jackson@hq.doe.gov, or by 

facsimile to 202–586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lamont Jackson (Program Office) at 

202–586–0808, or by email to 

Lamont.Jackson@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). 

On September 4, 2008, DOE issued 

Order No. EA–342, which authorized 

RBC to transmit electric energy from the 

United States to Canada as a power 

marketer for a five-year term using 

existing international transmission 

facilities. That authority expires on 

September 4, 2013. On July 3, 2013, 

RBC filed an application with DOE for 

renewal of the export authority 

contained in Order No. EA–342 for an 

additional five-year term. 

In its application, RBC states that it 

does not own, operate or control any 

electric generating or transmission 

facilities nor does the applicant have a 

franchised service area. The electric 

energy that RBC proposes to export to 

Canada would be surplus energy 

purchased from electric utilities, 

Federal power marketing agencies, and 

other entities within the United States. 

The existing international transmission 

facilities to be utilized by RBC have 

previously been authorized by 

Presidential permits issued pursuant to 

Executive Order 10485, as amended, 

and are appropriate for open access 

transmission by third parties. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

application at the address provided 

above. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 

CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to these proceedings 

should file a motion to intervene at the 

above address in accordance with FERC 

Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). Five copies 

of such comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene should be sent to the 

address provided above on or before the 

date listed above. 

Comments on the RBC application to 

export electric energy to Canada should 

be clearly marked with OE Docket No. 

EA–342–A. An additional copy is to be 

provided directly to Matthew S. Arnold, 

Senior Counsel, Royal Bank of Canada, 

200 Bay Street, 14th Floor, North Tower, 

Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J5 and 

Elizabeth Jordan, Director, Compliance, 

RBC Capital Markets, 200 Bay Street, 

9th Floor, South Tower, Toronto, 

Ontario, Canada M5J 2J2. A final 

decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to DOE’s National Environmental Policy 


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Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR 

part 1021) and after a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not have an adverse impact on the 

sufficiency of supply or reliability of the 

U.S. electric power supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http://energy.gov/ 

node/11845, or by emailing Angela Troy 

at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2013. 

Brian Mills, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17004 Filed 7–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP13–507–000; PF12–20–000] 

Northwest Pipeline GP; Notice of 

Application 

Take notice that on June 25, 2013, 

Northwest Pipeline GP (Northwest), 295 

Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 

84108, filed in Docket No. CP13–507– 

000 an abbreviated application under 

sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas 

Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations, seeking a 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity to grant abandonment 

authorizations and issue a certificate 

authorizing Northwest to construct and 

operate its Washington Expansion 

Project (Project). The Project consists of: 

(i) Ten segments totaling approximately 

140 miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline 

on Northwest’s existing system between 

Sumas and Woodland, Washington; (ii) 

additional compression totaling 89,620 

horsepower at five existing compressor 

stations between Sumas and Woodland; 

(iii) metering facilities in Whatcom 

County, Washington; and (iv) 

miscellaneous appurtenances, all as 

more fully set forth in the application 

which is on file with the Commission 

and open to public inspection. Copies of 

this filing are available for review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room, or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

The Project is designed to transport 

approximately 750,000 dekatherms per 

day of natural gas from Northwest’s 

Sumas Meter Station to serve LNG 

Development Company, LLC (d/b/a 

Oregon LNG) (Oregon LNG) via an 

interconnect with Oregon Pipeline 

Company, LLC’s proposed project filed 

with the Commission in Docket Nos. 

CP09–6–001 and CP09–7–001 on June 7, 

2013, as well as to provide natural gas 

to growing markets in the state of 

Washington. 

Questions regarding this application 

should be directed to Pam Barnes, 

Project Manager—Certificates at (801) 

584–6857, Northwest Pipeline GP, 295 

Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 

84108. 

On July 16, 2012, the Commission 

staff granted Northwest’s request to 

utilize the Pre-Filing Process and 

assigned Docket No. PF12–20 to staff 

activities involved with Northwest’s 

project. Now, as of the filing of the 

application on June 25, 2013, the PreFiling Process for this project has ended. 

From this time forward, this proceeding 

will be conducted in Docket No. CP13– 

507–000, as noted in the caption of this 

Notice. 

Furthermore, all e-Subscribers to 

PF12–20–000 received automatically 

generated email stating that your eSubscription to Docket No. PF12–20– 

000 has also been assigned to Docket 

No. CP13–507–000, which includes all 

sub-docket numbers. The applicant has 

filed an application with the 

Commission in the new Docket No. 

CP13–507, which again includes all subdocket numbers. The pre-filing Docket 

No. PF12–20 is now closed but will 

remain part of the record for this 

project. All future activity will be in the 

CP docket and you will continue to 

receive eSubscription emails for 

submittals and issuances in this 

proceeding, including any that may be 

filed under Docket No. PF12–20. 

Because the Washington Expansion 

Project is a necessary part of the Oregon 

LNG bi-directional Terminal and 

Pipeline Project, the Commission will 

prepare a single Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) addressing both projects 

in order to comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969. Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 57.9, and to 

ensure compliance with the NEPA, 42 

USC § 4321–4347, the Commission staff 

will issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review within 90 days 

of the date of this Notice. The Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review 

will indicate, among other milestones, 

the anticipated date for the Commission 

staff’s issuance of the final EIS for the 

proposal. The Notice will also alert 

other agencies of the requirement to 

complete necessary reviews and 

authorizations within 90 days of the 

date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s final EIS. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, before the comment date of this 

notice, file with the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of the Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations 

under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A 

person obtaining party status will be 

placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies of all documents 

filed by the applicant and by all other 

parties. A party must submit 14 copies 

of filings made with the Commission 

and must mail a copy to the applicant 

and to every other party in the 

proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) 

under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. Persons 

unable to file electronically should 

submit an original and 5 copies of the 

protest or intervention to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on August 12, 2013. 


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