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response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Dated: September 30, 2011. 

Darrin King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information, and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: Request for Title 

IV Reimbursement or Heightened Cash 

Monitoring 2 (HCM2). 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0089. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Monthly. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit Institutions. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 732. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,660. 

Abstract: The purpose of the form is 

to gather financial information from the 

institution in order to process claims for 

payment. ED Payment Analysts compare 

data on the form with disbursement 

records in the Common Origination and 

Disbursement system to determine what 

amount will be paid to the institution 

under the restricted method of 

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to the Title IV program funds that are 

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Chief Executive Officer and the 

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are signed by the institution official and 

submitted when requesting payment for 

Reimbursement or Heightened Cash 

Monitoring 2 claims. 

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be addressed to U.S. Department of 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 11–109–LNG] 

ConocoPhillips Company; Application 

for Blanket Authorization To Export 

Previously Imported Liquefied Natural 

Gas on a Short-Term Basis 

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 August 22, 2011, 

by ConocoPhillips Company 

(ConocoPhillips), requesting blanket 

authorization to export liquefied natural 

gas (LNG) that previously had been 

imported into the United States from 

foreign sources in an amount up to the 

equivalent of 500 Billion cubic feet (Bcf) 

of natural gas on a short-term or spot 

market basis over a two year period 

commencing on November 30, 2011. 

ConocoPhillips further requests that 

such authorization extend to LNG 

supplies imported from foreign sources 

to which ConocoPhillips holds title, as 

well as to LNG supplies imported from 

foreign sources that ConocoPhillips may 

export on behalf of other entities who 

themselves hold title. The LNG would 

be exported from the LNG terminal 

facilities owned by Freeport LNG 

Development, L.P. (Freeport LNG) on 

Quintana Island, Texas, to any country 

with the capacity to import LNG via 

ocean-going carrier and with which 

trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or 

policy. The application was filed under 

section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 

as amended by section 201 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 1992. 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 Public Comment 

Procedures below no later than 4:30 

p.m., eastern time, November 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic Filing on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal under FE 

Docket No. 11–109–LNG: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Electronic Filing by e-mail: 

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 Marc Talbert, U.S. 

Department of Energy (FE–4), 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 General Counsel, 

Fossil Energy and Energy Efficiency, 

Forrestal Building, Room 6B–159, 

1000 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 

3397. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

ConocoPhillips is a Delaware 

corporation with its principal place of 

business in Houston, Texas. 

ConocoPhillips is an independent 

producer and seller of natural gas that 

imports LNG into the United States and 

exports foreign-sourced LNG from the 

United States. On November 30, 2009, 

DOE/FE issued Order No. 2731, which 

granted ConocoPhillips authorization to 

export LNG that previously had been 

imported from foreign sources in an 

amount up to the equivalent of 500 Bcf 

of natural gas on a cumulative basis over 

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1ConocoPhillips’ blanket authorization to export 

LNG granted in DOE/FE Order No. 2731 on 

November 30, 2009, extends through November 29, 

2011. 

2 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). 

3Phillips Alaska Natural Gas Corp. and Marathon 

Oil Co., DOE/FE Order No. 1473, 2 FE¶ 70,317 at 

p. 13, n. 42 (April 2, 1999), citing Panhandle 

Producers and Royalty Owners Association v. ERA, 

822 f. 2d 1105, 1111 (DC Cir. 1987). 

4 Ibid. at p. 14. 

5ENI USA Gas Marketing LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 

2923 (March 3, 2011); Sempra Marketing, LLC, 

DOE/FE Order No. 2885 (December 3, 2010); 

Cheniere Marketing, LLC DOE/FE Order No. 2795 

(June 1, 2010). 

6Freeport LNG Development, L.P., DOE/FE Order 

No. 2986 (July 19, 2011) at 7. 

7Freeport LNG Development, L.P.’s blanket 

authorization to export LNG granted in DOE/FE 

Order No. 2644 on May 28, 2009, extended through 

May 28, 2011. 

8ConocoPhillips’ blanket authorization to export 

LNG granted in DOE/FE Order No. 2731 on 

November 30, 2009, extends through November 29, 

2011. 

a two-year period commencing on the 

date of the authorization.1

Current Application 

In the instant application, 

ConocoPhillips seeks to renew its 

blanket authorization to export LNG 

previously imported into the United 

States from foreign sources from the 

Freeport LNG terminal facilities. 

ConocoPhillips states that its interest in 

securing this blanket authorization is 

driven by its desire to continue to 

utilize and optimize the long-term LNG 

terminalling capacity for which it has 

contracted at the Freeport LNG facilities 

and its need for flexibility to respond to 

periodic changes in domestic and world 

markets for natural gas and LNG. 

Specifically, ConocoPhillips asserts that 

once LNG has been imported into the 

United States and is in storage at the 

Freeport LNG import terminal, 

ConocoPhillips desires the flexibility 

either to export the imported LNG to 

other world markets or to have LNG 

regassified for sale into domestic 

markets, with this decision based 

primarily on prevailing market 

conditions. 

Public Interest Considerations 

In support of its application, 

ConocoPhillips states that pursuant to 

section 3 of the NGA, FE must authorize 

exports to a foreign country unless there 

is a finding that such exports ‘‘will not 

be consistent with the public interest.’’ 2

ConocoPhillips states that section 3 

creates a statutory presumption in favor 

of approval of a properly framed export 

application.3 ConocoPhillips states 

further, in evaluating an export 

application, FE applies the principles 

described in DOE Delegation Order No. 

0204–111 which states that domestic 

need for natural gas shall be the primary 

focus of DOE when evaluating an export 

application.4 Finally, as detailed below, 

ConocoPhillips states that this blanket 

export authorization request satisfies the 

public interest standard of section 3 of 

the NGA, as construed by DOE. 

