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1The Application states that Venture Global also 

seeks authority to export previously imported LNG, 

but by email dated September 13, 2013, Venture 

Global informed DOE/FE that it no longer seeks that 

authority. Rather, it seeks only to export 

domestically produced LNG, as stated above. 

2Applicants are required to provide volumes of 

natural gas in Bcf, 10 CFR 590.202(b)(1), and 

therefore DOE/FE will address Venture Global’s 

requested authorization in Bcf/yr. 

3As discussed below, Venture Global informed 

DOE/FE by letter dated December 12, 2013, that it 

seeks authority to export LNG only by loading the 

LNG directly onto vessels, not also by using LNG 

containers transported on vessels, as the 

Application stated. See Ltr. From J. Patrick Nevins, 

Counsel to Venture Global LNG, LLC, to John 

Anders, U.S. Dep’t of Energy, FE Docket No. 13–69– 

LNG (Dec. 12, 2013) [hereinafter Venture Global 

Ltr.]. 

4According to Venture Global, Venture Global 

Power, LLC is an affiliate of VGP and Venture 

Global. It is majority owned and controlled by 

Robert B. Pender and Michael A. Sabel. 

5The United States currently has FTAs requiring 

national treatment for trade in natural gas with 

Continued 

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Dated: May 21, 2014. 

Nadya Chinoy Dabby, 

Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary for 

Innovation and Improvement. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12161 Filed 5–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 13–69–LNG] 

Venture Global LNG, LLC; Application 

for Long-Term Authorization to Export 

Liquefied Natural Gas Produced from 

Domestic Natural Gas Resources to 

Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries 

for a 25-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 May 13, 2013, by 

Venture Global LNG, LLC (Venture 

Global), requesting long-term, multicontract authorization to export 

domestically produced liquefied natural 

gas (LNG) 1 in a volume up to 5 million 

metric tons per year (mtpa), which is 

equivalent to approximately 243.6 

billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr) of 

natural gas, or 0.67 Bcf per day (Bcf/d).2

Venture Global seeks authorization to 

export the LNG by vessel 3 from the 

proposed Venture Global LNG Project 

(Project), a natural gas liquefaction and 

LNG export terminal to be located along 

the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Cameron 

Parish, Louisiana. Venture Global 

requests authorization to export this 

LNG for a 25-year term commencing on 

the earlier of the date of first export or 

eight years from the date the 

authorization is granted. 

In the portion of Venture Global’s 

Application subject to this Notice, 

Venture Global requests authorization to 

export LNG to any country with which 

the United States does not have a free 

trade agreement (FTA) requiring 

national treatment for trade in natural 

gas (non-FTA countries), and with 

which trade is not prohibited by U.S. 

law or policy. Venture Global requests 

this authorization both on its own 

behalf and as agent for other parties who 

hold title to the LNG at the time of 

export. The Application was filed under 

section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA). 

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, June 26, 

2014. 

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 Marc Talbert, 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) 586–9387 

Cassandra Bernstein, 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 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Applicant. Venture Global states that 

it is a Delaware limited liability 

company with its principal place of 

business in Washington, DC. Venture 

Global further states that it is wholly 

owned by its sole member, Venture 

Global Partners, LLC (VGP), which in 

turn is fifty percent owned and 

controlled by each of Robert B. Pender 

and Michael A. Sabel. Venture Global 

states that VGP and its affiliates, 

including Venture Global, are working 

to develop LNG liquefaction, export, 

import, storage, and re-gasification 

terminals, among other initiatives. 

Venture Global states that with the 

exception of its parent, VGP, and its 

affiliate, Venture Global Power, LLC,4

Venture Global is not currently affiliated 

with any other energy company or 

governmental organization. 

Procedural History. In the portion of 

the Application not subject to this 

Notice, Venture Global sought 

authorization to export LNG from the 

Project to FTA countries (i.e., countries 

with which the United States currently 

has, or in the future will have, a free 

trade agreement requiring national 

treatment for trade in natural gas) 5 in a 


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Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, 

Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, 

Honduras, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, 

Oman, Panama, Peru, Republic of Korea, and 

Singapore. FTAs with Israel and Costa Rica do not 

require national treatment for trade in natural gas. 

