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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

can be directed to Ms. Cindy Wallace, 

(256) 313–0895, Office of Research and 

Technology Applications, email: 

cindy.s.wallace.civ@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Collaborators should have experience in 

the development and testing of firearms. 

The target end products include 

government and commercial 

applications and unique applications 

identified by the CRADA partner. 

The full CRADA proposal should 

include a capability statement with a 

detailed description of collaborators’ 

expertise in the following and related 

technology areas: (1) Gas and/or 

blowback operated automatic firearms; 

(2) collaborators’ expertise in successful 

technology transition; and (3) 

collaborator’s ability to provide 

adequate funding to support some 

project studies is strongly encouraged. A 

preference will be given to collaborators 

who shall manufacture automatic or 

semi-automatic firearms in the United 

States. Collaborators are encouraged to 

properly label any proprietary material 

in their CRADA proposal as 

PROPRIETARY. Do not use the phrase 

‘‘company confidential.’’ 

Guidelines for the preparation of a 

full CRADA proposal will be 

communicated shortly thereafter to all 

respondents with whom initial 

confidential discussions will have 

established sufficient mutual interest. 

CRADA applications submitted after the 

due date may be considered if a suitable 

CRADA collaborator has not been 

identified by AMRDEC among the initial 

by AMRDEC are expeditiously 

commercialized and brought to practical 

use. The purpose of a CRADA is to find 

partner(s) to facilitate the development 

and commercialization of a technology 

that is in an early phase of development. 

Respondents interested in submitting a 

CRADA proposal should be aware that 

it may be necessary for them to secure 

a patent license to the above-mentioned 

patent pending technology in order to 

be able to commercialize products 

arising from a CRADA. CRADA partners 

are afforded an option to negotiate an 

exclusive license from the AMRDEC for 

inventions arising from the performance 

of the CRADA research plan. 

Technology Overview. Most 

conventional high powered automatic 

firearms function using a variation of 

long, short piston or direct impingement 

gas operation. The locking/unlocking 

mechanisms used in these firearms 

require extensive machining and 

manufacturing costs. A solution for 

delaying case extraction without the use 

of elaborate locking mechanisms or 

heavy bolts would allow for a simpler 

design. 

By utilizing the principles of a gas 

delayed system to retain the bolt until 

safe extraction is possible and a stroke 

piston action to facilitate case 

extraction/ejection a simpler 

mechanism may be used for a highpowered automatic firearm. Two 

separate barrel ports, one near the 

chamber for the gas delaying function 

and the other near the muzzle for the 

stroke piston action, allow propellant 

gasses to act upon one piston. The 

piston is directly connected to the 

firearm’s bolt via a linkage. Upon firing, 

the port near the chamber is utilized 

first causing gasses to hold the piston 

forward. Once propellant gasses reach 

the port near the muzzle the piston is 

forced rearward. The barrel port 

diameters will determine the forces 

acting upon the piston and bolt. Two 

prototypes of advancing design, detailed 

within the patent, were developed for 

initial testing and showed promising 

results. 

Publications. P. Jackson: ‘‘Firearm 

with Both Gas Delayed and Stroke 

Piston Action,’’ U.S. Patent 9,303,932 

B1, April 5, 2016. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Study on Macroeconomic Outcomes of 

LNG Exports 

FE Docket No. 

Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC .............................................................................................................................................................. 12–05–LNG 

Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P ....................................................................................................................................................... 12–32–LNG 

Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC ............................................................................................................................................... 12–101–LNG 

CE FLNG, LLC .................................................................................................................................................................................... 12–123–LNG 

Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC ......................................................................................................................................................... 13–26–LNG 

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC ................................................................................................................................................. 13–69–LNG 

Eos LNG LLC ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13–116–LNG 

Barca LNG LLC ................................................................................................................................................................................... 13–118–LNG 

Waller LNG Services, LLC .................................................................................................................................................................. 13–153–LNG 

Gasfin Development USA, LLC .......................................................................................................................................................... 13–161–LNG 

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC ................................................................................................................................................. 14–88–LNG 

SCT&E LNG, LLC ............................................................................................................................................................................... 14–98–LNG 

