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(256) 313–0895, Office of Research and
Technology Applications, email:
cindy.s.wallace.civ@mail.mil.
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Collaborators should have experience in
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The full CRADA proposal should
include a capability statement with a
detailed description of collaborators’
expertise in the following and related
technology areas: (1) Gas and/or
blowback operated automatic firearms;
(2) collaborators’ expertise in successful
technology transition; and (3)
collaborator’s ability to provide
adequate funding to support some
project studies is strongly encouraged. A
preference will be given to collaborators
who shall manufacture automatic or
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Technology Overview. Most
conventional high powered automatic
firearms function using a variation of
long, short piston or direct impingement
gas operation. The locking/unlocking
mechanisms used in these firearms
require extensive machining and
manufacturing costs. A solution for
delaying case extraction without the use
of elaborate locking mechanisms or
heavy bolts would allow for a simpler
design.
By utilizing the principles of a gas
delayed system to retain the bolt until
safe extraction is possible and a stroke
piston action to facilitate case
extraction/ejection a simpler
mechanism may be used for a highpowered automatic firearm. Two
separate barrel ports, one near the
chamber for the gas delaying function
and the other near the muzzle for the
stroke piston action, allow propellant
gasses to act upon one piston. The
piston is directly connected to the
firearm’s bolt via a linkage. Upon firing,
the port near the chamber is utilized
first causing gasses to hold the piston
forward. Once propellant gasses reach
the port near the muzzle the piston is
forced rearward. The barrel port
diameters will determine the forces
acting upon the piston and bolt. Two
prototypes of advancing design, detailed
within the patent, were developed for
initial testing and showed promising
results.
Publications. P. Jackson: ‘‘Firearm
with Both Gas Delayed and Stroke
Piston Action,’’ U.S. Patent 9,303,932
B1, April 5, 2016.
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Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC ..............................................................................................................................................................
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P .......................................................................................................................................................
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC ...............................................................................................................................................
CE FLNG, LLC ....................................................................................................................................................................................
Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC .........................................................................................................................................................
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC .................................................................................................................................................
Eos LNG LLC ......................................................................................................................................................................................
Barca LNG LLC ...................................................................................................................................................................................
Waller LNG Services, LLC ..................................................................................................................................................................
Gasfin Development USA, LLC ..........................................................................................................................................................
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC .................................................................................................................................................
SCT&E LNG, LLC ...............................................................................................................................................................................
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC .................................................................................................................................................
G2 LNG LLC .......................................................................................................................................................................................
Texas LNG Brownsville LLC ...............................................................................................................................................................
Strom Inc .............................................................................................................................................................................................
Port Arthur LNG, LLC ..........................................................................................................................................................................
Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC ........................................................................................................................................................
Rio Grande LNG, LLC .........................................................................................................................................................................
Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville, LLC ...............................................................................................................................................
Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC .............................................................................................................................................
Driftwood LNG, LLC ............................................................................................................................................................................
Fourchon LNG, LLC ............................................................................................................................................................................
Galveston Bay LNG, LLC ....................................................................................................................................................................
Freeport LNG Expansion L.P., and FLNG Liquefaction 4, LLC .........................................................................................................
Office of Fossil Energy,
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The Office of Fossil Energy
(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)
gives notice (Notice) of the availability
SUMMARY:
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of a study, Macroeconomic Outcomes of
Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG
Exports (2018 LNG Export Study or
Study), in the above-referenced
proceedings and invites the submission
of comments on the Study. DOE
commissioned the 2018 LNG Export
Study to inform DOE/FE’s decisions on
applications seeking authorization to
export domestically produced liquefied
natural gas (LNG) from the lower-48
states to 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 (non-FTA countries).
The purpose of this Notice is to enter
the 2018 LNG Export Study into the
administrative record of the 25 pending
non-FTA export proceedings (listed
above) and to invite comments on the
Study for use in the pending and future
non-FTA application proceedings. The
2018 LNG Export Study is posted on the
DOE/FE website at: https://
fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/
docket/index/10.
DATES: Comments are to be filed using
procedures detailed in the Public
Comment Procedures section no later
than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, July 27,
2018. DOE will not accept reply
comments.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Filing of Comments Using
Online Form: https://fossil.energy.gov/
app/docketindex/docket/index/10.
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:
Robert Smith or Amy Sweeney, U.S.
Department of Energy (FE–34), Office of
Oil and Natural Gas, Office of Fossil
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E–
042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–7241;
(202) 586–2627.
Cassandra Bernstein or Ronald (R.J.)
Colwell, 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; (202) 586–
8499.
