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and will allow researchers to examine 

associations between contextual factors 

and student outcomes. The study 

focuses on student achievement in 

mathematics and literacy along with 

measures of student socioemotional 

wellbeing and other outcomes. The 

study includes students with disabilities 

for whom descriptive information on 

their outcomes, educational 

experiences, and special education 

services are being collected. In 

preparation for the Main Study (MS), 

the data collection instruments and 

procedures were field tested. An Item 

Validation Field Test (IVFT) was 

conducted from January through May 

2016 to determine the psychometric 

properties of assessment and survey 

items and the predictive potential of 

items so that valid, reliable, and useful 

assessment and survey instruments 

could be developed for the Main Study. 

The MGLS:2017 Operational Field Test 

(OFT) Base Year (OFT1) data collection 

was conducted from January through 

May 2017 to test the near-final 

instruments and recruitment and data 

collection procedures and materials in 

preparation for the MGLS:2017 Main 

Study Base Year (MS1). Tracking of 

students and associated recruitment of 

schools for the OFT First Follow-up 

(OFT2) data collection began in August 

2017. The primary purpose of the OFT2 

was to: (a) Obtain information on 

recruiting, particularly for students in 

three focal IDEA-defined disability 

groups: Specific learning disability, 

autism, and emotional disturbance; (b) 

obtain a tracking sample that can be 

used to study mobility patterns in 

subsequent years; and (c) test protocols, 

items, and administrative procedures. 

The MS1 district and school recruitment 

began in February 2017. The MS1 and 

OFT2 data collections took place from 

January to July 2018. OMB approved the 

MGLS:2017 MS1 and OFT1 data 

collection, and MS2 tracking and 

recruitment in October 2017, with the 

latest change request approved in April 

2018 (OMB #1850–0911 v.16–19). 

Originally, NCES planned for 

MGLS:2017 to conduct annual main 

study follow-up data collections first 

beginning in January 2019 and next 

beginning in January 2020, when most 

of the students in the sample will be in 

grades 7 and 8, respectively. However, 

due to lower than expected response 

rates experienced in the sixth grade data 

collection, this request is to: (1) 

Schedule the MS2 data collection for 

January–July 2020 (when most sample 

students will be in the eighth grade) 

instead of January-July 2019 (thus 

dropping the originally planned seventh 

grade round of data collection), (2) 

notify participating districts and schools 

of this change in data collection 

schedule, (3) discontinue the 

procedures designed to oversample 

students in specific IDEA-defined 

disability groups, and (4) conduct MS2 

and OFT3 tracking activities. 

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 18–70–LNG] 

Mexico Pacific Limited LLC; 

Application for Long-Term, MultiContract Authorization To Export 

Domestically Produced Natural Gas 

Through Mexico to Non-Free Trade 

Agreement Countries After 

Liquefaction to Liquefied Natural Gas 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 

gives notice of receipt of an application 

(Application), filed on June 18, 2018, by 

Mexico Pacific Limited LLC (MPL). MPL 

requests long-term, multi-contract 

authorization to export domestically 

produced natural gas in a volume 

equivalent to 12 million metric tons per 

annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG)— 

or approximately 621 billion cubic feet 

(Bcf) per year (1.7 Bcf per day) of 

natural gas. Specifically, MPL seeks to 

export this natural gas to its proposed 

LNG production and storage facility to 

be constructed in the state of Sonora, 

Mexico (MPL Facility), using existing 

cross-border natural gas transmission 

pipelines. At the MPL Facility, MPL 

plans to liquefy the U.S.-sourced natural 

gas into LNG. MPL requests 

authorization to export the U.S.-sourced 

LNG by vessel from Mexico to any 

country 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). Only MPL’s 

proposed export of LNG produced from 

U.S.-sourced natural gas to non-FTA 

countries is subject to this Notice. MPL 

requests this non-FTA authorization for 

a 20-year term to commence on the 

earlier of the date of first export or five 

years from date of the requested 

authorization. MPL requests this 

authorization on its own behalf and as 

agent for other entities who hold title to 

the LNG at the time of export. MPL filed 

the Application under section 3 of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA). Additional 

details can be found in MPL’s 

Application, posted on the DOE/FE 

website at: https://www.energy.gov/ 

sites/prod/files/2018/07/f53/18-70- 

LNGapp.pdf. Protests, motions to 

intervene, notices of intervention, and 

written comments are invited. 

DATES: Protests, motions to intervene or 

notices of intervention, as applicable, 

requests for additional procedures, and 

written comments are to be filed using 

procedures detailed in the Public 

Comment Procedures section no later 

than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, October 9, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing by email: fergas@

hq.doe.gov. 