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC ................................................................................................................................................. 15–25–LNG 

G2 LNG LLC ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 15–45–LNG 

Texas LNG Brownsville LLC ............................................................................................................................................................... 15–62–LNG 

Strom Inc ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 15–78–LNG 

Port Arthur LNG, LLC .......................................................................................................................................................................... 15–96–LNG 

Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC ........................................................................................................................................................ 15–97–LNG 

Rio Grande LNG, LLC ......................................................................................................................................................................... 15–190–LNG 

Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville, LLC ............................................................................................................................................... 16–15–LNG 

Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC ............................................................................................................................................. 16–28–LNG 

Driftwood LNG, LLC ............................................................................................................................................................................ 16–144–LNG 

Fourchon LNG, LLC ............................................................................................................................................................................ 17–105–LNG 

Galveston Bay LNG, LLC .................................................................................................................................................................... 17–167–LNG 

Freeport LNG Expansion L.P., and FLNG Liquefaction 4, LLC ......................................................................................................... 18–26–LNG 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 2018 

LNG Export Study and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 

gives notice (Notice) of the availability 


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1The authority to regulate the imports and 

exports of natural gas, including LNG, under 

section 3 of the NGA (15 U.S.C. 717b) has been 

delegated to the Assistant Secretary for FE in 

Redelegation Order No. 00–006.02 (issued 

November 17, 2014). 

2With regard to exports to FTA countries, NGA 

section 3(c) was amended by section 201 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–486) to 

require that FTA applications ‘‘shall be deemed to 

be consistent with the public interest’’ and granted 

‘‘without modification or delay.’’ 15 U.S.C. 717b(c). 

Accordingly, this Notice does not apply to FTA 

export proceedings. 

3See generally Sierra Club v. U.S. Dep’t of 

Energy, 867 F.3d 189 (D.C. Cir. 2017). Before 

reaching a final decision on any non-FTA 

application, DOE must also comply with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 

42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

4See, e.g., Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville II LLC, 

DOE/FE Order No. 4078, FE Docket No. 17–79– 

LNG, Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term, 

Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Liquefied 

Natural Gas in ISO Containers Loaded at the Eagle 

Maxville Facility in Jacksonville, Florida, and 

Exported by Vessel to Free Trade Agreement and 

Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations, 34–38 (Sept. 

15, 2017). 

5See id. at 37–38. 

6See id. at 34–38. 

7 DOE acted on the first application—Sabine Pass 

Liquefaction, LLC in FE Docket No. 10–111–LNG— 

at approximately the same time that DOE/FE 

commenced the first LNG export study. 

8Because there is no natural gas pipeline 

interconnection between Alaska and the lower 48 

states, DOE/FE generally views those LNG export 

markets as distinct. DOE/FE therefore focuses on 

LNG exports from the lower-48 states for purposes 

of determining macroeconomic impacts. 

9See 2012 LNG Export Study, 77 FR. 73627 (Dec. 

11, 2012), available at: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/ 

files/2013/04/f0/fr_notice_two_part_study.pdf 

(notice of availability of the 2012 LNG Export 

Study). 

10See id. 

11U.S. Energy Info. Admin., Effect of Increased 

Levels of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports on U.S. 

Energy Markets (Oct. 2014), available at: https://

www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/fe/pdf/lng.pdf. 

12Center for Energy Studies at Rice University 

Baker Institute and Oxford Economics, The 

Macroeconomic Impact of Increasing U.S. LNG 

Exports (Oct. 29, 2015), available at: http://

energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2015/12/f27/20151113_

macro_impact_of_lng_exports_0.pdf; see also U.S. 

Dep’t of Energy, Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG 

Exports Studies; Notice of Availability and Request 

for Comments, 80 F R 81300 (Dec. 29, 2015) (notice 

of availability of the 2014 and 2015 LNG Export 

Studies). 

of a study, Macroeconomic Outcomes of 

Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG 

Exports (2018 LNG Export Study or 

Study), in the above-referenced 

proceedings and invites the submission 

of comments on the Study. DOE 

commissioned the 2018 LNG Export 

Study to inform DOE/FE’s decisions on 

applications seeking authorization to 

export domestically produced liquefied 

natural gas (LNG) from the lower-48 

states to countries with which the 

United States does not have a free trade 

agreement (FTA) requiring national 

treatment for trade in natural gas, and 

with which trade is not prohibited by 

U.S. law or policy (non-FTA countries). 