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I. Background
A. Statutory and Regulatory Overview
Pursuant to section 3 of the Natural
Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717b, exports
of natural gas, including LNG, must be
authorized by DOE/FE.1 Under NGA
section 3(a), 15 U.S.C. 717b(a),
applications that seek authority to
export natural gas to non-FTA countries
are presumed to be in the public interest
unless, after opportunity for hearing,
DOE finds that the authorization would
not be consistent with the public
interest.2
In evaluating the public interest under
NGA section 3(a), DOE reviews factors
including economic impacts,
international impacts, security of
natural gas supply, and environmental
impacts, among others.3 Additionally,
DOE/FE has explained that, in deciding
whether to grant a non-FTA export
application, it considers the cumulative
impacts of the total volume of all final
non-FTA export authorizations.4 DOE/
FE has further stated that it will assess
the cumulative impacts of each
succeeding request for export
authorization on the public interest with
due regard to the effect on domestic
natural gas supply and demand
fundamentals.5
To date, DOE/FE has issued 29 final
long-term authorizations to export LNG
and compressed natural gas to non-FTA
countries in a cumulative volume
totaling 21.35 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per
day (Bcf/d) of natural gas
(approximately 7.79 trillion cubic feet
per year).6 With one early exception,7
1 The authority to regulate the imports and
exports of natural gas, including LNG, under
section 3 of the NGA (15 U.S.C. 717b) has been
delegated to the Assistant Secretary for FE in
Redelegation Order No. 00–006.02 (issued
November 17, 2014).
2 With regard to exports to FTA countries, NGA
section 3(c) was amended by section 201 of the
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–486) to
require that FTA applications ‘‘shall be deemed to
be consistent with the public interest’’ and granted
‘‘without modification or delay.’’ 15 U.S.C. 717b(c).
Accordingly, this Notice does not apply to FTA
export proceedings.
3 See generally Sierra Club v. U.S. Dep’t of
Energy, 867 F.3d 189 (D.C. Cir. 2017). Before
reaching a final decision on any non-FTA
application, DOE must also comply with the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA),
42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
4 See, e.g., Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville II LLC,
DOE/FE Order No. 4078, FE Docket No. 17–79–
LNG, Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term,
Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Liquefied
Natural Gas in ISO Containers Loaded at the Eagle
Maxville Facility in Jacksonville, Florida, and
Exported by Vessel to Free Trade Agreement and
Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations, 34–38 (Sept.
15, 2017).
5 See id. at 37–38.
6 See id. at 34–38.
7 DOE acted on the first application—Sabine Pass
Liquefaction, LLC in FE Docket No. 10–111–LNG—
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DOE/FE issued all of these
authorizations based, in part, on its
consideration of one or more of the LNG
export studies described below.
B. LNG Export Studies
To date, DOE/FE has commissioned
five studies to examine the effects of
U.S. LNG exports on the U.S. economy
and energy markets.8 The first study,
Effect of Increased Natural Gas Exports
on Domestic Energy Markets, was
performed by EIA and published in
January 2012 (EIA Study).9 The second
study, Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG
Exports from the United States, was
performed by NERA and published in
December 2012 (NERA Study and,
together with the EIA Study, the 2012
LNG Export Study).10 The third study,
Effect of Increased Levels of Liquefied
Natural Gas Exports on U.S. Energy
Markets, was performed by EIA and
published in October 2014 (2014 LNG
Export Study).11 The fourth study, The
Macroeconomic Impact of Increasing
U.S. LNG Exports, was performed
jointly by the Center for Energy Studies
at Rice University’s Baker Institute and
Oxford Economics and published in
October 2015 (2015 LNG Export
Study).12 The study subject to this
Notice—the 2018 LNG Export Study—is
the fifth economic study commissioned
by DOE.
DOE/FE invited public comment on
each of the four prior studies, and
received comments representing a
diverse range of interests and
perspectives. DOE/FE considered the
comments received on each study, as
applicable, in its review of the non-FTA
export applications then-pending before
it. As noted above, DOE/FE has relied
at approximately the same time that DOE/FE
commenced the first LNG export study.
8 Because there is no natural gas pipeline
interconnection between Alaska and the lower 48
states, DOE/FE generally views those LNG export
markets as distinct. DOE/FE therefore focuses on
LNG exports from the lower-48 states for purposes
of determining macroeconomic impacts.
9 See 2012 LNG Export Study, 77 FR. 73627 (Dec.
11, 2012), available at: https://energy.gov/sites/prod/
files/2013/04/f0/fr_notice_two_part_study.pdf
(notice of availability of the 2012 LNG Export
Study).
10 See id.
11 U.S. Energy Info. Admin., Effect of Increased
Levels of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports on U.S.
Energy Markets (Oct. 2014), available at: https://
www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/fe/pdf/lng.pdf.
