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Dated: April 10, 2015.
Deborah S. Delisle,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2015–08681 Filed 4–15–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee
Office of Fossil Energy,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
meeting of the Methane Hydrate
Advisory Committee. The Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 86 Stat.770) requires that notice of
these meetings be announced in the
Federal Register.
DATES: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 12:45
p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (EDT)—Registration,
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EDT)—Meeting.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 3G–043, 1000
Independence Ave. SW., Washington,
DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lou
Capitanio, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. Phone: (202)
586–5098.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Committee: The
purpose of the Methane Hydrate
Advisory Committee is to provide
advice on potential applications of
methane hydrate to the Secretary of
Energy, and assist in developing
recommendations and priorities for the
Department of Energy’s Methane
Hydrate Research and Development
Program.
Tentative Agenda: The agenda will
include: Welcome and Introduction by
the Designated Federal Officer;
Committee Business; Report by the
Chair regarding recommendations to the
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Secretary; Update on gas hydrate
research activity including FY 2015
research initiatives and plans; Alaska
update; Advisory Committee
Discussion; and Public Comments, if
any.
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. The Designated
Federal Officer and the Chair of the
Committee will conduct the meeting to
facilitate the orderly conduct of
business. If you would like to file a
written statement with the Committee,
you may do so either before or after the
meeting. If you would like to make oral
statements regarding any of the items on
the agenda, you should contact Lou
Capitanio at the phone number listed
above and provide your name,
organization, citizenship, and contact
information. Anyone attending the
meeting will be required to present
government-issued identification. Space
is limited. You must make your request
for an oral statement at least five
business days prior to the meeting, and
reasonable provisions will be made to
include the presentation on the agenda.
Public comment will follow the threeminute rule.
Minutes: The minutes of this meeting
will be available for public review and
copying within 60 days at the following
Web site: https://energy.gov/fe/services/
advisory-committees/methane-hydrateadvisory-committee.
Issued at Washington, DC, on April 10,
2015.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015–08798 Filed 4–15–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. 15–33–LNG]
Bear Head LNG Corporation and Bear
Head LNG (USA), LLC; Application for
Long-Term, Multi-Contract
Authorization To Export Domestically
Produced Natural Gas Through
Canada to Non-Free Trade Agreement
Countries After Liquefaction for a 25Year Term
Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
Notice of application.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Office of Fossil Energy
(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)
gives notice of receipt of an application
(Application), filed on February 25,
2015, by Bear Head LNG Corporation
and Bear Head LNG (USA), LLC
(collectively, Bear Head),1 requesting
SUMMARY:
1 Bear Head states that Bear Head Corp. is a
Canadian company incorporated pursuant to the
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long-term, multi-contract authorization
to export domestically produced natural
gas as follows: (i) To export the natural
gas by pipeline to Canada at the United
States-Canada border (at a point near
Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New
Brunswick, respectively) on the
Maritimes & Northeast (M&N) Pipeline
in a volume of 440 billion cubic feet per
year (Bcf/yr), or approximately 1.2 Bcf
per day (Bcf/d); 2 (ii) to use
approximately 42.4 Bcf/yr of the U.S.sourced natural gas as feedstock in a
Canadian natural gas liquefaction and
export facility currently being
developed by Bear Head within the
Point Tupper/Bear Head Industrial Park
near the town of Port Hawksbury, on the
Straight of Canso, in Richmond County,
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
(Project); 3 and (iii) to export a portion
of the U.S.-sourced natural gas in the
form of LNG in a volume equivalent to
approximately 397.6 Bcf/yr of natural
gas (1.1 Bcf/d) by vessel from Nova
Scotia, 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).4 Only Bear Head’s
proposed export of LNG produced from
U.S-sourced natural gas to non-FTA
countries is subject to this Notice. Bear
Head states that its proposed Project and
LNG exports will not involve the
construction of any facilities in the
laws of Nova Scotia, and that Bear Head (USA) is
a Delaware limited liability company. Both have
their principal place of business in Houston, Texas,
and both are wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries of
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, a publicly listed
Australian company based in Perth, Australia.
2 Bear Head refers to this requested authorization
as the ‘‘NG Authorization.’’ Bear Head states that
the M&N Pipeline is operated by Maritimes &
Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. in the United States and
by its Canadian pipeline affiliate, Maritimes &
Northeast Pipeline Limited Partnership, in Canada.
3 See Application at 1 n.3 (‘‘approximately 42.4
Bcf/y of the natural gas volume proposed to be
exported will be consumed in Canada and not
exported as LNG [liquefied natural gas]’’); id. at 12
(description of project).
4 In the Application, Bear Head also requests
authorization to export U.S.-sourced 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
Bear Head’s request for a FTA export authorization
separately pursuant to NGA § 3(c), 15 U.S.C.
717b(c). Additionally, on January 23, 2015, Bear
Head filed a separate application with DOE/FE
requesting authorization to access certain Canadian
natural gas supplies, in a volume up to 250 Bcf/yr,
that it states must flow through the United States
due to the configuration of existing North American
pipeline infrastructure. Application at 2–3 n.7. Bear
Head refers to this requested authorization as the
‘‘Canadian NG authorization.’’ Id. That application
is pending before DOE/FE in FE Docket No. 15–14–
NG, and is the subject of a notice being published
in the Federal Register concurrently with this
Notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Methane Hydrate
Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463,
86 Stat.770) requires that notice of these meetings be announced in the
Federal Register.
DATES: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 12:45 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (EDT)--
Registration, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EDT)--Meeting.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3G-043,
1000 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lou Capitanio, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. Phone: (202) 586-5098.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Committee: The purpose of the Methane Hydrate
Advisory Committee is to provide advice on potential applications of
methane hydrate to the Secretary of Energy, and assist in developing
recommendations and priorities for the Department of Energy's Methane
Hydrate Research and Development Program.
Tentative Agenda: The agenda will include: Welcome and Introduction
by the Designated Federal Officer; Committee Business; Report by the
Chair regarding recommendations to the Secretary; Update on gas hydrate
research activity including FY 2015 research initiatives and plans;
Alaska update; Advisory Committee Discussion; and Public Comments, if
any.
Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The
Designated Federal Officer and the Chair of the Committee will conduct
the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. If you would
like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so
either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral
statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, you should contact
Lou Capitanio at the phone number listed above and provide your name,
organization, citizenship, and contact information. Anyone attending
the meeting will be required to present government-issued
identification. Space is limited. You must make your request for an
oral statement at least five business days prior to the meeting, and
reasonable provisions will be made to include the presentation on the
agenda. Public comment will follow the three-minute rule.
Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public
review and copying within 60 days at the following Web site: https://energy.gov/fe/services/advisory-committees/methane-hydrate-advisory-committee.
Issued at Washington, DC, on April 10, 2015.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-08798 Filed 4-15-15; 8:45 am]
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