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using reference data associated with 

identifying corporate or legal entities. 

7. A workable plan for financing the 

non-profit, cost-recovery-based 

establishment and operation of the CICI 

utility, without charging market 

participants any fee reasonably deemed 

to constitute a barrier to market 

participation. 

III. Findings and Order 

Now, therefore, based on the statutory 

provisions and Commission regulations 

cited above, and on the written 

submissions and on-site, live 

demonstrations provided by the 

submitters, the Commission makes the 

following findings and rulings: 

The Commission FINDS that: 

1. An LEI is available that: satisfies 

the requirements set forth in § 45.6 of 

the Commission’s regulations; is 

provided by a utility fully set up by June 

1, 2012; and can be provided to market 

participants sufficiently in advance of 

the initial compliance date for swap 

data reporting to enable compliance 

with the Commission’s regulations. That 

LEI is the LEI provided by DTCC– 

SWIFT. DTCC–SWIFT met all of the 

Commission’s requirements and 

evaluation criteria set forth in part 45 of 

the Commission’s regulations and the 

requirements document. 

2. The LEI provided by DTCC–SWIFT 

is the only available LEI that: satisfies 

the requirements set forth in § 45.6 of 

the Commission’s regulations; is 

provided by a utility fully set up by June 

1, 2012; and can be provided to market 

participants sufficiently in advance of 

the initial compliance date for swap 

data reporting to enable compliance 

with the Commission’s regulations. 

Therefore: 

It is hereby ordered that: 

1. DTCC–SWIFT is designated as the 

provider of legal entity identifiers 

(‘‘LEIs’’), to be known as CFTC 

Compliant Interim Identifiers (‘‘CICIs’’) 

until establishment of the global LEI 

system or further action by the 

Commission, to be used in 

recordkeeping and swap data reporting 

pursuant to parts 45 and 46 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

a. This designation is conditioned on 

modification of the DTCC–SWIFT Web 

site and other facilities and documents 

used to provide identifiers for use in 

complying with parts 45 and 46, to refer 

to the CICI and not to refer to the LEI, 

the preliminary LEI, or other similar 

terms including the term LEI. This shall 

include, without limitation, references 

to the CICI rather than the LEI on the 

utility logo, documentation, instructions 

and field labels used by DTCC–SWIFT. 

b. This designation is conditioned on 

DTCC–SWIFT’s continuing compliance, 

for as long as it is authorized to provide 

LEIs (to be known as CICIs until 

establishment of the global LEI system), 

by this order or any future order of the 

Commission, with all of the legal entity 

identifier requirements of Part 45 of the 

Commission’s regulations, and any 

related requirements as set forth in this 

order or in the requirements document 

provided to DTCC–SWIFT during the 

determination and designation process; 

including, without limitation, the 

requirement to be subject to supervision 

by a governance structure that includes 

the Commission and other financial 

regulators in any jurisdiction requiring 

use of legal entity identifiers pursuant to 

applicable law, for the purpose of 

ensuring that issuance and maintenance 

of CICIs and of associated reference data 

adheres on an ongoing basis to the 

Commission’s requirements set forth in 

part 45. 

c. This designation is further 

conditioned on the requirement that, 

subject to applicable confidentiality 

laws and other applicable law, (1) 

DTCC–SWIFT shall make public all CICI 

identifiers and associated reference 

data, utility operations, and identity 

validation processes, and (2) following 

establishment of the global LEI system 

by means of a charter acceded to by the 

Commission, or following designation 

by the Commission of a successor CICI 

utility, DTCC–SWIFT shall pass to any 

successor CICI utility, or to the global 

LEI system, free of charge, all CICI 

identifiers and associated reference data 

and all CICI intellectual property rights. 

d. This designation is made for a 

limited term of two years from the date 

of this Order, and may be terminated by 

the Commission on six months’ notice 

in connection with the establishment of 

a global LEI system. At the conclusion 

of the term of this designation, if the 

global LEI system is not yet operational, 

the Commission may consider the 

feasibility of having multiple CICI 

providers and the feasibility of 

coordination among them to avoid 

duplicative LEIs, and if it believes this 

is feasible, may consider submissions 

from DTCC–SWIFT as well as from 

other parties that seek to become CICI 

providers. 

2. Registered entities and swap 

counterparties subject to the 

Commission’s jurisdiction shall use 

CICIs provided by DTCC–SWIFT to 

comply with the legal entity identifier 

requirements of parts 45 and 46 of the 

Commission’s regulations. For this 

purpose, registered entities and swap 

counterparties may contact DTCC– 

SWIFT at: The Depository Trust & 

Clearing Corporation, 55 Water Street, 

New York, NY 10041, 212–855–1000. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

July, 2012. 

By the Commission. 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 

Assistant Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21612 Filed 8–31–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DOD–2012–OS–0097] 

Defense Transportation Regulation, 

Part IV 

AGENCY: United States Transportation 

Command (USTRANSCOM), DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has published draft Direct Procurement 

Method (DPM) business rules for the 

Defense Personal Property Program 

(DP3) in the Defense Transportation 

Regulation (DTR) Part IV (DTR 4500.9R). 