The purpose of this Notice is to enter 

the 2018 LNG Export Study into the 

administrative record of the 25 pending 

non-FTA export proceedings (listed 

above) and to invite comments on the 

Study for use in the pending and future 

non-FTA application proceedings. The 

2018 LNG Export Study is posted on the 

DOE/FE website at: https://

fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/ 

docket/index/10. 

DATES: Comments are to be filed using 

procedures detailed in the Public 

Comment Procedures section no later 

than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, July 27, 

2018. DOE will not accept reply 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing of Comments Using 

Online Form: https://fossil.energy.gov/ 

app/docketindex/docket/index/10. 

Regular Mail: U.S. Department of 

Energy (FE–34), Office of Regulation 

and International Engagement, 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 

Regulation and International 

Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Smith or Amy Sweeney, U.S. 

Department of Energy (FE–34), Office of 

Oil and Natural Gas, Office of Fossil 

Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E– 

042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–7241; 

(202) 586–2627. 

Cassandra Bernstein or Ronald (R.J.) 

Colwell, U.S. Department of Energy 

(GC–76), Office of the Assistant General 

Counsel for Electricity and Fossil 

Energy, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, (202) 586–9793; (202) 586– 

8499. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

A. Statutory and Regulatory Overview 

Pursuant to section 3 of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717b, exports 

of natural gas, including LNG, must be 

authorized by DOE/FE.1 Under NGA 

section 3(a), 15 U.S.C. 717b(a), 

applications that seek authority to 

export natural gas to non-FTA countries 

are presumed to be in the public interest 

unless, after opportunity for hearing, 

DOE finds that the authorization would 

not be consistent with the public 

interest.2

In evaluating the public interest under 

NGA section 3(a), DOE reviews factors 

including economic impacts, 

international impacts, security of 

natural gas supply, and environmental 

impacts, among others.3 Additionally, 

DOE/FE has explained that, in deciding 

whether to grant a non-FTA export 

application, it considers the cumulative 

impacts of the total volume of all final 

non-FTA export authorizations.4 DOE/ 

FE has further stated that it will assess 

the cumulative impacts of each 

succeeding request for export 

authorization on the public interest with 

due regard to the effect on domestic 

natural gas supply and demand 

fundamentals.5

To date, DOE/FE has issued 29 final 

long-term authorizations to export LNG 

and compressed natural gas to non-FTA 

countries in a cumulative volume 

totaling 21.35 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per 

day (Bcf/d) of natural gas 

(approximately 7.79 trillion cubic feet 

per year).6 With one early exception,7

DOE/FE issued all of these 

authorizations based, in part, on its 

consideration of one or more of the LNG 

export studies described below. 

B. LNG Export Studies 

To date, DOE/FE has commissioned 

five studies to examine the effects of 

U.S. LNG exports on the U.S. economy 

and energy markets.8 The first study, 

Effect of Increased Natural Gas Exports 

on Domestic Energy Markets, was 

performed by EIA and published in 

January 2012 (EIA Study).9 The second 

study, Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG 

Exports from the United States, was 

performed by NERA and published in 

December 2012 (NERA Study and, 

together with the EIA Study, the 2012 

LNG Export Study).10 The third study, 

Effect of Increased Levels of Liquefied 

Natural Gas Exports on U.S. Energy 

Markets, was performed by EIA and 

published in October 2014 (2014 LNG 

Export Study).11 The fourth study, The 

Macroeconomic Impact of Increasing 

U.S. LNG Exports, was performed 

jointly by the Center for Energy Studies 

at Rice University’s Baker Institute and 

Oxford Economics and published in 

October 2015 (2015 LNG Export 

Study).12 The study subject to this 

Notice—the 2018 LNG Export Study—is 

the fifth economic study commissioned 

by DOE. 

