[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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