6 Venture Global LNG, LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 

3345, Order Granting Long-Term Multi-Contract 

Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by 

Vessel from the Proposed Export Venture Global 

LNG Project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana to Free 

Trade Agreement Nations (Sept. 27, 2013). 

7The Project site lease agreement is attached, in 

redacted form, to Venture Global’s Application as 

Exhibit D. 

8See Venture Global Ltr., at 1. 

9Copies of the three executed Lease Option 

Agreements, in redacted form, are attached to the 

Venture Global Letter. 

10App. at 5. 

11As noted above, the Application states that 

Venture Global intends to export LNG ‘‘either 

directly or by use of approved LNG containers 

transported on ocean-going carriers’’ (App. at 4), but 

Venture Global later clarified that it no longer seeks 

authority to export LNG using LNG containers. 

Venture Global Ltr. at 1. 

12 DOE/FE has previously determined that this 

commitment meets the requirements of 10 CFR 

590.202(b), which requires applicants to supply 

transaction-specific information ‘‘to the extent 

practicable.’’ See, e.g., Sabine Pass Liquefaction, 

LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 2833, Order Granting LongTerm Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas 

from Sabine Pass LNG Terminal to Free Trade 

Nations, at 5–6 (Sept. 7, 2010). 

volume equivalent to approximately 

243.6 Bcf/yr of natural gas (0.67 Bcf/

d)—the same volume requested for 

export to non-FTA countries. DOE/FE 

granted the FTA authorization on 

September 27, 2013, in DOE/FE Order 

No. 3345.6 Venture Global states that the 

FTA and requested non-FTA volumes of 

LNG are for the same volume of natural 

gas and thus are not additive. 

Liquefaction Project. Venture Global 

seeks long-term authorization to export 

LNG from the Project, which it states is 

a proposed mid-scale natural gas 

liquefaction and export terminal to be 

located at the entrance of the Calcasieu 

Ship Channel in Cameron Parish, 

Louisiana. Venture Global states that it 

is currently developing the Project. 

In the Application, Venture Global 

states that it has executed an agreement 

for the exclusive right to lease 

approximately 69 acres for the Project 

site.7 Subsequently, by letter to DOE/FE 

dated December 13, 2013, Venture 

Global informed DOE/FE that the 

original lease agreement referenced in 

the Application has been superseded by 

two definitive Lease Option 

Agreements, one for 59 acres and one 

for 10 acres.8 Venture Global states that 

this land encompasses the same 

contiguous 69 acres covered by the 

original lease agreement. In the letter, 

Venture Global further states that it has 

entered into a third Lease Option 

agreement, for an additional 40 acres 

contiguous with the original 69 acres.9

Thus, according to Venture Global, it 

currently holds options to acquire a 

project site totaling 109 acres. 

Current Application 

Venture Global seeks to export 

domestically produced LNG in a total 

volume equivalent to approximately 

243.6 Bcf/yr of natural gas, or 0.67 Bcf/ 

d. Venture Global states that it plans to 

export the LNG from the Project to any 

non-FTA country which has developed 

or in the future develops the capacity to 

import LNG, and with which trade is 

not prohibited by U.S. law or policy. 

Venture Global requests this 

authorization for a 25-year term 

commencing on the earlier of the date 

of first export or eight years from the 

date the requested authorization is 

granted. 