DOE/FE invited public comment on 

each of the four prior studies, and 

received comments representing a 

diverse range of interests and 

perspectives. DOE/FE considered the 

comments received on each study, as 

applicable, in its review of the non-FTA 

export applications then-pending before 

it. As noted above, DOE/FE has relied 


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13Each Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) presents 

EIA’s long-term projections of energy supply, 

demand, and prices. It is based on results from 

EIA’s National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) 

model. 

14The four major sources of uncertainty affecting 

U.S. LNG exports identified by the Study are: 

Natural gas supply conditions in the United States, 

natural gas demand in the United States, natural gas 

supply availability in the rest of the world, and 

natural gas demand in the rest of the world. 

on these studies to better inform its 

public interest review under section 3(a) 

of the NGA. 

The two most recent studies, the 2014 

and 2015 LNG Export Studies, 

examined the domestic macroeconomic 

impacts of increasing exports of LNG at 

levels from 12 to 20 Bcf/d of natural gas. 

Specifically, the 2014 LNG Export Study 

served as an update of EIA’s 2012 Study 

and used baseline cases from EIA’s 

Annual Energy Outlook 2014. Whereas 

the 2012 study was based off of a 

Reference case with no LNG exports, the 

2014 study assumed higher LNG exports 

as it was based off of 9.4 Bcf/d 

Reference case export levels.13 The 2015 

Study was a scenario-based assessment 

of the macroeconomic impact of levels 

of U.S. LNG exports, sourced from the 

lower-48 states, under different 

assumptions including U.S. resource 

endowment, U.S. natural gas demand, 

and international LNG market 

dynamics. The 2015 LNG Export Study 

included a case examining export 

volumes up to 28 Bcf/d of natural gas. 

The analysis covered the 2015 to 2040 

time period. 

C. The 2018 LNG Export Study 

The 2018 LNG Export Study, 

performed by NERA Economic 

Consulting (NERA), examines the 

probability and macroeconomic impact 

of various U.S. LNG export scenarios 

and includes alternative baseline 

scenarios based on the U.S. Energy 

Information Administration’s (EIA) 

Annual Energy Outlook 2017. The 2018 

LNG Export Study will allow DOE/FE 

to: (i) Evaluate the cumulative impacts 

of each additional non-FTA application 

to export LNG on the U.S. economy and 

energy markets, and (ii) assess the 

likelihood (or probability) of different 

levels of LNG exports. The 2018 LNG 

Export Study is posted on the DOE/FE 

website at: https://fossil.energy.gov/app/ 

docketindex/docket/index/10. DOE may 

use the 2018 LNG Export Study to 

inform its decisions in the pending nonFTA docket proceedings (listed above), 

in future non-FTA application 

proceedings, and for other purposes. 

Comments submitted in compliance 

with the instructions in this Notice will 

be placed in the administrative record 

for all of the above-listed proceedings 

and need only be submitted once. 

The 25 proceedings identified above 

involve pending applications seeking 

authorization to export domestically 

produced LNG to non-FTA countries. In 

light of both the cumulative volume of 

exports to non-FTA countries 

authorized to date (equivalent to 21.35 

Bcf/d of natural gas) and the volume of 

LNG requested for export in those 

pending applications, DOE/FE 

determined that a new macroeconomic 

study was warranted. DOE therefore 

commissioned NERA to conduct the 

2018 LNG Export Study. 

Like the four prior studies, the 2018 

LNG Export Study examines the impacts 

of varying levels of LNG exports on 

domestic energy markets. The 2018 LNG 

Export Study also assesses the 

likelihood of different levels of 

‘‘unconstrained’’ LNG exports (defined 

as market determined levels of exports), 

and analyzes the outcomes of different 

LNG export levels on the U.S. natural 

gas markets and the U.S. economy as a 

whole, over the 2020 to 2050 time 

period. 

Specifically, the 2018 LNG Export 

Study develops 54 scenarios by 

identifying various assumptions for 

domestic and international supply and 

demand conditions to capture a wide 

range of uncertainty in the natural gas 

markets.14 The scenarios include three 

baseline cases based on EIA’s Annual 

Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO 2017) 

projections (the most recent EIA 

projections available at the time), with 

varying assumptions about U.S. natural 

gas supply. Alternative scenarios add 

other assumptions about both future 

U.S. natural gas demand and the 

international outlook. International 

assumptions are based on EIA’s 

International Energy Outlook 2017 and 

the International Energy Agency’s World 

Energy Outlook 2016. 

