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1Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC, Order 

Granting Long-Term Multi-Contract Authorization 

to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by Vessel from the 

Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC Terminal 

to Free Trade Agreement Nations, DOE/FE Order 

No. 3128, August 9, 2012 (FE Docket No 12–61– 

LNG). 

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 November 

30, 2012. 

John A. Anderson, 

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and 

Supply, Office of Fossil Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29473 Filed 12–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 12–146–LNG] 

Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, 

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 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 5, 2012, 

by Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, 

LLC (ELS), requesting long-term, multicontract authorization to export up to 10 

million metric tons per annum (mtpa) of 

domestically produced liquefied natural 

gas (LNG), equivalent to approximately 

502 million MMBtu of natural gas per 

year or 1.33 billion cubic feet of natural 

gas per day, for a period of 20 years 

beginning on the earlier of the date of 

first export or seven years from the date 

the authorization is granted by DOE/FE. 

ELS seeks authorization to export this 

LNG by vessel from the terminal it 

intends to construct, own, and operate 

in Calhoun County, Texas (ELS 

Terminal), to any country with which 

the United States does not now, or 

during the term of the license requested 

by ELS will not, have a free trade 

agreement (FTA) requiring national 

treatment for trade in natural gas and 

LNG that has, or in the future develops, 

the capacity to import LNG, and with 

which trade is not prohibited by U.S. 

law or policy (non-FTA Countries). ELS 

is requesting this authorization to export 

LNG 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, February 4, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing by email: 

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 Lisa Tracy, 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, (202) 586– 

9478; (202) 586–4523. 

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 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, 

(202) 586–3397. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

ELS is a Delaware limited liability 

company with its principal place of 

business in The Woodlands, Texas. ELS 

is a wholly owned subsidiary of 

Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions, LLC, 

which also is a limited liability 

company organized under the law of 

Delaware. Excelerate Liquefaction 

Solutions, LLC, is in turn, a whollyowned subsidiary of Excelerate Energy 

Limited Partnership, which is a limited 

partnership organized under the laws of 

Delaware. The general partner of 

Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership 

is Excelerate Energy, LLC, a limited 

liability company organized under the 

laws of Delaware. RWE Supply & 

Trading Participation Ltd., a UK 

company, and Mr. George B. Kaiser, an 

individual, each own 50 percent of 

Excelerate Energy, LLC. The limited 

partners of Excelerate Energy Limited 

Partnership are (a) RWE supply & 

Trading Participations Ltd.; and (b) 

Excelerate Holdings LLC, a limited 

liability company organized under the 

laws of Oklahoma. RWE Supply & 

Trading Participations Ltd. is a whollyowned subsidiary of RWE Supply & 

Trading GmbH, a German company, that 

is, in turn, ultimately owned by RWE, 

A.G., a widely-held and publicly-traded, 

German electric and gas company. 

Excelerate Holdings LLC is majorityowned and controlled by Mr. Kaiser. 

(No other entity owns more than 2.5 

percent of Excelerate Holdings LLC.) 

ELS is authorized to do business in the 

State of Texas. 

ELS states that this Application 

represents the second part of a two-part 

export authorization request. On May 

25, 2012, in FE Docket No. 12–61–LNG, 

ELS filed with DOE/FE an application 

for long-term multi-contract 

authorization to engage in the export of 

domestically produced LNG in an 

amount up to 10 mtpa, to any country 

with which the U.S. does not now or in 

the future will have an FTA requiring 

the national treatment for trade in 

natural gas and LNG; that 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. DOE/FE subsequently issued an 

order in FE Docket No 12–61–LNG 

granting long-term export authorization 

to FTA countries from the ELS Project.1

ELS states that the proposed ELS 

Project will be located on a parcel of 

land owned by the Calhoun Port 

Authority (the ‘‘Port’’). ELS states that 

the Port and ELS have entered into an 

option to lease approximately 85 acres 

for the development of the ELS Project 

located on the South Peninsula of Point 

Comfort, Texas. In its Application, ELS 

seeks long-term, multi-contract 

authorization to export domestically 

produced LNG from the ELS Terminal 

that ELS intends to construct, own, and 

operate in Calhoun County, Texas. ELS 

states that the proposed project consists 

of the ELS Terminal, with natural gas 

compression, gas treatment, gas 

liquefaction, and ancillary facilities as 

needed to receive and liquefy domestic 

natural gas at the ELS Terminal. ELS 

states that it currently is finalizing the 

design of the ELS Project, but asserts 

that the ELS Project facilities will 

include two floating liquefaction, 

storage and offloading (FSLO) units, 

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2 Freeport LNG Development, L.P., Order Granting 