12 Center for Energy Studies at Rice University
Baker Institute and Oxford Economics, The
Macroeconomic Impact of Increasing U.S. LNG
Exports (Oct. 29, 2015), available at: https://
energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2015/12/f27/20151113_
macro_impact_of_lng_exports_0.pdf; see also U.S.
Dep’t of Energy, Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG
Exports Studies; Notice of Availability and Request
for Comments, 80 F R 81300 (Dec. 29, 2015) (notice
of availability of the 2014 and 2015 LNG Export
Studies).
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on these studies to better inform its
public interest review under section 3(a)
of the NGA.
The two most recent studies, the 2014
and 2015 LNG Export Studies,
examined the domestic macroeconomic
impacts of increasing exports of LNG at
levels from 12 to 20 Bcf/d of natural gas.
Specifically, the 2014 LNG Export Study
served as an update of EIA’s 2012 Study
and used baseline cases from EIA’s
Annual Energy Outlook 2014. Whereas
the 2012 study was based off of a
Reference case with no LNG exports, the
2014 study assumed higher LNG exports
as it was based off of 9.4 Bcf/d
Reference case export levels.13 The 2015
Study was a scenario-based assessment
of the macroeconomic impact of levels
of U.S. LNG exports, sourced from the
lower-48 states, under different
assumptions including U.S. resource
endowment, U.S. natural gas demand,
and international LNG market
dynamics. The 2015 LNG Export Study
included a case examining export
volumes up to 28 Bcf/d of natural gas.
The analysis covered the 2015 to 2040
time period.
C. The 2018 LNG Export Study
The 2018 LNG Export Study,
performed by NERA Economic
Consulting (NERA), examines the
probability and macroeconomic impact
of various U.S. LNG export scenarios
and includes alternative baseline
scenarios based on the U.S. Energy
Information Administration’s (EIA)
Annual Energy Outlook 2017. The 2018
LNG Export Study will allow DOE/FE
to: (i) Evaluate the cumulative impacts
of each additional non-FTA application
to export LNG on the U.S. economy and
energy markets, and (ii) assess the
likelihood (or probability) of different
levels of LNG exports. The 2018 LNG
Export Study is posted on the DOE/FE
website at: https://fossil.energy.gov/app/
docketindex/docket/index/10. DOE may
use the 2018 LNG Export Study to
inform its decisions in the pending nonFTA docket proceedings (listed above),
in future non-FTA application
proceedings, and for other purposes.
Comments submitted in compliance
with the instructions in this Notice will
be placed in the administrative record
for all of the above-listed proceedings
and need only be submitted once.
The 25 proceedings identified above
involve pending applications seeking
authorization to export domestically
produced LNG to non-FTA countries. In
13 Each
Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) presents
EIA’s long-term projections of energy supply,
demand, and prices. It is based on results from
EIA’s National Energy Modeling System (NEMS)
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light of both the cumulative volume of
exports to non-FTA countries
authorized to date (equivalent to 21.35
Bcf/d of natural gas) and the volume of
LNG requested for export in those
pending applications, DOE/FE
determined that a new macroeconomic
study was warranted. DOE therefore
commissioned NERA to conduct the
2018 LNG Export Study.
Like the four prior studies, the 2018
LNG Export Study examines the impacts
of varying levels of LNG exports on
domestic energy markets. The 2018 LNG
Export Study also assesses the
likelihood of different levels of
‘‘unconstrained’’ LNG exports (defined
as market determined levels of exports),
and analyzes the outcomes of different
LNG export levels on the U.S. natural
gas markets and the U.S. economy as a
whole, over the 2020 to 2050 time
period.
Specifically, the 2018 LNG Export
Study develops 54 scenarios by
identifying various assumptions for
domestic and international supply and
demand conditions to capture a wide
range of uncertainty in the natural gas
markets.14 The scenarios include three
baseline cases based on EIA’s Annual
Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO 2017)
projections (the most recent EIA
projections available at the time), with
varying assumptions about U.S. natural
gas supply. Alternative scenarios add
other assumptions about both future
U.S. natural gas demand and the
international outlook. International
assumptions are based on EIA’s
International Energy Outlook 2017 and
the International Energy Agency’s World
Energy Outlook 2016.
As part of this analysis, the 2018 LNG
Export Study examines the likelihood of
conditions leading to various export
scenarios—making it the first DOE
macroeconomic study to consider this
issue. Specifically, the 2018 LNG Export
Study includes peer-reviewed
probabilities of uncertainties
surrounding developments in the
international and domestic natural gas
markets that were, in turn, combined to
develop the 54 export scenarios and
their associated macroeconomic
impacts.