As part of this analysis, the 2018 LNG 

Export Study examines the likelihood of 

conditions leading to various export 

scenarios—making it the first DOE 

macroeconomic study to consider this 

issue. Specifically, the 2018 LNG Export 

Study includes peer-reviewed 

probabilities of uncertainties 

surrounding developments in the 

international and domestic natural gas 

markets that were, in turn, combined to 

develop the 54 export scenarios and 

their associated macroeconomic 

impacts. 

To summarize, the 2018 LNG Export 

Study differs from DOE/FE’s previous 

macroeconomic studies in the following 

ways: 

(i) Includes a larger number of 

scenarios (54 scenarios) to capture a 

wider range of uncertainty in four 

natural gas market conditions than 

examined in the previous studies; 

(ii) Includes LNG exports in all 54 

scenarios that are market-determined 

levels, including the three alternative 

baseline scenarios that are based on the 

AEO 2017 projections; 

(iii) Examines unconstrained LNG 

export volumes beyond the levels 

examined in the previous studies; 

(iv) Examines the likelihood of those 

market-determined LNG export 

volumes; and 

(v) Provides macroeconomic 

projections associated with several of 

the scenarios lying within the more 

likely range. 

II. Invitation To Comment 

The 2018 LNG Export Study and the 

comments that DOE/FE receives in 

response to this Notice will help to 

inform DOE/FE’s determination of the 

public interest in pending and future 

non-FTA application proceedings. 

Comments must be limited to the 

methodology, results, and conclusions 

of the 2018 LNG Export Study on the 

factors evaluated. These factors include 

the potential impact of LNG exports on 

domestic energy consumption, 

production, and prices; the 

macroeconomic factors identified in the 

Study, including gross domestic 

product, consumption, U.S. economic 

sector analysis, and U.S. LNG export 

feasibility analysis; and any other 

factors included in the Study. In 

addition, comments may be directed 

toward the feasibility of various 

scenarios used in the Study. While this 

invitation to comment covers a broad 

range of issues, DOE may disregard 

comments that are not germane to the 

present inquiry. Due to the complexity 

of the issues raised in the 2018 LNG 

Export Study, interested parties will be 

provided 45 days from the date of 

publication of this Notice in which to 

submit their comments. 

III. Public Comment Procedures 

DOE is not establishing a new 

proceeding or docket in this Notice, and 

the submission of comments in response 

to this Notice will not make commenters 

parties to any of the 25 export 

proceedings identified by docket 

number above. Persons with an interest 

in the outcome of one or more of those 

proceedings have been given an 

opportunity to comment, protest, and/or 

intervene in those applications by 

complying with the procedures 

established in the respective notices of 

application published in the Federal 


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15Notices of application in the 25 proceedings 

were published in the Federal Register as follows: 

Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC, FE Docket No. 12–05– 

LNG, 77 FR 32962 (June 4, 2012); Jordan Cove 

Energy Project, L.P., FE Docket No. 12–32–LNG, 77 

FR 33446 (June 6, 2012); Gulf LNG Liquefaction Co., 

LLC, FE Docket No. 12–101–LNG, 77 FR 66454 

(Nov. 5, 2012); CE FLNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 12– 

123–LNG, 77 FR 72840 (Dec. 6, 2012); FreeportMcMoRan Energy LLC, FE Docket No. 13–26–LNG, 

78 FR 34084 (June 6, 2013); Venture Global 

Calcasieu Pass, LLC, FE Docket No. 13–69–LNG, 79 

FR 30109 (May 27, 2014); Eos LNG LLC, FE Docket 

No. 13–116–LNG, 78 FR 75337 (Dec. 11, 2013); 

Barca LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 13–118–LNG, 78 FR 

75339 (Dec. 11, 2013); Waller LNG Svs., LLC, FE 

Docket No. 13–153–LNG, 79 FR 41685 (July 17, 

2014); Gasfin Development USA, LLC, FE Docket 

No. 13–161–LNG, 79 FR 44439 (July 31, 2014); 

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC, FE Docket No. 