Long-Term Authorization to Export Liquefied 

Natural Gas from Freeport LNG Terminal to Free 

Trade Nations, FE Docket No. 10–160–LNG, DOE/ 

FE Order No. 2913 (February 10, 2011); Excelerate 

Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC, FE Docket No. 12– 

61–LNG, DOE/FE Order No. 3128 (August 9, 2012). 

each capable of producing up to 5 mtpa 

of LNG per year for a total capacity of 

10 mtpa of LNG. ELS states that in 

addition to liquefying natural gas, each 

FLSO unit will have an LNG storage 

capacity of about 250,000 cubic meters 

(m3), and the ability to offload LNG to 

LNG carriers for export utilizing 

standard hard-arm technology and shipto-ship transfer process. 

ELS further states that the ELS 

Terminal will receive natural gas from 

the ELS Pipeline, an approximately 27- 

mile long, 36-inch O.D. natural gas 

pipeline that ELS will construct, or 

cause to be constructed. ELS states that 

the ELS Pipeline will allow the ELS 

Terminal to connect to and access up to 

nine natural gas pipelines, including 

both interstate and intrastate systems, 

thereby providing indirect access to 

natural gas through displacement and 

transactions at market hubs, as well as 

direct access to gas in Texas. ELS states 

that the sources of natural gas for the 

ELS Project will include the vast 

supplies available from the Texas 

producing regions, including recent 

discoveries of shale gas resources. ELS 

notes that in additional to traditional 

production, emerging unconventional 

supply areas, such as the Barnett, Eagle 

Ford, Haynesville, and Bossier shale gas 

formations, will provide additional 

diversity and reliability of gas supply 

for the ELS Project. 

ELS acknowledges that the siting, 

construction and operation of the ELS 

Terminal is subject to approval by the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC) pursuant to Section 3 of the 

NGA. ELS states that it intends to 

commence the FERC’s mandatory 

prefiling process later this year and file 

its final application with the FERC in 

the first half of 2013. In addition, ELS 

states that it will also pursue 

authorization from the FERC under 

Section 7(c) of the NGA to construct, 

own and operate a pipeline to connect 

the ELS Terminal facilities to interstate 

and intrastate natural gas supplies and 

markets in 2012. 

Current Application 

In the instant Application, ELS seeks 

long-term, multi-contract authorization 

to export up to 10 mtpa of domestically 

produced LNG, equivalent to 

approximately 502 million MMBtu of 

natural gas per year or 1.33 Bcf of 

natural gas per day, from the ELS 

Project to non-FTA Countries. ELS 

requests this authorization for a 20-year 

term commencing the earlier of the date 

of first export or seven years from the 

date the authorization is granted by 

DOE/FE. 

ELS states that it is requesting this 

authorization both on its own behalf 

and as agent for other parties who 

themselves hold title to the LNG at the 

time of export. To ensure that all 

exports are permitted and lawful under 

U.S. laws and policies, ELS states that 

it will comply with all DOE/FE 

requirements for exporters and agents, 

including the registration requirements 

as first established in Freeport LNG 

Development, L.P., DOE/FE Order No. 

2913 and most recently set forth in 

Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC, 

DOE/FE Order No. 3128.2 ELS states 

that when acting as agent, ELS will 

register with the DOE/FE each LNG title 

holder ELS seeks to export LNG on 

behalf of or as agent for, and will cause 

such title holder to comply with all 

applicable DOE/FE requirements 

included in ELS’s export authorization. 

