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procedure is not appropriate for these
products for the reasons stated
previously (liquid inlet saturation
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1. Utilize the test procedure as
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exception of modifying the test
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AWEF and net capacity for unit coolers
matched to parallel rack systems. Use
AHRI 1250 Table 17, EER for Remote
Commercial Refrigerated Display
Merchandisers and Storage Cabinets to
determine the power consumption of
the system.
TABLE 15—REFRIGERATOR UNIT COOLER
Unit cooler
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Unit cooler
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Refrigeration Capacity
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TABLE 16—FREEZER UNIT COOLER
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Test according to Appendix C Section C11.
Success of the application for Waiver
and interim Waiver will: Ensure that
manufacturers of CO2 Direct Expansion
Unit Coolers in Medium and Low
Temperature application can continue
to participate in the market.
What economic hardship and/or
competitive disadvantage is likely to
result absent a favorable determination
on the Application for Waiver and
Interim Waiver—Economic hardship
will be loss of sales due to not meeting
the DOE requirements set forth.
Conclusion:
Heat Transfer Products Group
respectfully requests that DOE grant this
petition for a Waiver and Interim
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Waiver from DOE’s current requirement
to test CO2 direct expansion unit
coolers.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
/s/
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC;
Application to Amend Export Term
Through December 31, 2050, for
Existing Non-Free Trade Agreement
Authorization
Michael Straub,
Director, Engineering and Product
Development.
[FE Docket No. 12–101–LNG]
[FR Doc. 2020–26322 Filed 12–22–20; 8:45 am]
Office of Fossil Energy,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
AGENCY:
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy
(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)
gives notice (Notice) of receipt of an
application (Application), filed on
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December 15, 2020, by Gulf LNG
Liquefaction Company, LLC (GLLC).
GLLC seeks to amend the export term
set forth in its current authorization to
export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to
non-free trade agreement countries,
DOE/FE Order No. 4410, to a term
ending on December 31, 2050. GLLC
filed the Application under the Natural
Gas Act (NGA) and DOE’s policy
statement entitled, ‘‘Extending Natural
Gas Export Authorizations to Non-Free
Trade Agreement Countries Through the
Year 2050’’ (Policy Statement). Protests,
motions to intervene, notices of
intervention, and written comments on
the requested term extension are
invited.
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, January 7,
2021.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Filing by email: fergas@
hq.doe.gov.
Regular Mail: U.S. Department of
Energy (FE–34), Office of Regulation,
Analysis, and 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, Analysis, and Engagement,
Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal
Building, Room 3E–042, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benjamin Nussdorf or Amy Sweeney,
U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34)
Office of Regulation, Analysis, and
Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, (202) 586–7893; (202) 586–
2627, benjamin.nussdorf@hq.doe.gov or
amy.sweeney@hq.doe.gov.
Cassandra Bernstein or Edward
Toyozaki, U.S. Department of Energy
(GC–76) Office of the Assistant General
Counsel for Electricity and Fossil
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6D–
033, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–9793;
(202) 586–0126, cassandra.bernstein@
hq.doe.gov or edward.toyozaki@
hq.doe.gov.
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DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On July 31, 2019, in Order No. 4410,
DOE/FE authorized GLLC to export
domestically produced LNG in a volume
equivalent to 558.9 billion cubic feet per
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year of natural gas, pursuant to NGA
section 3(a), 15 U.S.C. 717b(a).1 GLLC is
authorized to export this LNG by vessel
from the proposed Gulf LNG
Liquefaction Project to be located at the
Gulf LNG Terminal in Jackson County,
Mississippi, to any country with which
the United States has not entered into 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) for a 20-year term. In the
Application,2 GLLC asks DOE to extend
its current export term to a term ending
on December 31, 2050, as provided in
the Policy Statement.3 Additional
details can be found in the Application,
posted on the DOE/FE website at:
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/
2020/12/f81/Gulf%20LNG%20
Liquefaction%20Company%2C%20
LLC%202050%20App.pdf.
DOE/FE Evaluation
In the Policy Statement, DOE adopted
a term through December 31, 2050
(inclusive of any make-up period), as
the standard export term for long-term
non-FTA authorizations.4 As the basis
for its decision, DOE considered its
obligations under NGA section 3(a), the
public comments supporting and
opposing the proposed Policy
Statement, and a wide range of
information bearing on the public
interest.5 DOE explained that, upon
receipt of an application under the
Policy Statement, it would conduct a
public interest analysis of the
application under NGA section 3(a).
DOE further stated that ‘‘the public
interest analysis will be limited to the
application for the term extension—
meaning an intervenor or protestor may
challenge the requested extension but
not the existing non-FTA order.’’ 6
Accordingly, in reviewing GLLC’s
Application, DOE/FE will consider any
issues required by law or policy under
1 Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC, DOE/FE
Order No. 4410, FE Docket No. 12–101–LNG,
Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term
Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to
Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations (July 31, 2019).