To summarize, the 2018 LNG Export
Study differs from DOE/FE’s previous
macroeconomic studies in the following
ways:
(i) Includes a larger number of
scenarios (54 scenarios) to capture a
14 The four major sources of uncertainty affecting
U.S. LNG exports identified by the Study are:
Natural gas supply conditions in the United States,
natural gas demand in the United States, natural gas
supply availability in the rest of the world, and
natural gas demand in the rest of the world.
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wider range of uncertainty in four
natural gas market conditions than
examined in the previous studies;
(ii) Includes LNG exports in all 54
scenarios that are market-determined
levels, including the three alternative
baseline scenarios that are based on the
AEO 2017 projections;
(iii) Examines unconstrained LNG
export volumes beyond the levels
examined in the previous studies;
(iv) Examines the likelihood of those
market-determined LNG export
volumes; and
(v) Provides macroeconomic
projections associated with several of
the scenarios lying within the more
likely range.
II. Invitation To Comment
The 2018 LNG Export Study and the
comments that DOE/FE receives in
response to this Notice will help to
inform DOE/FE’s determination of the
public interest in pending and future
non-FTA application proceedings.
Comments must be limited to the
methodology, results, and conclusions
of the 2018 LNG Export Study on the
factors evaluated. These factors include
the potential impact of LNG exports on
domestic energy consumption,
production, and prices; the
macroeconomic factors identified in the
Study, including gross domestic
product, consumption, U.S. economic
sector analysis, and U.S. LNG export
feasibility analysis; and any other
factors included in the Study. In
addition, comments may be directed
toward the feasibility of various
scenarios used in the Study. While this
invitation to comment covers a broad
range of issues, DOE may disregard
comments that are not germane to the
present inquiry. Due to the complexity
of the issues raised in the 2018 LNG
Export Study, interested parties will be
provided 45 days from the date of
publication of this Notice in which to
submit their comments.
III. Public Comment Procedures
DOE is not establishing a new
proceeding or docket in this Notice, and
the submission of comments in response
to this Notice will not make commenters
parties to any of the 25 export
proceedings identified by docket
number above. Persons with an interest
in the outcome of one or more of those
proceedings have been given an
opportunity to comment, protest, and/or
intervene in those applications by
complying with the procedures
established in the respective notices of
application published in the Federal
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Register.15 The record in those 25
proceedings will include all comments
received in response to this Notice.
Comments will be reviewed on a
consolidated basis, and decisions on
each application will be issued on a
case-by-case basis. In addition to the
procedures established by this Notice,
all comments must meet the
requirements specified by the
regulations in 10 CFR part 590, as
supplemented below.
Comments may be submitted using
one of the following supplemental
methods:
(1) Submitting the comments using
the online form at https://
fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/
docket/index/10;
(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.
For administrative efficiency, DOE/FE
prefers comments to be filed
electronically using the online form
15 Notices of application in the 25 proceedings
were published in the Federal Register as follows:
Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC, FE Docket No. 12–05–
LNG, 77 FR 32962 (June 4, 2012); Jordan Cove
Energy Project, L.P., FE Docket No. 12–32–LNG, 77
FR 33446 (June 6, 2012); Gulf LNG Liquefaction Co.,
LLC, FE Docket No. 12–101–LNG, 77 FR 66454
(Nov. 5, 2012); CE FLNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 12–
123–LNG, 77 FR 72840 (Dec. 6, 2012); FreeportMcMoRan Energy LLC, FE Docket No. 13–26–LNG,
78 FR 34084 (June 6, 2013); Venture Global
Calcasieu Pass, LLC, FE Docket No. 13–69–LNG, 79
FR 30109 (May 27, 2014); Eos LNG LLC, FE Docket
No. 13–116–LNG, 78 FR 75337 (Dec. 11, 2013);
Barca LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 13–118–LNG, 78 FR
75339 (Dec. 11, 2013); Waller LNG Svs., LLC, FE
Docket No. 13–153–LNG, 79 FR 41685 (July 17,
2014); Gasfin Development USA, LLC, FE Docket
No. 13–161–LNG, 79 FR 44439 (July 31, 2014);
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC, FE Docket No.
14–88–LNG, 79 FR 66707 (Nov. 10, 2014); SCT&E
LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 14–98–LNG, 79 FR 75796
(Dec. 19, 2014); Venture Global Calcasieu Pass,
LLC, FE Docket No. 15–25–LNG, 80 FR 36977 (June
29, 2015); G2 LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 15–45–LNG,
80 FR 44091 (July 24, 2015); Texas LNG Brownsville
LLC, FE Docket No. 15–62–LNG, 80 FR 46966 (Aug.