ELS states that it has not yet entered 

into any long-term gas supply or longterm export contracts with regards to 

this Application. ELS states that, 

accordingly, it is not submitting 

transaction-specific information (e.g., 

long-term supply agreements and longterm export agreements) at this time and 

requests that DOE/FE make a similar 

finding to that made in Sabine Pass 

Liquefaction, LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 

2961, issued on May 20, 2011, in Docket 

No. 10–111–LNG, with regard to the 

transaction-specific information 

requested in 10 CFR 590.202(b). ELS 

states that it is cognizant of the DOE/FE 

Policy Guidelines (of 1984) and expects 

to enter into export transactions that are 

responsive to the relative level of 

natural gas prices in the United States, 

similar to those entered into in 

connection with the Sabine Pass 

liquefaction and export project (DOE/FE 

Docket No. 10–111–LNG), thereby 

creating supply to mitigate price 

impacts if the U.S. market is in greater 

need of natural gas than would 

otherwise be exported. 

Lastly, ELS requests that DOE/FE 

issue a conditional Order authorizing 

the export of domestically produced 

LNG, subject to completion of the 

environmental review of the ELS Project 

by the FERC. 

Public Interest Considerations 

ELS states that it proposed the project 

in part due to the improved outlook for 

domestic natural gas production, and in 

particular, to improved drilling 

techniques and extraction technologies 

that have contributed to the rapid 

growth in new supplies from 

unconventional gas-bearing shale 

formations across the U.S. ELS 

maintains that exports of domestic LNG 

will contribute to the public interest by 

providing a meaningful market solution 

to the country’s vast energy reserves that 

will result in: 

(1) Increased production capacity able 

to better adjust to varying domestic 

demand scenarios, 

(2) Less volatile natural gas prices, 

(3) More jobs, greater tax revenues, 

and improvements to economic activity, 

(4) New competitive supplies 

introduced into world gas markets, 

leading to improved economies among 

U.S. trading partners, and, in turn, 

providing better opportunities to market 

U.S. products and services abroad, 

(5) The ability for the U.S. to promote 

greater national security through its 

larger role in international energy 

markets, to assist our allies, and to 

reduce dependency on foreign oil 

through co-production of oil and natural 

gas liquids that might otherwise be 

uneconomic, 

(6) An improvement to U.S. balance of 

payments between $2.4 billion and $4.4 

billion annually per terminal through 

the exportation of natural gas and the 

displacement of imports of other 

petroleum liquids, and 

(7) Increased economic trade and ties 

with foreign trading partners and 

hemispheric allies, and the 

displacement of environmentally 

damaging fuels in those countries. 

In support of its Application, ELS 

commissioned a report from Black & 

Veatch (B&V), titled Economic Impacts 

of the Lavaca Bay LNG Project— 

Estimates of the Construction and 

Operational Impacts on the Local, State 

and U.S. Economies (B&V Report), to 

assess the economic benefits of the ELS 

Project. ELS states that the B&V Report 

estimates that the ELS Project’s 

construction expenditures to account for 

well in excess of $3.32 billion in total 

economic output, which, under current 

tax regimes, will generate more than 

$154 million in state and local taxes, as 

well as more than $242 million in total 

federal tax revenues. In addition, ELS 

states that the B&V Report estimates that 

the combined operations and 

maintenance expenditures could result 

in an additional yearly total economic 

output of over $102 million and well 

over $3.7 million in state and local 

taxes, plus more than $6.0 million in 

total federal taxes each year. ELS further 

states that, with respect to job creation, 

the B&V Report projects that 

construction of the ELS Project will 

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result in 21,367 new jobs during the 

three year construction period for Phase 

I (with additional jobs created by Phase 

2 work over and above that amount), 

with operations and maintenance 

expenditures project to support or create 

696 jobs during the ELS Project’s life. 

In support of its Application, ELS also 

commissioned an independent 

assessment of the impact of LNG exports 

from the ELS Project by Deloitte 

MarketPoint LLC (DMP), titled Analysis 

of Economic Impact of LNG Exports 

from the United States (DMP Report). In 

its Application, ELS cites the DMP 

Report with references to issues 

concerning regional supply, supplydemand balance, and price impacts to 

further support ELS’s position that 

exports of LNG are in the public 

interest. 

Lastly, ELS states that these as well as 

other benefits enumerated in this 

Application and supported by 

additional studies and reports by the 

Energy Information Administration, the 

James A. Baker III Institute for Public 

Policy, MIT, and the Brookings 

Institution compellingly demonstrate 

that the export of LNG and the approval 

of this Application are in the public 

interest. 

Further details can be found in the 

Application, which has been posted at 

http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/ 

gasregulation/index.html. 