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: 

Benjamin Nussdorf or Larine Moore, 

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, (202) 586–7970; (202) 586– 

9478. 

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: 

DOE/FE Evaluation 

In the Application, MPL requests 

authorization to export U.S.-sourced 

natural gas in the form of LNG from the 

proposed MPL Facility, to be located in 

Mexico, to both FTA countries and nonFTA countries. This Notice applies only 

to the non-FTA portion of the 

Application filed under section 3(a) of 

the NGA, 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). DOE/FE 

will review MPL’s request for a FTA 

export authorization separately 


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1The 2014 EIA LNG Export Study, published on 

Oct. 29, 2014, is available at: https://www.eia.gov/ 

analysis/requests/fe/. 

2The 2015 LNG Export Study, dated Oct. 29, 

2015, is available at: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/ 

files/2015/12/f27/20151113_macro_impact_of_lng_

exports_0.pdf. 

3The 2018 LNG Export Study, dated June 7, 2018, 

is available at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/ 

files/2018/06/f52/Macroeconomic%20LNG

%20Export%20Study%202018.pdf. DOE is 

currently evaluating public comments received on 

this Study (83 FR 27314). 

4The Addendum and related documents are 

available at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/ 

files/2014/08/f18/Addendum.pdf. 

5The Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is 

available at: http://energy.gov/fe/life-cyclegreenhouse-gas-perspective-exporting-liquefiednatural-gas-united-states. 

pursuant to section 3(c) of the NGA, 15 

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

In reviewing this Application, DOE 

will consider any issues required by law 

or policy. DOE will consider domestic 

need for the natural gas, as well as any 

other issues determined to be 

appropriate, including 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. As part of this 

analysis, DOE will consider one or more 

of the following studies examining the 

cumulative impacts of exporting 

domestically produced LNG: 

• Effect of Increased Levels of 

Liquefied Natural Gas on U.S. Energy 

Markets, conducted by the U.S. Energy 

Information Administration upon DOE’s 

request (2014 EIA LNG Export Study); 1

• The Macroeconomic Impact of 

Increasing U.S. LNG Exports, conducted 

jointly by the Center for Energy Studies 

at Rice University’s Baker Institute for 

Public Policy and Oxford Economics, on 

behalf of DOE (2015 LNG Export 

Study); 2 and 

• Macroeconomic Outcomes of 

Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG 

Exports, conducted by NERA Economic 

Consulting on behalf of DOE (2018 LNG 

Export Study).3

Additionally, DOE will consider the 

following environmental documents: 

• Addendum to Environmental 

Review Documents Concerning Exports 

of Natural Gas From the United States, 

79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014); 4 and 

• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas 

Perspective on Exporting Liquefied 

Natural Gas from the United States, 79 

FR 32260 (June 4, 2014).5

Parties that may oppose this 

Application should address these issues 

and documents in their comments and/ 

or protests, as well as other issues 

deemed relevant to the Application. 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., 

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. 

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. Interested 

parties will be provided 60 days from 

the date of publication of this Notice in 

which to submit comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or notices of 

intervention. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

to the proceeding must file a motion to 

intervene or notice of intervention. 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. 18–70–LNG in the title line; 

(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. All filings must 

include a reference to FE Docket No. 

18–70–LNG. Please note: If submitting a 

filing via email, please include all 

related documents and attachments 

(e.g., exhibits) in the original email 

correspondence. Please do not include 

any active hyperlinks or password 

protection in any of the documents or 

attachments related to the filing. All 

electronic filings submitted to DOE 

must follow these guidelines to ensure 

that all documents are filed in a timely 

manner. Any hardcopy filing submitted 

greater in length than 50 pages must 

also include, at the time of the filing, a 

digital copy on disk of the entire 

submission. 

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. 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 is available for 

inspection and copying in the Office of 

Regulation and International 

Engagement 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. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 6, 

2018. 

Shawn Bennett, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Oil and 

Natural Gas. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17182 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: EIA requests a three-year 

extension, with changes, to the Oil and 

Gas Reserves System Survey Program as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This survey system 

includes: Form EIA–64A, Annual 

Report of the Origin of Natural Gas 

Liquids Production; Form EIA–23L, 

Annual Report of Domestic Oil and Gas 

Reserves, County Level Report; and 

Form EIA–23S, Annual Survey of 

Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves, 

Summary Level Report. 

DATES: EIA must receive all comments 

on this proposed information collection 

no later than October 9, 2018. If you 

anticipate difficulties in submitting your 

comments by the deadline, contact the 

person listed in the below ADDRESSES

section of this notice as soon as 

possible. 


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