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1Pieridae US, a corporation formed under the 

laws of Canada, states that it is filing the 

Application in its capacity as the sole general 

partner of Goldboro LNG Limited Partnership II. 

Both have their principal place of business in 

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

2 In the Application, Pieridae US also requests 

authorization to export LNG to any nation that 

currently has, or in the future may enter into, a FTA 

requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas 

(FTA countries). DOE/FE will review Pieridae US’s 

request for a FTA export authorization separately 

pursuant to NGA § 3(c), 15 U.S.C. 717b(c). 

3The cover letter to the Application indicates 

Pieridae US’s interest in exporting the proposed 

volume of LNG on its own behalf and on behalf of 

other entities. The Application, however, indicates 

(at 12–13) that the natural gas to be exported will 

be owned by Pieridae US. Accordingly, the 

Application has been construed as a request for 

Pieridae US to export LNG solely on its own behalf, 

not as agent for other entities. 

to evaluate the costs and benefits of SEP 

certification, which is consistent with 

the Executive Order—Accelerating 

Investment in Industrial Energy 

Efficiency (August 2012). This 

information will also help DOE identify 

strategies to reduce the cost of SEP 

participation. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

January 9, 2015. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments, but 

find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this notice, 

please advise the DOE Desk Officer at 

OMB of your intention to make a 

submission as soon as possible. The 

Desk Officer may be telephoned at 202– 

395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the, DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. And to Paul Scheihing, EE–5A/ 

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, by 

fax at 202–586–9234, or by email at 

paul.scheihing@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Paul 

Scheihing, EE–5A/Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, by fax at 202– 

586–9234, or by email at 

paul.scheihing@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. {‘‘New’’}; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Superior 

Energy PerformanceTM Certification 

Program; (3) Type of Request: New 

collection; (4) Purpose: This request for 

information consists of a voluntary data 

collection process for SEP participation: 

to enroll industrial facilities, manage 

and track certification cycles, and relay 

the costs and benefits of SEP 

certification to industry. Typical 

respondents are expected to be energy 

managers that have experience with 

compiling energy use data, and the 

corresponding data burden is not 

expected to be substantial.; (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 575; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 475; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 650; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $31,295 . 

Statutory Authority: President’s Executive 

Order—Accelerating Investment in Industrial 

Energy Efficiency (August 2012) 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 4, 

2014. 

Paul Scheihing, 

Technology Manager, Advanced 

Manufacturing Office. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 14–179–LNG] 

Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd.; 

Application for Long-Term 

Authorization To Export Domestically 

Produced Natural Gas Through 

Canada to Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Countries After Liquefaction to 

Liquefied Natural Gas for a 20-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 October 24, 2014, 

by Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd. (Pieridae 

US) 1 requesting long-term, multicontract authorization to export 

domestically produced natural gas in a 

volume up to 292 billion cubic feet per 

year (Bcf/yr), or approximately 0.8 Bcf 

per day (Bcf/d). Pieridae US proposes to 

export domestically produced natural 

gas as follows: (i) To export the natural 

gas to Canada at the United StatesCanada border near Baileyville, Maine, 

at the juncture of the Maritimes & 

Northeast (M&N) U.S. Pipeline and the 

M&N Canada Pipeline; 2 (ii) to use a 

portion of the U.S.-sourced natural gas 

as feedstock in a Canadian natural gas 

liquefaction facility called the Goldboro 

LNG Project, to be developed by one or 

more Pieridae affiliates and to be 

located at the Goldboro Industrial Park 

in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, 

Canada; and (iii) to export a portion of 

the U.S.-sourced natural gas in the form 

of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by vessel 

from Canada to one or more 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 (nonFTA countries). Only Pieridae US’s 

proposed export of LNG produced from 

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

countries is subject to this Notice. 

Pieridae US states that it is not 

proposing to construct, expand, or 

modify any pipeline facilities in the 

United States in conjunction with its 

proposed export of natural gas. Pieridae 

US requests this non-FTA export 

authorization for a 20-year term to 

commence on the earlier of the date of 

first export or seven years from the date 

the authorization is granted. Pieridae US 

requests this authorization on its own 

behalf.3 The Application was filed 

under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA). Additional details can be found 

in Pieridae US’s Application, posted on 

the DOE/FE Web site at: http://

energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/10/f18/

14_179_lng.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, February 9, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing by email: fergas@

hq.doe.gov. 

Regular Mail: U.S. Department of 

Energy (FE–34), Office of Oil and Gas 

Global Security and Supply, 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 

Oil and Gas Global Security and Supply, 

Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal 

Building, Room 3E–042, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larine Moore or Benjamin Nussdorf, 

U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34), 

Office of Oil and Gas Global Security 

and Supply, Office of Fossil Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 

9478; (202) 586–7893. 

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4The Addendum and related documents are 

available at: http://energy.gov/fe/draft-addendumenvironmental-review-documents-concerningexports-natural-gas-united-states. 

5The Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is 

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

Edward Myers or Cassandra Bernstein, 

U.S. Department of Energy Office of 

the Assistant General Counsel for 

Electricity and Fossil Energy, 

Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20585, (202) 586–3397; (202) 586– 

9793. 

DOE/FE Evaluation 

The Application will be reviewed 

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

U.S.C. 717b(a), and DOE will consider 

any issues required by law or policy. To 

the extent determined to be relevant, 

these issues will include the domestic 

need for the natural gas proposed to be 

exported, the adequacy of domestic 

natural gas supply, U.S. energy security, 

and the cumulative impact of the 

requested authorization and any other 

LNG export application(s) previously 

approved on domestic natural gas 

supply and demand fundamentals. DOE 

may also consider other factors bearing 

on the public interest, including the 

impact of the proposed exports on the 

U.S. economy (including GDP, 

consumers, and industry), job creation, 

the U.S. balance of trade, and 

international considerations; and 

whether the authorization is consistent 

with DOE’s policy of promoting 

competition in the marketplace by 

allowing commercial parties to freely 

negotiate their own trade arrangements. 

Additionally, DOE will consider the 

following environmental documents: 

• Addendum to Environmental 

Review Documents Concerning Exports 

of Natural Gas From the United States, 

79 FR 48,132 (Aug. 15, 2014); 4 and 

• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas 

Perspective on Exporting Liquefied 

Natural Gas From the United States, 79 

FR 32,260 (June 4, 2014).5

Parties that may oppose this 

Application should address these issues 

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. Due to the 

complexity of the issues raised by the 

Applicant, interested parties will be 

provided 60 days from the date of 

publication of this Notice in which to 

submit their 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. 14–179–LNG in the title 

line; (2) mailing an original and three 

paper copies of the filing to the Office 

of Oil and Gas Global Security and 

Supply at the address listed in 

ADDRESSES; or (3) hand delivering an 

original and three paper copies of the 

filing to the Office of Oil and Gas Global 

Supply at the address listed in 

ADDRESSES. All filings must include a 

reference to FE Docket No. 14–179– 

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 Division 

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 8:00 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 4, 

2014. 

John A. Anderson, 

Director, Division of Natural Gas Regulatory 

Activities, Office of Oil and Gas Global 

Security and Supply, Office of Oil and 

Natural Gas. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28914 Filed 12–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM14–22–000] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is submitting the 

information collections in Docket No. 

RM14–22–000 to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. Any interested person 

may file comments directly with OMB 

and should file a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. 

The Commission solicited comments 

on the information collections 

associated with RM14–22–000 in Order 

No. 800 published in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 59105, October 1, 2014). 

The Commission received no comments 

on the information collections and is 

making this notation in its submission 

to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the information 

collections are due by January 9, 2015. 

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