These business rules will encompass 

Transportation Service Providers (TSP) 

participation and procedures for 

Personal Property Shipping Offices 

(PPSO) as we transition to Phase III of 

the Defense Personal Property Program 

(DP3). The DPM business rules will 

replace the currently approved 

Domestic Small Shipment (dS2) 

business rules and will appear under 

DTR Part IV, Appendix V, to include 

operational business rules maintained 

on the Surface Deployment and 

Distribution Command (SCCD) Web site. 

The below listed draft business rules are 

available for review on the 

USTRANSCOM Web site at http:// 

www.transcom.mil/dtr/coord/ 

coordpartiv.cfm. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 4, 2012. Do not submit 

comments directly to the point of 

contact or mail your comments to any 

address other that what is shown below. 

Doing so will delay the posting of the 

submission. You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

Suite 02G09, Alexandria VA 22350– 

3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 


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1The Dow Chemical Company, DOE/FE Order 

No. 2859 (October 5, 2010) extends through October 

4, 2012. 

2The Dow Chemical Company, DOE/FE Order 

No. 3083 (April 20, 2012). 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jim Teague, United States 

Transportation Command, TCJ5/4–PI, 

508 Scott Drive, Scott Air Force Base, IL 

62225–5357; (618) 220–4803. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

furtherance of DoD’s goal to develop 

and implement an efficient personal 

property program to facilitate quality 

movements of personal property for our 

military members and civilian 

employees, DPM business rules were 

developed in concert with the Military 

Services and SDDC. The following 

business rules are available for review 

and comment: 

DPM Tender of Service (TOS) 

Attachment V.E.1—Customer 

Satisfaction Survey 

Attachment V.F.1—Best Value Score 

Attachment V.F.2—Shipment 

Management 

Attachment V.F.3—TSP Qualifications 

Attachment V.F.4—Rate Filing 

Attachment V.F.5—DPM CONUS 

Freight TSP 

Attachment V.Q.2—Quality Assurance 

Any subsequent modification(s) to the 

business rules will be published in the 

Federal Register and incorporated into 

the Defense Transportation Regulation 

(DTR) Part IV (DTR 4500.9R). These 

program requirements do not impose a 

legal requirement, obligation, sanction 

or penalty on the public sector, and will 

not have an economic impact of $100 

million or more. 

Additional Information: A complete 

version of the DTR is available via the 

Internet on the USTRANSCOM 

homepage at http://www.transcom.mil/ 

dtr/part-iv/. 

Dated: August 29, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21696 Filed 8–31–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 12–76–LNG] 

The Dow Chemical 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 July 13, 2012, by 

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), 

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 390 

billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas on 

a short-term or spot market basis for a 

two-year period commencing on 

October 5, 2012.1 Dow seeks 

authorization to export this LNG from 

existing facilities 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. Dow is requesting 

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, October 4, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: 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 Beverly Howard, 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; 

Edward Myers, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the Assistant 

General Counsel for Electricity and 

Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, 

Room 6B–256, 1000 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585, 

(202) 586–3397. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Dow is a Delaware corporation with 

its principal place of business in 

Midland, Michigan. Dow is an 

international chemical and plastics 

manufacturing company with 

operations in a number of U.S. states. 

Dow owns and operates a large 

petrochemical manufacturing facility in 

Freeport, Texas, which is in close 

proximity to the LNG import/export 

terminal owned and operated by 

Freeport LNG Development, L.P. (FLNG) 

on Quintana Island, Texas. Dow 

contracted 0.5 Bcf per day of terminal 

capacity from FLNG for a twenty-year 

period beginning in July 2008. Dow’s 

petrochemical facility in Freeport has 

the capability to receive regasified LNG 

from the FLNG terminal via several 

pipelines that extend directly to the 

facility. 

On April 20, 2012, FE granted Dow 

blanket authorization to import and 

export natural gas from and to Canada 

and Mexico and to import LNG from 

various international sources for a twoyear term beginning on June 1, 2012.2

Under the terms of the blanket 

authorization, the LNG may be imported 

to any LNG receiving facility in the 

United States or its territories. 

Current Application 

In the instant Application, Dow 

requests blanket authorization to export 

previously imported LNG on a shortterm or spot market basis in an amount 

up to the equivalent of 390 Bcf of 

natural gas. Dow further requests that 

such authorization extend to LNG 

supplies imported from foreign sources 

to which Dow holds title, as well as to 

LNG supplies imported from foreign 

sources that Dow may export on behalf 

of other entities who themselves hold 

title. .Dow requests authorization to 

export this LNG from the FLNG terminal 

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 over a two-year 

period, on a short-term or spot market 

basis Dow states that it does not seek 

authorization to export domesticallyproduced natural gas. 

Dow states that its interest in 

renewing its blanket re-export 

authorization is driven by its desire to 

optimize the long-term LNG 

terminalling capacity for which it has 

contracted at the FLNG terminal and its 

need for flexibility to respond to 

periodic changes in domestic and world 

markets for natural gas and LNG. Dow 

desires the flexibility either to export 

the imported LNG to other world 

markets or to have LNG regasified for 

sale or use in domestic markets, 


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