Venture Global seeks to export the 

requested LNG on its own behalf and as 

agent for third parties who hold title to 

the LNG at the time of export. Venture 

Global states that these third parties 

may include its ‘‘Contract Parties,’’ 

which Venture Global states are both (i) 

reputable, experienced, and creditworthy international companies 

focusing on global infrastructure that 

will provide equity and project finance 

debt, and (ii) international energy and 

logistics companies that are experts in 

various aspects of natural gas and LNG 

businesses (including liquefaction, 

marine transportation, LNG terminal, 

LNG storage and regasification, and 

power generation businesses).10

Venture Global states that it will 

comply with all DOE/FE requirements 

for exporters and agents as set forth in 

recent DOE/FE orders, including 

registering each LNG title holder for 

whom Venture Global seeks to export as 

agent. Venture Global proposes that this 

registration include a written statement 

by the title holder acknowledging and 

agreeing to comply with all applicable 

requirements set forth in Venture 

Global’s export authorization, and to 

include those requirements in any 

subsequent purchase or sale agreement 

entered into by that title holder. 

Venture Global states that either 

directly, together with, or through one 

or more of its Contract Parties, Venture 

Global plans to procure natural gas 

supplies in the United States for 

liquefaction and export from the Project 

to supply its international projects. 

Venture Global also will arrange for the 

transportation of the LNG to LNG 

import facilities via ocean-going 

carriers.11

Venture Global states that it has 

projects under development in multiple 

countries. It emphasizes its discussions 

with the Republic of Haiti (a non-FTA 

country) for the potential delivery of 

approximately 200,000 to 350,000 

metric tons per annum over the project 

term to serve power generation and 

related energy needs in the Republic of 

Haiti. According to Venture Global, if it 

receives the requested non-FTA export 

authorization, it intends to dedicate this 

portion of the total authorized volume 

of LNG to deliveries from the Project to 

the Republic of Haiti (one of the poorest 

countries in the world)—a proposal that 

Venture Globe states is a unique and 

significant benefit in the public interest. 

Venture Global states that it seeks 

authorization to export LNG produced 

from the United States natural gas 

supply and transmission network. 

Venture Global states that natural gas 

will be procured from the interstate and 

intrastate natural gas grid at points of 

liquidity upstream from the Project. 

Venture Global states that the Project 

site is located in close proximity to 

various interstate and intrastate pipeline 

systems, including those of Tennessee 

Gas Pipeline Company, ANR Pipeline 

Company, Bridgeline Holdings, L.P., 

Columbia Gulf Transmission Company, 

and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America. Venture Global anticipates 

that the Project will be connected to one 

or more of these (or other) interstate or 

Louisiana intrastate pipeline systems 

through newly constructed, relatively 

short lateral pipeline(s). Venture Global 

further states that access to the pipeline 

grid will enable it to purchase natural 

gas from multiple sources of 

conventional and non-conventional U.S. 

production. Venture Global states that 

such supplies could be produced across 

the Gulf Coast region, both onshore and 

offshore, including traditional 

production regions and supplies 

produced from onshore shale 

formations, including the Barnett, 

Haynesville, and Bossier shale gas 

formations. Venture Global states that 

this supply may be sourced in requisite 

volumes in the spot market or pursued 

under long-term arrangements. Venture 

Global commits to filing all executed 

long-term purchase agreements with 

DOE/FE under seal, as set forth in recent 

DOE/FE orders.12

Public Interest Considerations 

Venture Global states that the 

proposed export of LNG to non-FTA 

countries is consistent with the public 

interest under section 3(a) of the NGA, 

15 U.S.C. 717b(a). In support of this 

position, Venture Global discusses: (i) 

The domestic need for the LNG 

proposed to be exported; (ii) domestic 


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13See http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/

n9070us2a.htm. 

14U.S. Energy Information Administration, 

Annual Energy Outlook 2013 with Projections to 

2040 (April 2013), available at: http://www.eia.gov/ 

forecasts/aeo/pdf/0383(2013).pdf. 

15 Id., EIA, 2013 AEO Early Release at Table A1. 

16 Id., EIA, 2013 AEO Early Release at 11. 

17See http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/

rngr11nus_1a.htm. 

18See http://potentialgas.org/press-release. 

19See, e.g., Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions 

and Deloitte Market Point LLC, Made in America— 

The Economic Impact of LNG Exports from the 

Unites States, available at: http://

www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/Industries/oilgas/9f70dd1cc9324310VgnVCM1000001a56f00

aRCRD.htm. 

20Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Export from 

the Unites States, NERA Economic Consulting, 

available at: http://www.fossil.energy.gov/

programs/gasregulation/reports/nera_lng_

report.pdf. 

energy security and international 

impacts, including its plan to devote a 

portion of the exports from its Project to 

the Republic of Haiti; and (iii) other 

public benefits associated with its 

proposed exports, including impacts on 

the price of U.S. natural gas, 

environmental benefits, benefits to 

national security and foreign relations, 

and economic benefits. 

Focusing on domestic need for the 

LNG, Venture Global states that 

domestic natural gas resources are 

abundant, environmentally friendly, 

and affordable. It asserts that domestic 

resources are sufficient to meet both the 

domestic consumption demand and any 

expected level of LNG exports— 

including those proposed by Venture 

Global—in the long-term. According to 

Venture Global, recent technological 

developments in the natural gas 

industry have led to significant 

increases in domestically-produced 

natural gas, particularly with regard to 

non-conventional production from 

onshore shale formations. Citing data 

from the U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Venture Global 

states that total dry natural gas 

production in the United States was 

approximately 24.04 trillion cubic feet 

(Tcf) in 2011—the highest level in U.S. 

history to that point and an increase of 

approximately 27% compared to 

production of approximately 18.05 Tcf 

in 2005.13

Focusing on projections from EIA’s 

Annual Energy Outlook 2013 Early 

Release (AEO 2013 Early Release),14

Venture Global states that U.S. 

production will continue to increase 

significantly in the coming years. 

According to Venture Global, the 

Reference Case in the AEO 2013 Early 

Release projects that domestic dry gas 

production will increase to 33.14 Tcf by 

2040,15 an increase of 44% compared to 

the 2011 production levels. Citing this 

data, Venture Global contends that the 

United States will become a net exporter 

of LNG in 2016 and a net exporter of 

natural gas in 2020.16 Venture Global 

further contends that, while domestic 

gas consumption is expected to increase 

over time and reach 29.83 Tcf in 2040, 

U.S. supply will grow faster, leading to 

increasing levels of excess supply over 

time. 

Venture Global asserts that the 

increase in U.S. gas reserves in recent 

years has been as dramatic as the growth 

in production. According to Venture 

Global, EIA estimated proved dry 

natural gas reserves of approximately 

304.6 Tcf as of year-end 2010—the 

largest level in U.S. history and an 

increase of roughly one-third compared 

to EIA’s estimate of proved reserves of 

204.4 Tcf as of 2005.17

Venture Global next states that the 

Potential Gas Committee, in its biennial 

report on potential U.S. supplies, 

concluded that the United States 

possesses a technically recoverable 

natural gas resource potential of 2,384 

Tcf, the highest resource evaluation in 

the Potential Gas Committee’s 48-year 

history.18 Venture Global states that 

when the Potential Gas Committee’s 

latest results are combined with EIA’s 

latest available determination of proved 

dry-gas reserves (304.6 Tcf for 2010), the 

United States has a total available future 

supply of 2,688.5 Tcf, representing an 

increase of 486.1 Tcf over the Potential 

Gas Committee’s evaluation in 2010. 

Venture Global contends that, for 

purposes of comparison with current 

reserves, total U.S. gas consumption in 

2011 was approximately 25.5 Tcf, 

meaning that the total available supply 

exceeds 105 years of the 2011 

consumption levels. Venture Global 

asserts that, even if EIA’s forecast for 

total consumption in 2040 (29.83 Tcf) is 

used for comparison, the current supply 

is equivalent to more than 90 years of 

consumption. 

Venture Global further states that 

numerous reports have projected 

sufficient volumes of domestic natural 

gas to meet both domestic demand and 

LNG exports.19 Citing the 2012 study 

conducted by NERA Economic 

Consulting (NERA) as part of DOE’s 

LNG Export Study,20 Venture Global 

states that LNG exports will provide a 

net economic benefit to the United 

States, regardless of the amount of LNG 

exported from the United States. 