6, 2015); Strom Inc., FE Docket No. 15–78–LNG, 80
FR 51793 (Aug. 26, 2015); Port Arthur LNG, LLC,
FE Docket No. 15–96–LNG, 80 FR 51795 (Aug. 26,
2015); Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, FE Docket
No. 15–97–LNG, 80 FR 51790 (Aug. 26, 2015); Rio
Grande LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 15–190–LNG, 81
FR 46318 (July 19, 2016); Eagle LNG Partners
Jacksonville, LLC, FE Docket No. 16–15–LNG, 81 FR
43192 (July 1, 2016); Venture Global Plaquemines
LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 16–28–LNG, 81 FR 39603
(June 8, 2016); Driftwood LNG, LLC, FE Docket No.
16–144–LNG, 82 FR 3760 (Jan. 12, 2017); Fourchon
LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 17–105–LNG, 82 FR
49201 (Oct. 24, 2017); Galveston Bay LNG, LLC, FE
Docket No. 17–167–LNG, 83 FR 4473 (Jan. 31,
2018); Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG
Liquefaction 4, LLC, FE Docket No. 18–26–LNG, 83
FR 23909 (May 23, 2018).
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(method 1). All comments must include
a reference to the ‘‘2018 LNG Export
Study’’ in the title line.
The 2018 LNG Export Study is
available for inspection and copying in
the Division of Natural Gas Regulation
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 Study and any
comments filed in response to this
Notice will be available electronically at
the following DOE/FE website: https://
fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/
docket/index/10.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2018.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Division of Natural Gas Regulation,
Office of Fossil Energy.
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This notice announces a
meeting of the State Energy Advisory
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Committee Act requires that public
notice of these meetings be announced
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DATES: July 12, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. ET, July 13, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30
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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
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Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Li, Senior Policy Advisor,
Office of Energy Efficiency and
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Study on Macroeconomic Outcomes of LNG Exports
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FE Docket No.
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Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC............... 12-05-LNG
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P.......... 12-32-LNG
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC....... 12-101-LNG
CE FLNG, LLC............................. 12-123-LNG
Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC.............. 13-26-LNG
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC....... 13-69-LNG
Eos LNG LLC.............................. 13-116-LNG
Barca LNG LLC............................ 13-118-LNG
Waller LNG Services, LLC................. 13-153-LNG
Gasfin Development USA, LLC.............. 13-161-LNG
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC....... 14-88-LNG
SCT&E LNG, LLC........................... 14-98-LNG
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC....... 15-25-LNG
G2 LNG LLC............................... 15-45-LNG
Texas LNG Brownsville LLC................ 15-62-LNG
Strom Inc................................ 15-78-LNG
Port Arthur LNG, LLC..................... 15-96-LNG
Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC......... 15-97-LNG
Rio Grande LNG, LLC...................... 15-190-LNG
Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville, LLC..... 16-15-LNG
Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC...... 16-28-LNG
Driftwood LNG, LLC....................... 16-144-LNG
Fourchon LNG, LLC........................ 17-105-LNG
Galveston Bay LNG, LLC................... 17-167-LNG
Freeport LNG Expansion L.P., and FLNG 18-26-LNG
Liquefaction 4, LLC.
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AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the 2018 LNG Export Study and request
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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy
(DOE) gives notice (Notice) of the availability
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of a study, Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined Levels of U.S.
LNG Exports (2018 LNG Export Study or Study), in the above-referenced
proceedings and invites the submission of comments on the Study. DOE
commissioned the 2018 LNG Export Study to inform DOE/FE's decisions on
applications seeking authorization to export domestically produced
liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the lower-48 states to 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 (non-FTA countries). The
purpose of this Notice is to enter the 2018 LNG Export Study into the
administrative record of the 25 pending non-FTA export proceedings
(listed above) and to invite comments on the Study for use in the
pending and future non-FTA application proceedings. The 2018 LNG Export
Study is posted on the DOE/FE website at: https://fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/docket/index/10.
DATES: Comments are to be filed using procedures detailed in the Public
Comment Procedures section no later than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, July
27, 2018. DOE will not accept reply comments.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Filing of Comments Using Online Form: https://fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/docket/index/10.
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:
Robert Smith or Amy Sweeney, U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34),
Office of Oil and Natural Gas, Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal
Building, Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20585, (202) 586-7241; (202) 586-2627.
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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; (202) 586-8499.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
A. Statutory and Regulatory Overview
Pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717b,
exports of natural gas, including LNG, must be authorized by DOE/FE.\1\
Under NGA section 3(a), 15 U.S.C. 717b(a), applications that seek
authority to export natural gas to non-FTA countries are presumed to be
in the public interest unless, after opportunity for hearing, DOE finds
that the authorization would not be consistent with the public
interest.\2\
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\1\ The authority to regulate the imports and exports of natural
gas, including LNG, under section 3 of the NGA (15 U.S.C. 717b) has
been delegated to the Assistant Secretary for FE in Redelegation
Order No. 00-006.02 (issued November 17, 2014).
