National Power Transformer Reserve, 57349 [2015-24163]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 184 / Wednesday, September 23, 2015 / Notices ISCMEM October 28–29 meeting and workshop, all interested attendees will need to pre-register by emailing Julie Marcy (Julie.B.Marcy@usace.army.mil) and Patrick Deliman (Patrick.N.Deliman@usace.army.mil), indicating their intent to participate in the meeting and providing their full contact information and affiliation. Dated: September 17, 2015. Patrick N. Deliman, Chair, Federal Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling. [FR Doc. 2015–24172 Filed 9–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720–58–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY National Power Transformer Reserve Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy. ACTION: Request for Information; reopening of comment period. AGENCY: On July 9, 2015, the Department of Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the policy development related to the possible establishment of a national reserve of power transformers that support the bulk power grid and requested public comment by August 24, 2015. DOE is reopening the original public comment period for this RFI. DATES: The comment period for the RFI published July 9, 2015 is re-opened. Written comments must be received on or before October 7, 2015. ADDRESSES: Comments can be submitted by any of the following methods and must be identified by ‘‘Transformer Reserve’’. By the Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. By email: LPT.RFI.2015@hq.doe.gov, and include ‘‘Transformer Reserve’’ in the subject line of the message. By mail: Alice Lippert, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1E–078, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. Note: Delivery of the U.S. Postal Service mail to DOE may be delayed by several weeks due to security screening. DOE, therefore, encourages those wishing to comment to submit comments electronically by email. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Alice Lippert, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U. S. Department of Energy, 1000 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:00 Sep 22, 2015 Jkt 235001 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 at Alice.Lippert@ hq.doe.gov, or by email: LPT.RFI.2015@ hq.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 9, 2015, the DOE published a request for information in the Federal Register (80 FR 39422). DOE is seeking comments and information from interested parties to inform its policy development related to the possible establishment of a national reserve of power transformers that support the bulk power grid. The focus of the RFI is on the design and implementation of a National Power Transformer Reserve Program. The July 9 notice requested comments and information from interested parties to inform its policy development related to the possible establishment of a national reserve of power transformers that support the bulk power grid by August 24, 2015. DOE is re-opening the comment period to allow additional time for more substantive comment on the significant questions to which DOE is seeking response. DOE believes that re-opening the comment period to allow additional time for interested parties to submit comments is appropriate. Therefore, DOE is re-opening the comment period to provide interested parties additional time to prepare and submit comments and will consider any comments received by the new closing date. All comments received between the original August 24 closing date and the new closing date are considered timely filed, so people who submitted late comments during the original comment period do not need to re-submit comments. Issued in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2015. Liz Dalton, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. [FR Doc. 2015–24163 Filed 9–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P [FE Docket No. 15–130–LNG] ConocoPhillips Company; Application for Blanket Authorization To Export Previously Imported Liquefied Natural Gas on a Short-Term Basis Office of Fossil Energy, DOE. Notice of application. AGENCY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application), filed on August 27, 2015, by ConocoPhillips Company (ConocoPhillips), requesting blanket SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) previously imported into the United States from foreign sources in an amount up to the equivalent of 500 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas on a short-term or spot market basis for a two-year period commencing on January 1, 2016.1 ConocoPhillips seeks authorization to export the LNG from the LNG terminal facilities owned by Freeport LNG Development, L.P. located on Quintana Island, Texas,2 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. ConocoPhillips states that it does not seek authorization to export any domestically produced natural gas or LNG. DOE/FE notes that ConocoPhillips currently holds a blanket authorization to import LNG from various international sources by vessel, and to export LNG to Canada and Mexico by vessel, in an amount up to the equivalent of 500 Bcf of natural gas.3 ConocoPhillips is requesting this authorization both on its own behalf and as agent for other parties who will 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 ConocoPhillips’s Application, posted on the DOE/FE Web site at: https:// energy.gov/fe/downloads/freeport-lngdevelopment-lp-fe-dkt-no-15-130-lng. 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 23, 2015. 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 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ACTION: 57349 1 ConocoPhillips’s current blanket authorization to export previously imported LNG, granted in DOE/FE Order No. 3359 on November 7, 2013, extends through December 31, 2015 (FE Docket No. 13–97–LNG). 2 ConocoPhillips states that it has a commercial terminaling arrangement at the Freeport LNG Terminal that currently extends through June 30, 2016, and the parties are contemplating entering into other terminaling arrangements thereafter. 3 ConocoPhillips Co., DOE/FE Order No. 3685, FE Docket No. 15–102–LNG, Order Granting Blanket Authorization to Import Liquefied Natural Gas from Various International Sources by Vessel and to Export LNG to Canada and Mexico by Vessel (July 23, 2015). E:\FR\FM\23SEN1.SGM 23SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 57349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24163]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


National Power Transformer Reserve

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. 
Department of Energy.

ACTION: Request for Information; re-opening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 9, 2015, the Department of Energy (DOE) published in 
the Federal Register a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the 
policy development related to the possible establishment of a national 
reserve of power transformers that support the bulk power grid and 
requested public comment by August 24, 2015. DOE is re-opening the 
original public comment period for this RFI.

DATES: The comment period for the RFI published July 9, 2015 is re-
opened. Written comments must be received on or before October 7, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments can be submitted by any of the following methods 
and must be identified by ``Transformer Reserve''. By the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments. By email: LPT.RFI.2015@hq.doe.gov, and include 
``Transformer Reserve'' in the subject line of the message. By mail: 
Alice Lippert, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1E-078, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. Note: Delivery of the 
U.S. Postal Service mail to DOE may be delayed by several weeks due to 
security screening. DOE, therefore, encourages those wishing to comment 
to submit comments electronically by email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Alice Lippert, Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U. S. Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585 at 
Alice.Lippert@hq.doe.gov, or by email: LPT.RFI.2015@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 9, 2015, the DOE published a request 
for information in the Federal Register (80 FR 39422). DOE is seeking 
comments and information from interested parties to inform its policy 
development related to the possible establishment of a national reserve 
of power transformers that support the bulk power grid. The focus of 
the RFI is on the design and implementation of a National Power 
Transformer Reserve Program.
    The July 9 notice requested comments and information from 
interested parties to inform its policy development related to the 
possible establishment of a national reserve of power transformers that 
support the bulk power grid by August 24, 2015. DOE is re-opening the 
comment period to allow additional time for more substantive comment on 
the significant questions to which DOE is seeking response.
    DOE believes that re-opening the comment period to allow additional 
time for interested parties to submit comments is appropriate. 
Therefore, DOE is re-opening the comment period to provide interested 
parties additional time to prepare and submit comments and will 
consider any comments received by the new closing date. All comments 
received between the original August 24 closing date and the new 
closing date are considered timely filed, so people who submitted late 
comments during the original comment period do not need to re-submit 
comments.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2015.
Liz Dalton,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery 
and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2015-24163 Filed 9-22-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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