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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 193 / Friday, October 8, 2021 / Notices
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the ongoing Covid19 pandemic. DOE is currently accepting only electronic submissions at this time. If a commenter finds that this change poses an undue hardship, please contact Office of Resource Sustainability staff at 202
5862627 or 202 5864749 to discuss the need for alternative arrangements.
Once the Covid19 pandemic health emergency is resolved, DOE anticipates resuming all of its regular options for public comment submission, including postal mail and hand delivery/courier.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Sweeney or Jennifer Wade, U.S.
Department of Energy FE34, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, 1 Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Resource Sustainability, Forrestal Building, Room 3E042, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, 202 586
2627; 202 5864749, amy.sweeney@
hq.doe.gov or jennifer.wade@
hq.doe.gov Cassandra Bernstein, U.S. Department of Energy GC76, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Electricity and Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6D033, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, 202 586
9793, cassandra.bernstein@
hq.doe.gov SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, in Docket Nos. 10161LNG,2 11161
LNG,3 and 16108LNG,4 FLEX is authorized to export domestically produced LNG from the Liquefaction Project in a total combined volume equivalent to 782 Bcf/yr of natural gas 1 The Office of Fossil Energy changed its name to the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management on July 4, 2021.
2 Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., et al., DOE/FE
Order No. 3282C, Docket No. 10161LNG, Final Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term MultiContract Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by Vessel from the Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, Texas, to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations Nov. 14, 2014, amended by DOE/FE Order No. 3282D Oct. 21, 2020
extending export term.
3 Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., et al., DOE/FE
Order No. 3357B, Docket No. 11161LNG, Final Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term MultiContract Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by Vessel from the Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, Texas, to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations Nov. 14, 2014, rehg denied DOE/FE Order No. 3357C Dec. 4, 2015, amended by DOE/FE Order No. 3357D Oct. 21, 2020
extending export term.
4 Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., et al., DOE/FE
Order No. 3957, Docket No. 16108LNG, Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term, Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by Vessel from the Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, Texas, to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations Dec. 19, 2016, amended by DOE/FE Order No. 3957A Oct. 21, 2020
extending export term.

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to any country with which the United States has not entered into a free trade agreement FTA requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas, and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policy non-FTA countries, through December 31, 2050, pursuant to NGA section 3a, 15 U.S.C. 717ba.5 In this Application filed in Docket No. 21
98LNG, FLEX requests long-term, multi-contract authorization to export LNG in an additional volume of 88 Bcf/
yr from the Liquefaction Project. FLEX
states that this Application, if granted, would increase its non-FTA exports from the Liquefaction Project from a total of 782 Bcf/yr to 870 Bcf/yr of natural gas.
FLEX further states that, on June 29, 2021, it filed an application at FERC
FERC Docket No. CP21470000
requesting authorization to increase the Liquefaction Projects authorized maximum LNG production capacity from 782 Bcf/yr to approximately 870
Bcf/yr. FLEX states the instant Application seeks to align FLEXs export authority to non-FTA countries with the liquefaction production capacity requested in its pending FERC
application.
FLEX seeks to export this LNG on its own behalf and as agent for other entities who hold title to the LNG at the time of export. Additional details can be found in FLEXs Application, posted on the DOE website at: www.energy.gov/
sites/default/files/2021-09/21-98LNG.pdf.
DOE Evaluation In reviewing FLEXs Application, DOE will consider any issues required by law or policy. DOE will consider domestic need for the natural gas, as well as any other issues determined to be appropriate, including whether the arrangement is consistent with DOEs policy of promoting competition in the marketplace by allowing commercial parties to freely negotiate their own trade arrangements. As part of this analysis, DOE will consider the study entitled, Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG
Exports 2018 LNG Export Study,6 and 5 FLEX notes that, in Docket Nos. 10160LNG
and 1206LNG, it is authorized to export LNG
from the Liquefaction Project to FTA countries in a volume equivalent to 1,022 Bcf/yr of natural gas.
FLEXs FTA exports are not at issue here.
6 See NERA Economic Consulting, Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG Exports June 7, 2018, available at: www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2018/06/f52/
Macroeconomic%20LNG%20Export%20Study%
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DOEs response to public comments received on that Study.7
Additionally, 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; 8
Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas From the United States, 79
FR 32260 June 4, 2014; 9 and Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas From the United States:
2019 Update, 84 FR 49278 Sept. 19, 2019, and DOEs response to public comments received on that study.10
Parties that may oppose this Application should address these issues and documents in their comments and protests, as well as other issues deemed relevant to the Application.
The National Environmental Policy Act NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., requires DOE to give appropriate consideration to the environmental effects of its proposed decisions. No final decision will be issued in this proceeding until DOE has met its environmental responsibilities.
Public Comment Procedures In response to this Notice, any person may file a protest, comments, or a motion to intervene or notice of intervention, as applicable. Interested parties will be provided 60 days from the date of publication of this Notice in which to submit comments, protests, motions to intervene, or notices of intervention.
Any person wishing to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene or notice of intervention. The filing of comments or a protest with respect to the Application will not serve to make the commenter or protestant a party to the proceeding, although protests and comments received from persons who are not parties will be considered in determining the 7 U.S. Dept of Energy, Study on Macroeconomic Outcomes of LNG Exports: Response to Comments Received on Study; Notice of Response to Comments, 83 FR 67251 Dec. 28, 2018.
8 The Addendum and related documents are available at: https energy.gov/fe/draft-addendumenvironmental-review-documents-concerningexports-natural-gas-united-states.
9 The 2014 Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is available at: https energy.gov/fe/life-cyclegreenhouse-gas-perspective-exporting-liquefiednatural-gas-united-states.
10 U.S. Dept of Energy, Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas From the United States: 2019 UpdateResponse to Comments, 85 FR 72 Jan. 2, 2020. The 2019
Update and related documents are available at:
https fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/docket/
index/21.

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