\2\ With regard to exports to FTA countries, NGA section 3(c)
was amended by section 201 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Pub. L.
102-486) to require that FTA applications ``shall be deemed to be
consistent with the public interest'' and granted ``without
modification or delay.'' 15 U.S.C. 717b(c). Accordingly, this Notice
does not apply to FTA export proceedings.
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In evaluating the public interest under NGA section 3(a), DOE
reviews factors including economic impacts, international impacts,
security of natural gas supply, and environmental impacts, among
others.\3\ Additionally, DOE/FE has explained that, in deciding whether
to grant a non-FTA export application, it considers the cumulative
impacts of the total volume of all final non-FTA export
authorizations.\4\ DOE/FE has further stated that it will assess the
cumulative impacts of each succeeding request for export authorization
on the public interest with due regard to the effect on domestic
natural gas supply and demand fundamentals.\5\
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\3\ See generally Sierra Club v. U.S. Dep't of Energy, 867 F.3d
189 (D.C. Cir. 2017). Before reaching a final decision on any non-
FTA application, DOE must also comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
\4\ See, e.g., Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville II LLC, DOE/FE
Order No. 4078, FE Docket No. 17-79-LNG, Opinion and Order Granting
Long-Term, Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural
Gas in ISO Containers Loaded at the Eagle Maxville Facility in
Jacksonville, Florida, and Exported by Vessel to Free Trade
Agreement and Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations, 34-38 (Sept. 15,
2017).
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To date, DOE/FE has issued 29 final long-term authorizations to
export LNG and compressed natural gas to non-FTA countries in a
cumulative volume totaling 21.35 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per day (Bcf/
d) of natural gas (approximately 7.79 trillion cubic feet per year).\6\
With one early exception,\7\ DOE/FE issued all of these authorizations
based, in part, on its consideration of one or more of the LNG export
studies described below.
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\6\ See id. at 34-38.
\7\ DOE acted on the first application--Sabine Pass
Liquefaction, LLC in FE Docket No. 10-111-LNG--at approximately the
same time that DOE/FE commenced the first LNG export study.
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B. LNG Export Studies
To date, DOE/FE has commissioned five studies to examine the
effects of U.S. LNG exports on the U.S. economy and energy markets.\8\
The first study, Effect of Increased Natural Gas Exports on Domestic
Energy Markets, was performed by EIA and published in January 2012 (EIA
Study).\9\ The second study, Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports from
the United States, was performed by NERA and published in December 2012
(NERA Study and, together with the EIA Study, the 2012 LNG Export
Study).\10\ The third study, Effect of Increased Levels of Liquefied
Natural Gas Exports on U.S. Energy Markets, was performed by EIA and
published in October 2014 (2014 LNG Export Study).\11\ The fourth
study, The Macroeconomic Impact of Increasing U.S. LNG Exports, was
performed jointly by the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's
Baker Institute and Oxford Economics and published in October 2015
(2015 LNG Export Study).\12\ The study subject to this Notice--the 2018
LNG Export Study--is the fifth economic study commissioned by DOE.
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\8\ Because there is no natural gas pipeline interconnection
between Alaska and the lower 48 states, DOE/FE generally views those
LNG export markets as distinct. DOE/FE therefore focuses on LNG
exports from the lower-48 states for purposes of determining
macroeconomic impacts.
\9\ See 2012 LNG Export Study, 77 FR. 73627 (Dec. 11, 2012),
available at: https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/04/f0/fr_notice_two_part_study.pdf (notice of availability of the 2012 LNG
Export Study).
\10\ See id.
\11\ U.S. Energy Info. Admin., Effect of Increased Levels of
Liquefied Natural Gas Exports on U.S. Energy Markets (Oct. 2014),
available at: https://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/fe/pdf/lng.pdf.
\12\ Center for Energy Studies at Rice University Baker
Institute and Oxford Economics, The Macroeconomic Impact of
Increasing U.S. LNG Exports (Oct. 29, 2015), available at: https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2015/12/f27/20151113_macro_impact_of_lng_exports_0.pdf; see also U.S. Dep't of
Energy, Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports Studies; Notice of
Availability and Request for Comments, 80 F R 81300 (Dec. 29, 2015)
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DOE/FE invited public comment on each of the four prior studies,
and received comments representing a diverse range of interests and
perspectives. DOE/FE considered the comments received on each study, as
applicable, in its review of the non-FTA export applications then-
pending before it. As noted above, DOE/FE has relied
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on these studies to better inform its public interest review under
section 3(a) of the NGA.
