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1 In the Application, Flint Hills 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, 

and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law 

or policy (FTA countries). DOE/FE will review that 

request for a FTA export authorization separately 

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

2Flint Hills states that Stabilis LNG is owned in 

part (49%) by Flint Hills’s affiliate, FHR LNG, LLC. 

App. at 3 n.4. 

3Flint Hills states that it generally intends to use 

ISO containers to export LNG. Under this scenario, 

the ISO containers will be trucked to a port or dock 

located along the Gulf Coast, where the containers 

will be loaded onto a barge or ship for delivery to 

non-FTA countries. If Flint Hills uses tanker trucks, 

it will truck LNG from the Stabilis Facility directly 

to a bulk transport barge, ship, or floating storage 

container for distribution to customers in both FTA 

and non-FTA countries. App. at 4–5. Appendix A 

of the Application contains a list of ports from 

which Flint Hills may export LNG. 

4The 2014 EIA LNG Export Study, published on 

Oct. 29, 2014, is available at: https://www.eia.gov/ 

analysis/requests/fe/. 

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[FR Doc. 2016–03057 Filed 2–12–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 15–168–LNG] 

Flint Hills Resources, LP; Application 

for Long-Term, Multi-Contract 

Authorization To Export Liquefied 

Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade 

Agreement Nations 

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 November 5, 

2015, by Flint Hills Resources, LP (Flint 

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

domestically produced liquefied natural 

gas (LNG) primarily by use of approved 

ISO IMO7–TVAC–ASME LNG (ISO) 

containers transported on ocean-going 

carriers to any country 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 (non-FTA countries).1

Flint Hills seeks authorization to export 

the LNG in a volume equivalent to 

approximately 3.62 billion cubic feet of 

natural gas per year (Bcf/yr) (0.01 Bcf 

per day), which it states is 

approximately 120,000 gallons of LNG 

per day. Flint Hills seeks to purchase 

the LNG for export from a LNG 

liquefaction facility owned by Stabilis 

LNG Eagle Ford, LLC (Stabilis Facility), 

located in George West, Texas.2

According to Flint Hills, the Stabilis 

Facility has the capacity to produce 

120,000 gallons of LNG per day and to 

store approximately 270,000 gallons of 

LNG. Flint Hills states that the Stabilis 

Facility is currently operational and can 

accommodate both ISO container 

loadings and tanker truck loadings.3

Flint Hill therefore asserts that no 

additional plant infrastructure will be 

required as a result of the proposed 

exports. Flint Hills requests the 

authorization for a 20-year term to 

commence on the earlier of the date of 

first commercial export or a date three 

months from the issuance of a final 

order granting the requested 

authorization. Flint Hills seeks to export 

this LNG on its own behalf and as agent 

for other entities who hold title to the 

LNG at the time of export. The 

Application was filed under section 3 of 

the Natural Gas Act (NGA). Additional 

details can be found in Flint Hills’s 

Application, posted on the DOE/FE Web 

site at: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/

files/2015/11/f27/15_168_lng%20fta_

nfta.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, April 18, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic Filing by email: 

fergas@hq.doe.gov. 

Regular Mail 

U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34), 

Office of Regulation and International 

Engagement, 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 Regulation and International 

Engagement, 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 Regulation and International 

Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 

9478; (202) 586–7893. 

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: 

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. 

As part of this analysis, DOE will 

consider the following two studies 

examining the cumulative impacts of 

LNG: 

• Effect of Increased Levels of 

Liquefied Natural Gas on U.S. Energy 

Markets, conducted by the U.S. Energy 

Information Administration upon DOE’s 

request (2014 EIA LNG Export Study); 4

and 

• The Macroeconomic Impact of 

Increasing U.S. LNG Exports, conducted 

jointly by the Center for Energy Studies 

at Rice University’s Baker Institute for 

Public Policy and Oxford Economics, on 

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5The 2015 LNG Export Study, dated Oct. 29, 

2015, is available at: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/

files/2015/12/f27/20151113_macro_impact_of_lng_

exports_0.pdf. 

6The Addendum and related documents are 

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

behalf of DOE (2015 LNG Export 

Study).5

Additionally, DOE will consider the 

following environmental document: 

Addendum to Environmental Review 

Documents Concerning Exports of 

Natural Gas From the United States, 79 

FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014).6 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. 15–168–LNG in the title 

line; (2) mailing an original and three 

paper copies of the filing to the Office 

of Regulation and International 

Engagement at the address listed in 

ADDRESSES; or (3) hand delivering an 

original and three paper copies of the 

filing to the Office of Regulation and 

International Engagement at the address 

listed in ADDRESSES. All filings must 

include a reference to FE Docket No. 

15–168–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 Office of 

Regulation and International 

Engagement 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 February 9, 

2016. 

John A. Anderson, 

Director, Office of Regulation and 

International Engagement, Office of Oil and 

Natural Gas. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03093 Filed 2–12–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Energy Savings Performance Contract 

Energy Sales Agreement 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Management 

Program (FEMP), Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy 

Management Program Office (FEMP), 

within the U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE), published a notice, ‘‘Request for 

Comments on Including Onsite 

Renewable Energy Generation under 

Energy Savings Performance Contracts,’’ 

on its Web site to obtain information on 

potential obstacles associated with the 

implementation of privately-owned 

onsite renewable energy generation 

projects under the federal energy 

savings performance contract (ESPC) 

authority, including potential issues 

with regard to project eligibility for the 

federal solar investment tax credit (ITC) 

and the use of the ESPC ENABLE 

Program for such projects. 

DATES: Written comments and 

information are requested on or before 

March 2, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to 

submit comments electronically to: 

tracy.logan@ee.doe.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include ‘‘Feb 2016 ESPC Request 

for Comments’’ in the subject of the 

message. The notice is available at 

http://energy.gov/eere/femp/downloads/

request-comments-including-onsiterenewable-energy-generation-underenergy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tracy Logan, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Federal Energy Management 

Program (EE–2L), 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; 

email: Tracy.Logan@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMP 

published a notice, ‘‘Request for 

Comments on Including Onsite 

Renewable Energy Generation under 

Energy Savings Performance Contracts,’’ 

to obtain information on potential 

obstacles associated with the 

implementation of privately-owned 

onsite renewable energy generation 

projects under the federal energy 

savings performance contract (ESPC) 

authority, including potential issues 

with regard to project eligibility for the 

federal solar investment tax credit (ITC) 

and the use of the ESPC ENABLE 

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