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and demonstration-scaled facilities
along with high performance
computing, artificial intelligence, and
machine learning it may be possible to
reduce technology uncertainty and
accelerate scale-up. The purpose of this
workshop is to understand how
modeling tools can be effectively
utilized in conjunction with operational
data to augment and accelerate scale-up
and integration efforts.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 29,
2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on May 28, 2020, by
Michael Berube Acting Director,
Bioenergy Technologies Office, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, pursuant to delegated authority
from the Secretary of Energy. That
document with the original signature
and date is maintained by DOE. For
administrative purposes only, and in
compliance with requirements of the
Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register
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sign and submit the document in
electronic format for publication, as an
official document of the Department of
Energy. This administrative process in
no way alters the legal effect of this
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Agency Information Collection
Extension
U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
DOE submitted an
information collection request for
extension as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information
collection requests a three-year
extension of DOE’s Form FE–746R,
Import and Export of Natural Gas under
OMB Control Number 1901–0294. Form
FE–746R collects information from
import and export authorization holders
that enables DOE’s Office of Fossil
Energy (FE) to monitor natural gas trade
under the United States Mexico Canada
Agreement (USMCA) and other trade
activity falling outside the parameters of
USMCA, and supports various market
and regulatory analyses done by FE.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection must be received no later
than July 6, 2020. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function. Send a
copy of your comment to DOE by email
to: marc.talbert@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Request for additional information or
copies of the forms and instructions
should be directed to Mr. Marc Talbert
at (202) 586–7991, or by email
marc.talbert@hq.doe.gov. The forms are
available online at https://
www.energy.gov/fe/articles/changes-fe746-data-collection. Additional
information is available at https://
www.energy.gov/fe/services/natural-gasregulation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
SUMMARY:
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(1) OMB No.: 1901–0294;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Natural Gas Import and Export
Data Submissions;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year
extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: DOE’s Office of Fossil
Energy (FE) has the delegated authority
to regulate natural gas imports and
exports under section 3 of the Natural
Gas Act of 1938, 15 U.S.C. 717b. To
carry out its delegated responsibility, FE
requires individuals seeking to import
or export natural gas to file an
application providing basic information
on the scope and nature of the import/
export activity. Once an importer or
exporter receives authorization from FE,
they are required to submit monthly
reports of their natural gas import and
export transactions on Form FE–746R.
In addition, a subset of authorization
holders—including those that hold longterm import authorizations from any
source, long-term export authorizations
to both countries that do and do not
have a free trade agreement with the
United States requiring national
treatment of natural gas and with which
trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or
policy (FTA and non-FTA countries),
and short-term authorizations to export
to non-FTA countries—must file
additional information beyond the
required filings on FE–746R. This
additional information, including
supply and delivery contracts, changes
in control or ownership, and semiannual reports that provide information
on the status of the relevant proposed or
existing LNG export facilities, provides
input DOE needs to assess both the state
of the U.S. import and export markets
and the adequacy of energy resources to
meet near and long term domestic
demands. This information also assists
FE in determining whether
authorization holders are complying
with the terms and conditions of their
authorization.
Together with the data reported on
FE–746R and the additional information
required for certain types of
authorization holders outlined above,
DOE is able to perform market and
regulatory analyses to improve the
capability of industry and the
government to respond to any future
energy-related supply problems, and to
keep the general public informed on
international natural gas trade.
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information
Collection: FE seeks to include
supplementary data reporting items
under OMB Control Number 1901–0294.
FE proposes to collect this additional
information from both long-term import
and export authorization holders that
have authority to import or export to
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both FTA and non-FTA countries, and
short-term authorization holders that
have authority to export non-FTA
countries. The additional information
FE seeks to collect from this subset of
natural gas import and export
authorization holders includes: Longterm contracts associated with the
supply and sales of natural gas,
including compressed natural gas,
liquefied natural gas, and associated
products; changes in control of
authorization holders; registrations of
agents who import and export natural
gas; and, for long-term LNG export
authorization holders, semi-annual
reports providing information on the
status of the relevant proposed or
existing LNG export facility, and the
date the proposed LNG facility is
expected to commence first exports of
LNG (where applicable).
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 396 respondents.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 4,752.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 14,256 hours.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,142,476
(14,256 annual burden hours multiplied
by $80.14 per hour); FE estimates that
respondents will have no additional
costs associated with the data proposed
for collection other than burden hours.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b)
and Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act of
1938, codified at 15 U.S.C. 717b.
Signing Authority
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This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on May 29, 2020, by
Shawn Bennett, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Office of Oil and Natural Gas,
Office of Fossil Energy, pursuant to
delegated authority from the Secretary
of Energy. That document with the
original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters
the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 29,
2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP20–459–000]
Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC;
Notice of Application
Take notice that on May 21, 2020,
Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC (Golden
Pass LNG), 811 Louisiana Street,
Houston, Texas 77002, filed an
application pursuant to sections 3 of the
Natural Gas Act and Part 153 of the
Commission’s regulations, for authority
to amend its order issued on December
21, 2016, granting Golden Pass LNG
authority (Golden Pass Export Project)
to site, construct and operate facilities
for the exportation of liquefied natural
gas to increase the total LNG production
capacity of the Golden Pass Export
Project from 15.6 million metric tons
per annum (MTPA) to 18.1 MTPA, and
from 740 billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/
yr) to 937 Bcf/yr.