14–88–LNG, 79 FR 66707 (Nov. 10, 2014); SCT&E 

LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 14–98–LNG, 79 FR 75796 

(Dec. 19, 2014); Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, 

LLC, FE Docket No. 15–25–LNG, 80 FR 36977 (June 

29, 2015); G2 LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 15–45–LNG, 

80 FR 44091 (July 24, 2015); Texas LNG Brownsville 

LLC, FE Docket No. 15–62–LNG, 80 FR 46966 (Aug. 

6, 2015); Strom Inc., FE Docket No. 15–78–LNG, 80 

FR 51793 (Aug. 26, 2015); Port Arthur LNG, LLC, 

FE Docket No. 15–96–LNG, 80 FR 51795 (Aug. 26, 

2015); Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, FE Docket 

No. 15–97–LNG, 80 FR 51790 (Aug. 26, 2015); Rio 

Grande LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 15–190–LNG, 81 

FR 46318 (July 19, 2016); Eagle LNG Partners 

Jacksonville, LLC, FE Docket No. 16–15–LNG, 81 FR 

43192 (July 1, 2016); Venture Global Plaquemines 

LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 16–28–LNG, 81 FR 39603 

(June 8, 2016); Driftwood LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 

16–144–LNG, 82 FR 3760 (Jan. 12, 2017); Fourchon 

LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 17–105–LNG, 82 FR 

49201 (Oct. 24, 2017); Galveston Bay LNG, LLC, FE 

Docket No. 17–167–LNG, 83 FR 4473 (Jan. 31, 

2018); Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG 

Liquefaction 4, LLC, FE Docket No. 18–26–LNG, 83 

FR 23909 (May 23, 2018). 

Register.15 The record in those 25 

proceedings will include all comments 

received in response to this Notice. 

Comments will be reviewed on a 

consolidated basis, and decisions on 

each application will be issued on a 

case-by-case basis. In addition to the 

procedures established by this Notice, 

all comments must meet the 

requirements specified by the 

regulations in 10 CFR part 590, as 

supplemented below. 

Comments may be submitted using 

one of the following supplemental 

methods: 

(1) Submitting the comments using 

the online form at https://

fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/ 

docket/index/10; 

(2) Mailing an original and three 

paper copies of the filing to the Office 

of Regulation and International 

Engagement at the address listed in 

ADDRESSES; or 

(3) Hand delivering an original and 

three paper copies of the filing to the 

Office of Regulation and International 

Engagement at the address listed in 

ADDRESSES. 

For administrative efficiency, DOE/FE 

prefers comments to be filed 

electronically using the online form 

(method 1). All comments must include 

a reference to the ‘‘2018 LNG Export 

Study’’ in the title line. 

The 2018 LNG Export Study is 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Division of Natural Gas Regulation 

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 Study and any 

comments filed in response to this 

Notice will be available electronically at 

the following DOE/FE website: https:// 

fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/ 

docket/index/10. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2018. 

Amy Sweeney, 

Director, Division of Natural Gas Regulation, 

Office of Fossil Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12621 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the State Energy Advisory 

Board (STEAB). The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: July 12, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 

p.m. ET, July 13, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 

p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 

DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Li, Senior Policy Advisor, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone number 

202–287–5189, and email: Michael.Li@

ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Meet with and hear 

from the Principal Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and 

other staff regarding programs and 

priorities of the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The 

meeting is also expected to discuss the 

relevant work of the Building 

Technologies Office and the 

Weatherization and Intergovernmental 

Programs Office. The Board is expected 

to develop recommendations for the 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Michael Li at the address 

or telephone number listed above. 

Requests to make oral comments must 

be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. Anyone attending the 

meeting will be required to present 

government-issued identification. 

The Chair of the Board is empowered 

to conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 90 days on the STEAB 

website, http://www.energy.gov/eere/ 

steab/state-energy-advisory-board. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2018. 

Latanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12543 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Nuclear Energy Advisory 

Committee (NEAC). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Monday July 9, 2018, 9:00 a.m.– 

4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Crowne Plaza Washington 

National Airport, 1480 Crystal Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Rova, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 19901 


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