Comment of Eileen Chieco in Docket(s)/Project(s) PF12-7-000 Submission Date: 9/6/2012

It is clear from everything I have read that the export of LNG is NOT in our countrys best interest. According to a recent study by the Energy Information Administration, the approval of gas e xports across the country could result in an immediate increase of natural gas rates of 54% , impacting both residential and industrial ratepayers. How can FERC ensure that Liquid Nat ural Gas (LNG) exports will not increase gas prices for Americans? Cheap and abundant supplies of natural gas provide manufacturers and industrial suppliers w ith the affordable energy they need to produce jobs HERE and help rebuild our national econ omy. We should not export our competitive economic advantage. How can FERC ensure that gas exports will not further harm our weak economy? Exporting natural gas will place a higher demand on the producers of domestic natural gas. Some of the supplies for this project would come from hydraulic fracking, a highly contamin ating form of extraction with severe negative public health and environmental impacts. What are the environmental and economic impacts of increased fracking in the U.S. to meet the d emand of a LNG export terminal in Coos Bay? In addition, the process of liquifying natural gas is a highly energy-intensive and dirty o ne. The Jordan Cove Liquefaction Project should not be allowed to go forward.