[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 25393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08803]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Opportunities To
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Other Air Pollutants Associated
With U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Exports
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on
its Request for Information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0003052 regarding the
Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management's (FECM) Methane
Mitigation Technologies and Point Source Carbon Capture research and
development activities and regulation of natural gas imports and
exports, under the Natural Gas Act of 1938, as amended. FECM is
specifically interested in information on strategies and technologies
that natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies are
deploying or could deploy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other
air pollutants. This includes emissions of carbon dioxide
(CO2), methane, criteria pollutants, and hazardous air
pollutants that occur during production through transportation of
natural gas delivered to a liquefaction facility; at liquefaction
facilities; and during the loading, transport, and delivery of LNG to a
regasification facility.
DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received by no later than 5 p.m.,
Eastern time, June 26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to
[email protected] and include ``Opportunities to Reduce
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Other Air Pollutants Associated with U.S.
LNG Exports'' in the subject line of the email. Responses must be
provided as attachments to an email. Only electronic responses will be
accepted. The RFI document is located at https://www.fedconnect.net/fedconnect?doc=DE-FOA-0003052&agency=DOE.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to Jared
Ciferno, Program Manager, Methane Mitigation Technologies Division,
DOE, [email protected] or 240-220-1312. Further
instruction can be found in the RFI document posted at https://www.fedconnect.net/fedconnect?doc=DE-FOA-0003052&agency=DOE.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this RFI is to solicit
feedback from industry members, investors, project developers,
nongovernmental organizations, academia, research laboratories,
government agencies, and other stakeholders on technologies and
strategies LNG companies are deploying or could deploy to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants. FECM is particularly
interested in data and information related to emissions of carbon
dioxide (CO2), methane, criteria pollutants, and hazardous
air pollutants that occur during production through transportation of
natural gas delivered to a liquefaction facility; at liquefaction
facilities; and during the loading, transport, and delivery of LNG to a
regasification facility. Feedback is requested on the following
categories outlined in the RFI: (1) Environmental Profile of Upstream
Supplies, (2) Strategies to Measure and Reduce Emissions at
Liquefaction Facilities, (3) Strategies to Measure and Reduce Emissions
during Loading, Transport, and Delivery, and (4) Additional
Information. This RFI could help inform DOE's research and development
activities within the Office of Research and Development's Methane
Mitigation Technologies Division and the Office of Carbon Management
Technologies' Point Source Carbon Capture Division. In addition, this
data and information could help inform the Office of Regulation,
Analysis, and Engagement's capabilities to assess natural gas import
and/or export applications under the Natural Gas Act of 1938, as
amended.
Confidential Business Information
Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person submitting information that
he or she believes to be confidential and exempt by law from public
disclosure should submit via email, postal mail, or hand delivery two
well-marked copies: One copy of the document marked ``confidential''
including all the information believed to be confidential, and one copy
of the document marked ``non-confidential'' with the information
believed to be confidential deleted. Submit these documents via email
or on a CD, if feasible. DOE will make its own determination about the
confidential status of the information and treat it according to its
determination.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on April 21,
2023, by Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy
and Carbon Management, 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 April 21, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-08803 Filed 4-25-23; 8:45 am]
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