2 Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC,
Application to Amend Export Term for Existing
Long-Term Authorization(s) Through December 31,
2050, FE Docket Nos. 12–47–LNG and 12–101–LNG
(Dec. 15, 2020). GLLC’s request regarding its FTA
authorization is not subject to this Notice. See 15
U.S.C. 717b(c).
3 U.S. Dep’t of Energy, Extending Natural Gas
Export Authorizations to Non-Free Trade
Agreement Countries Through the Year 2050;
Notice of Final Policy Statement and Response to
Comments, 85 FR 52237 (Aug. 25, 2020)
[hereinafter Policy Statement].
4 See id., 85 FR 52247.
5 See id., 85 FR 52247.
6 Id., 85 FR 52247.
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NGA section 3(a), as informed by the
Policy Statement. To the extent
appropriate, DOE will consider the
study entitled, Macroeconomic
Outcomes of Market Determined Levels
of U.S. LNG Exports (2018 LNG Export
Study),7 DOE’s response to public
comments received on that Study,8 and
the following environmental
documents:
• Addendum to Environmental
Review Documents Concerning Exports
of Natural Gas From the United States,
79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014); 9
• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas
Perspective on Exporting Liquefied
Natural Gas From the United States, 79
FR 32260 (June 4, 2014); 10 and
• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas
Perspective on Exporting Liquefied
Natural Gas From the United States:
2019 Update, 84 FR 49278 (Sept. 19,
2019), and DOE/FE’s response to public
comments received on that study.11
Parties that may oppose the
Application should address these issues
and documents 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, addressing
the Application. Interested parties will
be provided 15 days from the date of
publication of this Notice in which to
submit comments, protests, motions to
7 See NERA Economic Consulting,
Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined
Levels of U.S. LNG Exports (June 7, 2018), available
at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2018/
06/f52/Macroeconomic%20LNG%20Export
%20Study%202018.pdf.
8 U.S. Dep’t of Energy, Study on Macroeconomic
Outcomes of LNG Exports: Response to Comments
Received on Study; Notice of Response to
Comments, 83 FR 67251 (Dec. 28, 2018).
9 The Addendum and related documents are
available at: https://energy.gov/fe/draft-addendumenvironmental-review-documents-concerningexports-natural-gas-united-states.
10 The 2014 Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is
available at: https://energy.gov/fe/life-cyclegreenhouse-gas-perspective-exporting-liquefiednatural-gas-united-states.
11 U.S. Dep’t of Energy, Life Cycle Greenhouse
Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas
From the United States: 2019 Update—Response to
Comments, 85 FR 72 (Jan. 2, 2020). The 2019
Update and related documents are available at:
https://fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/docket/
index/21.
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intervene, or notices of intervention.
The public previously was given an
opportunity to intervene in, protest, and
comment on GLLC’s long-term non-FTA
application. Therefore, DOE will not
consider comments or protests that do
not bear directly on the requested term
extension.
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. 12–101–LNG in the title
line; (2) mailing an original and three
paper copies of the filing to the Office
of Regulation, Analysis, and
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,
Analysis, and Engagement at the
address listed in ADDRESSES. All filings
must include a reference to FE Docket
No. 12–101–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. 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, Analysis, and Engagement
docket room, Room 3E–042, 1000
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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 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: https://
www.energy.gov/fe/services/natural-gasregulation.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December
18, 2020.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and
Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. 12-101-LNG]
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC; Application to Amend Export
Term Through December 31, 2050, for Existing Non-Free Trade Agreement
Authorization
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy
(DOE) gives notice (Notice) of receipt of an application (Application),
filed on
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December 15, 2020, by Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC (GLLC). GLLC
seeks to amend the export term set forth in its current authorization
to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement
countries, DOE/FE Order No. 4410, to a term ending on December 31,
2050. GLLC filed the Application under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and
DOE's policy statement entitled, ``Extending Natural Gas Export
Authorizations to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries Through the Year
2050'' (Policy Statement). Protests, motions to intervene, notices of
intervention, and written comments on the requested term extension 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, January 7,
2021.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Filing by email: [email protected].
Regular Mail: U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Office of
Regulation, Analysis, and 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,
Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building,
Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benjamin Nussdorf or Amy Sweeney, U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34)
Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Fossil
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-7893; (202) 586-2627,
[email protected] or [email protected].
