Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd. FE Dkt. No. 14-179-LNG

The Office of Fossil Energy gives notice of receipt of an application filed on October 24, 2014, by Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd (Pieridae) requesting long-term, multi-contract authority as further described below, to export to Canada up to 292 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year of natural gas (0.8 Bcf/day) for a term of 20 years beginning on the earliest of the date of first export or seven years from the date requested authorization is granted.  The natural gas would be exported near Baileyville, Maine on the Maritimes & Northeast  US Pipeline.

Pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act,  Pieridae requests the Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy grant permission to export natural gas into Canada for consumption and through Canada, after conversion in Canada into LNG, to (i) any country with which the United States currently has, or in the future may enter into, a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas and (ii) any country with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas with which trade is not prohibited by US law or policy.  Pieridae requests exporting permission for itself, or to act as agent for others.

DOE will consider the following environmental documents.

• Addendum to Environmental Review Documents Concerning Exports of Natural Gas From the United States, 79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014)
• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas From the United States, 79 FR 32260 (June 4, 2014).