Any questions regarding this
application should be addressed to
Blaine Yamagata, Vice President and
General Counsel, Golden Pass LNG, 811
Louisiana Street, Suite 1500, Houston,
Texas 77002, by telephone: (713) 324–
6952; or to Kevin M. Sweeney, Law
Office of Kevin M. Sweeney, 1625 K
Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, by
telephone at (202) 609–7709.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (https://
ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. At this
time, the Commission has suspended
access to the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, due to the
proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued
by the President on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
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issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the EA
for this proposal. The filing of the EA
in the Commission’s public record for
this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
all documents filed by the applicant and
by all other parties. A party must submit
3 copies of filings made in the
proceeding with the Commission and
must provide a copy to the applicant
and to every other party. Only parties to
the proceeding can ask for court review
of Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to
intervene in order to have comments
considered. The second way to
participate is by filing with the
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
possible, an original and two copies of
comments in support of or in opposition
to this project. The Commission will
consider these comments in
determining the appropriate action to be
taken, but the filing of a comment alone
will not serve to make the filer a party
to the proceeding. The Commission’s
rules require that persons filing
comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to
the party or parties directly involved in
the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commenters will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list and will be
notified of any meetings associated with
the Commission’s environmental review
process. Environmental commenters
will not be required to serve copies of
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: DOE submitted an information collection request for extension
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information
collection requests a three-year extension of DOE's Form FE-746R,
Import and Export of Natural Gas under OMB Control Number 1901-0294.
Form FE-746R collects information from import and export authorization
holders that enables DOE's Office of Fossil Energy (FE) to monitor
natural gas trade under the United States Mexico Canada Agreement
(USMCA) and other trade activity falling outside the parameters of
USMCA, and supports various market and regulatory analyses done by FE.
DATES: Comments on this information collection must be received no
later than July 6, 2020. Written comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Send a copy of your comment to DOE by email to:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for additional information or
copies of the forms and instructions should be directed to Mr. Marc
Talbert at (202) 586-7991, or by email [email protected]. The
forms are available online at https://www.energy.gov/fe/articles/changes-fe-746-data-collection. Additional information is available at
https://www.energy.gov/fe/services/natural-gas-regulation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1901-0294;
(2) Information Collection Request Title: Natural Gas Import and
Export Data Submissions;
(3) Type of Request: Three-year extension with changes;
(4) Purpose: DOE's Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has the delegated
authority to regulate natural gas imports and exports under section 3
of the Natural Gas Act of 1938, 15 U.S.C. 717b. To carry out its
delegated responsibility, FE requires individuals seeking to import or
export natural gas to file an application providing basic information
on the scope and nature of the import/export activity. Once an importer
or exporter receives authorization from FE, they are required to submit
monthly reports of their natural gas import and export transactions on
Form FE-746R. In addition, a subset of authorization holders--including
those that hold long-term import authorizations from any source, long-
term export authorizations to both countries that do and do not have a
free trade agreement with the United States requiring national
treatment of natural gas and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S.
law or policy (FTA and non-FTA countries), and short-term
authorizations to export to non-FTA countries--must file additional
information beyond the required filings on FE-746R. This additional
information, including supply and delivery contracts, changes in
control or ownership, and semi-annual reports that provide information
on the status of the relevant proposed or existing LNG export
facilities, provides input DOE needs to assess both the state of the
U.S. import and export markets and the adequacy of energy resources to
meet near and long term domestic demands. This information also assists
FE in determining whether authorization holders are complying with the
terms and conditions of their authorization.
Together with the data reported on FE-746R and the additional
information required for certain types of authorization holders
outlined above, DOE is able to perform market and regulatory analyses
to improve the capability of industry and the government to respond to
any future energy-related supply problems, and to keep the general
public informed on international natural gas trade.
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: FE seeks to
include supplementary data reporting items under OMB Control Number
1901-0294. FE proposes to collect this additional information from both
long-term import and export authorization holders that have authority
to import or export to
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both FTA and non-FTA countries, and short-term authorization holders
that have authority to export non-FTA countries. The additional
information FE seeks to collect from this subset of natural gas import
and export authorization holders includes: Long-term contracts
associated with the supply and sales of natural gas, including
compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and associated products;
changes in control of authorization holders; registrations of agents
who import and export natural gas; and, for long-term LNG export
authorization holders, semi-annual reports providing information on the
status of the relevant proposed or existing LNG export facility, and
the date the proposed LNG facility is expected to commence first
exports of LNG (where applicable).
(5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 396 respondents.
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 4,752.
(7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 14,256 hours.
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$1,142,476 (14,256 annual burden hours multiplied by $80.14 per hour);
FE estimates that respondents will have no additional costs associated
with the data proposed for collection other than burden hours.
Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b) and Section 3 of the Natural
Gas Act of 1938, codified at 15 U.S.C. 717b.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 29,
2020, by Shawn Bennett, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Oil and
Natural Gas, Office of Fossil Energy, pursuant to delegated authority
from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature
and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 29, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-11973 Filed 6-2-20; 8:45 am]
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