The two most recent studies, the 2014 and 2015 LNG Export Studies,
examined the domestic macroeconomic impacts of increasing exports of
LNG at levels from 12 to 20 Bcf/d of natural gas. Specifically, the
2014 LNG Export Study served as an update of EIA's 2012 Study and used
baseline cases from EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2014. Whereas the 2012
study was based off of a Reference case with no LNG exports, the 2014
study assumed higher LNG exports as it was based off of 9.4 Bcf/d
Reference case export levels.\13\ The 2015 Study was a scenario-based
assessment of the macroeconomic impact of levels of U.S. LNG exports,
sourced from the lower-48 states, under different assumptions including
U.S. resource endowment, U.S. natural gas demand, and international LNG
market dynamics. The 2015 LNG Export Study included a case examining
export volumes up to 28 Bcf/d of natural gas. The analysis covered the
2015 to 2040 time period.
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\13\ Each Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) presents EIA's long-term
projections of energy supply, demand, and prices. It is based on
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C. The 2018 LNG Export Study
The 2018 LNG Export Study, performed by NERA Economic Consulting
(NERA), examines the probability and macroeconomic impact of various
U.S. LNG export scenarios and includes alternative baseline scenarios
based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Annual
Energy Outlook 2017. The 2018 LNG Export Study will allow DOE/FE to:
(i) Evaluate the cumulative impacts of each additional non-FTA
application to export LNG on the U.S. economy and energy markets, and
(ii) assess the likelihood (or probability) of different levels of LNG
exports. The 2018 LNG Export Study is posted on the DOE/FE website at:
https://fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/docket/index/10. DOE may use
the 2018 LNG Export Study to inform its decisions in the pending non-
FTA docket proceedings (listed above), in future non-FTA application
proceedings, and for other purposes. Comments submitted in compliance
with the instructions in this Notice will be placed in the
administrative record for all of the above-listed proceedings and need
only be submitted once.
The 25 proceedings identified above involve pending applications
seeking authorization to export domestically produced LNG to non-FTA
countries. In light of both the cumulative volume of exports to non-FTA
countries authorized to date (equivalent to 21.35 Bcf/d of natural gas)
and the volume of LNG requested for export in those pending
applications, DOE/FE determined that a new macroeconomic study was
warranted. DOE therefore commissioned NERA to conduct the 2018 LNG
Export Study.
Like the four prior studies, the 2018 LNG Export Study examines the
impacts of varying levels of LNG exports on domestic energy markets.
The 2018 LNG Export Study also assesses the likelihood of different
levels of ``unconstrained'' LNG exports (defined as market determined
levels of exports), and analyzes the outcomes of different LNG export
levels on the U.S. natural gas markets and the U.S. economy as a whole,
over the 2020 to 2050 time period.
Specifically, the 2018 LNG Export Study develops 54 scenarios by
identifying various assumptions for domestic and international supply
and demand conditions to capture a wide range of uncertainty in the
natural gas markets.\14\ The scenarios include three baseline cases
based on EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO 2017) projections (the
most recent EIA projections available at the time), with varying
assumptions about U.S. natural gas supply. Alternative scenarios add
other assumptions about both future U.S. natural gas demand and the
international outlook. International assumptions are based on EIA's
International Energy Outlook 2017 and the International Energy Agency's
World Energy Outlook 2016.
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\14\ The four major sources of uncertainty affecting U.S. LNG
exports identified by the Study are: Natural gas supply conditions
in the United States, natural gas demand in the United States,
natural gas supply availability in the rest of the world, and
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As part of this analysis, the 2018 LNG Export Study examines the
likelihood of conditions leading to various export scenarios--making it
the first DOE macroeconomic study to consider this issue. Specifically,
the 2018 LNG Export Study includes peer-reviewed probabilities of
uncertainties surrounding developments in the international and
domestic natural gas markets that were, in turn, combined to develop
the 54 export scenarios and their associated macroeconomic impacts.
To summarize, the 2018 LNG Export Study differs from DOE/FE's
previous macroeconomic studies in the following ways:
(i) Includes a larger number of scenarios (54 scenarios) to capture
a wider range of uncertainty in four natural gas market conditions than
examined in the previous studies;
(ii) Includes LNG exports in all 54 scenarios that are market-
determined levels, including the three alternative baseline scenarios
that are based on the AEO 2017 projections;
(iii) Examines unconstrained LNG export volumes beyond the levels
examined in the previous studies;
(iv) Examines the likelihood of those market-determined LNG export
volumes; and
(v) Provides macroeconomic projections associated with several of
the scenarios lying within the more likely range.
II. Invitation To Comment
The 2018 LNG Export Study and the comments that DOE/FE receives in
response to this Notice will help to inform DOE/FE's determination of
the public interest in pending and future non-FTA application
proceedings. Comments must be limited to the methodology, results, and
conclusions of the 2018 LNG Export Study on the factors evaluated.