Venture Global maintains that it seeks 

to export relatively small volumes of 

LNG, as compared to other long-term 

LNG export applications granted by or 

pending before DOE/FE. Further, 

Venture Global states that its proposed 

volume of LNG—equivalent to 

approximately 243.6 Bcf/yr of natural 

gas—is de minimis in the national gas 

market, where growing supplies are far 

in excess of that domestic need. Venture 

Global states that, given the current and 

projected amounts of domestic supply 

and demand of natural gas described 

above, its proposed export authorization 

will not have a negative impact on 

domestic needs for natural gas and 

therefore is not inconsistent with the 

public interest. 

Venture Global also contends that its 

proposed export volumes to non-FTA 

countries are sufficiently small that they 

will have a minimal effect, if any, on 

domestic energy supply. Further, 

according to Venture Global, the NERA 

study and other studies have 

demonstrated that the proposed export 

of LNG will not have a substantial 

impact on the domestic price of natural 

gas. Additional details can be found in 

Venture Global’s Application, which is 

posted on the DOE/FE Web site at: 

http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/

gasregulation/authorizations/2013_

applications/13_69_lng.pdf 

Environmental Impact 

According to Venture Global, a grant 

of the Application would not constitute 

a federal action significantly affecting 

the human environment within the 

meaning of the National Environmental 

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

seq. Venture Global states that it will be 

seeking all necessary federal, state, and 

local permits to construct the necessary 

export facilities for the Project. Once 

plans for the Project are developed 

further, it will request permission to 

commence the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

mandatory pre-filing process under 

NEPA and will file an application for 

the necessary FERC authorization for 

the construction and operation of its 

facilities. Venture Global states that, 

consistent with prior orders by DOE/FE, 

the requested authorization should be 

conditioned on its receipt of all 

necessary FERC authorizations of the 

facilities needed for the export of LNG. 

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 

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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. 

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. 

NEPA requires DOE to give 

appropriate consideration to the 

environmental effects of its decisions. 

No final decision will be issued in this 

proceeding until DOE has met its 

environmental responsibilities. 

Due to the complexity of the issues 

raised by the Applicant, interested 

persons will be provided 60 days from 

the date of publication of this Notice in 

which to submit comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, notices of 

intervention, or motions for additional 

procedures. 

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) Emailing the 

filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov, with FE 

Docket No. 13–69–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. 13–69–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. 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 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 

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 May 20, 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

Crystal Springs Hatchery Program 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and notice of floodplain and wetlands 

assessment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), BPA intends to prepare an EIS 

on its decision whether to fund the 

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort 

Hall Reservation of Idaho (Tribes) 

proposal to construct and operate a 

hatchery for spring/summer Chinook 

salmon in the Salmon River subbasin 

and Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the 

Upper Snake River subbasin on Fort 

Hall Reservation. 

The Tribes’ proposed project that BPA 

is considering funding would involve 

construction of a hatchery and 

construction of two fish trapping (weir) 

facilities on US Forest Service (USFS) 

land. The hatchery would be 

constructed at the site of an obsolete 

trout hatchery owned by BPA on Crystal 

Springs in Bingham County, Idaho. The 

weirs would involve construction of a 

weir in the Yankee Fork of the Salmon 

River at the USFS Pole Flat 

Campground in Custer County, 

relocation of a section of Yankee Fork 

Road and associated facilities (RV pads), 

and construction of a weir on USFS 

land in Panther Creek in Lemhi County, 

Idaho. The USFS will be a cooperating 

agency on this EIS to inform their 

decision on whether to grant a special 

use permit for construction and 

operation of the two weirs and 

associated facilities and relocation of 

the road on forest service lands. 

Operations of the hatchery would 

include collection of adult spring/

summer Chinook for broodstock from 

existing hatcheries, incubation and 

rearing of juvenile Chinook, and release 

of smolts into the Yankee Fork and 


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