Cassandra Bernstein or Edward Toyozaki, U.S. Department of Energy
(GC-76) Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Electricity and
Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6D-033, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9793; (202) 586-0126,
[email protected] or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On July 31, 2019, in Order No. 4410, DOE/FE authorized GLLC to
export domestically produced LNG in a volume equivalent to 558.9
billion cubic feet per year of natural gas, pursuant to NGA section
3(a), 15 U.S.C. 717b(a).\1\ GLLC is authorized to export this LNG by
vessel from the proposed Gulf LNG Liquefaction Project to be located at
the Gulf LNG Terminal in Jackson County, Mississippi, to any country
with which the United States has not entered into 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) for a 20-year term. In the Application,\2\ GLLC asks DOE to
extend its current export term to a term ending on December 31, 2050,
as provided in the Policy Statement.\3\ Additional details can be found
in the Application, posted on the DOE/FE website at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2020/12/f81/Gulf%20LNG%20Liquefaction%20Company%2C%20LLC%202050%20App.pdf.
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\1\ Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 4410,
FE Docket No. 12-101-LNG, Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term
Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade
Agreement Nations (July 31, 2019).
\2\ Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC, Application to Amend
Export Term for Existing Long-Term Authorization(s) Through December
31, 2050, FE Docket Nos. 12-47-LNG and 12-101-LNG (Dec. 15, 2020).
GLLC's request regarding its FTA authorization is not subject to
this Notice. See 15 U.S.C. 717b(c).
\3\ U.S. Dep't of Energy, Extending Natural Gas Export
Authorizations to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries Through the
Year 2050; Notice of Final Policy Statement and Response to
Comments, 85 FR 52237 (Aug. 25, 2020) [hereinafter Policy
Statement].
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DOE/FE Evaluation
In the Policy Statement, DOE adopted a term through December 31,
2050 (inclusive of any make-up period), as the standard export term for
long-term non-FTA authorizations.\4\ As the basis for its decision, DOE
considered its obligations under NGA section 3(a), the public comments
supporting and opposing the proposed Policy Statement, and a wide range
of information bearing on the public interest.\5\ DOE explained that,
upon receipt of an application under the Policy Statement, it would
conduct a public interest analysis of the application under NGA section
3(a). DOE further stated that ``the public interest analysis will be
limited to the application for the term extension--meaning an
intervenor or protestor may challenge the requested extension but not
the existing non-FTA order.'' \6\
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\4\ See id., 85 FR 52247.
\5\ See id., 85 FR 52247.
\6\ Id., 85 FR 52247.
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Accordingly, in reviewing GLLC's Application, DOE/FE will consider
any issues required by law or policy under NGA section 3(a), as
informed by the Policy Statement. To the extent appropriate, DOE will
consider the study entitled, Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market
Determined Levels of U.S. LNG Exports (2018 LNG Export Study),\7\ DOE's
response to public comments received on that Study,\8\ and the
following environmental documents:
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\7\ See NERA Economic Consulting, Macroeconomic Outcomes of
Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG Exports (June 7, 2018),
available at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2018/06/f52/Macroeconomic%20LNG%20Export%20Study%202018.pdf.
\8\ U.S. Dep't of Energy, Study on Macroeconomic Outcomes of LNG
Exports: Response to Comments Received on Study; Notice of Response
to Comments, 83 FR 67251 (Dec. 28, 2018).
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Addendum to Environmental Review Documents Concerning
Exports of Natural Gas From the United States, 79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15,
2014); \9\
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\9\ The Addendum and related documents are available at: https://energy.gov/fe/draft-addendum-environmental-review-documents-concerning-exports-natural-gas-united-states.
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Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting
Liquefied Natural Gas From the United States, 79 FR 32260 (June 4,
2014); \10\ and
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\10\ The 2014 Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is available at:
https://energy.gov/fe/life-cycle-greenhouse-gas-perspective-exporting-liquefied-natural-gas-united-states.
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Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting
Liquefied Natural Gas From the United States: 2019 Update, 84 FR 49278
(Sept. 19, 2019), and DOE/FE's response to public comments received on
that study.\11\
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\11\ U.S. Dep't of Energy, Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective
on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas From the United States: 2019
Update--Response to Comments, 85 FR 72 (Jan. 2, 2020). The 2019
Update and related documents are available at: https://fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/docket/index/21.
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Parties that may oppose the Application should address these issues
and documents 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, addressing the Application. Interested parties will be
provided 15 days from the date of publication of this Notice in which
to submit comments, protests, motions to
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intervene, or notices of intervention. The public previously was given
an opportunity to intervene in, protest, and comment on GLLC's long-
term non-FTA application. Therefore, DOE will not consider comments or
protests that do not bear directly on the requested term extension.
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 [email protected], with FE Docket No. 12-101-LNG
in the title line; (2) mailing an original and three paper copies of
the filing to the Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 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, Analysis,
and Engagement at the address listed in ADDRESSES. All filings must
include a reference to FE Docket No. 12-101-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. 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, Analysis, and Engagement 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 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: https://www.energy.gov/fe/services/natural-gas-regulation.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2020.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of
Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-28416 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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