These factors include the potential impact of LNG exports on domestic
energy consumption, production, and prices; the macroeconomic factors
identified in the Study, including gross domestic product, consumption,
U.S. economic sector analysis, and U.S. LNG export feasibility
analysis; and any other factors included in the Study. In addition,
comments may be directed toward the feasibility of various scenarios
used in the Study. While this invitation to comment covers a broad
range of issues, DOE may disregard comments that are not germane to the
present inquiry. Due to the complexity of the issues raised in the 2018
LNG Export Study, interested parties will be provided 45 days from the
date of publication of this Notice in which to submit their comments.
III. Public Comment Procedures
DOE is not establishing a new proceeding or docket in this Notice,
and the submission of comments in response to this Notice will not make
commenters parties to any of the 25 export proceedings identified by
docket number above. Persons with an interest in the outcome of one or
more of those proceedings have been given an opportunity to comment,
protest, and/or intervene in those applications by complying with the
procedures established in the respective notices of application
published in the Federal
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Register.\15\ The record in those 25 proceedings will include all
comments received in response to this Notice. Comments will be reviewed
on a consolidated basis, and decisions on each application will be
issued on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the procedures
established by this Notice, all comments must meet the requirements
specified by the regulations in 10 CFR part 590, as supplemented below.
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\15\ Notices of application in the 25 proceedings were published
in the Federal Register as follows: Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC, FE
Docket No. 12-05-LNG, 77 FR 32962 (June 4, 2012); Jordan Cove Energy
Project, L.P., FE Docket No. 12-32-LNG, 77 FR 33446 (June 6, 2012);
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Co., LLC, FE Docket No. 12-101-LNG, 77 FR
66454 (Nov. 5, 2012); CE FLNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 12-123-LNG, 77 FR
72840 (Dec. 6, 2012); Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC, FE Docket No. 13-
26-LNG, 78 FR 34084 (June 6, 2013); Venture Global Calcasieu Pass,
LLC, FE Docket No. 13-69-LNG, 79 FR 30109 (May 27, 2014); Eos LNG
LLC, FE Docket No. 13-116-LNG, 78 FR 75337 (Dec. 11, 2013); Barca
LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 13-118-LNG, 78 FR 75339 (Dec. 11, 2013);
Waller LNG Svs., LLC, FE Docket No. 13-153-LNG, 79 FR 41685 (July
17, 2014); Gasfin Development USA, LLC, FE Docket No. 13-161-LNG, 79
FR 44439 (July 31, 2014); Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC, FE
Docket No. 14-88-LNG, 79 FR 66707 (Nov. 10, 2014); SCT&E LNG, LLC,
FE Docket No. 14-98-LNG, 79 FR 75796 (Dec. 19, 2014); Venture Global
Calcasieu Pass, LLC, FE Docket No. 15-25-LNG, 80 FR 36977 (June 29,
2015); G2 LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 15-45-LNG, 80 FR 44091 (July 24,
2015); Texas LNG Brownsville LLC, FE Docket No. 15-62-LNG, 80 FR
46966 (Aug. 6, 2015); Strom Inc., FE Docket No. 15-78-LNG, 80 FR
51793 (Aug. 26, 2015); Port Arthur LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 15-96-
LNG, 80 FR 51795 (Aug. 26, 2015); Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC,
FE Docket No. 15-97-LNG, 80 FR 51790 (Aug. 26, 2015); Rio Grande
LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 15-190-LNG, 81 FR 46318 (July 19, 2016);
Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville, LLC, FE Docket No. 16-15-LNG, 81 FR
43192 (July 1, 2016); Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC, FE Docket
No. 16-28-LNG, 81 FR 39603 (June 8, 2016); Driftwood LNG, LLC, FE
Docket No. 16-144-LNG, 82 FR 3760 (Jan. 12, 2017); Fourchon LNG,
LLC, FE Docket No. 17-105-LNG, 82 FR 49201 (Oct. 24, 2017);
Galveston Bay LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 17-167-LNG, 83 FR 4473 (Jan.
31, 2018); Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction 4,
LLC, FE Docket No. 18-26-LNG, 83 FR 23909 (May 23, 2018).
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Comments may be submitted using one of the following supplemental
methods:
(1) Submitting the comments using the online form at https://fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/docket/index/10;
(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.
For administrative efficiency, DOE/FE prefers comments to be filed
electronically using the online form (method 1). All comments must
include a reference to the ``2018 LNG Export Study'' in the title line.
The 2018 LNG Export Study is available for inspection and copying
in the Division of Natural Gas Regulation 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 Study and any comments filed in
response to this Notice will be available electronically at the
following DOE/FE website: https://fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/docket/index/10.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2018.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Division of Natural Gas Regulation, Office of Fossil Energy.
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