Department of Energy March 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-556 (Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF) Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration Facility).

The Department of Energy (DOE or Department) is amending its regulations to require publication of its Standard Sales Provisions for the price competitive sale of petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) solely on the DOE SPR website. Any subsequent revisions to its Standard Sales Provisions will also be published solely on the DOE SPR website. DOE will publish notification in the Federal Register and send notification to registered users in the SPR sales system when DOE revises its Standard Sales Provisions on the DOE SPR website. Notices of Sale will reference the Standard Sales Provisions published on the DOE SPR website in specifying which contractual terms and conditions, as well as contractor financial and performance responsibility measures, are applicable to that particular sale. The final rule is intended to expedite the preparation of and simplify the content of Notices of Sale, which in turn will reduce the administrative burden placed on prospective bidders.

The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy Agency (IEA) will meet on March 20, 2019, at OECD Boulogne, 46 Quai Alphonse le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France, in connection with a joint meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the IEA's Standing Group on the Oil Market (SOM) on March 21, 2019, in connection with a meeting of the SEQ on that day.

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection FERC-725R (Mandatory Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability Standards) and submitting the information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. On October 9, 2018, the Commission published a Notice in the Federal Register in Docket No. RD18-7-000 requesting public comments. The Commission received no comments.

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of a Record of Decision (ROD) published under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and implementing regulations. As discussed, this ROD supports DOE/FE's decision in DOE/ FE Order No. 4346, an opinion and order authorizing Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas to non-free trade agreement countries under section 3(a) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA).

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing this final rule to correct references to the compliance date for energy conservation standards for ceiling fan light kits (CFLKs) and correct inaccurate cross-references to these standards. On May 16, 2018, DOE published a final rule that amended the energy conservation standards for CFLKs, which contained some inadvertent errors. This document corrects those errors.