ConocoPhillips asserts that there is no 

domestic need for the LNG to be 

exported by ConocoPhillips pursuant to 

the blanket authorization requested. In 

support, ConocoPhillips states that in 

recent years, DOE/FE has issued a 

number of blanket authorizations to 

export previously-imported LNG, 

including the one issued to 

ConocoPhillips in Order No. 2731, 

finding that such LNG is not needed to 

meet domestic demand for natural gas.5

ConocoPhillips cites numerous recent 

authorizations issued by DOE/FE that 

were all approved. ConocoPhillips 

states that DOE/FE concluded in a 

recent Freeport LNG Development L.P. 

authorization that, ‘‘the evidence of 

record indicates that United States’ 

consumers continue to have access to 

substantial quantities of natural gas 

sufficient to meet domestic demand 

from multiple other sources at 

competitive prices without drawing on 

the LNG which Freeport LNG 

Development L.P. seeks to export.’’ 6

Conoco Phillips states that this record 

evidence also supports the conclusion 

that the foreign-sourced LNG that 

ConocoPhillips may export from the 

Freeport LNG terminal facilities 

pursuant to the blanket authorization 

requested herein is not needed to meet 

domestic demand. 

ConocoPhillips states that the 

monthly reports that it has filed with 

DOE/FE pursuant to Order No. 2731 

confirm that it has used its currently 

effective blanket authorization to export 

previously-imported LNG from the 

United States ConocoPhillips states that 

the Order No. 2731 blanket export 

authorization has also facilitated the 

importation of LNG cargos into the U.S. 

by enabling it to import LNG cargos into 

the U.S without fear that such cargos 

will become captive to the U.S. market 

if, in ConocoPhillip’s view, market 

conditions ultimately do not support 

delivering regassified LNG into the U.S. 

market. ConocoPhillips states that is has 

also sold LNG to Freeport LNG to 

replace boil off, thereby contributing to 

the operational stability of the Freeport 

LNG terminal facilities. 

Environmental Impact 

ConocoPhillips states that no 

modifications to Freeport LNG’s 

Quintana Island terminal are required to 

enable the proposed exports of LNG. 

ConocoPhillips also states the 

environmental impacts of permitting the 

exportation of LNG from Freeport LNG’s 

Quintana Island terminal facilities were 

already reviewed by DOE/FE in Order 

No. 2644 7 and that DOE/FE previously 

found that the export of LNG by 

ConocoPhillips from the Freeport LNG 

terminal facilities will have no 

additional environmental impact.8

DOE/FE Evaluation 

This export 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 

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. Parties that may 

oppose this application should 

comment in their responses on these 

issues. 

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. 

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. 

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11–109–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) e-mailing the 

filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov with FE 

Docket No. 11–109–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 

ConocoPhillips 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 September 

30, 2011. 

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 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Science. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 

14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), and in 

accordance with Title 41 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, Section 102– 

3.65(a), and following consultation with 

the Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration, notice 

is hereby given that the DOE/NSF 

Nuclear Science Advisory Committee 

(NSAC) will be renewed for a two-year 

period beginning on September 30, 

2011. 

The Committee will provide advice to 

the Director, Office of Science 

(Department of Energy), and the 

Assistant Director, Directorate for 

Mathematical and Physical Sciences 

(National Science Foundation), on 

scientific priorities within the field of 

basic nuclear science research. 

Additionally, the renewal of the 

NSAC has been determined to be 

essential to conduct business of the 

Department of Energy and the National 

Science Foundation and to be in the 

public interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed upon the 

Department of Energy, by law and 

agreement. The Committee will 

continue to operate in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, and the rules and 

regulations in implementation of that 

Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Timothy Hallman, Designated Federal 

Officer, at (301) 903–3613. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 

30, 2011. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Issuance of a Loan Guarantee to 

Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of 

Kansas, LLC for the Abengoa 

Biorefinery Project Near Hugoton, 

Stevens County, KS 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy, 

Loan Programs Office. 

ACTION: Record of decision. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) announces its decision to 

issue a $134 million loan guarantee 

under Title XVII of the Energy Policy 

Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) to Abengoa 

Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas, LLC 

(Abengoa) for construction and start-up 

of a cellulosic ethanol plant near 

Hugoton, Kansas (Project). The 

integrated biorefinery will use a 

combination of biomass feedstocks, 

such as corn stover and wheat straw, to 

produce cellulosic ethanol and to 

generate sufficient electricity to power 

the facility. The Project site comprises 

approximately 810 acres of row-cropped 

agricultural land. The biorefinery 

facilities will be developed on 385 acres 

and the remaining 425 acres will 

continue in agricultural use and act as 

a buffer area between the biorefinery 

and the Hugoton city limits. The 

environmental impacts of the 

construction and operation of this 

project were analyzed pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) in the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Abengoa Biorefinery Project near 

Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas (DOE/ 

EIS–0407F) (Final EIS) (August 2010) 

and in an associated Supplement 

Analysis (DOE/EIS–0407/SA–1; July 

2011), prepared by the DOE Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy (EERE) Golden Field Office. DOE 

published a Record of Decision (ROD) 

on January 12, 2011 (76 FR 2096) to 

provide Federal funding under Section 

932 of EPAct 2005 to Abengoa for the 

Project. The project for which DOE 

earlier provided funding under Section 

932, with some modifications, is the 

same project for which DOE is now 

making a decision to issue a loan 

guarantee under Title XVII of EPAct 

2005. DOE Loan Programs Office 

determined that the project analyzed in 

the Final EIS and Supplement Analysis 

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