Environmental Impact 

ELS states that it intends to file an 

application with FERC for authorization 

to site, construct, own and operate the 

ELS Project and acknowledges that the 

potential environment impacts of the 

Project will be reviewed by the FERC 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA). ELS states that it 

anticipates that DOE/FE will act as a 

cooperating agency in FERC’s 

environmental review process for the 

ELS project, including the preparation 

of an EA or EIS, which will satisfy the 

NEPA responsibilities associated with 

the LNG exports as proposed in the 

Application. Accordingly, ELS requests 

that DOE/FE issue a conditional order 

authorizing the export of LNG as 

requested in the Application, 

conditioned on completion of the 

environmental review of the ELS Project 

by the FERC. 

DOE/FE Evaluation 

The 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 

any issues required by law or policy. To 

the extent determined to be relevant or 

appropriate, these issues will include 

the impact of LNG exports associated 

with this Application, and the 

cumulative impact of any other 

application(s) previously approved, on 

domestic need for the gas proposed for 

export, adequacy of domestic natural 

gas supply, U.S. energy security, and 

any other issues, including the impact 

on the U.S. economy (GDP), consumers, 

and industry, job creation, U.S. balance 

of trade, international considerations, 

and 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, as well as any other issues 

deemed relevant to the Application. 

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 environmental responsibilities. 

Due to the complexity of the issues 

raised by the Applicants, 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. 12–146–LNG in the title 

line; (2) mailing an original and three 

paper copies of the filing to the Office 

Natural Gas Regulatory Activities at the 

address listed in ADDRESSES. The filing 

must include a reference to FE Docket 

No. 12–146–LNG; or (3) 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. The filing must 

include a reference to FE Docket No. 

12–146–LNG. 

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 ELS 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 8:00 

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. 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

30, 2012. 

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 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL13–25–000] 

H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc. v. ISO 

New England Inc.; Notice of Complaint 

Take notice that on November 28, 

2012, pursuant to section 206 of the 

Rules of Practice and Procedure of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission), 18 CFR 385.206, H.Q. 

Energy Services (U.S.) Inc. 

(Complainant) filed a formal complaint 

against ISO New England Inc. 

(Respondent), requesting the 

Commission to issue an order requiring 

the Respondent to revise its Forward 

Capacity Market tariff rules to reflect 

that the Respondent has the burden to 

change its standards for determining 

deliverability for import capacity 

resources, as more fully explained in the 

complaint. 

The Complainant certifies that copies 

of the complaint were served on the 

contacts for the Respondent as listed on 

the Commission’s list of Corporate 

Officials. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on December 21, 2012. 

Dated: November 30, 2012. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. EC12–145–000; ER12–2681– 

000; EL12–107–000] 

ITC Holdings Corp.; Entergy 

Corporation; Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc.; 

Notice of Filing 

Take notice that, on November 20, 

2012, ITC Holdings Corp. and Entergy 

Services, Inc. (together, Applicants) 

submitted a filing styled as an answer in 

the above-referenced proceedings 

attaching a series of confidential 

workpapers and additional background 

information relating to Applicants’ joint 

application that was filed in the abovereferenced proceedings on September 

24, 2012 under sections 203 and 205 of 

the Federal Power Act. (See Joint 

Application for Authorization of 

Acquisition and Disposition of 

Jurisdictional Transmission Facilities, 

Approval of Transmission Service 

Formula Rate and Certain Jurisdictional 

Agreements, and Petition for 

Declaratory Order on Application of 

Section 305(a) of the Federal Power Act, 

Docket Nos. EC12–145–000, ER12– 

2681–000, and EL12–107–000). 

Applicants’ filing is hereby noticed as 

an amendment to the application. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

these proceedings. Any person wishing 

to become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on Applicants and all 

of the parties in these proceedings. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: January 22, 2013. 

Dated: November 30, 2012. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9758–2] 

California State Nonroad Engine 

Pollution Control Standards; In-Use 

Portable Diesel Engines 50 

Horsepower and Greater; Notice of 

Decision 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of decision. 

SUMMARY: EPA is granting the California 

Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) request 

for an authorization of its airborne toxic 

control measure for in-use portable 

diesel-fueled compression-ignition 

engines 50 horsepower and greater. 

DATES: Petitions for review must be filed 

by February 4, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0101. All 

documents relied upon in making this 

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